The only one who achieved victories at the three largest Japanese tournaments in history, the owner of a huge number of championship belts, who has been in the ring for 30 years in a row. Now he is 54 years old, and he still goes into the arena and gives battle to young people. Living legend of Japanese pro-wrestling Yuji Nagata.
In general, as you understand, the athlete is extremely epic, respected and very deserved. The only question is why did the Japanese promoters once arrange a real fight for him against Fedor Emelianenko himself?
This happened on December 31, 2003 at the Inoki Bom Ba Ye tournament. The Last Emperor was already the current champion of Pride FC tournaments and was incredibly popular in the Land of the Rising Sun. Therefore, the organizers of the tournament came up with an incredibly cool idea – to make a fight between the best mixed martial arts fighter of that time against one of the best Japanese pro-wrestlers. It should be noted that Nagata was clearly not a timid person. In 2001, he made his debut in mixed martial arts, knocking out 21 seconds into his fight with Mirko Cro Cop. After which, for two years he intensively prepared for his return to MMA and was determined to give Fedor a fight.

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