I'm far more impressed at those french people's fairness mentality. They clutched their heads and immediately praised the winner who had just beat their hero. You great fans have my respect.
You're more impressed by the french people's "mentality" than you are of a small heavyweight defeating a man who went 10 years undefeated and is twice his size? Bruh, wtf lol
Riner does not get the mainstream recognition he deserves outside of France. 152-0 over a 10 year period, beating the best professional Judo players in the world for over a decade is one of the greatest sporting accomplishments of all time.
Don't forget Aleksandr Karelin (won gold medals at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games ), 13 years undefeated in international competition and six years without giving up a point. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6g21jEuHZvs.html
@@Sheeeeshack not really. Over the years many of his competitors have been about 6'6" or 6'7" and close to his weight. It's not just size and weight alone that helped him.
@@orz5516 He's been practicing his heart out. His body is in shambles. He lost fair and square and accepted it graciously, and you're disrespecting his daily hard work.
that move at 6:35 is freaking masterful, never seen that before. He used his own weight being used against him to use the other's guy weight against him and pitches him into the mat. I'm impressed.
That's what happens when you avoid tournaments for more than a year. Kaguera made a terrific tactical preparation in knowing his opponent well and won by justice
To be fair he has won more medals than anyone has ever even dared to dream of in their lifetime,kageura included. Dude is severely out of shape, compared to when he was in his prime. From the first match you already can tell there is not much flame left. Give the guy a break. He's already 30 and probably should move on in his life being coach.
So true, this was just the third round fight and he looked exhausted after 2 minutes of fighting... His movements were stiff and lacked any fluidity...
@@tm.8399 I'm nice to you. I expect you to be the same to me. These two tournaments were serious with good competition. Kokoro, Krpalek and many many more were there. You said he didn't fight. Yes he did.
I know someone who just got a spot for his national team... Well at least teddy shouldn't have any fear left of breaking his winningstreak and will stand back up to higher peaks than before.
Parabéns ao lutador Japonês. A terra do Sol Nascente é a grande escola de guerreiros. Parabéns ao grande guerreiro Francês que é um dos maiores lutadores da história.
The referee in Sydney was terrible. The kageura utimatasukasi was a wazaari, but the Shinozuka utimatasukasi was a stunning ippon. Nevertheless, I was pointed to Douillet for some reason. It is strange that such an immature referee was to judge in the finals of the Olympics.
6'8" and pure, almost 300 lbs. of muscle, with his judo technique Teddy Riner could've also been the greatest HW UFC fighter ever and made a fortune. However, I certainly can't blame him. I mean I wouldn't want to get hit in the face by Ngannou!
Impossible. At 300lbs he's too heavy to be a UFC fighter, and I cannot see him losing 35lbs as he's already so lean. Would never have happened. He's quite literally too big for the UFC lol!
@@iorekby nono he could prob make 265 for weigh ins and fight at around 280. cases like struve show that being big alone doesn't matter. idk if Judo alone will get you that far against a Gane or Jon Jones
@@bigiron4066 Dude that is Riner at 285 and he's shredded with a low body fat: i.pinimg.com/474x/b2/18/0b/b2180bfb28f535e102d785e1c7f34b7a.jpg He'd be killing himself to get to 265. Jon Jones has never fought someone who is not just a world class grappler, but one of the greatest of all time in his grappling discipline AND who also is 6'8". Obviously Jones would still be a favourite, but Riner would be a nightmare for anyone. This is a guy who was unbeaten for 10 years in elite Judo and is a 3 time Olympic Gold medalist. Then you have to factor in he's the highest paid Judoka of all time. Teddy is basically the Lebron or Ronaldo of Judo: He's a superstar in a country that is Judo mad. They have paid the kid a fortune to remain a Judoka. Articles in France put his annual earnings, when you factor in his base €430,000 salary from French Judo, to be up to €4million (including endorsements). Bear in mind, this was 2014 and his earnings would've went through the roof since then. We all know how shitty UFC pay is. Do you really think Dana could come up with a contract that guarantees north of €4 million+ a year just to try him out in UFC? Bearing in mind there's a possibility he might not even be able to make weight? He'll never do MMA. He's too big and too well paid in the world of Judo.
