Francis Ngannou vs Cain Velasquez || Breakdown • Skill Study • Highlights ᴴᴰ (Narrated)
*VOICEOVER* Francis Ngannou vs Cain Velasquez
Despite wanting to breakdown Kron Gracie’s amazing takedown to back mount to choke, I figured most / many of you already saw Luke Thomas or the Gracie Breakdown already.
Instead I wanted to focus on the knee of Cain giving out, and whether or not it was a legitimate concussive force that caused an awkward collapse first, or did Cain’s leg(s) give out PRIOR to Ngannou finishing him (ref stoppage).
This is just my take, last time I did this or something like it was for DC vs. Stipe and I don’t think I made many friends, though one of us has to analyze honestly and agenda free. I will gladly carry said burden….SO….without further ado.
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Israel Adesanya vs Anderson Silva – Telling a Story
It would be difficult to argue that UFC 234 was anything other than a failure on the whole. The Australia based event featured plenty of local talent getting some shine, like Jimmy Crute and Shane Young, but for a pay-per-view designed for global appeal, this was a two fight card. Unfortunately, on the morning of the show, we lost one of those two fights. The five round title fight main event between Robert Whittaker and Kelvin Gastelum was lost to a hernia. That left Israel Adesanya and Anderson Silva in the main event.
Israel Adesanya and Anderson Silva were tasked with taking it home at the Rod Laver Arena in a three rounder. A lukewarm night of combat sports was expected be end with a melancholy execution.. Thankfully, the MMA Gods – the most notoriously merciless of all the sports deities – took pity on the bereft Australian crowd and facilitated a classic.
It wasn’t a classic in the traditional “just bleed” sense of the word; Adesanya vs Silva was like a New Japan Pro Wrestling match, and I mean that in the best possible way. Two showmen, one young and hungry to reach the top, the other a wily veteran conditioned by a lengthy stretch at the top. Israel Adesanya and Anderson Silva are excellent fighters, but they understand the game they are playing and the story they were telling.
New School vs Old school
In between trying to legitimately take each other’s heads off, both men indulged in histrionics. Silva did his usual shtick, throwing up wing chun guards and standing with his back to the cage, beckoning the kiwi kickboxer to swing at him. Adesanya allowed to Silva to have his fun and met him with similar flourishes. After Silva dodged one of Izzy’s high kicks – a kick that would have likely decapitated any other fighter – Adesanya stepped back and acknowledged the near miss with a nod and a hand gesture.
It was made clear in the buildup what this fight was. Israel Adesanya has a similar style to Silva, and this was promoted as a “new school vs old school” clash. Israel, being the one to call for the fight in the first place, happily acknowledged this. He called Silva his inspiration and conceded the “Spider” was a big reason he was fighting in the first place . At the weigh-in he summed it up perfectly: “he brought me into this game and it’ll be an honour to take him out”.
Despite his brash attitude, “Stylebender” has immense respect for Silva. This was clear in the fight as “Stylebender” let the “Spider” do his thing. This doubled as strategy, as he avoided counter striking opportunities from the former middleweight champion. Anderson would put his hands down and eat shots, but Adesanya stayed composed, and throwing his own taunts when the time was right. At the end of the first round Anderson marched forward, with Adesanya taking a karate stance and extending a “just bring it” hand gesture.
A display of martial arts
After dancing with each other and trading missed spinning heel kicks the fifteen minute time limit was up. Neither man sustained much damage, but Adesanya clearly controlled the fight and was thus awarded the decision. If you live for blood and guts – see Hendo/Shogun 1 or Hunt/Bigfoot 1 – then this likely wasn’t an exciting display in your eyes. If you’re into fighting however, you likely couldn’t peel the smile from your face for the duration of the contest.
No, no one was dropped or even rocked. However, the story at play and significance of the smaller moments helped create something I can’t recall seeing in MMA. Silva’s familiar tricks and Adesanya’s refusal to fall for them stunk of the best parts of pro wrestling. There was actual ring psychology on display, intentional or otherwise. The crowd were eating it up, every “spot” and every vintage Silva taunt lit up the Rod Laver arena.
