"Striking Coaches Giving Grapplers False Confidence" (from Joe Rogan Experience

[@joejitsu034]

Eddie Bravo is the best part of any podcast. He's like the crazy sensei's from 80's movies. Sometimes hard to tell if he's a genius, crazy or both.

[@fulca4389]

joejitsu034 , if Booger (revenge of the nerds) and master Miyagi had a son... he would be E.B.

[@MrCyberboobs]

That also describes his protege Tony Ferguson

[@naveen5350]

I would love to be taught by him man he seems so interesting

[@TheBeelzboss]

He's crazy

[@RealFuckingReviews]

He has a brilliant mind for combat.

[@dubsydabster]

Bangkok ready is probably the funniest thing I've ever heard

[@Hysterik3o6]

Dubsy Dabster Schuab means "bang cock ready."

[@petewest3122]

Then get ready for probably the funniest thing you've ever seen... instagram.com/p/BO_vdiKgJs6/?taken-by=eddiebravo10

[@friedrichhexenmeister6553]

Hahahaha WTF

[@dubsydabster]

Pete West hahaha. Thanks

[@Odd1x]

Yes i was dying of laughter and that EB picture is gold!

the thing with striking is it doesn't take long to look good and learn basic techniques but it takes a long time to master distance, movement and timing

[@markotikvic]

Leroy Gallagher Thank you! A lot of people think that flashy kicks are a sign of a good striker. But it's the distance, angles, faints, timing, rythm, set ups and all the subtle things that allow you to sneak in a head kick from hell.

[@joeygonzo]

IT takes MORE TALENT and reflexes too. It's much easier to learn how to grapple well. It does not take talent.

[@UnexpectedWonder]

Exactly!

[@highschoolknifefight4610]

@@joeygonzo Some people are just born to do certain things. I'm naturally a better striker than I am a grappler but I'm doing BJJ and Judo because it interests me more.

[@joeygonzo]

@gorehound, no probs there. But, when you see these ex-football players doing UFC and getting in the big events after some 10 fights, it just proves it takes a lot less talent to be on UFC or to grapple. You don't see ex-football players becoming boxing contenders after 10 fights. They become jokes in boxing.

[@timespace.productions7513]

The same thing happened w/Urijah Faber. His takedowns were lightning-fast, & his submissions were brutal. Then one day, he started throwing punches & never stopped.

[@andrewhagan8885]

His elbow strikes were nasty though. I remember one fight where he broke both of his hands early in the fight and almost won off them. Was against Matt Brown when he fought in WEC I think..

[@13buthead]

he broke both of his hands? how did that happen?

[@user-686hs-77]

Andrew Hagan year old post but just wanted you to no, he never fought Matt Brown in any promotion. What fucking idiot promoter would allow a small Bantamweight to fight a big Welterweight in Matt Brown, lmfao.

[@joeyfinlay2475]

Andrew Hagan it was Mike Brown

[@jeremynewark7558]

Samuel RF was actually talking about the fight where Uriah broke both his hands against Frankie Saenz and was only throwing elbow strikes by the end of the fight and was readily trying to finish frank non stop with two broken hands, I remember that fight, Uriah will always be a legend and OG for the lighter weight classes for what he did in the WEC days!

[@dr.bender]

"Bangkok ready" is the funniest shit I've heard in this year.

[@slicvm]

Dr. Bender It's not that funny...

[@farmerbrad4574]

Dr. Bender hello

[@johnjames7966]

Eddie gives some golden advice. Ya gotta go with what you've trained with the most. Glad to hear a BJJ guy admit that.

[@MrKinkysloth]

He’s not a biased man when it comes to fighting. He’s the first one to give proper advice, he knows it first hand

[@ogs1mpson609]

How come every time I look at Joey Diaz I start thinking about cocaine? Even when he’s talking about mma.

[@Lortenerfrisk]

Read that as mdma

[@richborn6700]

My nostrils flare every time he talks. I'd do some booger sugar with Diaz.

[@scotland2256]

Joey 'The cocaine smelled beautiful back then' Diaz

[@theviciousviking3659]

maybe because you are an inbred bitch?

[@erwinruiz5717]

Ha ha ha ha I know ha

[@crizzydime]

"Is that Joey breathing into the mic" "Are you kidding me? That's for sure Joey" LOLOLOLOL

[@jameshorne4886]

“Let’s see; is the person getting tired and breathing heavy from sitting Eddie Bravo BJJ Legend. Joe Rogan workout and TRT freak or brendan schaub ex professional athlete?”

[@JG-qn9nr]

"Some darth vader shit" lol

[@hannesproductions4302]

that killed me

[@e_dawg1003]

Nope it’s Brandon

[@Redwoodroc]

The only funny thing brendan has ever said

[@philhellmuff]

is Eddie sober here? So much insight

[@shonuffLA]

No, hes extra high on some sativa

[@dylanzrim1011]

shonuffLA hence the insight

[@dootdoot1867]

If you can see eddie's eyes he is sober.

[@GoPhukYourself]

Maybe he's just taking edibles now.

[@robloxgod6945]

Mr. M edibles still make your eyes red

[@Cani-Gulah]

"bangkok ready" tee with a silhouette of a fat guy doing a muay thai stance . rogan...get onnit

[@perunlowtuned]

blaqmarkit Why the fat guy?

[@drumrocka]

I would wear that, and I’m a fat guy who trains Muay Thai 😄........

[@gingercore69]

Why not a hot chick doing muaythai with a suspicious bulge in her shorts?

[@gingercore69]

@@singhatar0912 thailand is known for more than just muay thai... Its a joke about that... Still, i a dick wouldnt be a deal breaker for me... Not really a must have, but it wouldnt be a problem

[@geostokes8573]

I'd put money down for it!

[@WildGaston]

I feel like I can smell the cologne just looking at Joey

[@stephencoan79]

Schaub looks like a WW2 fighter pilot.

[@HorstEwald]

Damn right!

[@GoPhukYourself]

You're saying he's a handsome summabitch that thinks his best friend died fighting Nazis over in London and is now banging his now presumed deceased friends' girlfriend?

[@johndo8792]

Hes grandad killed a Nazi bare handed.

[@halfnhalftrolly4117]

George Havenhand spot on lmfao

[@conor-_C]

Antwoord23 what ww2 pilots look that good

[@julianschonegger9130]

Bangkok ready.... Fucking hell I love Eddie 😂😂

[@xcH1NOx1]

3:38 "Is that Joey Breathing into the mic?" Damn Son!

[@assclownmcgraw5634]

My gay brother has finally decided to transition to full womanhood. He's *Bangkok Ready*

[@silvergiovanni5336]

@Abserd O WHY R U GEH?

[@silvergiovanni5336]

@Abserd O U R GEH

[@silvergiovanni5336]

@Abserd O c:

[@mkt106]

@Abserd O we bring in tha studio today mista should I call u mista Abserd O

[@blackadam4064]

How's your gay son?

[@mosshark]

Dear Schaub, Let Eddie talk. Thanks.

[@JimChap]

Totally what I was thinking man. He was totally ruining Eddie's insight with nonsense...."Josh is a killer" over and over.

[@anthonym.7426]

Exactly. Schaub is and always will be a fucking loser.

[@jazzoj5]

@@anthonym.7426 He's doing better than you buddy

[@anthonym.7426]

@@jazzoj5 I was born into wealth. I'm doing just fine myself, "buddy."

[@jazzoj5]

@@anthonym.7426 explains a lot

[@Ghost345621]

That story that Eddie told was some funny shit

[@gswarriors-o9j]

I've fallen in love with fight companion. This is pure gold for fight fans.