@@iorekby I understand and you know alot about prof. Judo. but know that a lot of fighters almost kill themselves to make weight to bully. that link you showed me.. bro thats not as low as man can go. no sunken in cheeks etc. all that water weight. ofc, Finances thats a different story. Wouldnt be an easy fight for te MMA contender for sure, but how many headkicks can Riner take, how many jabs can he absorb.. idk man Judo is martial art and UFC is almost fighting but with some rules... and to your last question... personally I dont believe Dana gives a Damn about Riner, although thats unfortunate. the weight argument though which is the original one, nah I dont concur. I invite you to look at wrestling bod Jones and MMA LHW Jones. Different body. Im not doubting your point that hes closed to maxed out weight wise for the sport. with weight cutting we could get him to 265 and hydrate to 285 next evening. he looks healthy on the link you posted. you must have seen the weigh ins where contenders pass out on the scale etc. Levels.
The Japanese was very cautious in his moves. Well done!! Anyway Teddy will always be one of the greatest. Undefeated for 10years?? That's just "waoouuuuuhhhhh!!!"
@@isradanbar erro? Tu não viu a luta mesmo, o Renner sempre foi mais forte que o japonês só que o japonês fez ele girar pra tentar derrubar ele na agilidade e no cansaço e no final conseguiu. isso se chama estratégia e garra pra faze lá funcionar.
@@Hi-hj6qy .... You made it seem like Yamashita has never been defeated when the fact of the matter is there has not been one judoka that ever was not defeated including Riner. Why has Yamashita never been on top of Riner in the past 10 years if he was that good? The fact of the matter is everyone loses ever so often and it is human nature. Every top judoka will not only train but they will watch their top champions in their divisions to determine weak and strong points to practice different techniques to defeat them. At times it works and other times it does not. Just because Yamashita won here and I congradulate him, does not mean he is going to do this steady in tournaments. Riner as well will not. Yamishita discovered a weak spot in Riner in which other top judoka will watch more carefully to train for further International tournaments and the Olympics. Riner will need to review the same videos to put it into his training. I wish both of them the very best in the future. By the way, I never seen him in any of the 1984 games. Was he at the 84 Olympics in California? I know many atheletes from that year but I was only a very small child then so I did not know the atheletes untill I made the USA National team in 1988 .
@@Hi-hj6qy ... I think he will take the time to reflect on his mistake and avoid it in future contest. I wish them nothing but the very best. I know I lost to Deway Mitchell back in the day and I went undefeated for many years in the Florida State tournaments. I never heard of him before as he moved out of state for some time after he was on the 1984 Olympic team untill one state tournament he showed up in my division. Feeling confident for another gold medal in the state tournament, he gave me the wake up call of my life lol. I assume that though Riner known of Yamashita, this match had Riner wake up to understand that now improvements needs to be focused on for sure. I am no longer in their weight class but in the - 90 kg . Deway himself would look pretty sad going against Riner or Yamashita today so frankly I am happy to no longer be in their weight class. Big guys with unbelievable strength and techniques they have in that division. I was always one of the lightest ever in their weight class and for some odd reason could not drop a few pounds to drop in the lower weight class back in the day.
@@Mahdi_Molla .... You are correct that it is not in comparison to other weight classes. But in today's time, they utilize more techniques then in the 80s to the 2000. I started this weight class in 87 and struggled to drop down a few pounds. At that time I was exactly staying between 208 and 209 pounds always in the 95 kg and over (Exactly) on the turn between the two weight classes. So you see I had to go against monsters in comparison. Not only that but I came from just leaving jr contest never competing in Sr. Contest so I had a very difficult time as I was still a jr. but needed more experienced players. I felt more confident after beating everyone on the national team from my rank (1st Degree Brown) and half the dan ranks on the national team untill Phil Porter put Ed Liddie against me making me feel like I was being used as a mop to clean the Mats lmao. I actually just talked to Ed a few days ago on the phone who had laugh at that actually. Ed like with what you said about the division has taught me alot about the competitive skills between the divisions first hand and skills I never learned used in the International tournaments. Before making the national team, yes I trained with champions from lighter divisions but never on a national or higher level. I went from training 2 hours a week to 4 hours slowly working to 8 to 10 hours a week before making them team doing 25 to 32 hours a week. I don't miss that weight class one bit. Ed is coaching me at the Nationals this year which is much appreciated.
