FRAUD CHECK! Seriously, who does he wrestle and jitz with?
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i dont think it was a wrestling problem personally, he knew how to defend the moves, he just was either too slow to react, or he would get baited by a jab, react to the jab, and then not be fast enough to react to a double leg or to prevent both hands get locked behind his back and then get thrown off balanced and get taken down that way. I think in round 3 or 4, we saw DDP defend a takedown, but then instantly get taken down because Khamzat just chained another move behind it after the first one failed.
I think the biggest issue was that DDP looks to be like a really big muscular guy, and i dont think he has that side to side agility needed to defend those takedowns and sprawl backwards, then move side to side in either direction if the opponent starts to turn him after a sprawl.
With that much control time its hard to say that DDP was not prepared, he survived basically everything, he just was prevented from doing anything offensively. I think he needs to work on being much lower in his stance, and his stance is very very heavy and sluggish, and i think thats not good vs any top grappler.
Thats just my thoughts, i think you need reaction time and good agility mixed with that wrestling defense to be able to properly defend against a guy like Khamzat who chains takedowns.
I will say one thing tho, from what little offense we saw from DDP, Khamzat has pretty bad striking defense, when hes standing and strikes are thrown his way, it really shows the very clear weakness that he has on the feet, maybe it just looked that way cuz he knew DDP was tired and could not finish him, but his head movement and overall striking is pretty sloppy
I think the biggest issue was that DDP looks to be like a really big muscular guy, and i dont think he has that side to side agility needed to defend those takedowns and sprawl backwards, then move side to side in either direction if the opponent starts to turn him after a sprawl.
With that much control time its hard to say that DDP was not prepared, he survived basically everything, he just was prevented from doing anything offensively. I think he needs to work on being much lower in his stance, and his stance is very very heavy and sluggish, and i think thats not good vs any top grappler.
Thats just my thoughts, i think you need reaction time and good agility mixed with that wrestling defense to be able to properly defend against a guy like Khamzat who chains takedowns.
I will say one thing tho, from what little offense we saw from DDP, Khamzat has pretty bad striking defense, when hes standing and strikes are thrown his way, it really shows the very clear weakness that he has on the feet, maybe it just looked that way cuz he knew DDP was tired and could not finish him, but his head movement and overall striking is pretty sloppy
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I dunno, sherbrother, I been trying to find anything close to a hyped champion getting fraud checked in such a ridiculously decisive manner.
Obviously, when Anderson came in and made Franklin look like an amateur after Rich was making 185, seemingly a permanent home.
But closer to the scenario we saw play out Saturday, how bout what Randy did to Big Tim, the crazy-hyped Miletich trained champion when they were really pushing that gym as the gold standard for training MMA.
It really goes to show how bad the 'experts' are at reality when there's a narrative to push. Like the most dominant ownership of a champion was boring.
Just lol, Dricus should consider PFL if he's truly in this shit for belts because he's never seeing that one again as long as Borz stays healthy and motivated. Same goes for the rest of 185 TBH.
Khamzat Bless... delusional haters who don't understand the sport be damned.
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Fraud checked and oil checked!
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please tell that's shooped.
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I think this is a very good post brother. Two good observations, firstly around Khamzats chain wrestling. Can't remember which round it was but Dricus managed to defend a TD, his back was more or less against the cage and Khamzat just sort of backed up and then lunged in again and got him..
Second point is about Khamzats vulnerability in the stand up, you're absolutely right, at one point it looked like Dricus hurt him with a basic 1-2 that was also laboured and sloppy.
He was exceptionally dominant in the fight but you could see a route to victory against Borz, if someone is able to defend his takedown, is prepared for the chain wrestling/second shot, and who can score on the feet after that sequence.
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DDP had very suspect defense. No one is speaking on the size advantage he had on Khamzat, he looked a fully 15 pounds of muscle bigger than khamzat so I mean credit there for out grappling a much bigger man, but seriously all we learned is DDP has very suspect defense. He was getting his guard passed like butter and everytime he tried to scramble he gave up his back.
The few times he tried to get out of back control khamzat threatened quickly with a choke or was able to get his hooks in and DDP just right back to hurtling up and protecting himself with wrist control. He fought not to lose rather than to win, at a certain point you gotta take some chances and make the other guy make a play to give yourself a chance but he never did that. 1st, maybe even the 2nd round I think that was the plan honestly and just hope that khamzats suspect cardio caught up to him but once it was clear that wasn't the case I think it was too little too late and DDP just had nothing to offer.
The few times he tried to get out of back control khamzat threatened quickly with a choke or was able to get his hooks in and DDP just right back to hurtling up and protecting himself with wrist control. He fought not to lose rather than to win, at a certain point you gotta take some chances and make the other guy make a play to give yourself a chance but he never did that. 1st, maybe even the 2nd round I think that was the plan honestly and just hope that khamzats suspect cardio caught up to him but once it was clear that wasn't the case I think it was too little too late and DDP just had nothing to offer.
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DDP needs wrestlers who can shoot and grind him into dust for six months in shark tank style drills, just a brutal loss with respect to time spent on the canvas. His training partners and his coaching were inadequate for the task that was at hand.
While you can't duplicate Khamzat as a package, you can duplicate his wrestling in the right room (in the USA).
While you can't duplicate Khamzat as a package, you can duplicate his wrestling in the right room (in the USA).
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Who exactly do you suggest he trains with?
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Iowa, Oklahoma, or Penn State RTCs (high level wrestling isn't hard to find in the USA).
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It seemed to me that it was less of a skill issue and more of a very bad gameplan. It seemed that his camp resigned that Dricus would get taken down and shouldn't even try to defend it very much. I'm not sure he really ever even got an underhook when Khamzat shot for a takedown.
He was also too passive on the ground in the early rounds. I think that was a big reason Khamzat didn't gas out earlier in the fight. Dricus didn't really make him work very hard in the early rounds.
He was also too passive on the ground in the early rounds. I think that was a big reason Khamzat didn't gas out earlier in the fight. Dricus didn't really make him work very hard in the early rounds.
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ddp is a good grappler offensively but defensively he sucks BAD
he keeps a high guard, reacts slowly and has a bad sprawl
in the ground his guard sucks, he has no sweeps or guard retention, lacks defensive bjj
he's basically a very physically imposing bjj blue belt
he keeps a high guard, reacts slowly and has a bad sprawl
in the ground his guard sucks, he has no sweeps or guard retention, lacks defensive bjj
he's basically a very physically imposing bjj blue belt
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With his footwork and high guard, he'll never have great tdd. He has in the past shown decent scrambling, though, and decent ability to wrestle back up. Khamzat's is just a special grappler on top.
DDP's coaches said they traveled to train with famous Russians in prep for khamzat's style, and that ddp was escaping the worst positions within 15-30 second with them. Clearly not every good Russian grappler is khamzat, though.
That said, after the fight ddp's coach made it clear that they are making big changes and that he's in contact with people all around the world willing to help fix dricus's issues. They're basically spending the next 4 months travelling to better grapplers and working solely on his ability to wrestle back up before they even accept the next fight. We'll see how it goes. Now that they've felt khamzat, they should have a better idea of what they need from training partners. I don't think he has peaked yet. If he can improve his ability to wrestle back up, it will be a game changer for him.
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Thats all?
Well shit.
Just don't get wrestled and punch face?
Love it.
Reminds me of the old days watching PPVs at Hooters
"I'd just get up and punch him in the face!!"
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