[@ParanormalPopcornFanPage]

bangkok ready t shirt. i'm sold!

[@candyman3K]

ditto

[@Abbasmorbiwala]

@@johndorsey7165 Bangkok (Thailand) is the place to be if you're a Muay Thai fighter, some of the best in the world fight there almost on a bi-weekly basis. For someone to train for 6 months and go to fight there is a lil over the top. But it's funny because no one really uses Bangkok/Thailand to compare how good thier striking is.

[@sampokemppainen3041]

k. I am 4 years blue belt in jiu jitsu. I think i do good and stuff, and probably would handle myself against any 189 pound bum who has no fighting experience on street. But. Once i saw a pro boxer sparring at our gym, i knew instantly, i have a big fist size hole in my game. I mean, i can't hit or move like that. it would take me another 4 years to even get the basics of that kind of hand movement done. I can imagine someone starting shit with a good boxer and getting their lights out before they even know what hit them. So this video is on point.

[@coolhari2000]

Sampo Kemppainen Right on. People don't realize it takes a looonnnngggg time to just get good at basics.

[@kana22693]

You don't need to be anywhere close to good at boxing in order to deal with a good boxer, just learn how to turtle up and go for a clinch as fast as possible. You will get punched directly once or maybe twice but the moment you grab your opponent it's all over, people IRL are not well-rounded MMA fighters thus they're shit against even mediocre grapplers and most of them don't have KO-power. As a Greco-Roman wrestler with about 2.5 years of experience I could probably take on 95% of the guys at my local boxing gym, it should be even easier for you since you train in BJJ and unlike me you learn lots of submissions.

[@thomasr5]

Edward Armstrong I think you underestimate boxers skill

[@zc9057]

Edward Armstrong I agree that being on your back makes those boxing techniques pretty useless, but it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t know how to deal with it. Do what you’re best at but definitely board up those holes in your game.

[@Nolbert24]

Sampo Kemppainen the goats are always born with natural talent. Everyone else simply imitates, some better than others.

[@MrBckfst]

Eddie is the only one there who really knows his shit. Sure joe was one of those people who gave ronda an overconnfidense in her striking.

[@croatianwarmaster7872]

Eddie Bravo is always the smartest guy on these podcasts.

[@conor-_C]

Croatian Warmaster when it comes to jiu jitsu

[@mjc4890]

lmao

[@TelowVaughnMusic]

Alien Intention he doesnt really need to be articulate, or to your standards at least. If hes able to sufficiently get his ideas across, who cares if its not done in the most elegant manner?

[@TheJocmonger]

Haha yeah, not so much when it comes to the shape of the earth though

[@currypablo]

Conor Condon aside from his bat shit crazy beliefs in conspiracy theories his BJJ knowledge is solid. And this is coming from a guy who's lineage is under Royler Gracie.

[@grock1199]

I was dying when Eddie said Josh Thompson was scared of geralds striking because of his Muay Thai Ritual and took him to the ground for him

[@beaubellamy2999]

"Dance with who brought ya." is the expression he's looking for.

[@applejuice5635]

"Bangkok ready" is one of the greatest phrases to ever come out of this podcast.

[@xander999fleischmann9]

3:38, joey's denial of breathing into the mic followed by Brendan's "oh for sure it was joey. What are you kidding?" Fucking killed me😂😂😂😂

[@IndicaDreaming]

Anyone remember Roy Nelson on the ground? He got up from Werdum taking his back once, that's about all the jiu jitsu he has done in about ten years.

[@htw6384]

IndicaDreaming right and I'm pretty sure Roy is black belt, werdum is just also a killer grappler

[@VictorShephard]

IndicaDreaming if you can get Werdum off of your back, your jiu jitsu skill is terrifying.

