My Future Evolutions Tete-A-Tete with Dallas Winston this week got me thinking about the Russian fighting style Sambo so I thought I’d post a few nuggets from some articles I’ve been reading about its ...

Long before Fedor Emelianenko (Pictures) became the best fighter on the planet, another Russian sambo practitioner was causing a sensation in international MMA: Oleg Taktarov. On Nov. 30, "The Russian ...

Inside the Camarillo Jiu-Jitsu Academy all eyes are fixed on something of a living legend. While many teach judo and Brazillian jiu-jitsu, few if any know the Russian Sambo leg lock like Oleg Taktarov ...

Oleg Nikolaevich Taktarov (Russian: Оле́г Никола́евич Такта́ров; born August 26, 1967) is a retired Russian mixed martial artist and actor. He is a practitioner of Sambo and Judo and has competed in ...

Murilo Bustamante’s heroic efforts highlighted the MARS event in 1996. | Photo: Marcelo Alonso/Sherdog.com Conceived as a three-fight challenge series pitting Brazilian jiu-jitsu against sambo with an ...

Well that was not pretty. #3 seed B. J. Penn simply crushed #6 Jeremy Horn, leaving the MMA pioneer a bloody mess in a slaughter of a first round match-up. Big, impressive win from Penn. Now, he steps ...

Three-time world champion Nikolai Baranov has died at the age of 71, the All-Russian Sambo Federation has announced. Representing the Soviet Union, Baranov won the gold medal in the 74 kilograms ...