5/26 Tonon vs Aoki - Can Old school whup ass again?

Went exactly how I thought it would go. Those Danaher guys are savages.
 
Aoki did good, he had his back with the body triangle lock and trying to get RNC, but Tonon was able to escape and get the heel hook shortly after.

Looking forward to seeing Tonon in MMa.
After the match he said he had trouble when Aoki utilised the cage, and would rematch Aoki in MMA after a couple of warmup fights.
 
Back in the days on the mat, every time American guy grabbed my leg and went for submission, I would think to myself "Oh yeah, he's gonna play my game, let's see how deep he could go down with me" I didn't even try to defend and waited for a counter opportunity to knock. And most of the times I heard his tapping noise. He didn't mine.

I learned my first leglock ever, Achilles tendon hold in 1984 while watching the original UWF tour on VHS with my brother. That's the move I used to earn my first victory in BJJ match in 2000. And to this date, nobody who has tried it on me (that includes black belts, ADCC winner, top UFC welterweight fighter) got a tapout.

This is how confident fighters who trained in Japan should be when it comes to leglock.
Leglocks are Japanese invention (like most of submissions) and whatever Russians say, Japanese should be ruling in this department. I broke my heart when I heard Arona kneebarred Kanehara and Roger Gomez submitted Aoki with simple ankle stretch. "Don't let them win by leglock! This is our last ego saver!! (Sakurai >Rodriguez>Nogueira) (Aoki>C****** E***">Marcelo Garcia)"

I watched how Tonon finished Aoki and came to a conclusion that this American was a technically better Leglock specialist than Aoki was. It's hard to admit but there is an American (who's supposed to be roided monster with so-so skill) who outmaneuvers top Japanese grappler in the war of leglock. Thank you Garry Tonon for making us humble and giving us new homework.

And at last, I really want to see someone shutting up whoever was doing commentary for this fight. He's the most annoying individual I've heard in my life. Is he even a fighter?
 
Katsumi Yamada said:
Looking forward to seeing Tonon in MMa.
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I don't have high hopes for grappling champions converting to MMA fighter. They talk and never get serious.

Garcia failed. Galvao failed. Estima failed. Cornelius evacuated.
 
Katsumi Yamada said:
Not to be that guy but it went like 8 minutes and you said exactly
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I'll cop that. I actually didn't realise that it went 8 minutes, my mate showed me the end of the fight, last minute or so and said it was over quickly so i assumed it was like 2 minutes.

Result was the same but I'll take my licks, it obviously went longer than i expected. Cheers!
 
JacJeanFinger said:
I watched how Tonon finished Aoki and came to a conclusion that this American was a technically better Leglock specialist than Aoki was. It's hard to admit but there is an American (who's supposed to be roided monster with so-so skill) who outmaneuvers top Japanese grappler in the war of leglock. Thank you Garry Tonon for making us humble and giving us new homework.
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Tonon is a John Danaher student and Danaher's guys are called the "Danaher Deathsquad"and are known for having some of the best leg locks in the sport. People forget that Tonon went the distance with Palharres and won without geting leglocked. All the guys from that Renzo/Danaher academy are masters of leg locks and are racking up wins everywhere. Tonon, the Ryan Brothers, Cummings etc. When this fight was announced there wasnt a doubt in my mind that Tonon would leglock Aoki.
 
Aoki knew what was up immediately.

Tonon is amazing. I love who he takes on ACTUAL CHALLENGES in grappling, unlike 99% of the bitches who try to protect their records.
 
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