Why did Wanderlei never develop good takedown defense?

[HindustaniKush]

Unlike skinny guys who lacked the strength to win in the clinch or defend some takedowns


Wanderlei was always jacked yet never developed good defensive abilities.

 

[613]

His aggressive style makes it tough to defend TDs

 

[Royce's Gi]

His BJJ-coach told him he didn't need to, just do triangle choke

 

[mightywang1]

Chute Boxes fighters tend to horrible takedown defense, just look at Rua.

 

[Reign009]

Wannanow

 

[arrmike]

His style was tailored to the PRIDE scoring and match making, where aggression and going for the finish was prioritized.

he had a decent jj bottom game. By the time he returned to the ufc, he was too old to change his game drastically.

 

[Shaddows]

Unlike skinny guys who lacked the strength to win in the clinch or defend some takedowns


Wanderlei was always jacked yet never developed good defensive abilities.

he is from a different era.
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He was a servant of the Just Bleed God, mortal enemy of "Lay'n'prey" crew.

 

[koquerelle]

His aggressive style makes it tough to defend TDs

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[Get To Da Choppa]

He met Chael Sonnen too late in his career, and never learned the importance of not getting close to a wrestler

 

[PPVpoints]

He met Chael Sonnen too late in his career, and never learned the importance of not getting close to a wrestler

That was obviously fake.

 

[VinceArch]

He met Chael Sonnen too late in his career, and never learned the importance of not getting close to a wrestler

Nah, that's how Ricardo beat him in Pride.

 

[JohnMandick]

His aggression and IQ are both 10.

One is out of 10 and the other is out of 100(?)

Fuck if I know. I'm not IQ expert.

 

[MMAATHLETE]

Unlike skinny guys who lacked the strength to win in the clinch or defend some takedowns


Wanderlei was always jacked yet never developed good defensive abilities.

He did have good takedown defense. Later in his career his takedown defense didn't look as good though. Watch his first fight with henderson, yoshida, first 2 fights with rampage in his prime.

 

[johny ringo]

His standup was amazing until someone cracked the code and realized you couldn’t let him get close

 

[r-harper-1]

Pride rules didn’t reward lay n pray so it wasn’t as important

 

[OverhandRightKayo]

His aggression and IQ are both 10.

One is out of 10 and the other is out of 100(?)

Fuck if I know. I'm not IQ expert.

My baby mandick.

 

[Jorge Luis Borges]

He met Chael Sonnen too late in his career, and never learned the importance of not getting close to a wrestler

Chael just owned Chute Boxe. 2-0 vs Wanderlei, humiliated Shogun, etc.

 

[MeagoR]

You must not have ever seen his first fight with Dan Hendo. or fight with Tito. Once he was force off them shits his tank dropped and TD would gas him more then he liked.

 

[abject]

Unlike skinny guys who lacked the strength to win in the clinch or defend some takedowns


Wanderlei was always jacked yet never developed good defensive abilities.

TDD is kind of an inmate ability. You can learn the techniques but not be good at it. Shields and Askren will always be horrible strikers. They are not disposed to it, regardless of the amount of training.

 

[d0g]

Probably laziness. He doesn't seem like a hard working person. Look at how fat he was in his bellator fights.