[@Hugh_Morris]

He likes knocking dudes out

[@corwinclark4139]

IndicaDreaming I'm pretty sure Roy Nelson won his first fights with grappling, he was winning grappling tournaments before mma

[@chrisjohnston2511]

Corwin Clark he's really a grappler , he just likes to throw leather

[@panthershockey4453]

Dennis Siver is Bancock ready

[@JohnJohn-cs6if]

THAT'S THE FUCKIN SEED! SHAME ON YOU COCKSUCKAS IF YOU DIDN'T SEE IT!

[@bacahilas4764]

Stoic 'the black guy at 170' Stiopic is available and he's Bangkok ready

[@Ancientknowledge]

Joey sounds like he's using echo location lol

[@KindredW]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@publicopinion3596]

Lmao

[@bigantigout]

“Bicep bracelets!” 😂😂😂

[@dannnnny86]

*----- BANGKOK READY **-----*

[@daggerbc3023]

hands up hands move move move your head ronda clinch clich ronda nooooo noooooo noioooooooooodjiei

[@jrcassella]

Wolf Tickets what's up guys, ITS DEJI.

[@XxOffTonexX]

Wolf Tickets HEAD MOVEMENT! HEAD MOVEMENT!

[@barbelljoe]

Cleeeench!! Cleench! Cleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenchh!!!!! Noooo..

[@THISshowSUX]

I agree 100%. All I see is ronda hitting mitts in her promos, with practice anyone will look good hitting mitts with their coach. But thats just it without the dance partner the stand up game gets real.

[@bmartins6018]

Just watched that fight on UFC Fight pass! Watch it, UFC 44! That Gerald dude has some insane jiu jitsu! His walkout is super hilarious after the whole "bangcok ready" story.

[@hamzayouknow]

head movement, head movement, hands up, clinch, clinch, hit her back nooooooo nooooooooo! - joe rogan

[@tanten191]

Ali that wasn't joe rogan, that was rousey's dumbfuck phony coach

[@JJ-hx9wm]

Tan Ten it's a joke simpleton. These fake quotes go around on mma videos since Kenny Florian's plagiarism incident

[@tanten191]

I Troll trolls You can't Out troll me cool

[@chriswoodard8497]

ROFL.

[@marcr8556]

I grew up boxing (cross trained into MMA later on) but I see this quite often. The striking coaches hold the mitts like shit, allow the fighter to throw a punch with shitty technique, and these grapplers take a lot of damage trying to strike with a pure striker. Ronda would still be on top if she remained grappling. Most grapplers would be doing the same.

[@pedroaytawa]

eddie is so entertaining to listen to. interesting to listen to his stories..

[@calbonar211]

I’ve watched hours and hours of Eddie. He never gets old to me. Guy is a fuckin character.

[@MrLawrenceflowers]

Bangcock ready.

[@winstontimmermans7816]

I would definitely buy a "Bangkok Ready" shirt

[@fernc.6582]

Hahahahah Bangkok ready I'm getting a shirt with that

[@he_is_a_GOOBER_dont_disrespect]

Did you?

[@Boots67]

I love Eddies stories. Love it. Puts me in it like I was there myself

[@caruser4]

I find it funny that Eddie Bravo believes the Earth is flat but his gym's logo is a round planet

[@sojohnny....8824]

😂😂😂😂 just realized that

[@HANDLERofKNIFE]

I mean i don't even know what to believe when he talks but he IS entertaining tho

[@urielsalinas922]

Round, not spherical lol

[@briani50]

Uriel Salinas im not a flat earth guy but that’s such a good point haha

[@Pop_Shepski]

The other arts should be learned to compliment what you're good at. Striking to setup takedowns. Grappling to defend takedowns, etc.

[@kipallen8793]

Eddie Coin that phrase" Bangkok ready" hilarious

[@GrahamCStrouse]

Bangkok Ready is the name of my new band...

[@candyman3K]

Bangkok ready... can't stop laughing

[@billgarrity6720]

I loved Bravo's breakdown of the fight.

