First, I am a Lyoto Machida fan. People may call him boring but I call him smart, technical and so far, dominating. Elusive?!? The ability to stay out of harm's way while inflicting punishment on your opponent is smart. Period. Lyoto did take a good shot from Soukoudjo in the first round but his judo skills were not a factor at all.
Hughes vs. St. Pierre was a great performance. Although completely one-sided, who would have thought that GSP would dominate Matt Hughes on the ground and then sub him with an armbar. Unfortunately, I have this crazy feeling that is strongly possible that Serra may have his number. I'm looking forward to GSP-Serra II. What should Matt Hughes do after this? I don't know, move to 185 and face Anderson Silva?!? Anderson Silva definitely has a ground game and he is comfortable on his back
Chuck defeats Wanderlei by decision. Decision. While the fight was great, it was also a bit of a let down. From the opening bell both fighters were very tentative. The last fighter who promised action at the opening bell and delivered was Diego Sanchez in his losing effort against Jon Fitch. The 2nd round was the best round. In the 3rd round, after Liddell tried to finish Silva with the flurries against cage, he appeared weary. He said in the post fight interview that he attempted the takedowns to simply score some points. He knew he wasn’t going to do much from there.
Win or Lose I take nothing away from Wanderlei Silva. Silva wanted to put on a show. He can take a punch, although I never thought that ability was truly noteworthy. He showed heart and was clearly coming back when he was in trouble. But I think his striking has many holes. He needs to try throwing straight jabs as opposed to wild swings. They may connect, but a straight jab is more efficient.
Either way, I will be watching this fight again and again and again! They both fought to the best of their ability, so they both won! Aside from my little qualms with the fight, it was a great show. I wouldn’t mind Liddell-Wanderlei II.
I’ll play matchmaker for a second, here’s what I would like to see.
Liddell vs Machida
Wanderlei Silva vs Houston Alexander
Jardine vs Machida
Liddell vs Henderson
Yeah, Alexander ground game is suspect but he is still an exciting fighter nonetheless. I doubt he is as horrible as Melvin Guillard who is continuously getting defeated the same way.
First, I am a Lyoto Machida fan. People may call him boring but I call him smart, technical and so far, dominating. Elusive?!? The ability to stay out of harm's way while inflicting punishment on your opponent is smart. Period. Lyoto did take a good shot from Soukoudjo in the first round but his judo skills were not a factor at all.
Hughes vs. St. Pierre was a great performance. Although completely one-sided, who would have thought that GSP would dominate Matt Hughes on the ground and then sub him with an armbar. Unfortunately, I have this crazy feeling that is strongly possible that Serra may have his number. I'm looking forward to GSP-Serra II. What should Matt Hughes do after this? I don't know, move to 185 and face Anderson Silva?!? Anderson Silva definitely has a ground game and he is comfortable on his back
Chuck defeats Wanderlei by decision. Decision. While the fight was great, it was also a bit of a let down. From the opening bell both fighters were very tentative. The last fighter who promised action at the opening bell and delivered was Diego Sanchez in his losing effort against Jon Fitch. The 2nd round was the best round. In the 3rd round, after Liddell tried to finish Silva with the flurries against cage, he appeared weary. He said in the post fight interview that he attempted the takedowns to simply score some points. He knew he wasn’t going to do much from there.
Win or Lose I take nothing away from Wanderlei Silva. Silva wanted to put on a show. He can take a punch, although I never thought that ability was truly noteworthy. He showed heart and was clearly coming back when he was in trouble. But I think his striking has many holes. He needs to try throwing straight jabs as opposed to wild swings. They may connect, but a straight jab is more efficient.
Either way, I will be watching this fight again and again and again! They both fought to the best of their ability, so they both won! Aside from my little qualms with the fight, it was a great show. I wouldn’t mind Liddell-Wanderlei II.
I’ll play matchmaker for a second, here’s what I would like to see.
Liddell vs Machida
Wanderlei Silva vs Houston Alexander
Jardine vs Machida
Liddell vs Henderson
Yeah, Alexander ground game is suspect but he is still an exciting fighter nonetheless. I doubt he is as horrible as Melvin Guillard who is continuously getting defeated the same way.
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first off, that is a flawless illustration.
secondly, Liddell looked like his old self in dismatling (an albeit WAY past his prime and out of shape Silvia). Silva doesn’t ever use precision in his fights. His chin is legendary but unless he catches someone he typically loses against excellent strikers.
I think Hughes trying to move to 185 to face the perfect Anderson Silva would be the end of his career. Never liked Hughes, wrestlers have no business in MMA, in my opinion. But yeah, I’m already excited about GSP vs Serra II.
I think H.Alexander knows, like everyone else, that he should be eating and sleeping Brazilian JJ if he wants to stick around. The man has stone fists and just needs an AVERAGE ground game to be unstoppable. However, I don’t think he could dismantle Silva as efficiently as Liddell did–especially since Liddell ground defense is clearly still impenetrable.