Tegis Posted January 19, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted January 19, 2014 Yeah, what was it? 15 unanswered elbows to the kidneys. Thats gonna leave a mark or two Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted January 26, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted January 26, 2014 Krylov, Cruickshank and Cerrone went to town with the headkicks last night. and Thomson got a bit robbed I thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArteSuave Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 I thoroughly enjoyed Bruce Leroy's performance, awesome entrance song, awesome dancing, awesome made up striking and a decent finish too. Pettis Jr needs to move to 125 though, he looked tiny. Agree that Thompson was unlucky with the decision. It was close in fairness but if he hasn't broken his hand he'd have probably earned a UD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted January 26, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted January 26, 2014 Pettis Jr needs to move to 125 though, he looked tiny. Yep, When you think about how massive someone like Barao is, Pettis will be manhandled in every fight as soon as he reaches the upper echelons, and I think he will, but as you say, at 125. Potential galore in the kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Lovely Cerrone KO. Really looking forward to the title fights next weekend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted January 27, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted January 27, 2014 Im not sure if Thomson deserved the victory. He looked good before the thumb injury but it really hampered him up till the last round. He simply didnt do enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted January 30, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted January 30, 2014 Tickets to the London-event sorted, yay! Use promocode stepintoourworld at ticktetmaster to buy before general sale tomorrow. WAR ALEX! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArteSuave Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 It looks like a reasonable card in London. Main event aside, there's Uncle Creepy and Pickett as well as Gunnar against another new scary looking Russian Sambo guy. Hopefully tonights event can make up for Villa losing. It's an incredible card. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Predictable wins for the two brazilian guys although thought the Faber fight was stopped early. Good KO of Varner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted February 2, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted February 2, 2014 (edited) Crappiest event in a long time. Farce judging in the Patrick - Makdessi and Kong - Catone fights. Herbs way early stop of Faber, even though Barao stunned him. And on top of that, ultra-boring fights.Saving grace being Trujillo - Varner and Iaquinta - Lee. Shame Varner got knocked out, he looked great and the KO was really a hail mary by a very staggered Trujillo. Edited February 2, 2014 by Tegis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArteSuave Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Disappointing event, but despite Dana's criticism I thought Reem looked good. He needed to guarantee a win or he'd be out the door and he still dropped and battered Mir. Hopefully this is the start of a stage of his career where he takes his opponents seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted February 3, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted February 3, 2014 I though Overeem looked good against MIr. It felt wrong watching him hold back though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 So is the Australia/Canada TUF not being shown on BT sport? Can't seem to find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArteSuave Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Thiago Silva has allegedly threatened Pablo Popovic with a gun and then barricaded himself into his apartment only to have it swarmed by a SWAT team. That man is cray zee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Zhan_Zhuang Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 As this is an MA thread I wondered if those who post here train and therefore what do you practise, why do you practise and for how long have you practised? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted February 11, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted February 11, 2014 Nope, nothing. In my case it's just a fascination with combat sports. Used to be a boxing fan in the 80s. Unless fighting during a hockey-game counts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArteSuave Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 I'm a pyjama wrassler. I do a bit of nogi but its too much like hard work. I karated when I was a nipper, but TMAs & kata was just not my thing at all. I love boxing / kick boxing but I **** hate getting hit in the head so I only train kick boxing properly (sparring) very rarely for a change of scenery. I hit a bag for a bit of stress relief but bag no hit back. I judo as well, but that happens about as often as a Villa home win. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 (edited) I started out in Karate for a few years then went onto Judo for a little bit...then stopped for a few years and started Wing Chun, then moved to Jeet Kune Do (JKD). Since 1998 I've been practising Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan) and Qigong which I firmly believe is a higher martial art; i've studied in China, notably Beijing and Wudangshan and will be going back next year for a month or so of intensive training. My friend is a Judo teacher so I used to practise a bit with him; there aren't many differences between systems when you get to a high level and i often think of them as like differentiating between two bottles of wine which fundamentally are the same thing but may have been prepared in slightly different ways. I think this is why I prefer certain fighters to others, people like Lyoto Machida have a classical background but has adapted those skills to be useful in the sport of MMA. This as you may already know is pretty much the philosophy behind JKD which Bruce Lee pioneered to seperate martial artists who were blinded by classical systems and overly loyal to them. Lee spoke about using the best techniques from varying styles and also mastering the three ranges of combat i.e kicking, boxing and grappling range although Lee's maxim was never box a boxer, never kick with a kicker and never grapple with a grappler but try to impose your will over theirs! J. 'Bones' Jones is very into JKD and he definitely is inspired by it. Tim Boetsch and Ben Saunders are other JKD fighters, there are more.... Apologies, i'm waffling on Edited February 12, 2014 by Zhan_Zhuang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 (edited) As this is an MA thread I wondered if those who post here train and therefore what do you practise, why do you practise and for how long have you practised? I've practiced Muay Thai for eighteen years now. All that time practicing you would have thought I'd have passed by now. Edited February 12, 2014 by 8pints 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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