300-1 Abe Lincoln vs UFC wrestlers

[Vampire life]

Honest Abe was 300-1 over his 12 year wrestling career, taking on all comers
How would he stack up against GSP, Cain, Couture, Lesnar and other UFC wrestler based fighters ?
Old Abe was 6’4” 185 lbs of twisted steel who’s training regiment included splitting rails and killing Vampires, when he wasn’t legislating
https://olympics.com/en/news/abraham-lincoln-usa-president-wrestling-champion

My money is on Abraham

 

[Koala]

He had awful cardio in is fight vs Qatar

 

[Davidjacksonjones]

In wrestling? he would probably win
In MMA he would get destroyed

 

[Vampire life]

His famous quote

“if you’re coming on then come on”
Lol no that’s not it
Here:

“I'm the big buck of this lick. If any of you want to try it, come on and whet your horns.”

 

[Dimbis]

Im not sure. I don’t think I ever got the chance to see him wrestle.

 

[Vampire life]

Im not sure. I don’t think I ever got the chance to see him wrestle.

Think about a 6’4” Jon Fitch

 

[Ozze]

Abe vs. Rickson. The battle of the 300.

 

[TerrorTimmy]

Abe vs. Rickson. The battle of the 300.

Rickson by armbar tbh

 

[Simple Southerner]

Lol wasteland

 

[Elvis.]

Eisenhower was a wrestler and boxer and was trained in catch wrestling by Tom Jenkins

 

[Willek]

D1 Wrestlers with KO power are Khabib's kryptonite.......that and Kevin Lee,

 

[Stump]

 

[Normot]

If twitter and social media was around 200 years ago we would have found out how bullshit these stories are. These old macho tough guys would have really looked like Mark Zuckerberg flow rolling with Lex Friedman. Coming out and saying shit like, "I wrassled the champ and won"

Rich dorks.

 

[wwkirk]

Im not sure. I don’t think I ever got the chance to see him wrestle.

Let me help you out.
(Timestamped, but another example about 30-40 seconds earlier.)

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

His famous quote

“if you’re coming on then come on”
Lol no that’s not it
Here:

“I'm the big buck of this lick. If any of you want to try it, come on and whet your horns.”

His lesser famous quote: "Ya know Mary? This play is pretty goo-"

 

[Lost_Cause]

Video or it’s a lie.

 

[ChimRichalds]

His lesser famous quote: "Ya know Mary? This play is pretty goo-"

 

[SaigeVanZant]

His lesser famous quote: "Ya know Mary? This play is pretty goo-"

Too soon

 

[wh4tttt]

Must have taken that L from grappling wizard rickson wilkes booth.

 

[Dr. Rose]

If twitter and social media was around 200 years ago we would have found out how bullshit these stories are. These old macho tough guys would have really looked like Mark Zuckerberg flow rolling with Lex Friedman. Coming out and saying shit like, "I wrassled the champ and won"

Rich dorks.

I teach Sports and American Culture at a university. Abe was a legit wrestler and was rather modest about it unless he was challenged, and then he would talk some smack. Most of the stories of his prowess does not come from him, but friends (and some enemies).

On a separate note, for MMA fans and people who care about the history of the sport, the form of wrestling that Lincoln practiced, would be closer to MMA than collegiate wrestling. He would have practiced a form of frontier wrestling that was a cross between "collar and elbow" (one of the precursors to catch) and "bite and gouge," which was particularly brutal with some striking, biting, and eye gouging. Here is a slide from my ppt.


Wrestling was so popular then, it was rare to find a young boy who did not wrestling in some capacity.

Teddy Roosevelt was also a badass, studied boxing, wrestling, and Jujitsu. Conde Koma (or his traveling companion), the trainers of the Gracies, may have trained with him and some members of the military.