Rickson Understood.
Jake Shields understands.
Hell Michael Jordan even understood..."I don't like to work on my 3 point shot too much, because if I did I might get too comfortable shooting it instead of taking it to the hole which is my strength."
Hey if you are a BJJ Superstar..TAKE THE FIGHT TO THE GROUND AT ALL COSTS.
for sure the grapplers should mix their takedowns in with strikes to make both more effective
agreed
that fight was fucking unbearable.
ranier wolfcastle - for sure the grapplers should mix their takedowns in with strikes to make both more effective
Yes setting up your takedowns with strikes makes it more effective, but then you also run the risk of getting KTFO
but the point i was making is that once you start to train striking, you get comfortable with it, complacent, and don't take the fight to where you are at your best.
he tried and failed, hell he even had kennedys back and got nothing
redmtx - Also all BJJ guys are not the same. Some will adapt better to striking than others. So to say they shouldn't train striking is just fucking stupid. What if they fight someone who they can't get to the ground. Do you just want them to quit.
Pull guard. Die trying.
Whatever happened to being well rounded?
So according to you, strikers should only train striking, yes?
Well, Feijao made his striking work. Guess he made a liar out of you.
yeah, helps it wasnt vs a striker...... but i loved feijao ko'ing mo
I agree and this is one of the things that annoys me when people say Aoki has no standup. Aoki has never been stopped standing in his career he has a good sense of range and timing, if he was to get too caught up in his stirking it would end with him getting laid out flat, ask Damian Maia.
TheBulgarianAssassin - Whatever happened to being well rounded?
So according to you, strikers should only train striking, yes?
No, obviously they need to be able to avoid the takedown, stand back up and learn to defend submissions when they get it to the ground.
Exactly..Aoki is a perfect example of someone who has this philosophy nowawadays..
GSP pretty much does it too. He gets the fight to the ground. I predict his latest emphasis on striking well be the start of his demise.
I agree. That is why I like people like Aoki. Either he takes the fight to the ground ASAP or he's getting KTFO'D. Now a days everyone thinks they have some K1 level stiking or some crazy shit and they just embarrass themselves.
Rickson was always right about his strategy. Always fight where you have the advantage, learn the stand up just so you can see it coming better and time it better, but don't use it to get into a free exchange. It's the safe bet, take the fight where you have an advantage for as much of the fight as possible.
All fighters should watch how GSP and a prime Fedor flow from striking to grappling and back again.
sanguine cynic - Rickson Understood.
Jake Shields understands.
Hell Michael Jordan even understood..."I don't like to work on my 3 point shot too much, because if I did I might get too comfortable shooting it instead of taking it to the hole which is my strength."
Hey if you are a BJJ Superstar..TAKE THE FIGHT TO THE GROUND AT ALL COSTS.
How is the weather there in 1993? lol at this idiocy. A guy with no striking gets nowhere in modern MMA.
Aoki getting exposed by Melendez wasnt proof enough for you?
did not work too well for royce,,vs hughes,
The other guys train Jiu Jitsu and Wrestling too. drrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr