..like the Art Jimmerson who came in with one boxing glove. Def
I don't even know who any of the fighters are nowadays. Give me the good old days with Dan Severn, Royce Gracie, Gary Goodridge, Ken Shamrock, Tank Abbott and Kimo Leopoldo, back when it was a tournament, and guys had to win multiple fights to win.There was some strategy then, and since it was still new you still had all these weird guys coming in with strange fighting styles, like the Art Jimmerson who came in with one boxing glove. Def
I always found MMA interesting. Especially as they at least try to dispense with all the woodoo martial arts tend to gather when not in real use. But when I was at the university I had one schoolmate that did MMA. He was always hurt. While I don't mind the pain, I don't like that it interferes with all kinds of training. Especially when joints get hurt, which seems to happen a lot! So I decided not to do it. I still find it interesting though.
I think they are fun to watch, I do not really learn anything new from them, but you need to be up to date with all the fighters which is a pain.
I think that sport breaks you......
........ Every body thinks about 'quit fighting from shoulder injury' or whatever, not 'ate a bullet at age 45'. Sorry if that's depressing, but it's reality.
I was out with hubby last Wednesday, and there was a female match on the TV at the Mexican restaurant we went to. One fighter took a cut to the nose early on, and it ended up being one of the bloodier fights I've seen in a while. The fighter with the cut seemed determined to let the other one use her face as a punching bag. Terrible defense. The match was also almost all punches. Very few kicks and almost no grappling. However, at the lighter weight classes, I usually see a lot more energetic action if the fight goes into later rounds, which was mostly the case in this one.I don't have a problem with this kind of sport. However...There is a mounting pile of evidence about how bad repeated blows to the head are for someone long-term. It's kind of horrifying to think tough-guy younger you is going to burden older you with brain trauma and all that comes along with it. Hey, turns out sloshing your brain around a lot is a bad idea. Imagine that. Maybe if you're good enough to earn enough to pay all those medical bills, it's worth it, but for every fighter that does earn enough, how many end up... well... frankly... committing suicide from depression brought on from brain trauma. Every body thinks about 'quit fighting from shoulder injury' or whatever, not 'ate a bullet at age 45'. Sorry if that's depressing, but it's reality.As was already mentioned above, MMA might be as close as one can get to actual practical martial arts, as opposed to forms that are not much more (or not at all more) than essentially calisthenics.
Quote from: Grant Lamontagne on April 11, 2018, 12:42:52 PM..like the Art Jimmerson who came in with one boxing glove. DefJust one boxing glove? What was the idea with that? Use it for cover against hits? Pillow smothering? Hide a horse shoe inside?
My guess is that his strategy was to hold his opponent in one hand and pummel him with the other. Unfortunately he was against Royce Gracie, one of the finest grapplers ever in the sport, and the main reason why ALL the fighters study BJJ nowadays.Def
There doesn't seem to be a lot of different disciplines represented anymore, and "MMA" seems to have become a fighting style unto itself these days. I'm not saying that is a good thing or a bad thing, it is just what seems to have evolved.
Effective in the Octagon, but not so great in a street fight....
I've always been slightly put off by the spiritual side of many martial arts........I struggle to take it seriously
What I want to know is what the hell was McGregor thinking?
Quote from: styx on April 12, 2018, 01:58:13 PMWhat I want to know is what the hell was McGregor thinking?He's lost the plot.......never liked his arrogance, respected his abilities.....now I don't mind if I never see him fight again.Not just that incident, but also his unwillingness to defend his title.
Quote from: Gerhard Gerber on April 12, 2018, 04:00:45 PMQuote from: styx on April 12, 2018, 01:58:13 PMWhat I want to know is what the hell was McGregor thinking?He's lost the plot.......never liked his arrogance, respected his abilities.....now I don't mind if I never see him fight again.Not just that incident, but also his unwillingness to defend his title.I’m embarrassed to be Irish now, thanks to that guy.
QuoteI've always been slightly put off by the spiritual side of many martial arts........I struggle to take it seriously I feel the same way when people post or talk about their church or Sunday carry. Pictures of bibles guns and knives all together etc, so strange...
Yeah, he's a real smurfhole but he could be worse.... he could be Mayweather. Def
I found a video which shows some of the fight I saw the other night.Jedrzejczyk vs. Penne, UFC Fight Night 69. The clips show probably ALL of the kicks thrown in the fight, because there were almost none. And the losing fighter (Penne, I guess?) just left her face open through so much of the fight... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWuwSvZK52M