Aleksandr Karelin || The Most Feared Wrestler of All Time

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  • Workout highlights video of Aleksandr Karelin.
    Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Karelin ( born 19 September 1967) is a retired Greco-Roman wrestler for the Soviet Union and Russia. Nicknamed the "Russian Bear", "Russian King Kong","Alexander the Great" and "The Experiment", he is considered the greatest Greco-Roman wrestler of all time.
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  • @thegraveyardofempires19
    @thegraveyardofempires19 Před 3 lety +2638

    When this guy finishes his workout, the gym takes a break.

  • @TheWolvesCurse
    @TheWolvesCurse Před 5 lety +3237

    The inventor of: "your workout is my warm-up."

  • @bipolarpolarbear7608
    @bipolarpolarbear7608 Před rokem +1147

    He has a record of 887-2 which both losses were by a single point and also his first and last match. He had a 13 undefeated record and a 7 seven year undefeated record where no one scored a point on him. True domination

    • @15284750
      @15284750 Před 11 měsíci +46

      how is it even possible🤯

    • @softan
      @softan Před 10 měsíci

      @@15284750 The fucker was like the terminator. He could barely even be considered human, looked like he was fighting toddlers when he was in his prime, no idea how he was so strong.

    • @user-zz5ep3cf5r
      @user-zz5ep3cf5r Před 10 měsíci

      ​@@15284750Russians... also Denis Cyplenkov is raw soviet power

    • @user-et4qw2nd7w
      @user-et4qw2nd7w Před 9 měsíci +25

      Huh, you're talking about the experiment. The greatest competitor to compete ever, 100% ever.

    • @user-et4qw2nd7w
      @user-et4qw2nd7w Před 9 měsíci +21

      He is there to remind ,us who think we are men, to really fu..in think again. In other words bottom of the food chain.

  • @bobhabsolute4995
    @bobhabsolute4995 Před 3 lety +2123

    I never was as impressed by an athlete as I was by him when I saw him at the Olympic. He was flipping Olympic wrestlers better than I flip pancakes on Sunday mornings.

    • @alexanderschiegl2901
      @alexanderschiegl2901 Před 2 lety +27

      Made my day

    • @lukecarter7957
      @lukecarter7957 Před 2 lety +14

      😂😂😂

    • @ItsReplayBro
      @ItsReplayBro Před rokem +23

      For real, he just rag dolls the best wrestlers in the world in his division. Makes it look easy, damn near make me think I could do it with how easy he makes it look🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @jleos0095
      @jleos0095 Před rokem +1

      All the steroids. 😂

    • @hiddendagger7291
      @hiddendagger7291 Před rokem

      ​@@jleos0095 yeah bcoz he is from soviet so he used steroids
      Idiot they are talking about olympics where they do all the tests

  • @lip4973
    @lip4973 Před 4 lety +4070

    You can't deny that Soviet produced some of the most intimidating athletes back in the day.

    • @YouAintGotNoTegridyBoi
      @YouAintGotNoTegridyBoi Před 3 lety +531

      They had incredible roids and training schemes.

    • @robrichmond6171
      @robrichmond6171 Před 3 lety +17

      @edmond pla I too have read if Zana....there are even pics of her offspring....not saying she was a bigfoot, but story is real

    • @proudtitanicdenier4300
      @proudtitanicdenier4300 Před 3 lety +12

      @Will Martinez can you just, stop talking?

    • @proudtitanicdenier4300
      @proudtitanicdenier4300 Před 3 lety +199

      @Frank Butcher ALL of them were, from every nation. If it's not drug tested, then they're all on drugs.

    • @jd9304
      @jd9304 Před 3 lety +28

      Steroids will do that

  • @TheGrandmaster1
    @TheGrandmaster1 Před 5 lety +7307

    This guy once killed two stones with one bird.

    • @89turbomk3
      @89turbomk3 Před 5 lety +458

      Michel Schweinsberg this guy once threw a grenade. it killed 15 people and then exploded and killed another 10.

    • @khonyeleaglefergumedov9175
      @khonyeleaglefergumedov9175 Před 5 lety +35

      @@89turbomk3 😃😂😂

    • @vishalshetty6605
      @vishalshetty6605 Před 5 lety +184

      No this guy killed a shark by drowning it

    • @Yt_xrider
      @Yt_xrider Před 5 lety +37

      This guy cut his ties with the mafia with his anus🤣

    • @SuperDarking95
      @SuperDarking95 Před 5 lety +4

      da fuck? 😂

  • @Stockfish1511
    @Stockfish1511 Před 2 lety +557

    Not only did Karelin beat every opponent for a decade, but was rather destroying them with 0 scores most of the time. Dude in his prime was just untouchable. Pure animal

    • @bipolarpolarbear7608
      @bipolarpolarbear7608 Před rokem +53

      He has a record of 887-2 which both losses were by a single point and also his first and last match. He had a 13 undefeated record and a 7 seven year undefeated record where no one scored a point on him. True domination

    • @alberthakhumyants8003
      @alberthakhumyants8003 Před 9 měsíci

      If my English was as bad as yours i would not comment...ever...bruh!

    • @Idroogen
      @Idroogen Před 9 měsíci

      do you really have nothing better to do than pointing out other people's english on the web? c'mon brother you are better than that.@@alberthakhumyants8003

    • @Jerry-yr1en
      @Jerry-yr1en Před 9 měsíci +12

      ⁠@@alberthakhumyants8003toxic

    • @gggf4766
      @gggf4766 Před 7 měsíci

      bruh if u were ever that toxic i would end my self ​@@alberthakhumyants8003

  • @matsa2620
    @matsa2620 Před 3 lety +235

    At one point he visited my home town in Sweden when I was a kid. After the wrestling event he personally helped carrying chairs. Such a nice dude! He was carrying like 20 chairs at once.

    • @freddyls7616
      @freddyls7616 Před 3 lety +8

      Damn

    • @power-of-overdrive
      @power-of-overdrive Před 10 dny

      Thank you for sharing this. Whatever I have seen or heard about this man has always been a pleasant account. Unfortunately, many haters and racists will say that he was roided up, or that he went through torturous training, but if that were true, then he would not have as many hobbies as he did (he was interested in literature and maths, and wrote academic papers on sports), and he would not have been so nice, calm and generous.

