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Showing posts with label MMA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MMA. Show all posts
22 February 2009
29 January 2009
Final days til' Penn vs. GSP!
There are 2 days left until the epic rematch of BJ Penn vs. GSP and GSP is in the lead in our polls, followed by Isaac of course. Seems like TKO is not giving BJ much of a chance.
The third episode of UFC Primetime is now up. It is my favourite episode of the series, showing UFC Champion Rashad Evans training with GSP, and some of the craziest conditioning I have ever seen by BJ Penn. It is a workout that you truly need to live in Hawaii to perform, so even though I am dying to try it, I do not think I can pull it off within the confines of TKO.
The third episode of UFC Primetime is now up. It is my favourite episode of the series, showing UFC Champion Rashad Evans training with GSP, and some of the craziest conditioning I have ever seen by BJ Penn. It is a workout that you truly need to live in Hawaii to perform, so even though I am dying to try it, I do not think I can pull it off within the confines of TKO.
15 January 2009
GSP vs. BJ Penn Primetime
For those who missed it, SpikeTV aired the first of their three episode series, GSP vs. BJ Penn Primetime, an episode following both of them in their training.
08 January 2009
Andrei Arlovski Prepares for Fedor!
Andrei Arlovski has the biggest fight of his life approaching soon. A battle with possibly the biggest name in MMA and one of the pound for pound best fighters today, Fedor Emelianenko! As Arlovski prepares for this fight, a video series follows his training, similar to boxing's 24/7 episodes. Enjoy!
26 November 2008
Conditioning Training
Conditioning is something that almost everyone hates to do, but is essential for preparation for a fight. After seeing these video's of Wanderlei using a snorkel in preparation for his fights, I did some research and found this: http://www.jasonferruggia.com/. This Guy has some great articles and exercises for conditioning. His site is definitely worth a look. Specifically check out the 'Sports Performance' section under the 'Articles' tab.
Also, if anyone has tried the snorkel technique for conditioning training I would love to hear their experience with it.
16 November 2008
Brock Lesnar is the UFC Heavyweight Champion?
That still sounds strange to me. Brock looked impressive however, controlling most of the fight and showing that his speed, power, size, and wrestling ability were just too much for Couture's experience. Brock eventually landed a cross that dropped Randy and finished with hammer fists until the ref jumped in. Now Brock must prepare for the inevitable match-up against the winner of Frank Mir and Minotauro Nogueira, both BJJ blackbelts, and Mir having already submitted Brock.
Other great fights included the Canadian from Woodbridge Ontario, Mark Bocek, submitting Alvin Robinson by rear-naked choke, Jeremy Stephens’ KO uppercut over Rafael dos Anjos, Demian Maia’s quick rear-naked choke victory over Nate Quarry, Gabriel Gonzaga’s Straight Cross TKO of Josh Hendricks, Dustin Hazelett’s submission victory over Tamdan McCrory, and Kenny Florian’s rear-naked choke victory over Joe Stevenson.
Not a fight on this card was boring, and most ended in the first or second round. All in all a very entertaining card.
Other great fights included the Canadian from Woodbridge Ontario, Mark Bocek, submitting Alvin Robinson by rear-naked choke, Jeremy Stephens’ KO uppercut over Rafael dos Anjos, Demian Maia’s quick rear-naked choke victory over Nate Quarry, Gabriel Gonzaga’s Straight Cross TKO of Josh Hendricks, Dustin Hazelett’s submission victory over Tamdan McCrory, and Kenny Florian’s rear-naked choke victory over Joe Stevenson.
Not a fight on this card was boring, and most ended in the first or second round. All in all a very entertaining card.
10 November 2008
UFC 91: Couture vs. Lesnar
Though most are excited for this card so that they can see if 45 year old Randy Couture can once again overcome the odds and defeat the 285lb NCAA Division 1 wrestler in Brock Lesnar, There are a few other fights on this card that interest me more.
One of these fights is Nate “Rock” Quarry vs. Demian Maia, the classic grappler vs. striker. The only difference though is that this fight has the best pure grappler in the UFC middleweight division vs. one of the hardest hitters in the UFC middleweight division. Both fighters have impressive UFC records, with Nate supporting a 5 – 1 record (winning all fights by TKO/KO with the exception of his fight with Kalib Starnes who’s game plan was to run from him the whole fight, and only losing to Rich Franklin when Franklin was in his prime) and Maia a 3 – 0 record (winning all 3 fights by submission).
While Maia has never fought someone with the same power in his hands as Nate, The “Rock” has never fought anyone with even close to the same level of BJJ as Maia. Nate generally follows a “knock out or be knocked out” strategy where Maia takes the “do anything I can and get hit by anything I can to get it to the ground” strategy. I think these to strategies combined will make for a great fight.
