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willems said:
err i was agreeing with a comment on shoguns takedown defense being over rated

also when was the last time hendo fought someone who had better standup than himself?
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Hendo is a brawler with a good right hand and a solid chin, most people he fights have better standup than him. The equalizer is the power in that right hand. But I wouldn't say his striking is technically good at all.
 
Heads up for you all The Ultimate Fighter starts tonight at 22:00 on FX.

It's a double episode I've seen it and it is awesome! Just all the fights to get into the house. Featherweight and Bantamweight fighters.

Not watched the last few TUF's but this one I think I will be watching.
 
Yeah they all looked like they really wanted it, 8 KO's 5 Subs and 3 Decisions, that is some decent number. I think that's right anyway?

Shows that 145 and 135 can KO people, some people on the underground dislike the little dudes because "they lack ko power"
 
Rampage has had huge success throughout his career without even pushing himself fully, this Rampage seems to be 100% committed, maybe not to the rest of his career but at least for this fight.

Win, lose or draw he is not an easy fight for anyone, if Jones doesn't show him the respect he deserves he will wake up with doctors telling him where he is and what happened to him.

Whose watching live?

Could post on here, but I think if someone opened an IRC channel that would be way better for live discussion :)
 
Awesome thus far eh ?

As I said before I haven't watched any of the recent series, they were all same old same old without much entertainment really.

But these 135 and 145 all seem to really really want it!

An you can't help but laugh at Mayhem, I see there being many fireworks between him and Bisping. Culminating in him subbing Bisping when they finally fight :)
 
I don't support fighters because of where they are from, in fact there are only a handful of British fighters I do actually like. Paul Taylor, Brad Pickett and Ross pearson are a few I like off the top of my head.

Hardy and Bisping are both idiots.
 
Not denying he has skills, he is a very technical and precise striker his wrestling is ok and he has great sub defence, I just don't like him for who he is.

OK he is good, but he is not title winning good.

I think Mayhem is going to sub him, if he can almost sub Shields (only saved by the bell) who is arguably one of the best sub guys around right now. Then he can sub Bisping.
 
dante6491 said:
Steroids and suspended sentence for fraud. I thought he deserved a rematch as he dominated Silva for the first four and a half rounds.

On another note, I just joined my University MMA society. Absolutely lethal workout, I have never been more tired, or felt better at the same time. Anyone recommend some basic gear? I already have some fabulously outlandish shorts :D I am thinking gloves, cup, new gumshield as my old Rugby one is horrendously small and maybe some compression shorts.
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Gloves you will likely need 16oz Boxing gloves for sparring, and then maybe some MMA sparring gloves which are like 8oz and also then some bog standard MMA gloves.

Gum shield, personally I don't get on with boil and bite, a custom made shield is worth the money. Way more comfortable and probably protect your teeth much better too.

Only compression shorts I've ever worn for MMA is the ones my cup slides into (shock doctor) if I didn't have those, I wouldn't bother.

other things you may need, wraps as already stated, shin guards, elbow and knee pads and possibly a head guard.

It's not cheap picking up all the gear, I've got a bag of stuff I lug around as I never know what I'll be needing on any given day.
 
sven256 said:
If you are just starting out i would just stick with some boxing gloves or mma gloves and a gum shield and at a push a cup. Although all the above are quite cheap so may as well get them all.

It depends how your gym works, when you are starting out. you may use mma gloves for sparing. At ours for beginners it's boxing gloves for beginners and mma gloves for advanced

As for wraps etc it's pointless as you will be swapping doing different things all the time, so they will just become an annoyance. Until you get more into it.

Something like http://www.mandmdirect.com/products-Lonsdale-Fight-Gloves-Black_LB157.htm About £10

something like http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Shock-doc...t=UK_Protective_Equipment&hash=item19c071f74a £15

something like http://www.only-cricket.com/product...ock-doctor-ultra-carbon-flex-groin-guard.aspx £10

Cheap enough for starting out, and should last you a while until you get more into it. But just take notice of how your gym trains, as every gym will do it slightly differently so get your equipment based on that.
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At a push a cup? Are you joking, a cup is one of the things you can't be doing without, got protect those plums!

Also those gloves don't appear to show the oz, near enough every single gym I have ever sparred at has only allowed it with 16oz's as far as I can see those are 12's or 14's, nowhere seems to know for sure. Yes, you will end up using MMA gloves to spar eventually, but not for a long time, and even then you can't spar as hard in MMA gloves as you can in 16oz's.

Personal preference but I'd avoid the velcro gloves, they cut peoples faces.

Again wraps are a must to protect your wrists, if you are new to punching and hitting heavy bag you will need the protection as your punching technique is probably not going to be very good.

Even if you start buying everything cheap first, you will get use out of it and then upgrade if you get more serious. I know that is what I did, most of my first equipment was cheap, and that showed in quality.
 
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sven256 said:
If you are starting out you are very unlikely to be being hit in your groin a lot but at the price of £10 you may as well as i said.

As for OZ weight of gloves it makes very little difference to you force, only a little more cushioning to the person receiving the blow, because of spreading the force over a slightly larger area. So reduces swelling etc Which again you are very unlikely to get starting out.


And again for the Velcro and wraps with him just starting out i would guess he will be doing lots of different thing, so changing stuff quite a lot, velcro and no wraps just makes it easier.

But each to their own.
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Why because he is new will he not get kicked in the groin? New people practicing kicks and checking kicks are more likely to kick each other in the groin than trained people.

I don't know about the science of it, all I know is most gyms won't allow sparring without 16's so you might as well get 16's or end up wasting your money.

Doing lots of different things, doesn't change the fact you should support your wrists, and being that wraps cost £5 there is no reason not to. An wraps are something that will last a long time, you won't need to replace them anytime soon.

The thing about velcro is from personal experience, I have some Hayabusa Gloves, and the velcro would cut peoples faces during sparring. So I switched to laced gloves.

That may have been more due to the Hayabusa model of glove than velcro itself.

All these things suggested are going to prevent injury, there is nothing worse than really getting into your training and then getting injured due to lack of protective equipment.

Train hard but train safe.
 
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Not right now, I've really calmed down on the training and won't be fighting anytime soon.

Currently chasing my Judo black belt (currently brown) and just started training in Kyokushin with my father in law (he is a black belt)

So just currently doing those and some MMA here and there, I'll fight again but I am not in a rush to do so right now. It all got too much after my 2 fights, I don't ever want to turn pro and things just seemed to be snowballing getting progressively more serious.

So I'm taking things easy right now :)

Kyokushin is hardcore though, I tell you seriously tough training involved. Can only improve my MMA skillset.
 
TurnipHead said:
wtf Rashad..asdfkdlj.. just getting stupid now.
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He has pins in his hand and can't fight. Can start training in 4 weeks apparently. So he wouldn't be able to make that fight in time.

I guess they don't want Jon Jones waiting around while he is still fit and healthy.

I actually think Machida has a better chance than Rashad does, I'm excited for the fight.
 
SMN said:
Machidas lost his aura in my opinion. I think JJ will maybe even do something different and take him down just to show he can.
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I don't think Machida is an easy fight for anyone, he never had an aura just the usual UFC hype machine behind anyone contending/winning the belt.

I think this is a great fight, and Machida has a great style to counter the long arms of Jones with his darting in and out style, also has pretty solid TDD and a good ground game.

By no means am I saying he will win, but it should be a competitive fight.

On a side note how do people feel JJ would do at heavyweight? He has said himself he is still growing and probably won't make 205 forever. I don't see him having the same success he has at 205 myself.
 
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