  • @gemsama
    @gemsama Před 3 lety +2374

    Aleksandr doesn’t have nightmares, nightmares have Aleksandr

  • @tassmh7080
    @tassmh7080 Před 3 lety +3802

    "When asked about his toughest opponent, Karelin instantly replied: "My refrigerator," referring to one of his drills, for which he bear hugged his refrigerator and carried it up through eight flights of stairs of his hometown 9-storied apartment building"

  • @Maverick99
    @Maverick99 Před 2 lety +227

    0:58 Absolute unit.

    • @radomainata273
      @radomainata273 Před 2 lety +12

      Yes, I have always admired this sight of him... Its like those ripped fighters from the comics...

    • @user-tl2cs6wv8b
      @user-tl2cs6wv8b Před 2 lety +4

      He's built like a brickhouse.

    • @chchedda
      @chchedda Před 2 lety +3

      @@user-tl2cs6wv8b you mean brick shithouse

    • @ronnana694
      @ronnana694 Před 2 lety +1

      @İbrahim Moncada man could zercher deadlift 230kg and clean and press 190kg so that's the majority of sumos excluding 200kg+

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache Před 2 lety +104

    This dude is the definition of “built different“

    • @seds94
      @seds94 Před 2 lety

      Lol facts

    • @8.ui13
      @8.ui13 Před rokem +1

      Is this a cyberpunk edgerunners reference?

  • @suipsy1
    @suipsy1 Před 5 lety +3262

    Looks like one of the engineers from the prometheus movie...

  • @harryruffin1548
    @harryruffin1548 Před 3 lety +3174

    He truly is the scariest, because he locks out on leg press.

  • @cosmosgato
    @cosmosgato Před 3 lety +384

    He wasn’t just physically superior, he was also an excellent technician.

    • @vijayvijay4123
      @vijayvijay4123 Před 2 lety +1

      Really,? In what field?

    • @cosmosgato
      @cosmosgato Před 2 lety +1

      @@vijayvijay4123
      LOL

    • @laurencedioscorides6551
      @laurencedioscorides6551 Před 2 lety +49

      @@vijayvijay4123 in suplexing people

    • @vijayvijay4123
      @vijayvijay4123 Před 2 lety +10

      @@laurencedioscorides6551 I really thought he had some polytechnic or Engineering Degree from a Russian University. Soviet Russia is famous for its cheap engineering and science books from Mir, Progressive publications. But now they've stopped .

    • @MOHAMED-yd1ed
      @MOHAMED-yd1ed Před rokem +5

      yes, he work as firefighter,doctor, police, plumber

  • @bossbattle143
    @bossbattle143 Před 3 lety +914

    He trained so hard his hair fell out that’s why he’s so strong

  • @franklee8478
    @franklee8478 Před 3 lety +1995

    I'm pretty sure one day archeologists will find one of his bones and think there was another subset of human species living besides us

  • @paulst6862
    @paulst6862 Před 5 lety +1269

    He is a legend. He later became a minister of sports in Russia. Very smart guy. One of the strongest athletes ever.

  • @tusharagarwal5306
    @tusharagarwal5306 Před 3 lety +920

    Brock Lesnar checks for this guy under his bed before he sleeps.

    • @Ekiely458
      @Ekiely458 Před 3 lety +6

      Brocks way too big for him

    • @DMangalorean
      @DMangalorean Před 3 lety +70

      @@Ekiely458 STFU

    • @Ekiely458
      @Ekiely458 Před 3 lety +20

      @@DMangalorean mate get off CZcams and get back to scamming peoples credit cards you bitch

    • @venkateshr6031
      @venkateshr6031 Před 3 lety +3

      😂😂😂

    • @stealth7516
      @stealth7516 Před 3 lety +116

      @@Ekiely458 1. Even if he was "too big", the difference in the skill they have is astronomical. Karelin is like a God compared to Brock in terms of wrestling skill,...
      2. You're just plain incorrect,.. Karelin is bigger. They're both the same height with Karelin edging his weight by about 5 lbs. So... not only did you state an irrelevant and idiotic statement, you also stated a false one.

  • @jsnagra1able
    @jsnagra1able Před 3 lety +5250

    What the hell was Hitler thinking when he invaded Russia.

    • @arijitbagchi1192
      @arijitbagchi1192 Před 3 lety +91

      lol 😂🤣 his army got the ass beating of their lifetime 😬😬

    • @arijitbagchi1192
      @arijitbagchi1192 Před 3 lety +129

      @@drgonzo4714 This cancer can give all you cowards a good ass whooping

    • @drgonzo4714
      @drgonzo4714 Před 3 lety +80

      @@arijitbagchi1192 First your rusty """army""" would have to get sober and stop sniffing glue.

    • @caralho5237
      @caralho5237 Před 3 lety +37

      @@arijitbagchi1192 nah, you are just a paw in politicians' manipulation schemes.

    • @arijitbagchi1192
      @arijitbagchi1192 Před 3 lety +37

      @@caralho5237 Man I ain't Russian

  • @jmsmith6
    @jmsmith6 Před 5 lety +2663

    Fedor said if Alexander had gone into mma he would’ve been the best.

    • @mmaspecial6858
      @mmaspecial6858 Před 4 lety +541

      Even Khabib said the same thing

    • @АлексШматько
      @АлексШматько Před 4 lety +404

      @@mmaspecial6858 He was a freak athlete. He would have crushed literally anybody. He would end Stipe in under 30 seconds.

    • @blacksheep5183
      @blacksheep5183 Před 4 lety +7

      Please provide links. Thanks. @Octagon Special @Jeremy Smith

    • @slasher8237
      @slasher8237 Před 4 lety +97

      If fedor said it, it's very likely. Stipe is fighting in a weak hw class in ufc. It's been weak since it was sold by the firtitas. I don't see stipe lasting ten years undefeated like fedor was. Also LOL @ mike tyson. Let's be realistic here.

    • @slasher8237
      @slasher8237 Před 4 lety +178

      Yeah nice try but Fedor was 4 years past his prime and already had a few losses in a row before he fought hendo. Even mike tyson admitted that Fedor was the greatest ever in his prime. Prime Fedor beat everyone, even 7-8 former ufc champs. case closed.

