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Oh, I'll look forward to that :D

If you watch some of the really early UFC stuff, is that where you can see some really distinct styles of martial arts facing off? A bit before people were properly mixing it up, maybe?

as Leon as said some are pretty bad because of the crappy cardio and bad style match up

there was some good old fights aswell

what you have to keep in mind aswell is that the fighters winning the fights at tha period were mainly wrestlers and bjj guys

so most of the fights---> on the ground

strikers were beaten to pulp most of the times actually, it took a few ufc events to see some good strickers who did good

thanks to the takedown defense!

from the first ufc event tille the last one (164 I think) you have a lot of good fights to watch

check out the Pride fights aswell

different rules (you can soccer kick and stomp peolpe in the face when they re on the floor) and it's in a ring instead of a cage

shogun, cro cop, fedor, rampage etc all good fighters

Pretty much, but there was no real conditioning/fitness back then, apart from Vitor it was nowhere near todays level (he obviously had some help, no one looks like that at 19)

People weren't well rounded, the Gracies (Brazilian Jiu jitsu) couldn't really strike for shit, and a lot of strikers had no ground game, the wrestlers couldn't do much unless they got on top of you. Everyone has a bit of everything these days.

Look up some of Vitor Belforts old ufc fights.

lol yeah Vitor is crazy

I watched the first Machida-Shogun fight. I totally get why the crowd was booing. They seemed a fairly even match but Shogun's plan to kick Machida in the legs worked well.

Machida has a bad reputation actually

he likes to run a lot to frustrate his opponent, and counter strike them when they make a mistake

that's not a good way to win a crowd

as opposed to the diaz or matt brown who just goes berzerk every fights

I watched the Machida-Couture fight, that was good! What a kick!

It was cool to see Randy Couture doing his thing too, I'll have to check out some of his other fights.

Couture is cool, tough dude

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Machida has a bad reputation actually

he likes to run a lot to frustrate his opponent, and counter strike them when they make a mistake

that's not a good way to win a crowd

as opposed to the diaz or matt brown who just goes berzerk every fights

Yeah, I heard that. It's a good way to win fights though.

I was curious about Wing Chun and what it's like in this situation so I found a video and yeah, he was up against a Judo guy and he... well, you'd think he'd know the guy was a Judo man so he'd figure out how to handle it - kick him in the head when he lunges or something - but no, he just gets taken down, and beat in the face.

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Did you ever get round to trying MMA yourself? I remember in the Martial Arts thread you said you wanted to give it a go.

I been to muay thai a few times, wouldnt mind going back again its just finding time to fit it in with work.

Nick Diaz V Gray Maynard has been confirmed for TUF 18 finale. WAR DIAZ, DONT BE SCARED HOMIE!

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I been to muay thai a few times, wouldnt mind going back again its just finding time to fit it in with work.

Nick Diaz V Gray Maynard has been confirmed for TUF 18 finale. WAR DIAZ, DONT BE SCARED HOMIE!

did you see what diaz has said about the fight?

"f**k that fight, I ll fight Pettis" :D

Mark Hunt v Antonia BIGFOOT Silva is on the cards

thats sounds really good

that head is a huge ass target for hunt nuclear bomb

Did you ever get round to trying MMA yourself? I remember in the Martial Arts thread you said you wanted to give it a go.

it's my dream actually, would love to try it

but at the moment it's not possible

I do lots of crossfit at the moment, and a bit of trial when I have time (so not so much time for something else)

plus my girlfriend hates the idea

and I can feel my whole life turning to hell if I do try to convince her :D

I did savate back in the day and it was super cool

There's kickboxing at the gym I do crossfit

I might give this a go maybe

would really love to grapple aswell

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Try the kickboxing. I'm sure if they have kickboxing that there'll be someone around to teach grappling.

I really look forward to getting to grips with the more hands-on stuff in Karate. It's definitely present, I've learnt a few little bits already.

seems like a good idea

if there's one thing I want to do on someone in my life

it's this

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dunno why, just looks so cool I guess :D

another very famous karate guy is Chuck Liddell

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and not mma related but a dude which was a true karate legend

Andy Hug

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http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2013/9/17/4739538/t-j-grant-wont-be-ready-for-december-title-shot-ufc-going-with-josh

Josh Thomson vs Anthony Pettis for the Lighwheight title

It's gonna a be though as hell for Josh T but I m happy for him he gets a title shot

If he is in good shape, he's though as hell.

Just hope for him he doesn't get hit by the tree chopping kicks of Pettis

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the post fight interview...

:giggle:

the diaz brothers are amazing, my favorite fighters for sure, so nate could you talk us through? yeah i won thats wassup!

really hope nate continues to fight like this, can see a title shot coming up soon if he does

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the diaz brothers are amazing, my favorite fighters for sure, so nate could you talk us through? yeah i won thats wassup!

really hope nate continues to fight like this, can see a title shot coming up soon if he does

I know what you mean

entertainment is guaranted :D

not sure about title shot though

Pettis,Meledenz,Henderson,Tompson, they are all above Nate IMO

but hey, even if he gets killed, it's still pretty fun to watch

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yes and he totally lost the fight

Benson Henderson wasn't able to finish him but was just stronger than him in the grappling exchanges, plus he low kicked him to death

and nate wasn't landing anything dangerous on him

Nate got brutally koed by Josh Thomson aswell

at that fight, Nate looked dangerous to Josh

but Josh had a pretty efficient gameplan and it worked great

first ever to knock out N Diaz

edit: Josh Thomson is facing Benson next

I m so excited about this fight

Also I m happy it's Benson and not Pettis

Pettis kicks are so nasty, I wasn't sure how Josh would have survived

I really like Josh, I just hope he has a few good fights before retiring

edit2: Pettis is a butcher with those kicks

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Should be a good fight Benson has a lot to prove after loosing the belt and im sure he will want to get back in contention as soon as possible. But to me there are a lot of good fighters in that division so it could be anyone who gets the next shot

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lots of talent for sure in Lightweight!

Benson is really strong, but he has a way to fight that usually bores people

personally I like him, but I have the feeling he has pretty poor boxing skills

Pettis is crazy good, and "theoretically" the best in the division, but he gets hurt at the gym so many times, I m not even sure how he is gonna keep that belt and defend it

Melendez is a very strong contender, amazing boxing and tough as f...

plus lots are saying he did beat Benson

Thomspon could have been a champ a few years earlier

his fights with melendez are legendary and proves how solid he is.

Not sure how far he can go in the division though, because of his age

also, it would be epic to see Michael Chandler and Eddie alvarez joining the UFC

to be fair, Chandler is my fav lightweight ever. Such an animal!

and then, can you imagine, Jose aldo moves up to lightweight! what would happen? :D

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