Bob Sapp defeats Fedor!…in arm wrestling
Although both competed in mixed martial arts at a high level, Bob Sapp and Fedor Emelianenko never met inside the…
Although both competed in mixed martial arts at a high level, Bob Sapp and Fedor Emelianenko never met inside the ring or cage. Probably a good thing for Sapp who likely would not have stood a chance against the famed Russian heavyweight, but Sapp was able to defeated Fedor today in a different arena:
Fedor Emelianenko lost earlier Monday in Japan to Bob Sapp.
No, it’s not what you think.
It was actually part of a celebrity 17-man arm wrestling tournament that also included UFC fighters Alistair Overeem, Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto and Mark Hunt, as well as other MMA stars well known in Japan like Kazushi Sakuraba and Kevin Randleman, and famous kickboxers Jerome LeBanner and Francisco Filho.
Sapp won the tournament, beating Baruto, a 415-pound Estonian who was a famous sumo in Japan until retiring earlier this year. Sapp beat a sumo named Aoiyama and Terry Holland, whose background is not known, before beating Emelianenko in the semifinals.
Sapp is easily most famous MMA fighter in Japan, even though he’s turned into a joke in recent years. He was a hard to explain cultural phenomenon a decade ago and was a huge ratings draw for years when he would fight on television.
In his first-round match, Emelianenko put the arm down of Filho.