In Japanese professional wrestling culture they have the “young lions”. Young, up and coming wrestlers who work under the veterans to hone their craft and develop their own style. Eventually the young lions progress, get a new gimmick and ring gear, and start competing with the full time roster. This has lead to plenty of young lion vs grizzled old veteran showdowns. An example of this is Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Jay White from NJPW’s King of Pro Wrestling event from last year.
Lightning in a bottle
Israel Adesanya vs Anderson Silva was that, only it was real legitimate combat. While it wasn’t a crazy brawl and no one got hurt, both men were trying to seriously damage the other. Through this however, thanks to the showmanship and the self-awareness of the participants, it featured just enough dramatic flare tell a story.
Some have called this a glorified sparring contest.I can see their point, it just doesn’t hold up to scrutiny. Anderson Silva did what he always does, just on this occasion his dance partner wasn’t falling into the traps. It was a display of martial arts at the highest level and if you don’t like that then we have very different ideas of what MMA is or should be.
Torch passings in pro wrestling are extremely common, and this was a blatant torch passing. So much so that if I didn’t know better I would say Anderson put Israel “over”. This means he gave him the win to boost his career. He didn’t, but that is how it played out. It was legitimately fascinating to watch, and I think it will be a long time before the perfect cocktail of timing, meta showmanship and similar styles collide in such a way to produce these results, so enjoy this for what it was.
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Colby Covington || Breakdown • Skill Study • Highlights ᴴᴰ
Colby Covington || Breakdown • Skill Study • Highlights ᴴᴰ
Per fan request / contribution.
DISCLAIMER: Please don’t be so petty as to discredit my work based on the person covered, as I often say the athletes I cover may as well be silhouettes.
With that said / in mind, here I want to focus on cardio as a weapon, especially when grappling is your base martial art. Colby’s striking is improved, though certainly not his strength. Similar to the Diaz brothers, but with a wrestling heavy base, by “putting a pace on you” that favors
his cardio, and draws out the opponents.Often times, in the late rounds they lose their way.
In 2011 (ATT owner) Dan Lambert was looking to boost his gym’s wrestling training and Covington was one of a few people recruited to help do so (OSU collegiate wrestling All-American and two-time Pac-10 Conference champion). Shortly after, Covington began pursuing a professional (MMA) career and moved to FLA to join American Top Team.
Since then he has went from smiley faced, bowing martial artist to full blown X-Pac heat, to company disputes and has certainly caused some “Chaos” among fighters for being a little reckless and / or tactless with his “trash-talk game”. His ability is what I will focus on, so without further ado…
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It’s been a strange few years for the former UFC middleweight champion of the world. Let’s bring it back to those hazy days when Anderson Silva was pined over by the UFC, as an adoring owner would their Cheshire Cat.
Silva had looked unbeatable during his run as the champion. And with that, it seemed obvious that no 185 lb fighter at that current time was going to put an end to his undefeated run. So as the Spider wants, he took it upon himself to have a little play around at light heavyweight. Derailing a couple fighters careers along the way with his unrivaled display of beautiful violence.
It was special time in the career of Anderson Silva, at his peak, he was untouchable. In a sport where all titles change hands with all too frequent regularity. With many foreseeing him playing out the remainder of his time as an unbeaten champion.
It wasn’t until an unlikely All American wrestler by the name of Chris Weidman came along. And changed things up, with one of the most unexpected finishes the sport has ever known.
Road to redemption
Role on some years and the Anderson Silva we now see is in no way comparable. Almost a decade later and now at the ripe age of 43, in the twilight of his once glistening career. Anderson is faced with yet another test to try exhume from the ashes the ghost of greatness past.
Yet another young gun seeks to claim the scalp of the once p4p great. As Israel Adesanya a successful kickboxer turned 15 – 0 mma fighter, looks to stake his own claim. But, how many times have we heard about the so called passing of the torch? The next big thing, the real deal! Or the hype train?
