January 28, 2006
Pride FC Heavyweight Champ Fedor Emelianenko Eats Dog Meat in Korea to Increase his Stamina!
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Now here's something you don't see everyday…
I've always heard of cultures that regularly dines on dog meat (and other domestic animals), but I've never heard that it actually has a performance enhancing effect. I wonder how it compares to the popular MMA supplement "Xyience":
The Korea Times : World's Strongest Fighter Gives Thumbs Up for Korean Dog Meat Dish
The world’s strongest fighter enjoyed the food he believes enhances stamina just before wrapping up a five-day visit to South Korea. It was a dish of dog.
In the fourth day in Korea at the invitation of the Korea Sambo Federation, Fedor Emelianenko, current heavyweight champion at Pride FC, with K-1 one of the major mixed martial arts
sports, grabbed the chance to eat traditional Korean dog soup, or "posintang," on Saturday after the federation ordered it at his request.The dish was delivered to the Olympic Gymnasium in southern Seoul where the 29-year-old Russian fighter was preparing for an exhibition game to introduce "sambo," a Russian martial art that has helped him join the K-1 World GP champion Semmy Schilt on the world’s best fighters list.
"It’s unique. It tastes different from other meats," Emelianenko was quoted by Yonhap News Agency as saying on trying the meat…
…Emelianenko asked the federation for a chance to taste dog meat, saying he had always wanted to try it after hearing it is good for stamina.
Yummy!
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[...] The Dong-A Ilbo is reporting that Emelianenko Fedor, who's visit to South Korea a few months ago made him very popular (especially his love of eating dog meat), may be influencing a prominent South Korean official to promote M-1 shows in South Korea in September or October. South Korea has been a desirable market for both K-1 & PRIDE, but security issues are an even bigger problem in South Korea than they have been in Japan (as far as protecting business is concerned). [...]