Striking + take down defense, maybe. We've seen too many times in a contest of pure grapplers vs. pure strikers that strikers are at an obvious disadvantage for me to think otherwise.
I believe it was Shogun who said that a 135 pound high school wrestler would beat Mayweather or Pacquiao in a fight.
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grappling is gay azz hell LOL
so many illegal moves cater to gay grappling
thats funny because when i was a kid my mom asked if i wanted to join a martial arts class i said no i'd rather teach myself how to fight by actually getting into fights
and i've taught myself well... but i haven't faught again since being released from juevie for the 6 time for fighting
Very disappointed in my boy Mousasi, but I don't blame him getting taken down. Out here in Glendale he trains with great boxers and kickboxers, and does some Judo/Sambo, and when he's overseas in Netherlands, he trains his boxing and kickboxing.
He needs extensive training in wrestling, and especially on his take down defense.
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Mousasi was robbed. In current american MMA the takedown onws all. The takedown, a transitional move that by itself doesn't mean a thing, because what matters is what you can achieve with it (meaning GnP or Submissions). So Jardine was being punch in the face and tkx to some useless takedowns, takedows who weren't followed by a serious threat or any kind of damage, he got a draw...
Ridiculous.
And Nick Diaz rulez
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Or if the grappler can't perform a take-down. Case in point: Sotiropilous vs Siver. The Aussie couldn't shoot if his life depended on it, so he got his ass whooped by the German Taekwondo fighter. Sotiropilous kept reaching in, as opposed to tackling and driving. He's excellent once he's on the ground, but lacks the transitional take-down skills required to get there.
Kinda funny, because grapplers (especially BJJ guys) tend to look down on TKD. They view it as a "little kid" style.
I don't know about that. An Olympic wrestler maybe, but not some pimple-faced dweeb in a singlet. A kid like that would pose about a big of threat to Pacquiao, as some dorky teen who got his blackbelt after only spending two years in an assembly line-style Mcdojo.
This is irrelevant, because Siver is a mixed martial artist. He trained his take down defense extensively for that fight with George. That's why I said striking + take down defense can be as effective.
Why, because of the stigma that the wrestler isn't a professional athlete who gets paid millions and millions of dollars to fight? Lawl. The outcome would be the same if it was an Olympian, or just a really good high school wrestler. Neither Pacman or Mayweather have trained in wrestling or take down defense a day in their lives. Unless they landed a lucky punch, they'd easily be taken down and pounded on.
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Apr 7th, 2011 06:06 PM
thats funny because when i was a kid my mom asked if i wanted to join a martial arts class i said no i'd rather teach myself how to fight by actually getting into fights