@@Hi-hj6qy Yamashita is GOAT HW but he was gifted a draw when Endo broke his leg with kani basami. If that were anyone else he would have lost the match by not being able to continue. It was politics that meant he didnt lose that fight.
@@whiteshark7765 floyd mayweather didnt have nearly as many matches as Riner. you cant really compare both sports. you could also say "rinner didnt lose one round for 10 years, unlike mayweather)
He messed up and lost but Kageura would have lost the rematch 9/10 times. I mean a defeat is a defeat but he lost to a counter to his attack in a match he was clearly dominating most all the time. And it was a non ippon during GS. But thats how the game is played and Teddy is the was and still is the best at it.
@@phank.s.4052 Could be. I trained and fought for more than 10 years in Nigeria. Karate. I don't claim to be world class or anything, but I picked up a thing or two. Riner was gassed from the first. There's no denying that. Looked like his cardio was off. So it could have been lack of training, or it could have been an injury. That's what I saw.
Given that the newer rules benefit taller fighters in judo, Kageuro is a foot shorter and 40lbs lighter... I have a lot more respect for Kageuro as a fighter.
French men’s judo is decreasing power, only clerget goes to the game of third place. French judo federation have to think about this thing really. They who competes now are almost 30over so it means that generation change doesn’t work.
I agree. The training regime for men has been dubious for many years, only now the gap is glaring with a generation gap. The people who were brought up didn't last long, and didn't have great results on the international level. Over-training ?
Since their last meeting, the writing was on the wall. The French coaches somehow missed to see that the only chances of Tushishvili and Kageura to beat Riner are on shoulder moves, including sukashi. Going back to basics, both hands on the opponent, then launch keeping both hands on !
Wow lose in your city your tournament your country that man is a GOAT in judo i can't believe but kaguera such a potential in that guy great tactics against bigger opponent's
Faro Hran Ten years without a loss "this man is the GOAT" you have such a big mouth. You do not practise judo just shut up. fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Riner
Well Kayla Harrison American won the Olympic Gold medal Against Gibbons in Gibbons own country and home city at the London Olympic games, it's not the first time it occurred.
@@novembrelima9578 I practise judo man he is one of the greatest judokas ever i know koga yamashita ryoko but you cant disagree when he go to competition people just always say ok riner is 1st but this is a schok for whole judo world
@@farohran1602 ..... Riner just made a regretful mistake is all. To me Yamishita, He just possibly studied Riners main weakness in which he exposed to the world in the match pretty well and that is in Riners uchimata with Riner leaning very far as most of us do in a 90 degree or more angle during the time of the throw. Many of us, not all however train our defenses to avoid it when possible by trying to step over right into it a counter , sometimes it works, sometimes it does not. Riners grip was just not set in strong enough for what ever reason and Yamashita may of caused that during the throw prior to going into the immediate counter. For such a small guy though, he did very well. Yamishita does have a pretty impressive record though overall just like Riner however to me personally, Riner is still the very best in his weight class. I am positive as all champions do, he will go home and study his mistake to train even harder on not letting it happen again. Both are very impressive to me. Anyways Faro, I teach Judo myself and wish you all the very best there is with your advancement in the sport. Hopefully we can see you in the Olympics one day and please always shoot for the gold. One thing as seen in Riners match here and something I teach my Judoka, please remember the words "If your opponent goes in a certain direction in a throw, send your opponent in the same direction in a counter" . This will help you achieve many of your matches.
Ted made the fall entrance at the Japones, but the Japones was smarter ... He realized that Ted was also down and projected his weight on Ted making him stay with his back on the ground and characterized Ippon. Pure cunning ...