I don't know if you you guys ever heard of odan amagov he finished a number of guys he was like a spinning back kick guy and he uh me up and then I think a round or two later hit John with that spinning back kick did he drop him he dropped him oh I'm a go is a scary scary guy of the opening round there's that put on a show Adon amagov walked away from the UFC at his Peak leaving hardcore fans with a heap of questions the spectacular knockout wizard shined in Russian promotions then
looked Stellar inside the Octagon fight team but now it's B away and trying to work towards it wow but in 2013 he suddenly traded money and fame for the Peace of home today we look back at the run of the chin wolf in MMA a story that leaves no one indifferent trying to finish it here big shots it's over it's over it's over it's all over Adlon got into martial arts at the age of 19 after witnessing a scuffle near his college he realized that academic degrees alone wouldn't cut it on the streets two guys
started fighting they brawled like lions I watched them and the next day I signed up at the gym in just a couple of years emov went from a rookie to Russian combat [ __ ] champion he didn't waste time transitioning to MMA making his debut at 21 against a guy with over 30 Pro bouts none other than alexe alenik boa constrictor would go on to break into the UFC's Heavyweight top 10 and secure the first ever Ezekiel choke Inside the Cage my God to move himself into the M position but he the seasoned veteran easily
dragged the fight to the mat at managed to reverse the position but ended up in a lenic signature Ezekiel refusing to tap the newcomer went unconscious in the crafty trap they asked me if I wanted to fight an MMA I said yes having no clue who I'd be facing and right before walking out I hear them announce him world champion in this European champion in that I turned around and asked the ring girl is that my opponent amagov returned a year and a half later and the major Russian organization Prof FC across from him stood
gaji Morad anti gulv who would also eventually earn a spot in the UFC oh there it is look at that worth noting the chuchen fought at light heavyweight despite walking around at roughly 190 lb in the opening minute Adlon got the kicks going threw hands off the back foot took the wrestler down and rough him up from top position back on the feet he pulled the trigger unleashing a wicked overhand right on the button amagov offered the first glimpse of his potential just 3 months later he would showcase his flare for flashy kicks [Applause] these
hurricane spinning attacks would soon become the Hallmark of his style years later Mike Winkle John the renowned striking coach of Jon Jones would praise amagov I amagov this kids coming he's great I'll tell you what everybody's going to free this guy when they see how hard he can kick he's going to be number one my goal is to have him number one soon under the nickname bores which translates to Wolf in chin the recent debutant began gaining momentum [Music] [Applause] and the following year marked a turning point in his career in 2010 he went undefeated
across five outings amagov consistently fired off kick salvos out wrestled his pose dominated on the ground continu by his 10th outing he systematically unsettled his opponent's defense with roundhouse [Applause] kicks then launched an overhand and with his newly sharpened offensive grappling started stacking up finishes the echo of his chasing high kick reached all the way to the US and before long bors signed a deal with Strike Force for his last few fights in Russia Adlon prepared with a prominent team that included fedor's brother Alexander amilon enko but his first camp in the states took place
at Ko Ojo where he trained and learned English side by side with a young kabib norov who at the time was just getting ready for his UFC debut is hello Eagle how are you no no you too in July 2011 the CH and wolf learned that having lunch before weigh-ins is not necessary and dropped down to middleweight he faced an experienced Grappler Ron Stallings early on the American hoped to slow Adlon down with low kicks he needs to realize that right now and get this definitely had a kick in that opening amagov responded and kind
the p starlings is trying to close that kick to the lead leg keeping the advancing adversary at range well and he wasn't choked unconscious and now walks in right while unloading his patented kicks Strike Force debuts and there's yeah absolutely kick there point of the opening round there's that spinning back bors also held his own in the wrestling realm scoring a couple of takedowns late and sing's able to get back up nice after the break Stallings managed to force a clinch looking to tea off on his Le leg and now Clos but the [ __
] specialist countered with two harai gois or hip throws and Stallings and again that's three times in this fight now feeding however this burst of activity and lack of experience came at a price HOV keeping him at Bay with all kinds of strikes here Final 5 Seconds a flurry from amagov he ends up on his back Stallings now with some grounded pound to end the round the FR opponent took over an opportunity right now to make a big splash here in his Strike Force debut a series of now from he landed some of those take
right threatening with two different sub attempts to save his arm from Stallings nice reversal here looking for the back door escaping but now it's arm still in there but a nice Escape by OV survived purely on grit and never stopped throwing down that time OV again misses with the left hand as doing Ducks gets hit in the body Final 5 Seconds these two are going to swing for the fences to close the fight when the dust settled bores had dominated most of the fight but the mistakes and cardio issues nearly cost him the decision Edon
Amon having worked on his weak points Adlon came back four months later against Anthony Smith the American would go on a challenge for UFC gold and earn a reputation for his lethal ground game but back in strike force with a 15 and7 record lionhardt was considered a knockout artist amagov didn't plan to brawl and dumped Smith to the mat at the first opportunity wild swim working his tail off to get that take down he just whipped it foret but when the ref did Anthony a solid and stood them back up edlon decided to take matters
into his own hands of AMA Bob Squad in the hands of Gracie fight team but now it's Bobs away as he catches him with the right hand grab a pound and amagov Records his sixth win being a former knockout another Smith gambled in a game of Russian Roulette only to catch the bullet at the three minute Mark and boom there it is after that wild slugfest the chin wolf drew a future UFC champion Robbie Lawler at the time ruthless already had notched 15 Kos in 18 wins and was regarded as the most dangerous striker in
