Currently in full preparation for the Paris Olympic Games, Teddy Riner (34 years old) is embarking on one of the last big challenges of his immense career.
UFC covets Teddy Riner
Unusual information. According to the Japanese media, Tokyo Sport, Teddy Riner refused an offer of 15 million euros from the UFC to join the MMA organization. The most successful judoka in history does not want to change sport but focus on the 2024 Olympic Games this summer.
This isn’t the first time he’s refused to transition from judo to MMA. The two-time Olympic gold medalist and eleven-time world champion has turned down similar offers in the past. In the meantime, MMA has become the fashionable combat sport but that doesn’t change anything in his mind. “ I have to concentrate on judo. We already get injured a lot… My goal is to win the Games and beat the best in my discipline », explains Teddy Riner.
In 2015, he had already discussed a possible reconversion into MMA in the columns of The Magazine Team. « MMA came to me with big tickets. It doesn’t interest me, it doesn’t correspond to my values. I respect these fighters, but taking punches and kicks in the face is not my thing. No more than giving some. I am aware that we have to live with the times and that MMA is fashionable, but it will be without me. »
We are therefore not close to seeing Teddy Riner in an MMA cage.
2023-11-19 14:38:40
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