From Wrestling to Politics - The Story of Aleksandr Karelin | Legends Live On 

887 wins in a row! What a god. His first and last professional matches were losses

The 2nd loss was from a VERY recent change in the rules, he let go of a break obviously that was a mistake but the judges deamed it that Gardner broke the break.. he didn't... either way it should have been a draw... but what ever this guy was easily the best of all time

@@OneDerscoreOneder no his first loss was in 1987 not in his first match. It was against Igor rosthrostky in a national finals.

888 fights 887 wins 1 loss

Fat boy lost don’t count!

UFC 1 was a gracie show to prove how good jiu jitsu worked. Chances are Royce would have won because Karelin would be confused by what Royce was doing. Ground fighting to those who never seen it even a blue belt average man can kill a bear of a man they call it drowning lions in the ocean for a reason.

@@spongebobsquarepants3990 thats not how mma works a wrestlet 9/10 times would lose in a fight because mma points and wrestling point are different and no pinning

Alexandros Theodorou Have you heard of Kazushi Sakuraba ? That man submitted Gracie. He defeated Royce Gracie in his own game.

@@TheClinchMagazine u talking bout gracie Hunter\killer.. As someone who trained at gracie jiu-justu school in MD i can say dude is a monster went from a Pro-wrestler to someone shitting on the best of the best he beat like 6 gracias and lost to 1

Lor Herb And that one loss was from rematch with Royce Gracie who was trying to avenge his first loss and tested positive for steroid after the match.

in human history

6 yrs without a point being scored on him, INSANE....

Nope its cr7 and messi..consistent for 15 years

@@mikehoncho8896 wait fr? dayum

Unfortunately he’ll be known to most people of the loss,and it was in the Olympics.

@JMFS I mean he’s still an extremely accomplished person. Plus, what makes you think that America is any less corrupt?

People that come from sports to politics are a disease in Russia. Everything's so corrupted that no one goes politician just to be helpful. Money and power is the answer. Don't romaticise him, once a brilliant athlete, now a part of people ripping machine

He's a hero.

@@ivorybanana2183 Не так все хреново , don’t demonize so much . Still you can do something within this system , if you want .

Alexander is a genetic specimen and legendary world and Olympic champion.

Mikhail K both boxing and wrestling are great manly sports who show an individual's strenght, endurance, and determination

@@nikolakraev8914 much more so in wrestling

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@@blueydnorseman88justice52 Wrong statement. Not much more so...both sports are equally very hard and demanding sports. There should be no differentiation in terms of which one takes more determination and courage.

put tyson in front of him and u will realize where u r wrong Pal

Humble and a brilliant mind. I'm just as impressed by his intellect off the mat.

Sing Charan, he was injured

@@Mourad1m Yes he was and was tried from fights earlier that day, that is why I respect him so much.

Because he knows his one slap can put anyone to sleep. 😀

​@@loluskekus He has to, he has to no other option, if he dares to oppose Putin then he will beyond normal humans (in terms of actual bravery) but then maybe he believes in Putin from his heart.

While they were moving and trying their best to escape

I don't think most people can grasp what level of strength that requires.

^-130kg+

@@alexgaming8834 i trained 15 years ago when i was 20-21 weighted 84 kg 100 kg wrestlers less technical still had big weight advantage 16 kg when some one is skilled is a lot ! Can't imagine how powerful he was .... Just for the record dc in the Olympics was 96 kg romero ailver medalist was 85 kg They ragdolled mma pros like nothing karelin would've eat them both in the same time it's something different 😐

@@TheForeheadOfDoom666 @alexgaming8834 i trained 15 years ago when i was 20-21 weighted 84 kg 100 kg wrestlers less technical still had big weight advantage 16 kg when some one is skilled is a lot ! Can't imagine how powerful he was .... Just for the record dc in the Olympics was 96 kg romero ailver medalist was 85 kg They ragdolled mma pros like nothing karelin would've eat them both in the same time it's something different 😐