[@RUSTYMCSTABSTAB]

Bangkok ready Tshirt please!?!!?

[@John-zk4vp]

same thing happened to Fedor, totally neglected his grappling.

[@aplus1080]

And rampage Jackson! BIG TIME!

[@ivanvoronov3871]

He still uses it . Just more decisively. Grappling is more tiring than striking so he prefers to stick to that as he got older and his cardio got worse. He is a beast at striking though

[@Flacko4502]

Bangkok ready 😂😂😂

[@jackturner4237]

Eddie genuinely sounds like a genius, because he is in this aspect, he’s like a different person when he’s talking about fighting

[@EGarrett01]

7:00 "I know he thinks he's Bangkok Ready, that's 6 months man."

[@Jim-ni9ek]

Rogan was part of the reason why Rousey was touted as this top level striker.

[@oraclebjj]

love Eddie's stories. Let the man speak.

[@coolsvilleowner]

LOL eddie's impression of bjj pures entering mma matches was so spot on

[@ChengMcGoldstein]

If Rogan was smart he'd sell shirts with hashtags and stuff like that. He could make a fortune.

[@badabing2302]

Frank N. Stein why don't u go get a bunch printed and sell them.

[@MrJesulius]

because thats shady cunt move...

[@MrJesulius]

But then again why would a BRANDON understand any of that...

[@badabing2302]

MrJesulius if joe or his team cared about making money off the shirts or thought it was worth it to them they would be doing it.

[@TheShredworthy]

@@MrJesulius At least get me, Its spelled the correct and proper way haha jk

[@stark1987]

this is quite refreashing, i know nothing about mma but after watching eddie just go off the rails bouncing off the walls from conspiracy to conspiracy to conspiracy sounding like an absolute luantic, here he is articulate focused and is able to tie everything hes talking about together, really good listen

[@gregoriobell2736]

Greg Jackson is another one that can teach evrything.

[@beaurohrich2926]

Little do people know this is 1hour before the greatest stent in joe rogan history

[@appv12]

0:20 Brendan is like someone's little kid trying to join a conversation.

[@darylcrowchief007]

first time i ever seen joey diaz quiet

[@ob1kenobi182]

Defiantly took a star of death edible

[@RR-qf9re]

I could sit and listen to Eddie talk about this shit all day.

[@tallahassZ]

Rogan is 100% correct on the head coach comment... that's what they have in the bigs!

[@jessepasco5854]

Even today MMA is still evolving, figuring out what works, and it will for a while before it's a finely tune system, I mean sh*t it took boxing over a hundred years to evolve to what it is today, I think a lot of people forget that, it's happening slowly but it is happening because today's MMA techniques are becoming a lot more tune then what it was back in the early 2000s. MMA fighters are trying to learn several different styles to try and make it look like it's one seamless style, so yeah it's gonna take awhile. Even though MMA started back in the 90s it's still decades behind other established fighting styles I.E. boxing, Muay Thai, Bjj, wrestling, judo etc... etc. I mean it takes years to perfect and became a high level fighter in just one style of fighting now you're training MMA and trying to learn several styles at once.

[@tatmanbrown]

Exactly, MMa is a brand new sport now imagine what it will be in 100 years

[@tonyfergusonthetypeofguy431]

tatman Brown In 100 years it’ll be robots running the world

[@tatmanbrown]

@@tonyfergusonthetypeofguy431 you're right

[@dootdoot1867]

Joe needs to put out a shirt.... "Bangkok ready"

[@willkummer2639]

The grin on Rogans face at 5:15 lol

[@ucanheadkickbutdont3670]

Khalil Rountree went to Thailand for 6 months and cameback proper bangkok ready

[@coryf6460]

It seems like a lot of fighters don't have game plans. I think this happened to Ronda. What has made certain fighters very successful is that each fight has a specific plan of attack customized for the fight at hand and a the fighter's greatness is revealed in their ability to adapt while emphasizing their areas of expertise and strengths.