  • @permachub524
    @permachub524 Před 3 lety +114

    Russia is no joke. Some of the most badass people originate there. Truly amazing

    • @totallybored5526
      @totallybored5526 Před 10 měsíci

      And yet they have a massive joke for a president 😂

    • @Jerry-yr1en
      @Jerry-yr1en Před 9 měsíci +5

      @@totallybored5526 he’s ex kgb

    • @terminatordfghfdg
      @terminatordfghfdg Před 4 měsíci +5

      @@totallybored5526 bro yours is sleepy joe biden

  • @MinFotograf
    @MinFotograf Před 11 měsíci +92

    Met him as a child on a Basketball game for Ural Great in Perm. He walked right passed me with 4 bodyguards around him. I remember I thought that was hilarious. Because he looked more intimidating than the four of them put together.

    • @frankflanagan6117
      @frankflanagan6117 Před 5 měsíci +3

      He doesn't protection he only has them so that they can give karelin some peace

  • @slckb0y65
    @slckb0y65 Před 5 lety +3311

    look like the type of guy who would wrestle a bear while completly drunk... and win.

    • @edgynam3349
      @edgynam3349 Před 5 lety +73

      It's actually his training regime, he will only fight the largest of male grizzly bears. He does after all, want to make it a fair fight.

    • @lillolimaine8305
      @lillolimaine8305 Před 5 lety +18

      edgy nam3 he would have to fight three grizzly bears to make it even slightly fair

    • @Griffo417
      @Griffo417 Před 5 lety +13

      See child Khabib nurmagomedov

    • @leeellenwood5461
      @leeellenwood5461 Před 5 lety +12

      Even with poor humor, humans think they are always tougher and badder then they actually are...black bear would eat em up...pfff.

    • @H.K.5
      @H.K.5 Před 5 lety +7

      @@leeellenwood5461 A baby black bear would defeat any human on the planet. And black bears are one of the weakest bear breeds.

  • @IoanisPetsas
    @IoanisPetsas Před 5 lety +1423

    I had the privelege to train with him on the same mat 26 years ago in Athens - Greece. His achievements in Wrestling i believe are the greatest of all athletes in all sports !!!

    • @89turbomk3
      @89turbomk3 Před 5 lety +53

      I would consider alex honnold mountain climbing without any safety lines greatest Achievement in sports history. This guy still a beast tho

    • @andrewattkinson3263
      @andrewattkinson3263 Před 5 lety +3

      @sacr3d g6om9try amazing!!

    • @kurtsloop2462
      @kurtsloop2462 Před 5 lety +86

      @@89turbomk3 Honnold trad climbs with rope all of the time when he is on really difficult and new pitches. If he didnt, he would be dead because he falls all the time. He spent 7 years planning his solo of El Cap and almost all of his practice runs were done while on belay (rope). His achievements are amazing but Karelins wrestling records will never be matched for his sheer domination of a sport. Both are incredible but not comparable....two sports that are vastly different.

    • @jorisboulet3619
      @jorisboulet3619 Před 5 lety +5

      @sacr3d g6om9try: 2 losses my bet is on injured or sick

    • @horyshet7336
      @horyshet7336 Před 5 lety +16

      Kevin Bergquist That’s not cool man. It’s his opinion, if you disagree then just say no. There’s no need to say it in a judgemental/mocking way.

  • @damasek219
    @damasek219 Před 2 lety +52

    Not only he's got amazing strength and technique but he's got absolutely EPIC name. Aleksandr Karelin.

  • @travissmith1307
    @travissmith1307 Před 3 lety +84

    As an American, i have to say, this man is the heavyweight goat!

  • @anugy1195
    @anugy1195 Před 3 lety +1036

    Y’all still don’t understand how strong he is, he was literally a character in BAKI

    • @anugy1195
      @anugy1195 Před 3 lety +12

      anonymous not sure, I never watched it on Netflix, but he was part of the tournament arc

    • @reignmans
      @reignmans Před 3 lety +77

      @@anugy1195 alexander galen / Andre Anov Garland

    • @Hay-tn6hz
      @Hay-tn6hz Před 3 lety +68

      You're right Anugy, no one understands except for you. I'm not sure if it's your superior intellect or your good looks, but only you can understand.

    • @anugy1195
      @anugy1195 Před 3 lety +18

      @@Hay-tn6hz lmao

    • @anthonygarcia1593
      @anthonygarcia1593 Před 3 lety +9

      I was looking for this comment cause I just realized it too lol. Sikorsky caught the man offgaurd smh.

  • @Tommy-wq4ow
    @Tommy-wq4ow Před 3 lety +2403

    This dude in his prime would’ve eviscerated the ufc

    • @palindromic283
      @palindromic283 Před 3 lety +144

      Maybe if he had years of mma training...

    • @DC-zi6se
      @DC-zi6se Před 3 lety +405

      Eviscerated any human being... Ever...
      Arguably a few animals

    • @truthseekerKJV
      @truthseekerKJV Před 3 lety +24

      Until he took a round kick to the side of the head.

    • @bane4839
      @bane4839 Před 3 lety +315

      @@truthseekerKJV he’d definitely man handle anyone you put him across lmao

    • @kennney8653
      @kennney8653 Před 3 lety +25

      @@truthseekerKJV the leg will shatter into pieces on his thick skull

  • @theholymackerel072
    @theholymackerel072 Před rokem +19

    He picks 260 pound men laying flat like they’re a newspaper. The GREATEST Olympian of any sport, ever.

  • @GrecoReview
    @GrecoReview Před 8 měsíci +17

    The athleticism he displays at his size is unreal. Strength, agility, technique, and dedicated training helped create the most impressive combat athlete of all time.

    • @chelseapoet3664
      @chelseapoet3664 Před 6 měsíci +1

      The most impressive sports man of all time. Who else has 887 wins in any sport?

  • @abhijeetpandey9314
    @abhijeetpandey9314 Před 3 lety +2624

    This guy did not have a point scored against him for 6 years.....
    Let that sink in

    • @dominationbylove9252
      @dominationbylove9252 Před 3 lety +37

      seriously ?...

