Thats the story of a one trick pony. I am sure Holly and Nunes would be benchmarking Ronda if she stuck around longer.not that I was a huge Maia fan, but seeing a guy as nice as him basically just be a benchmark for “who did it better” between three boring ass fights.
Tyron, Colby, and Usman all using Maia as a “I beat him worse than you did” thing
not that I was a huge Maia fan, but seeing a guy as nice as him basically just be a benchmark for “who did it better” between three boring ass fights.
Tyron, Colby, and Usman all using Maia as a “I beat him worse than you did” thing
That's a weird kind of compliment in itself at least.
That's pretty harsh. I happen to agree that Maia's wrestling is subpar. You don't get points for "how far you've come." I'm no wrestling expert so I defer to the pros who call his wrestling "basic" at best. Same goes for his striking. It's improved a good deal over his career but it's still basic. In my opinion RDA is the model. He started as a "BJJ guy," but worked hard on his striking and wrestling. His improvements in those areas put Maia's to shame.You are a fucking idiot, Sir.
And I mean that in the most offensive way possible.
Take a look at his evolution over the past 10 years. His single leg is sick and damn effective. It just isn't effective against the best wrestlers in the world. And considering that, when you listen to the expert's camps, they all say they train to stop his single leg. And even then he has a few other takedowns - remember Chael?
The guy is a world BJJ champion who *DID* implement a wrestling game. He just didn't get started on it at 10 years old. But don't think, even for a minute he isn't out there every fucking day drilling his wrestling.
FFS - GDI GTFO of Maia threads and never come back.
It's pretty sad that given his complete dependence on a ground attack that he didn't substantially up his wrestling game so he could implement it.
This is not a rare thing among BJJ practitioners. They just won't embrace the wrestling grind.
That's pretty harsh. I happen to agree that Maia's wrestling is subpar. You don't get points for "how far you've come." I'm no wrestling expert so I defer to the pros who call his wrestling "basic" at best. Same goes for his striking. It's improved a good deal over his career but it's still basic. In my opinion RDA is the model. He started as a "BJJ guy," but worked hard on his striking and wrestling. His improvements in those areas put Maia's to shame.
You are a fucking idiot, Sir.
And I mean that in the most offensive way possible.
Take a look at his evolution over the past 10 years. His single leg is sick and damn effective. It just isn't effective against the best wrestlers in the world. And considering that, when you listen to the expert's camps, they all say they train to stop his single leg. And even then he has a few other takedowns - remember Chael?
The guy is a world BJJ champion who *DID* implement a wrestling game. He just didn't get started on it at 10 years old. But don't think, even for a minute he isn't out there every fucking day drilling his wrestling.
FFS - GDI GTFO of Maia threads and never come back.
That's pretty harsh. I happen to agree that Maia's wrestling is subpar. You don't get points for "how far you've come." I'm no wrestling expert so I defer to the pros who call his wrestling "basic" at best. Same goes for his striking. It's improved a good deal over his career but it's still basic. In my opinion RDA is the model. He started as a "BJJ guy," but worked hard on his striking and wrestling. His improvements in those areas put Maia's to shame.