Danielle Kelly is taking on Mariia Molchanova – a Sambo World Champion – on November 18… And she’s confident in the win.

Despite Molchanova being a Sambo specialist, Kelly doesn’t seem to be worried about it. Particularly because she, herself, has experience in Sambo.
Here’s what she told ONE:

I competed in Sambo. I trained it a little bit at one point, but I competed in a sambo tournament.
The first one I think was right after high school or during high school. I won, and I took first place in both tournaments that year and the year after.

Kelly is convinced that Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is better than Sambo, at least for the ruleset under which the match will take place – submission grappling:

I competed in Sambo. I trained it a little bit at one point, but I competed in a Sambo tournament.
The first one I think was right after high school or during high school. I won, and I took first place in both tournaments that year and the year after.

Yeah, I have some experience, so when people are like: “Oh, you should do sambo, compete in that sport, too”, and it’s like: “Yeah, I did, but I won, too, so what now?”
But yeah, it’s fine, but Jiu-Jitsu is better.

 

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