Does anyone else remember how Uriah Hall was supposed to be that guy? Whereas right now it’s actually the last pick from TUF 17 Kelvn Gastelum who is fighting for the middleweight gold. It’s funny how these things work out.
With Israel Adesanya it’s different?
But in Adesanya it would appear that, at least on the surface, there may be a little bit more to it than usual? Israel bears an uncanny resemblance to his opponent in terms of his fighting style and striking accuracy, almost like a mirror image of Silva himself.
And if we dug a little deeper, I am sure he would tell you he based at least some of his style on that of his opponent at UFC 234.
This fight really does have the feel of an ageing great being publicly thrown to the wolves. So that Israel can officially pick up where Hall left off and perhaps finally send Anderson Silva into permanent retirement.
This could very well be the fight which makes of breaks Adesanya as a potential figurehead of the sport. If he overcomes, then the world is his oyster. But if he should fail at this critical hurdle, to not firmly grasp what is right before him. Who knows where he may be placed in the annals of mixed martial arts history.
UFC 234 could be that watershed moment in the UFC middleweight division. What happens next is up to those key men involved!
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It’s been a strange few years for the former UFC middleweight champion of the world. Let’s bring it back to those hazy days when Anderson Silva was pined over by the UFC, as an adoring owner would their Cheshire Cat.
Silva had looked unbeatable during his run as the champion. And with that, it seemed obvious that no 185 lb fighter at that current time was going to put an end to his undefeated run. So as the Spider wants, he took it upon himself to have a little play around at light heavyweight. Derailing a couple fighters careers along the way with his unrivaled display of beautiful violence.
It was special time in the career of Anderson Silva, at his peak, he was untouchable. In a sport where all titles change hands with all too frequent regularity. With many foreseeing him playing out the remainder of his time as an unbeaten champion.
It wasn’t until an unlikely All American wrestler by the name of Chris Weidman came along. And changed things up, with one of the most unexpected finishes the sport has ever known.
Road to redemption
Role on some years and the Anderson Silva we now see is in no way comparable. Almost a decade later and now at the ripe age of 43, in the twilight of his once glistening career. Anderson is faced with yet another test to try exhume from the ashes the ghost of greatness past.
Yet another young gun seeks to claim the scalp of the once p4p great. As Israel Adesanya a successful kickboxer turned 15 – 0 mma fighter, looks to stake his own claim. But, how many times have we heard about the so called passing of the torch? The next big thing, the real deal! Or the hype train?
Does anyone else remember how Uriah Hall was supposed to be that guy? Whereas right now it’s actually the last pick from TUF 17 Kelvn Gastelum who is fighting for the middleweight gold. It’s funny how these things work out.
With Israel Adesanya it’s different?
But in Adesanya it would appear that, at least on the surface, there may be a little bit more to it than usual? Israel bears an uncanny resemblance to his opponent in terms of his fighting style and striking accuracy, almost like a mirror image of Silva himself.
And if we dug a little deeper, I am sure he would tell you he based at least some of his style on that of his opponent at UFC 234.
This fight really does have the feel of an ageing great being publicly thrown to the wolves. So that Israel can officially pick up where Hall left off and perhaps finally send Anderson Silva into permanent retirement.
This could very well be the fight which makes of breaks Adesanya as a potential figurehead of the sport. If he overcomes, then the world is his oyster. But if he should fail at this critical hurdle, to not firmly grasp what is right before him. Who knows where he may be placed in the annals of mixed martial arts history.
UFC 234 could be that watershed moment in the UFC middleweight division. What happens next is up to those key men involved!
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Welcome to part 2 of our Jose Aldo retrospective. You can find part 1 here.