the promotion right on the button but lyet stands oh lindl gets knocked down and he is in January 2012 Adlon had no intention of trading bombs with a prime Lawler and secured a Tak down right out of the gate comes forward quickly and ab but after head loocking Robbie and pressing him against the cage bors made a critical mistake knee strike when the action reset emov looked too hesitant Lawler in contrast stayed razor sharp and the way you respond legal knee strike Robbie Lawler how poetic is that Robbie faked a step and his flying knee
found a home just beautiful subsequently Adlon admitted that the foul made him feel ashamed so his will to fight evaporated School the up and covers tonight to reset after the loss he took some time off still relatively new to martial arts bores entered the Naga grappling tournament and won first place khabib competed alongside him grabbing gold in his own division as well finally for part of his next MMA Camp Adlon trained in Albuquerque with the famous Jackson wink team amagov returned to strike force in August 2012 to face Keith Barry the chat opened by testing
Barry's body put on a show right on Q guys then waxed him in true Jon Jones style half with that one oh he got him and Barry in trouble early amot pouncing on Barry and her for's floored Barry with just his second strike a picture perfect oblique kick forced Herb Dean to step in that's T right there very athletic shortly after Strike Force was shut down by its parent company zua and the highly promising amagov headed to the [Music] UFC prior to his debut in the ultimate promotion adance settled at Jackson wink one day during
a sparring session he first knocked out Carlos Condit the interim UFC welterweight champion at the time and then dropped Jon Jones with a spinning kick to the liver he uh he me up and then I think a round or two later hit Jon with that spinning back kick did he drop him he drop him oh even John himself admitted this when he came to Russia in 2013 saying he'd never experienced anything like it before or since Jones said you knocked out another guy after him well that's just how it went down but what really matters
is what happens in official bouts and the leveled up bors didn't disappoint there either in the UFC Adlon started cutting weight like other pros and in his welterweight debut at 170 Adlon battled the 5-1 Chris Spang the Swedish Striker at absolutely nothing for the chin wolf in open space start getting those suppress him now then he's look how amagov tried out some of Jones's tricks that lead left kick very very well through the left uppercut cuz you never know what amagov is going to throw and whenever necessary took the help of Spang down down and
that's what Spang needs to do back him up there's the kick beautiful kick from amag man he gots it off quick background that he can work in this position threat of a second technique like this is as dangerous he didn't forget how to wow the commentators with flashy kicks either including the rare H tornado solid kick in this spin wow really mixing it up nicely a side kick allow oh abov to keep going kick tried to catch and even a 360 roundhouse into a wheel kick towards it wow completely shutting down spang's ability to score
Adlon put his Arsenal on display and left the judges no wiggle room amagov just so quick so flexible half a year later he went up against grappling based TJ waldberg a dangerous opportunist in the midst of a Scramble for the submission early wow beautiful take down nice reversal from H and here we go right off the bat bores routinely tested his torso he's going that's it that was what I was looking at he caught him too yeah that was hard right theut in response TJ rushed into Close Quarters to widen his committing a fatal mistake
I'm TJ he's in big trouble trying to finish it here Big Shots it's over it's over it's over it's all over planting a textbook ushiro G straight to the gut and sending waldberg flying with a short left hook bors mercilessly pounded his victim into the canvas time I'm go off as a scary scary guy boys that night UFC was celebrating its 20th anniversary and Dana White mentioned this bright blip on his radar that dude's scary yeah it's crazy how you know you got a wrestler who's holding that single and like you know you always see
this they're driving around this guy hits so hard that he knocked him out doing you know with short little punches like this that dude is nasty in just a couple of months in December 2013 news broke that amagov had no plans to continue his career at the time of those first retirement reports he was only 27 years old and considering how Lady started out the public saw the wolf as one of mma's top prospects at first rumors swirled that amagov had retired for religious reasons other reports suggested that he simply grew tired of being away
from his family the fighter gave his own explanation for the sudden decision my dream was to learn how to fight of course there were many things to achieve becoming a UFC champion for example but when I first started I didn't have those Ambitions I fought in Strikeforce I fought in the UFC I achieved everything I wanted I thought about it and decided to step away from professional MMA however 3 years later in 2016 amagov made made a surprised return to the ring under the banner of the regional promotion S70 competing at light heavyweight his Brazilian
antagonist tried to overwhelm the former welterweight with size fors casually reversed the throw and took Mount the initial choke attempt didn't stick but the follow-up armar from guard worked beautifully many fans were hoping for a fullscale comeback but that fight turned out to be nothing more than a farewell performance after that exhibition edlon only competed at amateur tournaments purely for fun when asked to assess amol's potential before he retired legendary coach Greg Jackson once said I've never seen anyone that strong at this weight he could have easily been a champion easily and more than once
I miss him a lot I really wish he'd come back what a talented guy the hardest thing for any fighter is dealing with Nostalgia for glory and only a rear few leave the blood sport while still young and healthy as fans we would have loved to see the true limits of emv's combat potential but who could blame a man who didn't need the bright lights to be happy Spang trying to work towards it wow another solid kick in the spin of AMA B Squad in the H of GRA fight team but now it's bombs away
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