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Lanchana needs to find a complete and competent camp. The home camp she started with her boyfriend simply isn't good enough.Poor Lanchana. So small. Then again, her nonexistent ground game probably hurt her more than her size. As soon as I saw that Cooper was going to be on TUF Talk, I knew Green was on the way out. I'm curious to see where she goes in the future. As many others have found, it's tough to be at the "smaller" end of the SW division. Even if she finds some skills on the ground, it'll always be an uphill battle. She needs ta git big!
Cooper seems like she will continue to be competitive at 115. Win or lose, I hope she ends up in the UFC. Even if 125 becomes a thing, I think she would be better at SW.
I don't see her doing well in Invicta at 105 or 115 to be honest. She's likely going to stay fighting on smaller European shows until her overall game improves. Right now, she's too far behind and reminds me of a fighter from the 1st generation.
I think she has the potential to improve fairly quickly. A lot of the SW fighters with Invicta are closer to her size.
Oh, man. Not even a shot at Invicta? That's harsh! I think she has the potential to improve fairly quickly. A lot of the SW fighters with Invicta are closer to her size. I can see her fitting in there. Her striking and athleticism seem pretty darned good. She landed a few on Cooper, but ABC just ate 'em like a tasty post-weigh in snack (and charged forward as though Lanchana was made out of ham.)
In all honesty, I'd be curious to see how Green would do against Angela Hill. Both similarly sized strikers that haven't shown much of a ground game. Hill went from being a UFC flunky to a SW champ. I don't think such a path would be unreasonable for Green. A few improvements and she will be quite competitive (but will likely always have trouble against big fighters that cut down from 130+.)
Lanchana's certainly teachable and made progress in the TUF house with Claudia's coaches. But that's the thing - she won't have that quality training back home at her own camp.Oh, man. Not even a shot at Invicta? That's harsh! I think she has the potential to improve fairly quickly. A lot of the SW fighters with Invicta are closer to her size. I can see her fitting in there. Her striking and athleticism seem pretty darned good. She landed a few on Cooper, but ABC just ate 'em like a tasty post-weigh in snack (and charged forward as though Lanchana was made out of ham.)
In all honesty, I'd be curious to see how Green would do against Angela Hill. Both similarly sized strikers that haven't shown much of a ground game. Hill went from being a UFC flunky to a SW champ. I don't think such a path would be unreasonable for Green. A few improvements and she will be quite competitive (but will likely always have trouble against big fighters that cut down from 130+.)
Really want Lanchana to win. ABC is a killer, she's guaranteed a shot in UFC. Congrats on the Blue belt, too, bruce!
one more ABC, one more!
Why is your belt in cyrillic?I was rooting for Lanchana to win as well even though I thought that Amanda might be to strong and well rounded for her .. and she was. But ultimately I like both girls fighting style so I am still happy for Amanda's win, she looked great imo
Barao looks nervous around that tub
Yeah, this. Even against ABC and being way smaller/weaker she showed progress on the ground compared to how she did in the entry fight to the house. Not nearly enough, of course, as we saw from the result but still - even in the relatively short time in the house, visible progress. With good enough training, I have faith she'll be able to get it together much better.
Hopefully she shows additional progress if they have the losers of semi-finals fight on the Finale card as usual.
Why is your belt in cyrillic?
I can read it
Lanchana's certainly teachable and made progress in the TUF house with Claudia's coaches. But that's the thing - she won't have that quality training back home at her own camp.
Angela Hill was in a similar spot but she moved to San Diego and began training at Alliance MMA where she improved immensely. That goes back to my original premise about Lanchana having to abandon her own camp, which she's invested in with her boyfriend, if she wants to keep progressing.
didn't pull on the hands at all. strange. ABC size too much on the ground too
And oh Dana will you STFU! Making weight is not all mental. Sometimes body just can't cut it anymore. If ABC missed weight then in Dana's logic she just didn't want it hard enough....DERRRRPPPPPP. Jesus, things that come out of Dana's mouth are so dumb.