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Comment on A Few Thoughts on UFC 98 by admin

admin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:15:28 +0000

Good to hear from you jaytanic! Keep checking in, been busy lately but I’ll be posting more soon.

As far a Machida goes, don’t be delusional. Machida is a “mixed martial artist.” He is a blackbelt in Shotokan Karate, but he is also a black belt in brazilian jui jitsu and has competed in sumo. If you don’t have the grappling and submission piece you simply cannot compete in MMA.

From a sporting perspective, the debate over which “pure” styles are most dominant was settled over a decade ago in the early “no holds barred” UFCs and vale tudo events in Brazil. The submission grapplers, jui jitsu players, and world class wrestlers dominated those events.

When your in a cage or ring sport fighting, good footwork and defensive striking don’t got you very far if you can’t defend takedowns or submissions. You only get one shot when you have an olympic caliber wrestler coming at you, if you don’t put him to sleep with that one shot you end up on your back with a big problem.

Machida is so good and so fun to watch because he has a very well-rounded game with a very unique karate striking style. You don’t see very much of that type of striking in MMA, which is typically dominated by boxing, kickboxing, and muay thai.

I’m not knocking traditional martial arts from an exercise and street self-defense standpoint. They are probably plenty effective in those situations. But make no mistake about it, if Machida didn’t know the grappling (wrestling and submissions) and clinch games he would not be able to compete in the UFC.

Comment on A Few Thoughts on UFC 98 by jaytanic

jaytanic — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:14:20 +0000

Lyoto Machida: once again demonstrating the superiority of the traditional martial arts over the mutant hybrid that is “MMA”! Until he started fighting, I was always wondering, “why doesn’t anyone use any defensive striking or foot movement?!?!?”

Comment on Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou’s Extra Blows Delivered at Dream 9 Show by admin

admin — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:35:42 +0000

Not sure what you mean by being out of line. I agree, during most of the fights that I watch the fighters obey the ref’s commands. My point was simply that Sokoudjou clearly didn’t obey the ref’s commands and kept going when he should have stopped. That is unacceptable. It may not be widespread, but that doesn’t mean that it should be tolerated on those rare occasions when it occurs. One thing you can bet on is that those who dislike MMA will seize on these rare occurrences to bash the sport.

Comment on Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou’s Extra Blows Delivered at Dream 9 Show by Ted Hackett

Ted Hackett — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:51:52 +0000

I don’t know what organizations you watch but I watch dozens of fights a week between Spike,HDNet,MSG,NESN,etc. and I rarely see people going on after a bell unless an arm or leg are cocked and unloading as the bell rings and even that is rare. Occasionally some punk spouts off a little too much and needs to be taught a lesson. Even then it’s usually something minor like the other fighter not letting go of a lock for an extra second. You don’t see fighters continue punching someone in the face after a ref yells stop. You are way outta’ line.

Comment on Another Try in New York by admin

admin — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:29:56 +0000

Thanks. The post is protected, if you’d like to use the post let me know.

Comment on Another Try in New York by Kelly Brown

Kelly Brown — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:19:44 +0000

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Comment on A Few Thoughts on UFC 98 by My Amazing Weight Loss Story

My Amazing Weight Loss Story — Thu, 28 May 2009 23:15:18 +0000

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Comment on A Few Thoughts on UFC 98 by admin

admin — Thu, 28 May 2009 00:44:58 +0000

Thanks for commenting. Just started this blog earlier this month, good to know someone actually hit on it through google. I hope to crank out 1 or 2 posts per week for now. I’m going to try and focus on the legal aspects of MMA and the combat sports generally, but will stray from time to time to keep things interesting.

Circle back when you have a minute – hopefully you’ll find something worth reading! Thanks again.

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Comment on Another Try in New York by admin

admin — Wed, 20 May 2009 01:33:33 +0000

F.E.K.

You are right on, from an objective standpoint MMA is no more brutal than boxing (and as you point out, is actually probably less brutal over the long haul). I don’t think the overall health impacts are what’s really under some people’s skin. In my humble opinion, I think that some people just can’t get past the groundfighting. While Bob Reilly doesn’t focus on groundfighting, I think that is really where a lot of people get stuck. People are just not used to seeing a fighter go down and get swarmed by an opponent. Instead, they’re used to seeing the downed fighter be allowed to get back to semi-consciousness, stand up, and take more abuse. To some people the latter seems less brutal. I, like you, don’t see it that way.