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You know that popular belief (or misconception) regarding BJJ practitioners, that if u "punch a black belt in the face, they become a brown belt"
Well does this apply to wrestlers too, or any type of primarily grappling based fighters for that matter?
I myself am not even sure how true this statement is (yet I hear it all the time) as we've seen BJJ black belts receive prolonged beatings across many rounds & then go on to win via submission (Anderson/Sonnen)
We have also seen wrestlers get caught with shots right on the button, early in the fight yet still manage to secure the take down throughout the fight (Cain/Kongo)
Would anybody care to elaborate on this popular belief/misconception? Preferably with examples of fights where wrestlers, sambo fighters, judokas, BJJ fighters, or any type of primarily grappling based fighters were unable to implement their takedowns/submissions/grappling in general/etc after being punched in the face?
Well does this apply to wrestlers too, or any type of primarily grappling based fighters for that matter?
I myself am not even sure how true this statement is (yet I hear it all the time) as we've seen BJJ black belts receive prolonged beatings across many rounds & then go on to win via submission (Anderson/Sonnen)
We have also seen wrestlers get caught with shots right on the button, early in the fight yet still manage to secure the take down throughout the fight (Cain/Kongo)
Would anybody care to elaborate on this popular belief/misconception? Preferably with examples of fights where wrestlers, sambo fighters, judokas, BJJ fighters, or any type of primarily grappling based fighters were unable to implement their takedowns/submissions/grappling in general/etc after being punched in the face?
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