    • @in10se7
      @in10se7 Před 3 lety +15

      @Andre McGoo u cause ur watching this vid / comments

    • @lolidc7874
      @lolidc7874 Před 3 lety +5

      WTFFFFFFFFFF

    • @AkashPawar-zp1oj
      @AkashPawar-zp1oj Před 3 lety +6

      And who was that legend to break the chain?

    • @CassoniCorp
      @CassoniCorp Před 3 lety +131

      @@AkashPawar-zp1oj USA Rulon Gardner. 1-0 Olympic Gold Medal Match. Rulon's previous bout with Karelin he lost 0-5. The point loss was a result of Karelin losing his grip of Rulon... most stunning upset in history.

  • @alinpotra1022
    @alinpotra1022 Před 5 lety +4800

    Its always a crazy russian guy lol

    • @talhaejaz8393
      @talhaejaz8393 Před 5 lety +51

      him vs Daniel cormier

    • @skaizu
      @skaizu Před 5 lety +98

      @@talhaejaz8393 Cormier is dog shit in wrestling.

    • @katastrofskyy
      @katastrofskyy Před 5 lety +17

      More than likely used substances...

    • @ZonZorZerx
      @ZonZorZerx Před 5 lety +14

      @Alin Potra It's rarely a Russian guy, even though they are on steroids or cheating in another fashion. This is also one special kind of Wrestling, but Cormier would crush him.

    • @KevinDFuller94
      @KevinDFuller94 Před 5 lety +26

      DC would fuck him up in a fight tho.

  • @2gyi718
    @2gyi718 Před 3 lety +109

    Sleep paralysis demons see him standing at the end of their bed when they wake up in the middle of the night

  • @isprikitikburkabush6200
    @isprikitikburkabush6200 Před 2 lety +7

    This guy is undefeated for 13 fuckin years and he regularly fought in the Nationals, European Championship,World Championship and the Olympics.

  • @sschevy8558
    @sschevy8558 Před 5 lety +663

    I remember that guy! They called him the “experiment “ that dude was a monster.

    • @Rocatagliata25
      @Rocatagliata25 Před 5 lety +38

      @Colin Walsh Bunch of crap that they never couldn't confirm

    • @bedford4383
      @bedford4383 Před 5 lety +1

      lol someone's listened to Joe Rogan...

    • @ayoub3342
      @ayoub3342 Před 5 lety +2

      So he was some crazy russian experiment

    • @sschevy8558
      @sschevy8558 Před 5 lety +14

      Ayoub well he was just that good that he grew in legend. I don’t know if he was on anything or not. Even if he was you can’t take away his technique and training.

    • @doesnotcompute3174
      @doesnotcompute3174 Před 5 lety +5

      Nar Ragorth Yeah, because of drugs you moron. Almost nobody gets this huge and this powerful naturally.

  • @ezekiel2109
    @ezekiel2109 Před 5 lety +536

    130 kg moves like a 70 kg fighter LOL

    • @danielshifron5672
      @danielshifron5672 Před 4 lety +18

      It be would 80 kilograms because he is fast but not 70 kilograms fast. Still pretty impressive.

    • @TheTruthTalker_
      @TheTruthTalker_ Před 4 lety +102

      i'm 70 kg i move like 100 kg fighter

    • @UFO_808
      @UFO_808 Před 4 lety +6

      @@TheTruthTalker_ hahahhahah my guys

    • @donflamingo795
      @donflamingo795 Před 4 lety +1

      @@TheTruthTalker_ same tbh

    • @abhinavchauhan7864
      @abhinavchauhan7864 Před 4 lety +7

      @@TheTruthTalker_ i am 50 kg but cant move at all

  • @suhasgowda2753
    @suhasgowda2753 Před 2 lety +27

    It's amazing how calm Russian athletes look until it's showtime.

  • @beaudavenport2405
    @beaudavenport2405 Před 3 lety +197

    When Mike Tyson goes to sleep at night he checks under his bed for Karelin

    • @H.K.5
      @H.K.5 Před 3 lety +3

      And Karelin checks under his bed for Francis Ngannou.

    • @beaudavenport2405
      @beaudavenport2405 Před 3 lety +52

      @@H.K.5 Francis Ngannou isn’t half as scary as Karelin. Don’t let recency bias cloud your judgment

    • @H.K.5
      @H.K.5 Před 3 lety +5

      @@beaudavenport2405 Have you seen Francis fight? Dude is terrifying and is built like a tank. Karelin is terrifying too but I'd put all my money on Francis if the two ever fought in their primes.

    • @SonGoku-ht5vl
      @SonGoku-ht5vl Před 3 lety +18

      @@H.K.5 anybody with common sense would lol. Karelin is a pure wrestler, not an MMA fighter

    • @gabidon4401
      @gabidon4401 Před 3 lety +11

      @@H.K.5 didn’t Francis get wrestled to the ground by prime stipe? Imagine if they just trained Karelin like Fedor said

  • @XVengefulOne
    @XVengefulOne Před rokem +35

    he also has a college degree, reads a lot and is overall very intelligent, one of the best specimens of human race ever

    • @chelseapoet3664
      @chelseapoet3664 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Not just any degree. A PhD.

    • @karimelane6495
      @karimelane6495 Před 7 dny

      He got everything maxed out, intelligence, physics, combat sport skills, education.. fucking everything

  • @45dudelove
    @45dudelove Před 5 lety +885

    for all of you commenting how he would get destroyed in mma every fighter woorth their salt will tell you wrestling is easiest background to transition fom to mma. With that being said if you watched the video he was taking 300LB men who were struggling with him to get away the whole time and picking them up off the ground and slamming them over his shoulder. do you even realize how strong you needto be to do that. the guy is the G.O.A.T at his weightclass period and i think the greatest ever.

    • @jayf2717
      @jayf2717 Před 5 lety +1

      Richard Carr You talking about the Akira Maeda match?

