UFC?

[DougieK]

Not UFC but anyone looking forward to the battle of the skeletons? RJJ vs Tyson

Wonder if they are drug testing They should juice em to the gills and let em have at each other

Let’s be honest, it would make for a much more entertaining fight lol

1000%

If you have UFC fight pass, you can watch some of the old pride matches. They had contracts that legit said in capital letters WE DO NOT TEST FOR STEROIDS.

[croe04]

Not UFC but anyone looking forward to the battle of the skeletons? RJJ vs Tyson

Isn't nate robinson fighting some youtube f-wit on the undercard of that? That'll be a spectacle.

[DougieK]

Not UFC but anyone looking forward to the battle of the skeletons? RJJ vs Tyson

Isn't nate robinson fighting some youtube f-wit on the undercard of that? That'll be a spectacle.

Is there anything better than a pro fighter vs an internet tough guy?

[smokin_reels]

Not UFC but anyone looking forward to the battle of the skeletons? RJJ vs Tyson

Wonder if they are drug testing They should juice em to the gills and let em have at each other

Let’s be honest, it would make for a much more entertaining fight lol

1000%

If you have UFC fight pass, you can watch some of the old pride matches. They had contracts that legit said in capital letters WE DO NOT TEST FOR STEROIDS.

Will load some up over the weekend.
yes, I have fight pass.

Also Lewis vs oleneik is going to be an interesting test of how Derek has adapted to high q ground game

[DougieK]

Also Lewis vs oleneik is going to be an interesting test of how Derek has adapted to high q ground game

Oleneik is this weird anomaly of fighting styles. That gloved ezekiel he gets from under the mount is so weird. After the second one a couple of us got together and tried to figure out what he was actually doing and it almost always resulted in the person trying to apply the choke getting armbarred.

I'd love to see a seminar or an instructional from him on exactly what's going on and why his arms aren't vulnerable.

Got Lewis for this one though. Also don't listen to me, i'm a hopeless tipster.

[smokin_reels]

Also Lewis vs oleneik is going to be an interesting test of how Derek has adapted to high q ground game

Oleneik is this weird anomaly of fighting styles. That gloved ezekiel he gets from under the mount is so weird. After the second one a couple of us got together and tried to figure out what he was actually doing and it almost always resulted in the person trying to apply the choke getting armbarred.

I'd love to see a seminar or an instructional from him on exactly what's going on and why his arms aren't vulnerable.

Got Lewis for this one though. Also don't listen to me, i'm a hopeless tipster.

Old man might survive the blitzkrieg.
Be a good fight .


Also who do you think won ,

Alex or max?

[DougieK]

Also who do you think won ,

Alex or max?

Alex won the MMA match and Max won the 'fight'.

The 10 point must system is fundamentally flawed and most MMA judges dont' even train.

[smokin_reels]

Also who do you think won ,

Alex or max?

Alex won the MMA match and Max won the 'fight'.

The 10 point must system is fundamentally flawed and most MMA judges dont' even train.

yeah, Im not sure how that works .

[rb85]

Not a massive UFC fan but my brothers are so I sit down and watch the occasional main event if I’m around. It seems to me that the sport plays up to marketable personalities not who necessarily is the best at times. Then there’s the different promoters where fighters are locked into contracts.

[DougieK]

Not a massive UFC fan but my brothers are so I sit down and watch the occasional main event if I’m around. It seems to me that the sport plays up to marketable personalities not who necessarily is the best at times. Then there’s the different promoters where fighters are locked into contracts.

The contracting situation is awful.

Unfortunately promoting 'personalities' seems to be more effective than promoting the actual fighting. The McGregor thing was always fascinating to me, but on the upside, more money and more people interested in the sport make it easier to get students and make a living out of what I do. I think a really good chunk of our students under the age of 25 are interested in Martial Arts because they heard him talking then watched him fight. Same deal with Rhonda and the ladies, although she had a heap of title defenses as well. She could have armbarred 100 people in a row, without the personality that went with it, anyone outside of our very little niche just doesn't care.

The local scene is finally getting itself together. It's popular enough that venues are starting to pay attention to it, and the sport is attracting higher quality athletes that might otherwise go to Football (or whatever). There are intra-clubs popping up that are more than just a couple of guys with vague ideas throwing haymakers at each other. The last 5 years in Melbourne has been really really good.

The level of some of the teenagers coming through the system is staggering in BJJ and MMA. There are 16/17yo's who look like the pros looked 15 years ago. There are very few one trick specialists anymore, everyone in the system seems to be pretty well rounded and the progression on the local level is staggering.