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this is the #1 fighter in the world
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saX844eJnoc
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Maybe I was more open minded about it when it was being discussed earlier, but THIS is the best fighter in the world?!?
What does 'shoot fighting' mean? Is that where you lunge for the legs and immediately try to take the opponent down?
I ask because as soon as he launched in with one of these wild flailing punch attacks, even a GOOD boxer would not only end the fight but probably his career.
I mean, I understand how they are successful at UFC, and how the strict kung fu/taekwondo guys fall short in preventing their takedown/submission/ground attacks, but Iron Mike in his prime would absolutely murder this dood in a matter of seconds.
I know i'm missing something. What am I missing?
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Iron mike would destroy him in a boxing match. But Fedor trained in boxing a very good grappler. It's hard to box from the clinch and even harder to box from your back. Boxing is one dimensional, MMA is three.
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What i'm saying/asking is that aren't MMA guys really just one dimensional as well when it comes down to it? Ground/submission/grappling attacks? That is all the same thing, right?
I guess the assumption that is the crux of the debate is how easy is it for the grappler to get the other guy on the ground? I've watched UFC fights and have seen how easy it is in certain cases, but many of these are against other grapplers who don't mind taking it to the ground?
We have to discount the early UFC debacles with half-ass boxers and kung fu doods getting annihilated.