[@theoverman1559]

They need real deal boxing coach's.

[@johnnnyspade9604]

LOL, fuck no.

[@USER-qs9od]

not really you need jason parrilo's which understand how to use boxing effectively in mma

[@billcipher3946]

USER 1 Freddie roach is successful for teaching mma fighters

[@vintincrows6909]

For me, Eddie comes off rather nuts at times, but when it comes to the elaborating on the philosophy of fighting, the man knows his shit! Not to mention he's a genius BJJ practitioner. Fuckin Eddie!

[@KimuraSaku]

im bangkok ready

[@vegetablunt5663]

3:40 Joey breathing intensified

[@MuMu124]

Aaron Pico should start using his wrestling wayyy more

[@OrlandoHernandez-bo9tm]

This story never gets old 😂

[@WakeSideLife]

I haven't even watched the video yet but I'm hopin the gist is "Rhonda should fire Edward"

[@wagrram]

This JRE was an all-time fucking classic.

[@Eimmas520]

“Dance with the one who brought you”

[@YoooMelvin]

Here after #1304. Had to rehear this gem lmfao

[@Captainjack010]

Arent we all :')

[@gapaintball7811]

Anyone else come here after khabib vs al iaquinta. Great fight by Khabib but i was wondering why he decided to stand up for as long as he did.

[@xXshiuXx]

This is the greatest episode ever on any podcast

[@tashaaw2228]

I saw that there were 666 comments. I fixed that. Begone Satan

[@benjamingrezik373]

I will return

[@christofl6523]

I could listen to these guys all day long.

[@poorboi8093]

4:45 lol

[@ankityadav6447]

Do the imanari roll...

[@jayceonetrick3101]

damn bro. i see u on the how i met your mother videos lmao.

[@christian-gu5oq]

This convo is so true everyone gets mad with khabib when he just takes people to the ground but that’s just what he does

[@foxram17]

Joey, you're looking for: "Dance with the one that brung ya"

[@brandoneirobays533]

good advice for anyone wanting to get into MMA. I agree with everything you guys said and hope I can eventually start training one day

[@carlosr.martintoledo1224]

Eddie is a fing national treasure...the flat earth shit is a bit extreme but hey no one is perfect but damn that guy is special

[@Meatwad787]

@Dread Man That's most people that believe in a flat earth. They start off adamant. Then given enough time, in a single discussion, they admit that they don't know.

[@johnathanblackwell9960]

It's a been proven, there is no debate on the state of the earth's shape that should ever be taken seriously. I'm all for questioning things, but we don't live on a plane covered by a glass dome that lets water in through windows and at night is covered by Marduk's cloak that has stars sewn into it. As for my general dislike of religion and the people who think killing one another over who's god has a bigger dick, yeah the world would be better off with out them. Same with anti-Vaxers, and guys who think contrails are chemicals being sprayed into the atmosphere by the government to kill us.

[@jacobferdinand6753]

@Dread Man sjw named dread man lmao

[@LeafVillageJonin]

“You go to the dance with who took you to the dance”😂😂😂😂😂 I fucking love Joey

[@DizastrousMindsShine]

Eddie Bravo might be one of the best story tellers in the podcast business lol

[@kizfy4373]

weird seeing Eddie Bravo so calm and collected

[@justlamb]

Bangkok ready lol, amazing

[@floyd398]

4:43 - Nice two tone Submariner. Maybe Gmt. Or could be Tudor pelagos. All nice Rolis

[@burnindownthehouse]

Some of the heavyweights tend to be the best boxers in the UFC. JDS is a good example. His boxing is excellent. Roy Nelson is a good boxer. Mark Hunt is a good boxer. Miocic is a good boxer. Overeem is a VERY good boxer. He has superb power in those hands. Miocic took one of his hardest punches ever from Overeem in their match. There are others, too. Even though Werdum is known for his ground game, he is also a technically sound boxer. And let's not forget Cain Velasquez. So, for some reason, the heavyweight division has some really good boxers. The heavyweight division takes a lot of shit for being a rather unexciting division, but I don't see it that way at all. They have some of the best strikers in the sport of MMA. Remember, Lesnar is mostly known as a wrestler, but when he faces good strikers he gets lit up. He doesn't have the chin. He especially got lit up when he faced a good wrestler who ALSO happened to be a good boxer in Cain Velasquez.

