Anyone going to be at the Las Vegas BJJ open in August?
He has had a bad run for sure. Gamburyan caught him with a no looking hook iirc so he jut got caught in that one. But his 2 previous losses to Yaha and Nunes I couldn’t tell you. I remember hearing he was having mad personal issues that might have gotten in the way of his training/mentality but who knows. Big fan of the guy and I hope he bounces back against Phan.
Also Kenny Florian cracks me up. I liked how he tried to make himself sound better by calling Nunes “A future champion” after he beat him to make his win look credibly for a title shot. Aldo is going to absolutely wreck Kenny.
Florian always exaggerates that way about everyone he fights, lol. Maybe he’s just a nice guy, I dunno. I doubt him sayin that or not saying it had any REAL bearing on him getting a title shot or not. So far all we’ve heard besides Florian’s name is Chad Mendes for that fight. Florian is a bigger name and NOT a one dimensional grinder, so I can see why they’d want to give it to him over Mendes. Maybe Mendes has a better shot to wrestlefuck Aldo for 5 rounds, since I’m pretty sure we all agree Aldo will smash Florian in the standup. But at the same time, who really wants to see 5 rounds of that? And do we even give Mendes a realistic shot at holding Aldo down for that long?
For my money, Aldo/Florian is the better fight.
Oh I agree. I would much rather see Aldo v Florian than Aldo v Blanket. It is always fun to watch Jose murder somebody. I just don’t think Kenny has the athleticism to hang with Aldo, it seems like whenever he gets in the cage with someone that is decently athletic he gets bodied.
so, guys that train, how does catch wrestling compare to bjj?
…irl.
Junior put him away in the first round, so no surprise.
JDS has a chin everybody goes down from being touched by carwin.
I just want more Flash Ko’s in UfC 3, fuck making it a fighting game with life bars. I want 1 hit ko’s.
so the difference is the point of reference where catch is figuring how to attack guard from the top where bjj is how to work from bottom?
I always wondered what type of wrestling is actually the best to use in MMA. It seems like Greco is the best one but i’m probably wrong. But it also seems like traditional wrestling is a top candidate since people like GSP, Koscheck, and Fitch use it.
So unless your opponent either knows nothing about wrestling or if you have a super fast shot, traditional wrestling is not that great? Because it seems like the moment you shoot in and your opponent’s back hits the cage, it becomes kind of useless. Unless you know some greco too.
Thanks for the insight. The reason I was asking is because I always wondered why some wrestlers would hold on to a single leg when their opponent is against the cage and they just dont transition to double underhooks or over/under hooks. But i’m a complete noob when it comes to the clinch game/wrestling game.
Would catch wrestling benefit a pure BJJ specialist like Maia? I mean he has so many tricks with straight up BJJ so I thought if he learned some catch wrestling he would be even more lethal on the ground.
I would love to see Maia train with Chael/Okami.
him and every other bjj vs wrestler fight…
not like i know much about bjj credentials, but i cant remember the last time a “bjj guy” took down a wrestler.
imo that big hole in their game is equal to eating cereal and milk with a fork =/
offtopic, i think shooting irl is bad idea.
pavement+punches/elbows to back of head+knees to head etc
Rock wtf is with your avatar? You lose a bet?
lol get your sentai on
What is everyone’s picks for tomorrow? I have:
Matchups:
Alistair Overeem vs. Fabricio Werdum
Josh Barnett vs. Brett Rogers
K.J. Noons vs. Jorge Masvidal
Daniel Cormier vs. Jeff Monson
Valentijn Overeem vs. Chad Griggs
Gesias “JZ” Cavalcante vs. Justin Wilcox
Conor Heun vs. Magno Almeida
Nah-Shon Burrell vs. Joe Ray
Todd Moore vs. Mike Bronzoulis
Brian Melancon vs. Isaac Vallie-Flagg
And DREAM.17 is looking awesome, should be a great card.
I hear Optimus Reem has found new ways to directly inject himself with ste… err, horsemeat during fights, kinda like Bane from Batman lol. Werdum about to get FUCKED up.
i like how everyone in the comments is saying thats an insane workout n shit. lol…looks pretty tame imo, but hes an older fighter so he might not be able to go ssj2 like say a rick story prob does in training for a fight.
i think people forget that these dudes don’t have anything to do besides workout/train.
You’re crazy. =P
I’ll go with Uberreem over Werdum, and Barnett over Rogers for tonight.
I actually was able to go to UFC131 as well as the MMA expo (also the weighins the day before), it was really fun, highlight for me was almost walking off by accident with Gilbert’s Strikeforce title. Shit was hilarious. Also Jake Shields being goofy in general.
And the viking was well a viking, aside from his loss from peewee anyway.