    • @Max-zr7hr
      @Max-zr7hr Před 5 lety +57

      Yeah he could probably beat alot of guys but can he beat usada lol

    • @tomekkruk6147
      @tomekkruk6147 Před 5 lety +44

      Obviously he probaably wouldn't be the best at it, as he was training something else his entire life, but look at it the other way around - would the best MMA fighter at the time be able to beat him in a wrestling match? Don't think so. More, put a fighter like Joshua in a cage with whoever is the best atm, and he's gonna get his ass whooped most likely (but he is not without a chance as MMa involves boxing) but do it the other way around and it's a totally different story. Comparisons like that are pointless.

    • @jayf2717
      @jayf2717 Před 5 lety +8

      Richard Carr That match with Akira Maeda probably wasn't a 100% shoot. I do think he would have done great in mma however he would have had to do some cross training.

    • @lancemannly
      @lancemannly Před 5 lety +13

      Collegiate and freestyle wrestling are the easiest to transition to MMA with. Karelin was greco-roman. Not saying he couldn't have been a great fighter (Dan Severn was greco-roman of course) but it's an utterly different style that doesn't have the obvious combat applications collegiate does.

  • @ermanyaman2024
    @ermanyaman2024 Před 5 lety +631

    The guys that he throws from here to there like small children are also 130 kg Olympic level wrestlers. This is one of the biggest athletes of all time along with Naim Süleymanoğlu and Usain Bolt. The domination these legends had in their field is beyond belief. Respect.

    • @ivaylostoyanov443
      @ivaylostoyanov443 Před 4 lety +1

      Read about Dan Kolov too ;)

    • @krl7316
      @krl7316 Před 4 lety +58

      Dont forget Michael Phelps in swimming. The most decorated Olympic athlete of all time. (28 medals, 8 golds in ONE olympic)

    • @jayme1776
      @jayme1776 Před 3 lety +55

      That's what's always so hilarious the people he's just picking up and throwing around are people of his weight who have also spent their lives training to not be thrown around like they are

    • @YouAintGotNoTegridyBoi
      @YouAintGotNoTegridyBoi Před 3 lety +2

      Who the hell is naim whatever the fuck? You must be a Turk.

    • @ermanyaman2024
      @ermanyaman2024 Před 3 lety +10

      @@YouAintGotNoTegridyBoi And you are clearly a moron. Multiple olympic and world champion, only man who can lift more than 3 times of his own body weight. In his reign no one could even get close to him even to this day his records are still unbroken. He is the greatest lifting athlete of all time and one of the greatest olympic athlete in general. Who the fuck are you?

  • @szvqorwnpstahskypfwmp9821
    @szvqorwnpstahskypfwmp9821 Před 3 lety +16

    He is one of the greatest athlete that is ever known hands down!!

  • @califinn
    @califinn Před 3 lety +9

    Intelligent, flexible, very well conditioned, consistent, tactical and immensely powerful -- greatest Greco Roman of all time. To all you young wrestlers out there, do your kettlebells!

  • @luvillan4641
    @luvillan4641 Před 5 lety +433

    I tried out for the wrestling team in high school my senior year. Never and I mean NEVER have I done anything more physically and mentally demanding than the workouts we would have. There were a couple of guys from the waterpolo team and they couldn’t keep up with it either. I can’t imagine the level of training this guy would go through. It’s insane

    • @rusty7984
      @rusty7984 Před 5 lety +40

      I did football and wrestling in high school during our football conditioning we hard to run to the sideline and back 10-15 times we called those gasters and at the time I thought it was hard as hell during the wrestling warm up my first time what I wouldn’t have given for 15 gasters

    • @luvillan4641
      @luvillan4641 Před 5 lety +43

      Tomas L yea man. Half of all the football team was in the wrestling team as well and they all agreed that wrestling conditioning was way more demanding than the stuff they did in football.

    • @awol6574
      @awol6574 Před 5 lety +1

      As a light guy wrestling is a huge challenge for me

    • @rusty7984
      @rusty7984 Před 5 lety +16

      bleep blop
      Being heavy or light doesn’t mean jack shit in a sport like wrestling that’s the beauty of it that there are wrestlers of all shapes and sizes but as long as you put in the hard work it’ll pay off in the mat I once saw this skinny little Asian boy 100 pounds but that boy could wrestle also I’m a big guy but I struggled a lot my freshman and sophomore years mostly because I was 205 pounds in the 220 weight class it wasn’t until junior year that I got decent and I sometimes bump up weight to the heavyweight class in which I wrestle a guy that like 6’2 250 pounds and I pin his ass only weighting 215 pounds point is size, strength, and weight doesn’t mean anything all you need is massive amounts of technique and the heart of a lion

    • @awol6574
      @awol6574 Před 5 lety +3

      @@rusty7984 good to know that

  • @squelch079
    @squelch079 Před 5 lety +214

    Anybody who knows a bit about Roman grecko wrestling knows and respects Karelin
    An all time legend

    • @lillolimaine8305
      @lillolimaine8305 Před 5 lety +7

      squelch079 I don’t know anything about that and I still respect him. I’m a jiu jitsu guy myself but he is insane

  • @sauryashrestha2046
    @sauryashrestha2046 Před 3 lety +5

    He is actually very kind and chill person. You probably wouldn't expect that from a guy like him.

  • @ianh9871
    @ianh9871 Před 3 lety +8

    Those young kids love him, what an inspiration

  • @DesolateSage
    @DesolateSage Před 5 lety +3055

    There are 5 levels in wrestling
    novice
    good
    expert
    legendary and
    Russian

    • @horyshet7336
      @horyshet7336 Před 5 lety

      IAKHSAR What is he then?

    • @elnicedude559
      @elnicedude559 Před 5 lety +79

      @@horyshet7336 he meant from the Caucasus region of Russia.

    • @horyshet7336
      @horyshet7336 Před 5 lety +4

      mo.elmoro I’m sorry for my lack of information but wouldn’t that mean that he IS Caucasian? Or people from that region are not considered Caucasians?

    • @jeongpig95
      @jeongpig95 Před 5 lety

      @@iakh6339 only in freestyle wrestling,

    • @jeongpig95
      @jeongpig95 Před 5 lety

      @@iakh6339 roman and karelin are grecoroman

  • @dskoryy
    @dskoryy Před 5 lety +335

    One of that crazy tough Russian guys who was trained to ignore pain...

