Alexander Karelin versus Craig Pittman

Here is Alexander Karelin wrestling against Craig Pittman at the Greco World Championships in 1989 which took place in Martigny, Switzerland. Karelin went on to win gold, with László Klauz taking silver.

Ruth v. Friev

Here is Team USA's Ed Ruth wrestling Spain's Taymuraz Friev at the 2014 Beat the Streets wrestling event hosted in Times Square in New York.

Ruth, a 3X time NCAA champ, appears to be considering a debut in Bellator MMA in late 2016.

Video of the Day - Vereb v. Askren

Here is Ben Askren wrestling Hungary's Istavan Vereb in a freestyle wrestling match from the 2008 Olympics round of 8.

Askren (14-0) last fought Luis Santos (61-9-1) to a no contest after an accidental eye poke at One FC 26.

Video of the Day - Dolan v. McMann

Here is Sara McMann wrestling Canada's Megan Dolan in the Chicago Cup in February of 2007.

McMann (7-1, 1-1 UFC) will try to rebound from her first career loss when she fights Lauren Murphy (8-0, 0-0 UFC) at UFN 47.

Video of the Day - Sanderson v. Cormier

Here is Daniel Cormier wrestling Cael Sanderson at the 2001 NCAA Wrestling Championship.

Cormier (15-0, 4-0 UFC) next meets Jon Jones at UFC 178. Sanderson won the 2004 Gold Medal at the Athens Olympics in addition to a perfect NCAA career. As a coach, Sanderson has won 4 straight NCAA team championships.

Video of the Day - Galvao v. Estima

Here is Andre Galvao grappling Braulio Estima in the superfight at the 2013 Abu Dhabi Combat Championships in China.

Galvao is a 2nd degree blackbelt in BJJ who took gold in the 2011 ADCC 88KG and Absolute divisions. Estima, a 3rd degree black belt, took gold in the 2009 ADCC 88KG and Absolute division. Each has several other world titles to their credit.

Olympic Champ Henry Cejudo to MMA - Videos

2008 Olympic Gold medalist Henry Cejudo has announced via that he is making the transition from freestyle wrestling to mixed martial arts. Cejudo has been getting amateur boxing experience, reportedly winning the "Copper Gloves" in Arizona.

While Olympic freestyle wrestling doesn't directly correlate to MMA, the single leg, double leg, high crotch and sprawl all translate. I don't think any fighters at 135 or 125 would be taking him down. More importantly it is about having body control, the ability to change levels, use of leverage to get and defend takedown attempts, sprawl and so forth.

Here is a look at Cejudo in his 55KG, 121 pounds, gold medal match against Tomohiro Matsunaga from Bejing.


Here is the Sunkist Freestyle 55kg Final featuring Henry Cejudo against Danny Felix, go to 5:30 for the end scramble.

Video of the Day - Cormier v. Fekete

Here is Daniel Cormier wrestling against Nik Fekete at the US Nationals in 2008. Cormier next fights Frank Mir at UFC on Fox 7. Fekete will next be seen on TUF 17 fighting at 185.