Comments on: UFC Quick Quote: PRIDE FC sale is finalized

By: arnold

arnold — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 05:33:27 +0000

[quote comment="68054"]The United States is and always will be the defining place for the best athletes in the world. Although PRIDE and it’s fighters were successful in Japan, they now have the oppurtunity to show how great they can really be. I love what the UFC is trying to do by putting on the best fights. In the end that is really all that matters.[/quote]
I dont think USA is the defining place for the best athletes in the world. Maybe your talking about track and field. Remember this freind that JAPAN is the mother land of martial arts.

By: unak78

unak78 — Thu, 31 May 2007 02:30:49 +0000

[quote comment="68106"][quote post="2252"] AWT
May 29th, 2007 at 11:43 am Quote this comment
omg russ no! it is not! theres a whole world out there this is why people dont like americans. [/quote]

This has nothing to do with me being an American. I understand that there is a whole world out there full of athletes. The U.S. is simply the largest media market in the world. Alot of people do not know who the hell Shogun is and the talent that he has. Now that he will be fighting in the UFC (The United States) he can cement his status as a great fighter. Thats just one example among hundreds. You can use any sport. Look at Dirk Nowitzki in the NBA. He is the MVP in the highest competitive league in his sport. Now if he just stayed in Germany and only played there…I gauruntee you that you would never know who he was or how good a of a player he is.[/quote]
Wow, it’s amazing that anyone even knew who David Beckham was!

By: MoreThanUFC

MoreThanUFC — Wed, 30 May 2007 19:26:08 +0000

KRAV MAGA!!!!!!!

Just kidding

By: The Anomaly

The Anomaly — Wed, 30 May 2007 19:19:38 +0000

[quote comment="69060"][quote post="2252"]That KRAV MAGA BS. haha no I know what your sayin. But when you think about it majority of the time, people kinda have a normal sense of decensy not to do that in a fight, at least guys, if anything, out of pride. [/quote]
There is no such thing as decency in combat. You have no idea what your opponent is capable of, so you end it as quickly as possible. Ideally, you dont wanna kill someone, so when I train, I heavily focus on chokes, liver-solar plexis-knees-toes as strike points, and controlling locks such as kimuras, hammer locks, leg kimuras. BUT, everything is in play. Seriously, I abhor violence. Fighting is for f%gs as I always say, but you must always prepare yourself for every possibility.

KRAV MAGA!!!![/quote]

Word, MMA and training is a descent way of preparing yourself for such. Im just talking about your average conflict, like Noah and that other fool. Could you imagine if they started gouging eyes and grapping tracheas?

By: MoreThanUFC

MoreThanUFC — Wed, 30 May 2007 19:16:20 +0000

[quote post="2252"]That KRAV MAGA BS. haha no I know what your sayin. But when you think about it majority of the time, people kinda have a normal sense of decensy not to do that in a fight, at least guys, if anything, out of pride. [/quote]
There is no such thing as decency in combat. You have no idea what your opponent is capable of, so you end it as quickly as possible. Ideally, you dont wanna kill someone, so when I train, I heavily focus on chokes, liver-solar plexis-knees-toes as strike points, and controlling locks such as kimuras, hammer locks, leg kimuras. BUT, everything is in play. Seriously, I abhor violence. Fighting is for f%gs as I always say, but you must always prepare yourself for every possibility.

KRAV MAGA!!!!

By: The Anomaly

The Anomaly — Wed, 30 May 2007 19:08:59 +0000

[quote comment="69049"][quote post="2252"]much more accurate representation of real world fighting than a ring[/quote]
Dude, this a sport. It’s about as close to real world fighting is as paintball is to real combat.
To defend against a RNC in MMA your grab for wrists. In the real world, you reach back and rip your attackers ear off. On the bottom in MMA, you attempt to get full guard, then rubber or wrist pin. In the real world, you reach up and drive your thumb or index/middle fingers into his eye socket.

KRAV MAGA!!![/quote]
That KRAV MAGA BS. haha no I know what your sayin. But when you think about it majority of the time, people kinda have a normal sense of decensy not to do that in a fight, at least guys, if anything, out of pride.

By: MoreThanUFC

MoreThanUFC — Wed, 30 May 2007 19:03:15 +0000

[quote post="2252"]much more accurate representation of real world fighting than a ring[/quote]
Dude, this a sport. It’s about as close to real world fighting is as paintball is to real combat.
To defend against a RNC in MMA your grab for wrists. In the real world, you reach back and rip your attackers ear off. On the bottom in MMA, you attempt to get full guard, then rubber or wrist pin. In the real world, you reach up and drive your thumb or index/middle fingers into his eye socket.

KRAV MAGA!!!

By: The Anomaly

The Anomaly — Wed, 30 May 2007 01:42:42 +0000

[quote comment="68504"]Sorry, MorethanUFC, but The Anomaly is completely correct. You make a big deal about how the ring is about making every position fair; tough breaks. What you are really saying is you want BJJ guys to not be taken advantage of by getting pressed up against the cage, but fighting has never been about fairness. Thats why you don’t see tae kwon do in MMA. Interesting style, doesn’t work in MMA. Likewise, BJJ is a very useful style, but when people know how to defend subs, it becomes less useful. And being pressed up against a fence and having plenty of room to move around while standing is a much more accurate representation of real world fighting than a ring, which is a completely artificial fighting arena.[/quote]
Thanks for the back up. Its not that it’s really about fairness though, I mean, it is fair still, nobody has any advantage that another fighter dosnt have. It simply puts the most realistic amount of practicallity on each style of fighting in my opinion. And even with teh cage, BJJ is still arguably the most usefull and practical arts that there is. Nothing like a good BJJ war.

By: Michaelthebox

Michaelthebox — Wed, 30 May 2007 01:32:18 +0000

Sorry, MorethanUFC, but The Anomaly is completely correct. You make a big deal about how the ring is about making every position fair; tough breaks. What you are really saying is you want BJJ guys to not be taken advantage of by getting pressed up against the cage, but fighting has never been about fairness. Thats why you don’t see tae kwon do in MMA. Interesting style, doesn’t work in MMA. Likewise, BJJ is a very useful style, but when people know how to defend subs, it becomes less useful. And being pressed up against a fence and having plenty of room to move around while standing is a much more accurate representation of real world fighting than a ring, which is a completely artificial fighting arena.

By: jason bang

jason bang — Wed, 30 May 2007 00:32:39 +0000

[quote comment="68371"]I’m curious to know what will be the end result of PRIDE[/quote]
I hope it stays and starts to be the company it was. I’v seen alot of amazing fights from Pride and it would be a shame if it just fizzels out.