As I climb the stairs leading up to Round 1 in San Juan, I realize that fighting gyms all have a distinct yet familiar aura. This training hall only opened this year, so it’s far from your dingy, ...

The guide to the grappling styles used by MMA fighters continues with a grappling system that is growing in popularity and could help produce several of the next generation of stars in MMA. Sambo is a ...

Chael Sonnen appears to have taken a jibe at sambo and at one of the sport’s most well-known representatives, Khabib Nurmagomedov. In an edition of Beyond the Fight, Sonnen, who himself was a ...

What makes Sambo superior to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu? According to recently retired 29-0 legend Khabib Nurmagomedov, it’s the takedowns. The former UFC lightweight champion was widely lauded for his ...

Valentin Moldavsky seconds Khabib Nurmagomedov’s past claim that combat sambo is a better base for mixed martial arts than Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Advertisement Moldavsky (12-3) is scheduled to headline ...

A declaration was signed in March for the development of a professional combat sambo league, with the statement claiming the discipline generates the greatest interest and excitement among the ...

The International World Games Association has officially unveiled the 30 nominees for the Athlete of the Year 2025 award, with Combat SAMBO champion Arman Avanesyan securing a spot on the prestigious ...

BISHKEK, November 7. /TASS/. Russian athletes won nine gold medals at the opening day of competitions during the 2025 World Sambo Championships that is currently underway in Bishkek, the capital of ...

Athletes compete during the 2016 Asian Sambo Championship at the Ashgabat Olympic Complex, Turkmenistan, on May 27, 2016. Iranian Sambo practitioners continue their fine performances at the 2016 Asian ...

Chairman Lagos State Judo Association and Vice President Sambo Federation of Nigeria Sheriff Hammed talks about Nigeria’s groundbreaking achievements in Sambo, being Africa’s first in Blind Sambo, ...