Russian bear or Japanese samurai? Legendary fight of Alexander Karelin in the ring in Japan!

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The first and last fight of the legendary Alexander Karelin in MMA. The fight took place in 1999 in Tokyo against Japanese pro-wrestler and creator of Rings Akira Maeda. At that time, MMA was not yet fully established and each promotion used its own version of the rules - sometimes quite extravagant