Former UFC heavyweight champ Andrei Arlovski (31-20-2) is another decorated fighter with a background in Sambo. Taking to martial arts at the relatively late age of 16, Arlovski blended Judo ...

Artyom Priymenko, 16, was a champion in Sambo, a Russian martial art loved by President Vladimir Putin, who has called for it to be included in the Olympics, East2West News reported.

Jack Kogan, the President of American Amateur SAMBO Federation, has known Justin Brezhnev for over 10 years, and agrees that SAMBO is more than a new trend in martial arts. “SAMBO is not just ...

The martial art of Sambo originated in the Soviet Union in the early 1920s and continues to grow in popularity. The discipline was made world-famous in mixed martial arts by Fedor Emelianenko, a ...

Low-cost carrier Pobeda Airlines says it plans to teach its ground staffers judo and sambo, a martial art developed by the Soviet Red Army in the 1920s, the UK’s Daily Mail reported.

When mixed martial arts and the UFC began, ... Sambo is huge in Russia and eastern Europe. Some forms of Sambo, such as combat Sambo, ...

Martial arts have been practiced for thousands of years. The word “martial” comes ... Sport Sambo is the most popular variety and is akin to amateur wrestling and judo.

Justin Brezhnev, a third-year communication studies student, is an elite international competitor in the martial art of SAMBO.He is currently in Russia, representing the U.S. and UCLA at the World ...