    • @mikedevyatov3213
      @mikedevyatov3213 Před 5 lety +36

      Denis Velox there was no one to hurt him the first place. By far his greatest gift was his insane strength, I mean a suplex is something unheard of in the superheavyweight division and he performed quite regularly to the point that it was considered that you did great if you didn’t get suplexed by him

    • @SomeJustice19k
      @SomeJustice19k Před 5 lety +17

      Mike Devyatov, he freaking went from his back, to his knees, to his feet, all while holding a 285 lb thrashing bull of a man in front of him like a sack of animal feed. Absolutely insane strength. He was my idol when I wrestled.

    • @doratheexploder286
      @doratheexploder286 Před 5 lety +8

      one olympic wrestler scored 1 point, and acted as if he had won gold right there, it was that big a feat just to get a point on that monster.

    • @WhamBlam99
      @WhamBlam99 Před 5 lety +1

      Much can be said about Karelin but he is definitely not crazy.

  • @surftx11
    @surftx11 Před 3 lety +12

    It’s insane because these are not just 280lb men he is tossing like ragdolls, they are elite olympic wrestlers resisting him with all of their might.

  • @katletka1000
    @katletka1000 Před 3 lety +36

    Наша легенда! Великий спортсмен и настоящий мужчина!

  • @bignadshomo6537
    @bignadshomo6537 Před 5 lety +2025

    No chance against my mother in law.

  • @pfc3005
    @pfc3005 Před 4 lety +739

    1:43 *There’s literally nothing Johnny Sins can’t do...*

    • @delgande
      @delgande Před 3 lety +68

      It was all a big russian porn scene

    • @TheJuggernautJohnny
      @TheJuggernautJohnny Před 3 lety +11

      I can never unsee that

    • @zuhaiyr
      @zuhaiyr Před 3 lety +1

      I came here to comment that 😂

    • @SirTomFoolery
      @SirTomFoolery Před 3 lety +17

      Monster Dong, beautiful bald head, wrestling legend. Somebody stop this guy

    • @KaranSachdeva.
      @KaranSachdeva. Před 3 lety

      PFC lmao that’s it

  • @BigtimeJuicer
    @BigtimeJuicer Před 8 měsíci +5

    I say this as a proud American.. Alexander Karelin was, hands down, the most dominant athlete of any sport, that has ever lived! Nobody has ever or will ever come close. You don't beat the very best the world has to offer 887 times & experience losing only twice, unless you're touched by the hand of God! 😂 This is an athlete unlike anything we've ever seen or will ever see again.

    • @chelseapoet3664
      @chelseapoet3664 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Totally agree. People who say he was just the best wrestler or one of the best sportsmen can never find anyone else who won 887 matches of any kind.

  • @rickwpaperworkmakeschildsu4655

    I wonder how he feels today. All of those exercises look rough on the joints. The man is incredibly agile and flexible. Just wondering.

    • @Margatroid
      @Margatroid Před 2 lety +26

      The point of life is not to feel perfectly undamaged in your old age.

    • @srs6461
      @srs6461 Před 2 lety +22

      If anything his joints are stronger.

    • @cobano
      @cobano Před rokem

      @@Margatroid 👍

    • @tomwolfe7782
      @tomwolfe7782 Před rokem +5

      @@Margatroid
      As the adage goes, "A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for..."

    • @Margatroid
      @Margatroid Před rokem

      @@tomwolfe7782 Nice, I'll remember that one.

  • @amulti-millionaire273
    @amulti-millionaire273 Před 5 lety +124

    Legend has it that he is still walking on his shoulders somewhere in the wilderness to this day....

  • @Allexstrasza
    @Allexstrasza Před 4 lety +660

    Imagine trying to date this man's daughter

    • @thulsadoom7781
      @thulsadoom7781 Před 3 lety +75

      not a problem...I'm good man but if she'd looks like him 😓....no thanks

    • @shivangrajput91
      @shivangrajput91 Před 3 lety +16

      And imagine any girl date with him 😂😂phad de ga.

    • @Ihavenousernameidea
      @Ihavenousernameidea Před 3 lety +1

      @Usama Fayyaz Wwe or Mma? She sucked either way honestly.

    • @akhilkhatri2591
      @akhilkhatri2591 Před 3 lety +6

      I just imagined.....
      Text you after I get over this fracture 😂

    • @brianbear7235
      @brianbear7235 Před 3 lety +6

      Why date his daughter?!?She could probably kick your ass:)

  • @redstaplerguyforlifepastpr5763

    This is probably in my opinion the most built and successful combat athlete that's ever lived, and I freakin! love it!

  • @541-RAIDER
    @541-RAIDER Před rokem +1

    If you've competed in wrestling and wanted to be good. This is the epitome of what you wanted to become. Absolutely superior at his level.

  • @armanGT800
    @armanGT800 Před 4 lety +115

    Not just a brute, his technique was incredible and his execution flawless.

  • @PsychedelicBroccoli
    @PsychedelicBroccoli Před 4 lety +83

    When he was 18, he gave his Father "the talk"

  • @fbistatmajor5918
    @fbistatmajor5918 Před rokem +4

    How have I never heard of this guy? 887-2 and his two losses were by one point. That's alien shit dude

  • @alexanderkostarakos1148
    @alexanderkostarakos1148 Před 3 lety +3

    Not many athletes have such devotion in sports. One of the greatest athletes of all time!!!

  • @mr.redhood1099
    @mr.redhood1099 Před 3 lety +152

    These tough and strong looking dudes be sometimes the kindest person you'll ever meet.

    • @javiernegron2633
      @javiernegron2633 Před 3 lety +34

      apparently, he is very quiet and polite. lotta the big russian fighters are bc they're thinking about putting out a good image not only of themselves but of their country and their sport

    • @AlligatorAli
      @AlligatorAli Před 3 lety +15

      Well that's kind of true. Really strong dudes don't need to prove their strength by raising voice or mean looking or starting an unnecessary quarrels. Their accolades speak for them.

