GSP oversimplified the shit of it there though, there was obviously a lot more that went into it than just "punch him in the gut".Shit like this is why I turned #TeamNegative on MMA. For a sport trying to sell itself as the best fighters in the world competing with one another, Hendricks and his team are the first people who thought, "Hey, why not punch this dude in the gut to stop the takedown?!" Brilliant! And the person that I've always considered the best in the sport, was completely flustered by such a simple strategy.
Anderson was so preoccupied with Weidman's takedown game that it opened up the striking opportunities. That doesn't mean Anderson is a shitty striker, just that the holes in his game don't work well vs Weidman. Styles make fights, it's a rock/scissors/paper kind of thing.
And what I'm saying is that when a fighter poses a legitimate takedown threat to Anderson that in itself makes him readable.
Yep. Whenever someone calls Bones the P4P best I wonder if they've actually seen him strike. Compared with the lighter weight champs he looks a league behind.
Look for more Fight Pass content in the near future. Can't wait for the spin when Fox pulls the plug.
People talk a lot about kicks and takedowns/clinches changing the striking in MMA, but the ultimate has its own specific wrinkles: the wide open gloves + fighting in a large area with no real corners. I think they're working on the former but I'm not sure they're going to do anything about the latter, too much value put in the octagon.
I've seen lots of MMA fighters do uppercuts, the most well known ones coming from JDS and Paulo Thiago.Complexities of the sport play into it obviously. The first dude even close to matching his physicality took his soul. Gus at least does what 99 percent of mma fighters dont. Uppercut.
The knee definitely buzzed him but those short uppercuts were the end. Having said that i still strongly dislike his stance. He moves well but keep your hands up. Just cause you can take a punch doesnt mean you should
What a mark.Look at Heel's favorite bearded wrassler about the main event the biggest sports entertainment extravaganza of the year.
Boxing technique doesn't work too well in MMA with gloves that are much smaller and can't be used to block as easily and smaller hands that can equally get through small holes. It's much easier to break your hands. There's also stuff like spinning backfists and elbows, kicks and takedowns to account for. Anyone who overcommits with their strikes like these guys do get clinched up and/or taken down. Also, half those punches that do connect in boxing wouldn't connect in MMA due to smaller gloves. There are so many more variables at play in MMA that you can't just simply say that MMA fighters have far worse striking because they're all bums who don't know what they're doing. The reality of it is much more nuanced than that. Try Floyd's shoulder roll defense in MMA and watch how quickly you get KO'd.
