Media A video from over 10 years ago of various fighters talking about hard sparring. Include Roy Nelson, mitrione, dillashaw and more

Sms_productions713 said:
Overeem was my favorite. People might see it as arrogant, but atleast he is honest with you and you know what you’re going to get sparring him.
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It did come off a little arrogant because he was basically saying yeah I'm going to hit these people really hard because I don't get hit much back.

Basically no repercussion, if it was the opposite and these people had the capability of flooring him every session he wouldn't be saying I only go hard.
 
Nice video. I don't think Reem seems arrogant here, that is just how he talks. But I can also see how people who never watched his docu-series might not realize that.
 
FrappeDuRocma said:
That's the Dutch school, they always go hard in sparring.
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tbf, I think they get too bad of a rep. The pros damn near go for ko’s, but for most part the punches aren’t bad. It’s just full force to body and legs. Which I think is totally fine.

This new stuff like with that Jeff Chan guy is going to confuse the younger generation coming up
 
Sms_productions713 said:
Overeem was my favorite. People might see it as arrogant, but atleast he is honest with you and you know what you’re going to get sparring him.
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Everyone gets treated equally by the Reem

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i know there's a lot of pearl clutching and shit about hard sparring, but you're talking about training to fight someone. swimmers swim, runners run, and fighters need to fight in order to stay sharp. that's the reality of the game. CTE and brain damage is part of the game. just like having a fucked back, blown out shoulders, and knee/hip replacements are part of the game for weight lifting. you can't get strong without that kind of intense work rate, some people's bodies can handle it and some people can't. but the only way to find out is to jump in. nothing's for free.
 
Sms_productions713 said:
tbf, I think they get too bad of a rep. The pros damn near go for ko’s, but for most part the punches aren’t bad. It’s just full force to body and legs. Which I think is totally fine.

This new stuff like with that Jeff Chan guy is going to confuse the younger generation coming up
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Have heard from people who’ve trained with Jeff Chan, say he is a dickhead who guys too hard on lesser experienced guys.
 
SamuraiBro said:
Have heard from people who’ve trained with Jeff Chan, say he is a dickhead who guys too hard on lesser experienced guys.
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He has to pull off these techniques on someone. When I seen Clifton brown go with him, I knew he wouldn’t play into his social media game.. then people got upset cause Jeff said it was too hard for his liking. I guess I just grew up in a different time.



To me, this is what real good sparring is minus that one hard elbow. However, homie shouldn’t have tried to sweep him in his own gym.
 
We are just starting to see the effects on the brain of the 1st gen MMA fighters. Listen to Chuck Liddel these days. Heck even some of the TUF guys are walking around with brain damage.

I think the wrestlers will do the best long term because they can train selectively at 100% in that domain. Of course their knees, necks, and backs will probably require surgery it's better than parkinsons.
 
Sms_productions713 said:
He has to pull off these techniques on someone. When I seen Clifton brown go with him, I knew he wouldn’t play into his social media game.. then people got upset cause Jeff said it was too hard for his liking. I guess I just grew up in a different time.



To me, this is what real good sparring is minus that one hard elbow. However, homie shouldn’t have tried to sweep him in his own gym.
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Saw that. He got what he deserved, IMO. I've seen videos of chan dumping sparring partners hard with that sweep.
 
Also, I can’t post overeem and hard sparring and not show this sparring clip
 
Sms_productions713 said:
Idk he is easier to ko, but Roy Nelson has taken some major bombs in his career. That jds fight easily took 5 years off his life
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Was going to write the same thing. Overeem's brain protects him by shutting down and preventing further punishment, Roy's just kept absorbing it ad nausem.
 
AndrewGolota48 said:
Was going to write the same thing. Overeem's brain protects him by shutting down and preventing further punishment, Roy's just kept absorbing it ad nausem.
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The chin on him is ridiculous. You don’t see people taking those kind of bombs in HW and keep fighting. In lower weight classes, sure, sometimes, but in HW that’s some crazy shit.
 
Spath said:
The chin on him is ridiculous. You don’t see people taking those kind of bombs in HW and keep fighting. In lower weight classes, sure, sometimes, but in HW that’s some crazy shit.
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And only times I remember him being put out cold is arlovski and hunt. Still way more punishment outside of that
 
Sms_productions713 said:
He has to pull off these techniques on someone. When I seen Clifton brown go with him, I knew he wouldn’t play into his social media game.. then people got upset cause Jeff said it was too hard for his liking. I guess I just grew up in a different time.



To me, this is what real good sparring is minus that one hard elbow. However, homie shouldn’t have tried to sweep him in his own gym.
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No need for those elbows now cmon .Everything else was on the up & up
 
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