I see Nate pressing the action and Maia taking many big shots in this fight while on the feet. However, if Maia can survive Nate’s power long enough to get any sort of clinch, the fight will drastically change. This fight will end with either a TKO/KO by Nate, or a technical submission by Maia. Either way, this fight is not going to decision and should be exciting to watch.
- R Rende
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31 March 2008
Empty your cup.
The Muay Thai kicks and other techniques has never been a big part of the MMA scene. Does this mean it doesn't work? Why so many doubters?
There is this limiting belief that people have on what MMA should and can be. A decade ago, Jiu Jitsu was the ultimate martial arts. Royce Gracie for the longest time proved that he could beat anyone using BJJ, and he did. Many fans and viewers were convinced that BJJ is the superior form of fighting. Until along came wrestlers Matt Hughes, Tito Ortiz, and Randy Couture to prove them wrong. Their anti-submission techniques and ground and pound (GnP) tactics revolutionized the ground game. Interesting enough, as a result of this, the masses of hypocrites that were once pro-BJJ began jumping on the "wrestling as the dominant style" bandwagon. At this time, stand-up was really being discredited. This changed, as a couple years later Crocop, Chuck Liddel, and Wanderlei Silva began knocking out ground game specialists by way of stand-up.
Which brings me to my main concern; whether or not there is room in MMA for techniques from more distant martial arts. Technique that have not been used, or rather used successfully in MMA.
A year ago, the first San Shou fighter made his debut in MMA. His name is Cung Le. He is the undefeated San Shou Champion and now undefeated Strikeforce Middleweight Champion after his victory against Frank "The Legend" Shamrock. There was much controversy around this guy upon his arrival because of his "unseen" before style. He now proved that there just might be a chance that MMA hasn't fully evolved yet, and that there is still room for growth. He is the first fighter to successfully utilize unorthodox kicks repetitively in an MMA pro match.
What I have noticed is that people do not like their ideas to be challenged. When people's beliefs (in this case: of what MMA should be) are threatened or challenged, they will say and do whatever they can to protect it, even at the cost of being realistic. MMA is still a relatively new sport. It is evolving and will continue to evolve. Because there are so many tools at disposal in a MMA bout, we must keep an open mind to potential techniques that can be used. Traditional San Shou and Muay Thai techniques have not fully broke into the MMA scene, but this does not mean that they don't work. It can simply be that there hasn't been anyone successful yet at utilizing them in MMA.
Lata.
Well at least we know these moves work!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=a2ln9kIu78g
There is this limiting belief that people have on what MMA should and can be. A decade ago, Jiu Jitsu was the ultimate martial arts. Royce Gracie for the longest time proved that he could beat anyone using BJJ, and he did. Many fans and viewers were convinced that BJJ is the superior form of fighting. Until along came wrestlers Matt Hughes, Tito Ortiz, and Randy Couture to prove them wrong. Their anti-submission techniques and ground and pound (GnP) tactics revolutionized the ground game. Interesting enough, as a result of this, the masses of hypocrites that were once pro-BJJ began jumping on the "wrestling as the dominant style" bandwagon. At this time, stand-up was really being discredited. This changed, as a couple years later Crocop, Chuck Liddel, and Wanderlei Silva began knocking out ground game specialists by way of stand-up.
Which brings me to my main concern; whether or not there is room in MMA for techniques from more distant martial arts. Technique that have not been used, or rather used successfully in MMA.
A year ago, the first San Shou fighter made his debut in MMA. His name is Cung Le. He is the undefeated San Shou Champion and now undefeated Strikeforce Middleweight Champion after his victory against Frank "The Legend" Shamrock. There was much controversy around this guy upon his arrival because of his "unseen" before style. He now proved that there just might be a chance that MMA hasn't fully evolved yet, and that there is still room for growth. He is the first fighter to successfully utilize unorthodox kicks repetitively in an MMA pro match.
What I have noticed is that people do not like their ideas to be challenged. When people's beliefs (in this case: of what MMA should be) are threatened or challenged, they will say and do whatever they can to protect it, even at the cost of being realistic. MMA is still a relatively new sport. It is evolving and will continue to evolve. Because there are so many tools at disposal in a MMA bout, we must keep an open mind to potential techniques that can be used. Traditional San Shou and Muay Thai techniques have not fully broke into the MMA scene, but this does not mean that they don't work. It can simply be that there hasn't been anyone successful yet at utilizing them in MMA.
Lata.
Well at least we know these moves work!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=a2ln9kIu78g
23 March 2008
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