Jose aldo – Reclaiming the throne
Jose sought a rematch with McGregor, but he was to go without as Conor went on to bigger things. Aldo rebounded with a convincing albeit unremarkable decision victory over Frankie Edgar at UFC 200 in July of 2016 for the interim featherweight championship, a man he already beat in 2013. As McGregor officially entered the lightweight division by capturing the championship in November of 2016, it became painfully clear he was never draining down to 145 lbs again. Aldo and the division would need to move on.
McGregor was officially stripped of the UFC featherweight championship on November 26th 2016, promoting interim champ Aldo to undisputed champion. He was king once more, but illegitimate and without his desired vindication. What would it take to reclaim one’s reputation?
Enter Max “Blessed” Holloway. At 25 years of age, the Hawaiian kickboxer had shaken off some early losses in the UFC to string together 10 victories inside the octagon when he met Jose Aldo at UFC 212 in June of 2017. Like Aldo at his peak, Holloway was a phenom, the promised future of the featherweight division.
Usurper
Aldo’s homeland of Brazil played host to this generational clash. This fight was important, not just for Aldo’s legacy and Holloway’s future, but for the idealised evolution of a sport. Things started well for Aldo. He hurt Max in the first round and looked as ferocious as ever. As the fight progressed however, Holloway found his groove. Eventually his grinding pace took over.
“Blessed” chipped away at the champion with his sheer volume of punches. Aldo slowed down, each blow pulling him further away from what was once his. In the third round Holloway landed four consecutive punches, dropping Junior. Max pounced on Jose, finishing him at 4:13 in the third round. It was over, Holloway was the real deal, and Aldo was old news.
Thanks to an injury to Frankie Edgar, Aldo was granted a rematch in December of the same year. It proved fruitless; the beating was worse. Holloway put a stamp on his rivalry with Aldo, demonstrating the painful truth we all know: the only undefeated person in this game is father time, and he waits for no man. Aldo’s reign is over, Max Holloway is the new king, a prototypical volume striker like nothing we have ever seen in MMA.
Leaving a Mark
At only 32 years old and after two brutal stoppages over top contenders, Aldo’s days as a top flight fighter are clearly not over. However, if his claims are true and he wouldn’t accept a title fight if it were offered – which with Holloway as champ is unlikely anyway – then his days as king are truly done.
Jose Aldo was one of the first true stars in the lighter weight divisions. Thanks to his crowd pleasing acumen for violence, he was a popular force despite being “one of the little guys” especially in Brazil. With pressure to perform and justify his weight class’ existence, he put on clinic after clinic, becoming one of the chief reasons the lighter divisions are so healthy today.
This is especially true in his native Brazil. To put it into perspective, at the weigh-ins for last week’s event, the crowd chanted “Uh Vai Morrer” at Aldo’s opponent, Renato Moicano, who is also Brazilian. The chant, meaning “you’re going to die”, is almost exclusively reserved for foreigners taking on Brazilian fighters. The crowd didn’t care, the “King of Rio” was in the building.
Say what you will about Conor McGregor, he has taken the sport to another level. Thanks to Aldo, McGregor, being a smaller fighter, had a convincing and legitimate foil with which to launch himself into the mainstream, in turn increasing public appeal of the UFC and mixed martial arts as a whole.
Godspeed Jose
But regardless of progressing the sport and leaving a mark, Jose Aldo was simply a bad dude. The boogeyman at 145 lbs for so long, he was untouchable. For the better part of a decade he produced blistering finishes and leg kicking clinics. If you need reminding of what an utter savage Jose Aldo is, go back and watch his second fight with Chad Mendes in 2014.
Things change, sports progress, and men grow old. Jose Aldo’s time is over, or nearly over; two more in his beloved Brazil and he’s done. He had a bad thirteen seconds in 2015, but he’s earned his spot in history, and now he wants to have one last year. I hope it’s a good one.
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I’ve waited awhile on this one, as I’m naturally partial to Renzo affiliated fighters. Though after Saturday’s win on ESPN+ to even the score with the one blemish on his UFC career, and suddenly title contention on the horizon.
