Chechen ruler challenges UFC to literal fight to the death

[Полковник 95]

This is what the guy always does. Even in classification threads. Asks us to classify some Kavkaz then starts whining like a bitch on his menstrual period when people say Russian or Slav etc.

You seem so defiant to me, as if you were some little butthurt user who has a grudge for some reason which is not known to me and who is trying to take revenge to restore his pride.

[Albobalboa]

I like what Kadyrov is doing, just like Putin he is leading by example. He is creating a character of himself in order to be idolized by young Cechens who will strive to be like him, and that's how Chechnya is planned to grow further. This is obviously just one of his many media stunts for that exact purpose.

I do not think they would have much success, and the whole idea is fucking retarded, but it would still be fun to watch lol.

[Colonel Frank Grimes]

I like what Kadyrov is doing, just like Putin he is leading by example. He is creating a character of himself in order to be idolized by young Cechens who will strive to be like him, and that's how Chechnya is planned to grow further. This is obviously just one of his many media stunts for that exact purpose.

I do not think they would have much success, and the whole idea is fucking retarded, but it would still be fun to watch lol.

He's embarrassing himself but he doesn't know any better.

That being said I successfully picked 8 out of 10 results in today's event including two underdogs. I'm totally awesome.

[Полковник 95]

I like what Kadyrov is doing, just like Putin he is leading by example. He is creating a character of himself in order to be idolized by young Cechens who will strive to be like him, and that's how Chechnya is planned to grow further. This is obviously just one of his many media stunts for that exact purpose.

I do not think they would have much success, and the whole idea is fucking retarded, but it would still be fun to watch lol.

It isn't really a publicity stunt. Wouldn't make sense at all because Kadyrov doesn't care about western media. This Canadian guy had to wait months to get an interview at all, had to travel twice to Chechnya until he was summoned to his palace eventually.

He's embarrassing himself but he doesn't know any better.

That being said I successfully picked 8 out of 10 results in today's event including two underdogs. I'm totally awesome.

What do you know about MMA, you clown? You haven't seen one single time in your entire life a MMA club from inside. LOL.

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Chechen ruler Ramzan Kadyrov is known as a dictator, strongman, and an ally of Russia’s Vladmir Putin. Kadyrov is also a big fan of mixed martial arts. Kadyrov is the subject of a profile in the latest edition of HBO’s Real Sports, during which he discussed his own fight league, Akhmat MMA, boasting that he “wants to show the world that we have the best fighters.”

He rarely does interviews with western journalists and Real Sports’ David Scott had to go to Chechnya twice in an attempt to speak with Kadyrov.

In the profile, Kadyrov issued a rather blood thirsty challenge to UFC. A tournament that would be unlike any other.

“We propose that UFC and Akhmat face off in a tournament,” Kadyrov said. “And we’ll see who has the strongest fighters. I think it would be quite a spectacle. They would fight to the end. A fight to the death.”
Believing that Chechens are tougher because they grew up fighting in wars, Kadyrov tells Real Sports that “We will bring all your American MMA belts back to Grozny,” which is the capital of Chechnya.

The country was ravaged by war and Kadyrov was a soldier in Chechnya’s army when he was 15. He said, “I love to fight. I was born and raised in war.” And he added that dying in battle would be his “greatest joy.”

Under Kadyrov’s rule, there’s no dissent allowed and opposition press is banned. The country’s human rights record is reported to be spotty, but Kadyrov boasts to Real Sports that Chechnya couldn’t be more democratic.

Ассаламу 1алейкум. Хьо мичар ву?

[Albobalboa]

It isn't really a publicity stunt. Wouldn't make sense at all because Kadyrov doesn't care about western media. This Canadian guy had to wait months to get an interview at all, had to travel twice to Chechnya until he was summoned to his palace eventually.





What do you know about MMA, you clown? You haven't seen one single time in your entire life a MMA club from inside. LOL.

Alright, he might just be that way. But it does seem as he's deliberately portraying himself as as "stereotypically Chechen" as possible, to influence the younger generations. Especially with this mma stuff, and how kids were put to fight, it's obvious attempt to influence national mentality.

I'm not saying it's a bad thing, it just is. I'd probably see it as a good thing mostly, it influences a more warrior type mentality amongst the Chechens, I think he's preparing for if Russia falls apart then Chechnya should be ready.

[Proto-Shaman]

Why bump a thread looking for opinions only to attack those giving an opinion?

this.

[Полковник 95]

Ассаламу 1алейкум. Хьо мичар ву?

Ваалейкум ассалам. Со Москвар ву.

Alright, he might just be that way. But it does seem as he's deliberately portraying himself as as "stereotypically Chechen" as possible, to influence the younger generations. Especially with this mma stuff, and how kids were put to fight, it's obvious attempt to influence national mentality.

I'm not saying it's a bad thing, it just is. I'd probably see it as a good thing mostly, it influences a more warrior type mentality amongst the Chechens, I think he's preparing for if Russia falls apart then Chechnya should be ready.

No need for it because Chechens think and act quite uniformly in all relevant respects. MMA is practised by pretty much everyone in the region.