Demian Maia surviving the onslaught GIF

[Pious Augustus]

spinning like a princess

 

[Natural Order]

Imagine in 2019 seeing a fighter in the greatest MMA promotion on earth with striking skills like that.

Only da best.

 

[ikareteru]

I thought it was shocking that Roufus let CM Punk throw any kicks at all. As soon as punk literally threw 1 kick right away in the fight I immediately said to myself "Never throw that again" I could actually see it would be bad for his health to throw kicks that bad and sloppy with no power.. so how could Duke see that shit and even once let Punk know that kicks were a part of the plan? I think Roufus has to be a shit coach. Has to be. I never got over that Punk fight, granted Punk is dogshit and I'd knock his head off myself, but as i say, the kicks and a few techniques were so bad that any good coach should have eliminated those tools from his arsenal!

Duke Roufus is actually a great coach.

I trained with him in Thailand back in the day. Tough fighter.

One of the best striking coaches today easily.

His problem however, is that he is a giant greedy asshole similar to Winkeljohn and Jackson.

My bet is he knew right away CM Punk would not win any fight no matter how much he trained him, so he milked him for a couple fights.

 

[Erratic]

Duke Roufus is actually a great coach.

I trained with him in Thailand back in the day. Tough fighter.

One of the best striking coaches today easily.

His problem however, is that he is a giant greedy asshole similar to Winkeljohn and Jackson.

My bet is he knew right away CM Punk would not win any fight no matter how much he trained him, so he milked him for a couple fights.

Fair point man, and most likely true! I always heard great things about Duke ofcourse, its just that i've seen a few fighters he had that had questionable techniques (that should not be used if they were that bad) but i think you hit the nail on the head there, probably in it for the $$$, can't blame him i guess.. maybe he knew CM Punk was going to suck no matter where he went.

Nice that you got to train in Thailand man, I really want to go and live there for atleast 3-6 months, hoping to do that very soon, it would be cool to train some Muay Thai while up there too.

 

[Letssnuggle]

Love the wrestling!

Honestly, it looks the opposite of the Kron Gracie fight. Kron couldn’t get the fight to the ground because his wrestling looked weak. Askren takes the fight to the ground but lacks jiujitsu to finish it.

 

[horc00]

No he's not. He would get destroyed by guys who didn't make it on the olympics team. He is not an elite wrestler, he would get crushed by B league wrestlers.

 

[hikki]

lil Mac dodging those Super Macho Man punches...

 

[ejazahmednit]

I don't get people defending Askren by citing good punches thrown by him
Its like this, If you are giving an exam for maths honors and you mistake 2+2 , you will be made fun of

 

[House Adams]

Dear lord...

 

[Babaganoosh]

Add a high pitch scream and that is exactly how I fight.

 

[goodone2]

Kids a born killer.

 

[NorrisB]

@asdf122345

 

[Judge Lance Ito]

I honestly thought Askren was going to knock Maia out at one stage.

 

[ImmigrantMentality]

You realize Askren won two Hodge trophies which is basically the Heisman in collegiate wrestling and holds the record for most pins right? You're seeing 35 year old Askren. 28 year old Askren was much better.

My brain automatically read this wrong the first time and thought you said he had the record for most spins