    • @AlligatorAli
      @AlligatorAli Před 3 lety +15

      In fact many strong dudes were weak and they became strong by training, so they know what it feels to be weak

    • @chipa814
      @chipa814 Před 3 lety +6

      'With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility'

    • @SageSea1
      @SageSea1 Před 2 lety +2

      He isn’t really kind though. He’s well spoken and isn’t an outward menace but there’s a fucking monster behind those eyes. There’s a reason people like that gravitate to combat sports

  • @ProteinPapi69
    @ProteinPapi69 Před 5 lety +1003

    There's good wrestlers, and then there's Russians...

    • @ordoadritusmalleo3944
      @ordoadritusmalleo3944 Před 5 lety +44

      There are good Russian wrestlers and then there is Keralin.

    • @ayubqureshi716
      @ayubqureshi716 Před 5 lety +13

      And then there is The Great Gama ❤️🔥

    • @H.K.5
      @H.K.5 Před 4 lety +3

      Some of the best wrestlers in MMA are black though.

    • @H.K.5
      @H.K.5 Před 4 lety +2

      @sick J You're right. But blacks are also better than slavs.

    • @H.K.5
      @H.K.5 Před 4 lety +5

      @@ciupilan1000 Tell that to Mike Tyson.

  • @fadedxwilson947
    @fadedxwilson947 Před 9 měsíci +3

    USSR must of created some undetectable juice because i refuse to believe someone is that big and strong without using any type of performance enhancers. With that being said his technique and massive body still took extreme work and dedication to achieve what he achieved.

  • @cristiandemirel1918
    @cristiandemirel1918 Před 5 lety +1430

    they say he's the reason Chuck Norris looks under the bed every night!

    • @reueluletaiolonasau5447
      @reueluletaiolonasau5447 Před 5 lety +24

      Aleksandr would try to throw Chuck Norris so far, that they had to dig him back up because gravity couldn't lift Chuck Norris

    • @11xr1east
      @11xr1east Před 5 lety +3

      Who is they ?

    • @cristiandemirel1918
      @cristiandemirel1918 Před 5 lety +7

      @@11xr1east other people than us.

    • @trishfan11
      @trishfan11 Před 5 lety +14

      That would be Fedor Emelianenko. The boogeyman looks under his bed for Chuck Norris and Chuck Norris looks under his bed for Fedor.

    • @johnkurtz7705
      @johnkurtz7705 Před 5 lety +16

      The only good thing is that he won't fit under a bed

  • @dingalingdingdong_123
    @dingalingdingdong_123 Před 5 lety +410

    Jesus, the dude just walked on his shoulders 0:48

  • @tejask6034
    @tejask6034 Před 3 lety

    I got tired just looking at him train...Phew...what a beast...take a bow Champ 👍👍

  • @IAMJEFFREY-cw9ns
    @IAMJEFFREY-cw9ns Před 6 měsíci +1

    Wrestling doesn't get the attention that mma or boxing does but those who follow the sport know that Karelin is dominating guys who are already either Olympic champions themselves or national champions. Alexander Karelin is probably the scariest athlete that has ever lived.

  • @MrKrizzer
    @MrKrizzer Před 5 lety +204

    " A man of focus, commitment, sheer will" - Quote from John Wick. Applies perfectly to Karelin.

    • @r6685
      @r6685 Před rokem +1

      I’m sure he was everyone’s boogyman in thought or on the mat.

    • @Raul-wd1jb
      @Raul-wd1jb Před rokem +3

      @@r6685 he was a boogey in the world of combat sports even MMA legend Fedor said he would be the best if he joined ufc

  • @dongadson1099
    @dongadson1099 Před 3 lety +59

    This man turned his body into a weapon. A wrestling machine.

  • @sethgilbertson2474
    @sethgilbertson2474 Před 3 lety +2

    The sound of all those dudes getting picked up and saying, “No, no, no, NOOOOO!”
    SLAM!

  • @romainlavoie1526
    @romainlavoie1526 Před 2 lety +3

    Alek Karelin - what a fantastic all around athlete - one of the best in all of sports !

  • @nishant2279
    @nishant2279 Před 5 lety +594

    He look like someone we would see in Grappler Baki.

  • @ginnigreatest
    @ginnigreatest Před 5 lety +765

    This guy would ragdoll Lesnar

    • @carlkpsplucky5554
      @carlkpsplucky5554 Před 5 lety +60

      Lesnar is folk style , he’s Greco Roman

    • @ginnigreatest
      @ginnigreatest Před 5 lety +121

      @@carlkpsplucky5554 Lesnar gases out quickly...Karelin's stamina is much higher..

    • @GD-ij8ml
      @GD-ij8ml Před 5 lety +59

      CRIS P. CREAM they did not ragdoll him 😂 he just got punched in the face a lot

    • @GD-ij8ml
      @GD-ij8ml Před 5 lety +18

      But if lesnar stuck to just wrestling he would be a beast

    • @emsanchez85
      @emsanchez85 Před 5 lety +44

      Agreed, he did not get ragdolled, he just got punched and kicked alot 😂
      All jokes aside Cain vs Brock wasn't a wrestling match. It's completely different. It's like saying Randy Couture is a better boxer than James Toney because he beat James Toney. .

  • @teeezrah7797
    @teeezrah7797 Před 3 lety +4

    The love he have for the sport

  • @charlieme5150
    @charlieme5150 Před 3 lety +86

    I was watching this with my daughter. At the end of the video I looked over at my daughter and now she somehow has a majestic beard and wants to be called Rampage

  • @MrJdebest
    @MrJdebest Před 5 lety +234

    considered the greatest Greco-Roman wrestler of all time.[2][5][6] Karelin won gold medals at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games under a different flag each time (Soviet Union, Unified Team and Russia respectively), and a silver medal at the 2000 Olympic Games. His wrestling record is 887 wins and two losses.

    • @mv9787
      @mv9787 Před 5 lety +84

      John Debest Those two losses were against Chuck Norris. Chuck Norris beat him twice in a single fight

    • @MrJdebest
      @MrJdebest Před 5 lety +13

      @@mv9787 Too funny! Chuck did many unbelievable things.

    • @mv9787
      @mv9787 Před 5 lety +8

      John Debest Hehe yeah he did. I love Chuck Norris facts 🙂

    • @aryanofbul2935
      @aryanofbul2935 Před 5 lety +2

      Who were the guys able to beat him?