Marlon Moraes is a Ricardo Almeida black belt with a black Pra Jiad in striking, has avenged his one (split decision loss, via Renzo favorite, arm-in guillotine) loss since 2011 and becoming an astounding finisher considering his weight class, and especially the competition he has done it against.
Let’s look at a fascinating study in the evolution of fundamentals at the highest level in mixed martial arts. Starting Thai boxing at 7 years old and Jiu Jitsu at 15, the experience and high-level coaching have taken raw talent and cooked it perfectly. He is an excellent study in footwork, timing, and relentless and steadfast improvement upon prior acquired skill.
His uncanny KO power for a bantamweight, and technically on point submissions leading to 7 finishes in his last 8 wins, Moraes is a serious threat for the title at 135. Without further ado…….
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Last Saturday, Jose Aldo Junior took part in his first fight of 2019. He took on up and comer, and many believe future champion, Renato Moicano in Fortaleza, Brazil. Many expected a passing of the torch moment, but Aldo decided to use that torch to beat Moicano’s head in. Jose Aldo unleashed a storm in the second round, leading to the stoppage in front of a raucous crowd.
If Aldo is to be believed, and I think on this occasion we can believe it, he will fight two more times in Brazil this year and set down the gloves. According to an ESPN article by Brett Okamoto he would even decline a title shot as it forcibly extends his contract. So if this truly is it, what does the “King of Rio” leave behind?
Thirteen seconds
It’s amazing what can happen in thirteen seconds. In the twelve seconds preceding the moment Conor McGregor’s left hand connected with right side of Jose Aldo’s jaw, he was considered by many to, at worst, be the greatest featherweight of all time. Some believed he was not only the number 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world, but perhaps ever.
After bursting on the scene with a nation behind him, a rapier wit and an equally sharp dress sense, Conor McGregor was heralded as the next big star for the UFC. These premonitions were, of course, correct. In December of 2015 McGregor took the 145 lb title from Aldo in spectacular fashion. Jose Aldo was in an interesting spot, especially considering the sheer volume of trash the “Notorious One” had been talking. If Aldo lost it was going to hurt, and he did, and it did.
In the wake of Aldo/McGregor, the latter would hold up the featherweight division as he pursued a second belt at lightweight. Unsurprisingly, long time, defending champion Aldo wanted a rematch. Money talks however, and now a megastar, McGregor called the shots. He ended up fighting Nate Diaz twice at welterweight, then beating Eddie Alvarez for the lightweight title in 2016. Aldo never got his rematch, and in the eyes of many in the mainstream those thirteen seconds may as well have been a lifetime.
Greatness from small beginnings
Like so many great Brazilian fighters Jose Aldo grew up poor. He was born in the city of Manaus and began training martial arts to defend himself in the streets. Initially interested in pursuing a football career (soccer) he fell in love with combat sports. In his teens he moved to Rio, joining up with team Nova Uniao, whom he has been with ever since. I wish I could tell you to go and watch the 2016 film Stronger Than the World , about the life of Aldo, but it’s terrible, so don’t do that.
After bouncing around small Brazilian promotions Jose Aldo joined the WEC roster in 2007 with a record of 10-1. His only loss had come in a lightweight fight in 2005, meaning he was undefeated at featherweight until 2015.
The WEC was bought by the UFC in 2006 and housed three weight divisions: bantamweight (135 lbs), featherweight (145 lbs) and lightweight (155 lbs). Stars like Urijah Faber, Anthony Pettis, Benson Henderson, Donald Cerrone and Korean Zombie all made their names in the organisation. This is where Jose Aldo became a star.
Run this town
Aldo took over the promotion, going 8-0, winning the featherweight title and taking out Faber, Mike Brown and Cub Swanson, all before the age of 25. In 2010, the UFC chose to merge the WEC into the UFC, and bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz and featherweight champion Aldo would be crowned the inaugural champions of their respective divisions. Considering the UFC had a shaky relationship with lighter classes, as the lightweights had been axed years prior before being brought back thanks to the popularity of BJ Penn, this wasn’t a sure thing.
