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I saw the thread about Tyson wanting to fight a gorilla and had to post this, Aleksandr Emelianenko is a MMA heavyweight (6'6 260) and brother to Fyodor and there is an interview where he talks about how he hunted and killed a bear with a knife
(Also read at bottom about mma'ers and their boxing ability)
I went hunting. For bears. With a knife.
"On whether people really hunt bears with knives:
Emelianenko: Yes, they do. A few years ago there was an unfortunate incident. One sportsman, a world champion in wrestling … what was he doing? Yes, he was putting a fork under the bear’s neck. [The practice of hunting bears with a knife involves, once the bear is in front of you, placing a long stick with a letter U-shaped end under the bear’s muzzle as it rears up to fight. Once the stick is in place, the bear isn’t able to bring its body down and the hunter stabs it a number of times, ideally killing it instantly.]
And then the bear couldn’t attack him, and he was stabbing it under the ribs in the heart. And as he was stabbing it, that bear swung with its paw. It was dead already -- the paw was its last gasp with all its strength and basically took half of the wrestler’s head off. And of course the other hunters opened fire on the bear, but it was too late. He went to try his luck with a bear, and it didn’t come off.
For me everything is still fine. I’m OK. I’ve done it and it was OK. About half a year ago, it was in Russia, in Siberia. Everything was fine. I put the fork underneath him and stabbed him in the heart. And that was it. The other hunters dismembered, prepared the bear.
I want to go hunting in Africa now, with friends. I’ve been invited. "
Also wanted to comment on the mma guys boxing ability, obviously most are **** in comparison but there are a few guys who do mma who i think have real boxing ability and Aleks Emelianenko is one of them, he's been boxing since he was like 12 or 13 so he's been doing it his whole life
opinions
The first one is his fight against barnett, shows his boxing skills
second one is the same fight but a shorter hl version for those without patience
(Also read at bottom about mma'ers and their boxing ability)
I went hunting. For bears. With a knife.
"On whether people really hunt bears with knives:
Emelianenko: Yes, they do. A few years ago there was an unfortunate incident. One sportsman, a world champion in wrestling … what was he doing? Yes, he was putting a fork under the bear’s neck. [The practice of hunting bears with a knife involves, once the bear is in front of you, placing a long stick with a letter U-shaped end under the bear’s muzzle as it rears up to fight. Once the stick is in place, the bear isn’t able to bring its body down and the hunter stabs it a number of times, ideally killing it instantly.]
And then the bear couldn’t attack him, and he was stabbing it under the ribs in the heart. And as he was stabbing it, that bear swung with its paw. It was dead already -- the paw was its last gasp with all its strength and basically took half of the wrestler’s head off. And of course the other hunters opened fire on the bear, but it was too late. He went to try his luck with a bear, and it didn’t come off.
For me everything is still fine. I’m OK. I’ve done it and it was OK. About half a year ago, it was in Russia, in Siberia. Everything was fine. I put the fork underneath him and stabbed him in the heart. And that was it. The other hunters dismembered, prepared the bear.
I want to go hunting in Africa now, with friends. I’ve been invited. "
Also wanted to comment on the mma guys boxing ability, obviously most are **** in comparison but there are a few guys who do mma who i think have real boxing ability and Aleks Emelianenko is one of them, he's been boxing since he was like 12 or 13 so he's been doing it his whole life
opinions
The first one is his fight against barnett, shows his boxing skills
second one is the same fight but a shorter hl version for those without patience
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