    • @thelastemperor999
      @thelastemperor999 Před 5 lety +16

      @@aryanofbul2935 Rulon Gardner with 1 point and Igor Rostorotskiy again with 1 point.

  • @Difnekkdkkw
    @Difnekkdkkw Před rokem

    People say in wrestling it is better to be short.Always felt bad about that being 6‘1.But this guy proves wrong

  • @yooloo33
    @yooloo33 Před 9 měsíci

    This is how edits should be done. Not shitty, overly fast paced tik tok style junk where there are so many transitions that you cant see any of the clips, but genuine clip compiletions that paint a picture of what the person, place or thing is like.

  • @444nice
    @444nice Před 3 lety +53

    I read an article about this guy "The Bear" a long time ago. The article quoted guys he wrestled as saying they were afraid of him because of the pain he inflicted. These were olympians saying this. One guy said the Russian folded him up like a lawn chair and that he was in pain for a week.

  • @djmc8750
    @djmc8750 Před 6 lety +78

    The best of the best, legend!!!

  • @luckyluciano8192
    @luckyluciano8192 Před 5 měsíci +1

    King Alexander Karelin, Another wrestler follows in your footsteps, in Respect, Riza Kayaalp has come

  • @dalegriffin6768
    @dalegriffin6768 Před 8 měsíci +1

    When he was in his prime nobody even came close to beating him,he would ragdoll every opponent

  • @naheemrazwan
    @naheemrazwan Před 3 lety +111

    Absolutely amazing strength, agility, flexibility and stamina for a guy his size. Truly impressive. Much respect 🙌♥️

    • @xo_ectophylla_alba_xo
      @xo_ectophylla_alba_xo Před rokem +2

      And he wasn’t just some unintelligent brute; his technique was scientific. Man had brains, too

  • @punchisclap
    @punchisclap Před 3 lety +47

    everybody gansta till Karelin starts walking on his shoulders

    • @dzimikes
      @dzimikes Před 2 lety +2

      everybody gangsta until karelin

  • @dusanbursac5012
    @dusanbursac5012 Před rokem

    You know you reached a true peak when everyone else are scared of facing you.

  • @theholymackerel072
    @theholymackerel072 Před 2 lety +1

    This man is “The Experiment” if there ever was one. You couldn’t fund a more powerful or terrifying man on this planet.

  • @beaucarpenter2553
    @beaucarpenter2553 Před 5 lety +305

    literally the actual Ivan Drago

  • @thommagnusson8449
    @thommagnusson8449 Před 4 lety +22

    He was such an unbeatable beast. One of sports greatest of all times. I remember one time when he had his opponent on the mat, arms around him, then blinked with one eye at the camera and just tossed the poor guy like a piece of lumber. Like "here it comes".

  • @a.b.__iii
    @a.b.__iii Před rokem +1

    190cm with brutal strength and that agility... simply unbelievable!

  • @securitysliggy7541
    @securitysliggy7541 Před 2 lety +4

    This dude would have literally murdered Mike Tyson. No wonder why he didn't want to do mma. He would have outclassed everyone.

    • @dzimikes
      @dzimikes Před 2 lety

      He did an MMA fight against Ahira Maeda,he was throwing him like a ragdoll

    • @securitysliggy7541
      @securitysliggy7541 Před 2 lety +1

      @@dzimikes Wow. That's really neat. I will have to look at that. Thanks for telling me.

  • @nabilalmansouri5412
    @nabilalmansouri5412 Před 4 lety +82

    Inn rocky 4 the Russian trainer says: “what ever he touches it destroys”
    Meanwhile Aleksander karelin: “what ever he sees it disappears”

  • @vlaicurabca6987
    @vlaicurabca6987 Před 5 lety +747

    Imagine if a boxer or some other type of fighter gets cocky and says that he could beat any wrestler and this guy comes to him and breaks his back

    • @alanheyes694
      @alanheyes694 Před 5 lety +108

      Vlaicu Rabca Never underestimate a solid base wrestler who can take a punch, that’s all I’m gonna say.

    • @loque69
      @loque69 Před 5 lety +21

      I just imagined Balrog VS Zangief, at the first time I read your comment lol

    • @vlaicurabca6987
      @vlaicurabca6987 Před 5 lety +10

      @earaza Yeah I agree with that, most of the fast fighters are really good, and it's hard as hell to beat a fast and strong fighter

    • @alexandrostheodorou8387
      @alexandrostheodorou8387 Před 5 lety +20

      I would want to see Jon Jones fight this dude if he was in his prime. He was community college wrestler that beat 2 the hell out of two olympians Hendo and DC.

    • @dersatansschuh4426
      @dersatansschuh4426 Před 5 lety +27

      @Mad Max Jones would beat him without a doubt.

  • @user-og1qo5mt3q
    @user-og1qo5mt3q Před 3 lety +7

    Настоящая мотивация 👍

  • @bennyl2487
    @bennyl2487 Před 5 měsíci +1

    If you’ve never really wrestled someone that’s big with even 5 years experience or more,,it’s hard to understand how terrifying this man would be on the mat.

  • @zefsagala1391
    @zefsagala1391 Před 5 lety +301

    Mike Tyson boxing+Karelin wrestling+Buakaw muay thai=god

    • @jr2781
      @jr2781 Před 5 lety +41

      zef sagala with Gracie Jiu Jitsu

    • @tilulilulei2040
      @tilulilulei2040 Před 5 lety +88

      20cm penis beats them all

    • @facemelter2277
      @facemelter2277 Před 5 lety +11

      I’ll take RJJs boxing over Tyson’s

    • @jordanfisher9149
      @jordanfisher9149 Před 5 lety +4

      Shrek Wes I think Tyson’s would fit his style better to move in for the takedowns if he wasn’t such a beast wrestler I’d take RJJ’s boxing anyday.

    • @facemelter2277
      @facemelter2277 Před 5 lety +13

      Jordan Fisher good points, just not sure peekaboo would suit a 6’3” 250lb monster like Karelin though, Tyson’s only 5’10”. I think a style like Usyk‘ s would work well with a strong wrestling base

  • @yv3970
    @yv3970 Před 4 lety +122

    mfs neck probably has more muscles then half the viewers on this video combined