Rafel "Feijao" Calvacante Best TDD in MMA

[MMAdict]

He has extremely good tdd. Not the best that's still Gsp IMO. The only time i recall feijao getting taken down was in the hendo fight. It was after he dropped Dan and he sprung up and somehow got a desperation bullrush, head in the chest double leg. I was shocked he managed to land it and that pretty much won Dan the fight.

[Kingz]

Mo took him down a few times...but he was never able to keep Feijao down and it took a lot out of Mo just getting him down. He had to resort to slamming a bigger guy because double and single legs werent working and Feijao would just get right back up making all of Mo's effort a waste. Hendo's greco seemed to work better.

He defends takedowns really well. He's a big strong guy with good technique. Can't wait for him to get back.

[PaulDaleyFan]

Originally Posted by MeatheadFighter

Yoel Romero or whatever his name is has horrible MMA wrestling. And Hendo and Mo both got him down.

god damn at least do some research before you post such an idiotic comment

[HOLA]

Originally Posted by lfd0311

Cael Sanderson is the greatest collegiate wrestler to everr live. He lost 3 matches in his entire career. Two of them were to Yoel Romero. Feijao stopped him from taking him down in the middle of the mat about 5 times. King Mo wouldn't even have scored points in a straight up wrestling match on Feijao.

Cael Sanderson is amazing, but has lost A Lot more than 3 times in his entire career. Stop making that up about Romero. Including his last comeback, Sanderson has lost close to 20 times in freestyle wrestling. Lee Fullhart beat him more times than Romero, Mike van Arsdale defeated him too, at the 2000 Olympic trials.

King Mo did take him down in the fight, would obliterate him in a straight wrestling match, and Hendo out grappled him in their fight as well. Feijao is super talented, but stop making stuff up.

[HOLA]

Originally Posted by MMAdict

He has extremely good tdd. Not the best that's still Gsp IMO. The only time i recall feijao getting taken down was in the hendo fight. It was after he dropped Dan and he sprung up and somehow got a desperation bullrush, head in the chest double leg. I was shocked he managed to land it and that pretty much won Dan the fight.

And in the third round as well. It was a great grappling exchange.
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2011/3/8/...e-down-battles

[Newton]

Originally Posted by MMAdict

He has extremely good tdd. Not the best that's still Gsp IMO. The only time i recall feijao getting taken down was in the hendo fight. It was after he dropped Dan and he sprung up and somehow got a desperation bullrush, head in the chest double leg. I was shocked he managed to land it and that pretty much won Dan the fight.

Dan Henderson does that all the time. It's one of the main reasons he hasn't been TKO'd even once in his MMA career.

[forrestcries]

Originally Posted by PaulDaleyFan

god damn at least do some research before you post such an idiotic comment

Credentials mean nothing when considering mma wrestling

[The Reed]

Originally Posted by forrestcries

Credentials mean nothing when considering mma wrestling

He's had 5 fights and looked like a wrestling machine in them. There's really no other excuse to post something like that other than plain ignorance.

[MeatBarry]

Originally Posted by lfd0311

from what I remember, he never took him down once. He was close a few times, but never came close to taking him down.

That doesn`t make much sense. Lol.

In all seriousness though, you`re right. He`s got some of the greatest TDD in MMA. He`s very very good.

[miraclecomeback]

I think more guys should use the elbows against the cage when someone is trying to take you down off the cage.