Just started working some No gi BJJ myself, to round out my skills. Krav is a great mix. Western kick-boxing versatile striking discipline. What appeals to me about BJJ is defense against a takedown.
Binge-watched this last weekend on Netflix, and then spot-watched the Lethwei and Krav episodes again. Examines how the local culture inspired and shaped the countryās martial art, and how the martial art influences the culture. Really deep stuff.
Freaking awesome fight.
One of the many things I love about my Martial Arts school, is that once a month, we do a deep dive 3-hour seminar on one particular aspect of self-defense. Past seminars covered ground-fighting, defense against sticks and bats. Knives, firearms.
Todayās was awesome. It covered multiple attackers, brawls, riots, or panicking crowds. I am beat, bruised, and happy.
Belt tests tonight. Krav and Kickboxing. Whoās watching the last UFC On Fox tomorrow night, before everything moves to pay/subscription stations?
Iām watching in the morning as the main card is 3am here
UFC is staying on BT sport in the U.K. Thankgod. Was meant to be moving the 11 sports but BT have kept the rights
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Iām really only stoked for one fight: Andrea āKGBā Lee vs. Jessica Rose Clark. Been a fan of both since their Invicta days. Iām giving the edge to Lee, but not by much.
Iām looking forward to Hooker and Barboza- hoping Hooker will be able to prove himself against one of the top 5
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Super bummed. Clarke found unfit after weight-cut. Fight against Andrea Lee canceled.
I saw that- Iām glad Kevin Lee got humbled again
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Yep Katie Taylor is good, didnāt realise you were on about her
Ok. Holidays are over. Time to get back on the mats, and get back after it.
So thoughts on Cyborg being dethroned by Nunes? I thought that there was one active UFC Womenās fighter who could do it, and that was Nunes, but I didnāt think she would do it, and certainly not in such a decisively devastating fashion.
I think Nunes will hold both belts as long as she wants to. I donāt see any past champs or rising contenders who can beat her, except perhaps a rededicated, more poised, more disciplined Cris Cyborg. I also think Cyborg will leave UFC and go to ONE, if the final fight on her contract isnāt a rematch.
Doubtful. No MMA experience in a top tier promotion. There was a time when Iād have given the edge to the pure judoka over pure striker, back when Rousey was smashing opponents. But strikers evolved faster than grapplers the last few years. Plus, Nunes is a black belt in bjj and brown in Judoā¦as well as being a top-level striker. Sheās crushed some of my favorite fighters. Premier strikers like Holm and Cyborg. Sheās defeated top grapplers like Rousey and Tate. Her last loss was to another one of my favs, Zingano, and Zingano has yet to get back to form from the beating she took in the first round of that fight.
Right now I donāt see anyone in 135 or 145 lbs that can beat Nunes, and Iām not a Nunes fan.
Nunez would beat most of the women. Only person who could beat her at the moment is valentina shevchenko- I think she won that last fight. If they fought 10 times reckon Nunez would win 6/10
Nunes beat Shevchenko twice. No female fighter beats Nunes at 135. Cyborg āmightā beat her at 145. At least in the next two years, Nunes will reign in one or both divisions.
But thatās what I love about Womenās MMA. Iāll be watching Invicta. Thatās the promotion where the next champ will come from. Whoever she is, sheās not currently in UFC.
I still think she won the second fight on pointsā¦
Yes the UFC need to start fighting more featherweights from other organisations and push more. That is what Megan Anderson was saying. Thatās why Rousey had such a dominant reign as there was limited class in the womenās field.
I did feel sorry for Zingano with the toe to eye poke- looked painful
Indeed. Sheās never been the same since she fought Nunes.
Sheās the last fighter to beat Nunes.
Nunes beat Shevchenko unanimous decision at UFC215, and she beat her before this at UFC 196. Nunes has 4 pro loses: India in 2008 Davis in 2011, DāAlelio in 2013 all pre-UFC, and her last loss, Zingano in 2014 at UFC 178.
The only active UFC fighter to have beaten her just lost her 4 if her last 5 fights since they last faced each other, and her latest loss due to getting a toe in the eye.
So Iāve decided to take this guy as my senseiā¦
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Love his vids.
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