[@stubley3432]

“Mark Hunt is a good boxer” Hahahahahha

[@paullytle246]

burnindownthehouse i thinks its because they can consistency knock out with the hands at that weight so head kicks and other high risk high reward strikes are less useful because punches which are comparatively low risk can still ko with consistency

[@jonathanbolger6173]

Watch one of those fighters you've mentioned, then go look at TJ or Cruz. 5 round fights at heavyweight can be really dull because they get gassed and after round 2 there's no movement, it's all static. TJ V Barao was an absolute masterpiece, when you want to show someone an example of mma, show them that. TJ in my opinion is one of the best all time already. So exciting to watch.

[@pellekorvsson3203]

@@stubley3432 I mean, he'd smash most people on the planet, so by a reasonable persons standard he's a good boxer, you wouldnt last 3 seconds against the dude

[@guysmarkus1]

It's all relative. None of these guys are what you would consider "good boxers." Boxing is soooooo much than just punching. The punch is just the final phase of a kinetic chain of movements hence the power, speed and accuracy are on a different level compared to that of an MMA fighter's strike. That said MMA guys are getting better at boxing.

[@ZaZa-kp9gt]

Probably the best fight companion clip.

[@chincheek1]

Is Paulo Tocha the Muay Thai coach they where talking about that coached Gerald Strebendt? i wan't watching MMA back then but found one picture of them together in the UFC so i assume it's him lol.

[@willbrink]

Summarize the entire episode: Ego is a killer and is often what ultimately makes or breaks people. We see it in the physique sports with bbers and such just like the combat sports. No one ever lost a fight due to too much humility, but they lose fights all the time due to ego which is often supported by their own coaches and others in their circle telling them how bad ass they are. As far as legit killers, such as those in the SOF community, you''l often find the most experienced senior guys are very down to earth guys in my experience. Confidence in your abilities is good, raw blind ego, not so much.

[@mrcrackdonald_1]

and grapplers give strikers false confidence based off the tony fight lool

[@BurnedSpace]

the way eddie said bangkok ready the first time was all time 😂

[@russellward4624]

It’s more the UFC. They are pushing standup fighters & denigrating grappling. Paying the bonuses to standup fights, giving them the more visible card positions & cutting the grapplers.

[@USER-qs9od]

the fans prefer to see striking. The hamburg crowd enjoyed the roberts zawada fight as it was back and forth and not just law and prey. Too many grapplers aren't active on the ground.

[@russellward4624]

USER 1 the problem is it’s the strikers that are stalling it out on the ground. So why are we rewarding them for thier inaction by taking them out of a bad position and placing them in a neutral Position? It’s encouraging stalling and eliminating MMA. Without the ground it’s just San shao

[@USER-qs9od]

the strikers can get dodgy standups because of poor reffing so thats a problem. Standups are needed for mma to be a viable entertainment business .

[@russellward4624]

USER 1 I disagree. The whole point of the 5 minute rounds was put in place instead of these arbitrary stand ups. Having stand ups as well as 5 minute rounds gives no time to work on the ground. It’s why there are so few submissions anymore. The reason the ground game has stalled is because we reward them for stalling. If they had to get out of a bad position on their own it would open opertunities for action and submissions. Instead it’s a smarter tactic to stall and get rewarded and wearing out the grappler having to secure 5 & 6 takedowns a round.