Craig Jones, the renowned grappling coach associated with UFC welterweight contender Jack Della Maddalena, recently gave his thoughts on the Russian combat sport of sambo.
Sambo, in my view, is essentially a sport born when two judoka decided to strip off their gis and just wrestle. I have nothing but respect for that approach. However, Reinier de Ridder has already busted the myth surrounding the strength of American wrestlers [by defeating Bo Nickal], and us Australians have done the same regarding the supposed power of Russian wrestlers. It makes you wonder, is there *any* nation left where people genuinely wrestle?