Including Olympics. Floyds's wins are nowhere comparable

@chris madsen that's the thing u can get healthy and old as a wrestler

@chris madsen not the way floyd fights

pro boxing bouts in modern era are so carefully curated they are barely worth anything at all. Promoters very carefully choose matchups and a boxer fights only 1-2 times per year. Pro boxers also get to win multiple championship belts and hold onto them just by beating one person. in "amateur" sport an athlete must be continually competing every season, participating in your tournaments where they compete against multiple opponents in the same day. If at any point they miss competition, their whole season dies there and then. I like boxing, but wrestling of all kinds is way more demanding physically and mentally. You have to remain offensive and active or you immediately lose. So you are in full contact with a dynamic moving weight in the most awkward shape fighting against you for several minutes straight. It's brutal. And there is zero financial reward which makes it more hardcore. If you have ever wrestled, especially freestyle, it feels like you are getting mauled by lions or crocodiles. It's a very intense feeling and incredibly satisfying when you become that lion or crocodile.

Agreed

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@@jojorabbit5928 just like everyone else

@@jojorabbit5928 tell that to Jon jones and Overeem

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They're the same size, actually. Both 6'3" and in the 280lbs range. Brock was a freestyle college wrestler and Karelin was an Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler.

And then you realize Brock was actually bigger

@@AbirZenith but he will get rag dolled by Karelin

Brock in his absolute athletic prime was a force of nature of his own!!

I could barely lifted my 90kg dad off the ground :(

@Czterdziestysiódmy if the metal was as heavy as the fridge and was carried to the 8th floor by them self i would be very impressed

285 + resistance lb

@@temuujinable well said...it wasn't dead weight, it was weight that was working at not being lifted. It was incredible

@@temuujinable Indeed! Ppl forget that this isnt a fresh guy lifting a dead weight, its a guy lifting 130 kg of living resisting force from a position where his knees is still on the mat, and getting up from there... after you already been wrestling for minutes. Rumors says that Karelin could deadlift 400 kg (i believe it) Swedish heavy weight wrestler Jalmar Sjöberg dead lifted 350 and he wasnt strong enough to do the "karelin lift"

i could just be lost in translation

When he met the Big Cuban Bean it was over for him .

Totally agree. A human of that power, discipline, AND intellect is rare.

what???

Карелин пенсионный возраст повысил ,пакастинк своему народу

@@deanjanulis9417 This statement comes from Fedor he said that when someone asked him what would do Karelin if he would do MMA

And when the GOAT of heavywheight mma say that you know you are special but its true watch khabib he is a legend with 29-0 Karelin would be 50-0 for sure I mean the HW back then where not the same like today and also now he aggainst francis after 20 seconds both are on the ground and he destroy him. Karelin is a beast

@@germanischerkrieger6018 definitely

Hahahahah true that so funny

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HAHA good catch, I did not think about the absurdity of that in that segment until you mentioned it.

В настоящее время он простой мерзавец из единой России

В детстве в школе нам рассказывали оксуительную историю о том как какой то то ли алкаш, то ли наркоман у кого то украл пенсию. И все такие дружно обсуждали какой он плохой. Ну так вот что я из этой истории понял. Если ты не алкаш и не наркоман, то красть пенсии можно. А если ты ещё и скажешь что ты сделал это ради мира во всём мире, то тебя за это будут все-все-все благодарить и просить повторить на бис. Да и вообще я считаю что пора бы заняться этими вонючими несанкционированными пенсионерами разрушающими нашу русскую экономику вплотную. Лично я бы на месте карелина занялся бы их отловом и втыкал с прогиба в баки с просрочкой чтобы не повадно было разрушать стабильную русскую экономику.

then dont play this so-called "monopol"y (§, $ , ...,) , ...,

nope...he never was

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Harry Hirsch who, then?

Hannes Öreberg great gama but i don’t think it’s real

Depends on what your talking about. He was a greco roman wrestler. Freestyle wrestling is completely different.

James Vitale I agree!!!

Better. He fights with all the body, not just the fists.

Drago is the fake Karelin.

Kalash Nikov no, Drago is real. 😘

Rather late to the party but don't compare a fictional drug cheat to a actual legend