Sorry boys, any of you who think that Rickson could
hang with any top fighter today is wrong. Shit, I'd
even bet the Leban could hang with him, maybe not beat
him, but probably sprawl and brawl for quite sometime.
borinnnnnnnnnngggg
word/k has it pride told him to take longer beating takada.
but royce couldnt do nything to takada. so either takadas a stud of the gracies arent all that great
However, if you lay there and block every move (stalling) without any offense, you are pretty hard to sub.
If, instead of laying there during his Royce fight, Takada had simply turtled (accomplishing the same thing), it would have looked like a clear victory for Royce and the fight would have been stopped (even in Japan, even with Takada).
"but royce couldnt do nything to takada."
A 170 lb. pure BJJ guy will never be able to do anything to a 230 lb. dude who simply turtles up in the guard and sits there immobile for twenty minutes. C'mon, dude.
"I see a guy taking even longer to beat a broken down fighter in his retirement match."
Rickson is ten years older than Funaki. That negates any wear and tear Funaki sustained in Pancrase.
What about the guys he fought in the JVT tourney? He was almost chocked out by a D level fighter (Nobuhiko something...I can;t remember his name) and then barely beat a half blinded Yuki Nakai.
For a guy whose reputation is built upon a few hundred MMA and NHB wins, his confirmed fights inspire very little confidence in the unconfirmed ones.
How long it takes to beat someone is really not relevant. If someone wants to stall, they will last longer.
What an original thread.
I wonder how Rickson would do against Sakuraba.
Thoughts?
How about Rickson Vs. Ruas- I wonder what would happen ?
Good one Fabes. lol.
You know who I'd like to see? Rickson vs. Tony Danza.
PRIDE FIGHING CHAMPIONSHIP: WHO'S THE BOSS
Rickson Gracie vs. Tony Danza
Shannon Ritch vs. Joe Rogan
Jennifer Lopez (Krav Maga) vs. Zhang Ziyi (Kung Fu)
TH