Thanks to his crowd pleasing style and utter savagery, the young phenom continued his reign of terror. He carried the division on his back, bringing eyes to the smaller fighters, especially in his native Brazil. Five years he stood atop the featherweight heap, completing seven title defences. It’s easy to forget just how unstoppable he seemed; his aura akin to a Demetrious Johnson or a Jon Jones. A credible challenger seemed further and further from reality, until McGregor arrived on the scene.
Did McGregor get into his head?
As Jack Slack has pointed out, we learn nothing from a technical perspective in a flash knockout. Aldo charged in and McGregor caught him. Many touted this as a perfect example of the effectiveness of good trash talk. Aldo was clearly effected by McGregor’s words in the lead up to the fight. If Junior did indeed allow McGregor to get into his head – and that much is surely apparent at this point – then it’s a shame it had to happen in such circumstances. One moment of raw emotion and a legacy is drowned in bright lights and memes.
On the June 3rd 2017 fight companion episode of the Joe Rogan Experience, Rogan made a case for Conor McGregor being the greatest featherweight of all time: “So if you said who is the greatest of all time? Well it would have to be Aldo because he beat all these guys. No, no, no, because the two of them fought and Conor merked him. So you’ve got to give it to him”. There you go – “got to give it to him,” just like that, 13 seconds and you’re out, apparently.
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Muhammad Ali Life is Short so Make the Most of Your Time
In terms of a shortlist for the most inspirational people in the world. Few would not have the great Muhammad Ali somewhere near the very top of their list. Ali was a once in a generation sportsman and political activist who bridged the divide between the two.
Born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr in 1942, Ali grew up in an era where the rights of black people in America were very much secondary. Throughout his time on this planet he was very much outspoken on the treatment of his people and their place in a modern America.
In the realm of boxing itself, Muhammad Ali was recognized by many as one of the greatest to ever step inside the squared circle. His combined prowess inside the ropes, along with his personal charisma and charm. Made him a very unique character in world history. To this day his words and deeds are revered by many, yet still frowned upon by some. But their can be no denying the impact the young kid from Louisville, Kentucky had on the world.
From his refusal to join the US army to go and fight people on the other side of the world who had done nothing to him personally. For a country which continued to abuse the civil rights of his fellow black men and women. To his epic battles against Joe Frazer and George Foreman. Ali will forever be remembered as one of a kind athlete and human being.
In this short piece of audio we hear from the man himself as he waxes lyrical about life itself. How we approach it and what we can achieve in the short time we truly have. We hope you enjoy these words of wisdom from the great man himself. Feel inspired and go do the thing that makes you happy.
Muhammad Ali Life is Short so Make the Most of Your Time
In terms of a shortlist for the most inspirational people in the world. Few would not have the great Muhammad Ali somewhere near the very top of their list. Ali was a once in a generation sportsman and political activist who bridged the divide between the two.
Born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr in 1942, Ali grew up in an era where the rights of black people in America were very much secondary. Throughout his time on this planet he was very much outspoken on the treatment of his people and their place in a modern America.
In the realm of boxing itself, Muhammad Ali was recognized by many as one of the greatest to ever step inside the squared circle. His combined prowess inside the ropes, along with his personal charisma and charm. Made him a very unique character in world history. To this day his words and deeds are revered by many, yet still frowned upon by some. But their can be no denying the impact the young kid from Louisville, Kentucky had on the world.
From his refusal to join the US army to go and fight people on the other side of the world who had done nothing to him personally. For a country which continued to abuse the civil rights of his fellow black men and women. To his epic battles against Joe Frazer and George Foreman. Ali will forever be remembered as one of a kind athlete and human being.
In this short piece of audio we hear from the man himself as he waxes lyrical about life itself. How we approach it and what we can achieve in the short time we truly have. We hope you enjoy these words of wisdom from the great man himself. Feel inspired and go do the thing that makes you happy.
