Fedor Emelianenko is planning another return to competition, but this time the target is not MMA. The former PRIDE ...

Hailing from Makhachkala, Dagestan, both Islam Makhachev and Zabit Magomedsharipov have extensive backgrounds in combat sambo, which is evident from their grappling prowess in mixed martial arts. An ...

Islam Makhachev and Khabib Nurmagomedov are two of the most dominant grapplers to ever grace the UFC lightweight division. Both men have held the 155-pound strap, with Makhachev being the weight class ...

The Sambo Federation of Kyrgyz Republic and the International Sambo Federation (FIAS) have made respective pledges to improve gender equality in the sport, with the International Federation aiming to ...

Bulgaria’s Isabel Hristova is targeting a gold medal at the World Combat Games in Riyadh after switching from judo to sambo ©FIAS The Championships doubled as a qualifying event for the Games in ...

Nigeria’s Sambo Federation has set its sights on a podium finish, with gold as the primary target, as two blind women sambists prepare to make history at the World Sambo Cup in Yerevan, Armenia, from ...

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 ...

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 ...