Not bad… I wouldn’t want to fight you. But then again, an 80 year old could probable kick my ass!!
Here’s the deal prom, we never finished our discussion about martial arts and strikers vs. grapplers.
If there is more than 1 person, the grapplers will ALWAYS lose!!
You know that controversial fight where shamrock won (because of striking) after the ref restarted it (because otherwise Gracie would have won). What this says, even in 1:1 is that striking wins 50% of the time. And it’s the ONLY thing that wins with more than one opponent.
i would think that far more street fights consist of one-on-one scenarios, wouldn’t you? ergo, grappling is a better investment.
and here’s the thing; most grappling oriented martial art styles train also in basic striking… and here’s the important part you kung-fu guys need to know; you don’t need to spend months or even years learning how to punch and kick. that stuff is second nature and you don’t need to learn fifteen different ways to make a fist. if you’re a striker and got into the ring with a boxer, you got knocked the fuck out. end of story. no whooping crane or drunken dragon bullshit is gonna help you.
now i’m currently working on my own style and will soon start a school… after i win a few tournaments in the octagon and have the money. it’s gonna be called ‘the way of the balanced monkey’, and the form will be modeled off the styles of ali and jet lee.
no. i live in a platonic hyperdimensional plane of immanent consent violation.
here’s the deal: under 9 circumstances out of 10, a proficient grappler isn’t gonna give a striker a chance to do his shit. he’s gonna be on that fucker like flies on shit and twist him into a pretzel before he can say ‘what is the sound of one hand clapping’. watch your gracie videos, bro. WATCH THEM.
watch him work, captain underpants. look closely. those dude don’t have time to do anything. that’s the portuguese python… the brazilian boa. you can’t get nuthin in on that dude, man, i’m tellin ya. try to punch him you want to. end up eating a mattress sandwich.
yeah but you gotta remember: if fish hooking and eye gouging and all that shit were legal, royce would do it too. look at how many opportunities he had to do that shit, and would’ve, if it weren’t against the rules.
lol i’ve seen matches where royce didn’t even bother punching the guy because he thought it was tasteless and rude. didn’t need to. the guy was finished.
the wing-chun dude in black at 3:14 presented the biggest problem. if those strikes were more solid and better aimed - which is extremely difficult - he might’a significantly weakened royce or even knocked him out. but this is a gamble for a striker. one, you exhaust yourself with those power punches. second, you rarely get a second chance. third, you make a small window of opportunity for your opponent after you swing. royce dodges, then shoots at that opening.
lol i remember watching that very fight at a party when i was 21 (i think). everybody in the room was psyched and wanted to fight. it was funny as hell. like what happens when you watch a rocky movie. you’re almost on top of the TV shouting ‘hit em, hit em!’
See here’s the deal. Do you really think the best go to UFC? There’s dudes that can punch their pinky’s through a pinky sized hole at full speed and hit for 500 pounds. You seem to assume ufc has the best, that’s not true.
