Sumo Wrestler vs MMA Fighter

By Editorial Staff in Sports On 14th August 2016
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#1

273kg. vs. 76kg. Not much of a battle, is it? In a fight, there's no way a tiny little guy is likely to topple a dude three times heavier than him, is there? Well, yeah maybe there is. This is not street fight. This is a sanctioned fight in a ring. It's a sumo wrestler vs a trained MMA fighter.

Fight goes the way of the wee man. In such a crazy way too. It's definitely worth a watch. Especially if you want proof of the old adage, ‘the bigger they are, the harder they fall'

#2 Emmanuel Yarbrough

Emanuel was coached in judo by Don Spears,who is currently the highest ranking practitioner of Aikido having reached the ranking of 8th "Dan" in 2005[1] He was recruited for wrestling and football at Morgan State University and achieved All American status in the Heavyweight class in 1983 Division II and 1986 Division I.

He was 6 ft 8 in (2.03 meters) tall[2] and has weighed up to 882 lb (400 kg), holding the Guinness World Record for the heaviest living athlete.[3] He was the 1995 World Amateur Sumo Champion and is considered to be one of the most famous sumo wrestlers outside Japan.

From 1996 to 1997, Yarbrough competed in professional wrestling for Catch Wrestling Association in Germany, where he had gimmick matches based around his sumo career. He took part in a sumo tournament against the entire staff of the promotion, being declared winner after beating everybody except August Smisl and Terminator Mastino. He later won another tournament, beating the likes of Osamu Nishimura and Jason Neidhart, Jim Neidhart's cousin.

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#3 Daiju Takase

Daiju Takase born April 20, 1978 in Tokyo) is a Japanese mixed martial artist and kickboxer.[1] He has fought as a middleweight and welterweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and PRIDE Fighting Championship. He is noted for being the second of six fighters to defeat and first of three fighters to finish former UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva.

Takase's mixed martial arts debut came at PRIDE 3, where he defeated the 600 lb Sumo wrestler Emmanuel Yarborough. He then fought in a variety of organizations, including Pancrase and the UFC, facing tough opposition, including losses to Jeremy Horn, Ikuhisa Minowa, and Nino Schembri.

On June 8, 2003, Takase faced Anderson Silva at PRIDE 26. At the time, Silva was on a 9-match winning streak, and given Takase's unimpressive record, he was a heavy underdog. However, Takase surprised spectators with a first round triangle choke submission victory. With this win, he becomes notable for being one of the six men to ever defeat Anderson Silva.

Takase then fought in PRIDE's Bushido promotion, and continued to face difficult opposition with mixed success, including a victory over Carlos Newton and losses to Rodrigo Gracie and Hayato Sakurai.

Takase most recently fought on July 26, 2014, when he got a TKO win over Hee Seung Kim at ROAD FC 16

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