3 brothers, all champions in different wrestling styles

[Luigi]

Today I found out about a family of 3 brothers, who are all champion wrestlers but in different disciplines. Two of them have also done MMA.

1. Dolgorsürengiin Sumyaabazar. A freestyle wrestler who represented Mongolia in the Olympics in the 90s. He came up short in the olympics, so he switched to Mongolian style wrestling. He came in second place at the Nadaam, the grand championship of Mongolian Wrestling, which is Mongolia's national sport. He then went into MMA, where he fought Bob Sapp:



After retiring from MMA, he went back to Mongolian wrestling, where he came 1st in the Nadaam in 2006.

2. Asashōryū Akinori(Dolgorsürengiin Dagvadorj). With a background in Mongol wrestling, he entered Sumo wrestling. He achieved the highest rank possible and won countless world tournaments. He is considered the 4th greatest Sumo wrestler of all time. Here is him against the greatest sumo of all time, fellow Mongolian Hakuho:



3. Blue Wolf(Dolgorsürengiin Serjbüdee). A pro wrestler for NJPW(the WWE of Japan). He became the tag team world champion and much like his brother, went into MMA. Here is him fighting a random American:



Edit: I found this cool link where a guy talks about all the success Mongols have had in combat sports, which includes a lot of wrestlers:

http://wap.hupu.com/bbs/6205882.html If the link goes dead it is called "Chinese Kungfu vs. Mongolian Wrestling" and seems to be posted around the internet.

[Luigi]

And if you would prefer to see Hakuho vs. Asashoryu without cool effects on the video you can watch these videos:

[Megaterio Llamas]

Interesting, thanks.

[Edge Guerrero]

Today I found out about a family of 3 brothers, who are all champion wrestlers but in different disciplines. Two of them have also done MMA.

3. Blue Wolf(Dolgorsürengiin Serjbüdee). A pro wrestler for NJPW(the WWE of Japan). He became the tag team world champion and much like his brother, went into MMA. Here is him fighting a random American:

Tom Howard was a pro-wrestler, i never followed his career or watched his matchs, but i remember him from a tv program were he teach a guy how to wrestle.

BLue Wolf, i've heard tha name, but never watched a match, is very cool that a family has followed the same path in diferent ways, if was today with the global MMA boom, you think that that Dolgorsürengiin Sumyaabazar would have tryied to stay in MMA?

I know that contrary to what people bellieve, people choose their pathways based on diferent things like satisfaction and acomplishiments, maybe mongolain wrestling was more satisfacting to him after all, but he beat Sapp when Sapp used to be a credible fighter.

[Luigi]

BLue Wolf, i've heard tha name, but never watched a match, is very cool that a family has followed the same path in diferent ways, if was today with the global MMA boom, you think that that Dolgorsürengiin Sumyaabazar would have tryied to stay in MMA?

I know that contrary to what people bellieve, people choose their pathways based on diferent things like satisfaction and acomplishiments, maybe mongolain wrestling was more satisfacting to him after all, but he beat Sapp when Sapp used to be a credible fighter.

Based purely on his athleticism and his drive to become a champion, I have no doubt he could have excelled in MMA. His strong performance against Sapp only reinforces that. However, in 2003 MMA was huge in Japan, if he went into MMA today it would be overall more popular, but much less popular in Japan where he fought. I think wrestling was always his calling and he only went into MMA because he needed a break from wrestling. I mentioned he had placed 2nd in the Nadaam before going into mma, he had actually placed 2nd on four different occasions. I can see why he could have been a bit burned out.

[Edge Guerrero]

Based purely on his athleticism and his drive to become a champion, I have no doubt he could have excelled in MMA. His strong performance against Sapp only reinforces that. However, in 2003 MMA was huge in Japan, if he went into MMA today it would be overall more popular, but much less popular in Japan where he fought. I think wrestling was always his calling and he only went into MMA because he needed a break from wrestling. I mentioned he had placed 2nd in the Nadaam before going into mma, he had actually placed 2nd on four different occasions. I can see why he could have been a bit burned out.

- Like Rocky said:
Fighters fight.

But is a coool story, thank you for posting.
Blue Wolf is a cool ring name too

[Luigi]

Blue Wolf is a cool ring name too

Apparently it was an epithet of Genghis Khan, pretty cool indeed.