Grappling Is Boring...

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Mikey Palangio

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The only time the fans enjoy grappling is when the fighter they want to win has dominant position.

The only time I don't mind grappling is when it is a WMMA fight, because women are not strong enough to just hold each other down. Women who know basic grappling skills often escape, and there are a lot of positional transitions and scrambles.

Don't get mad of me for this opinion. The majority of the mma community stated that Tyron Woodley vs Demian Maia was boring, despite a masterful performance by Tyron Woodley against the best grappler in UFC history.
 
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There was some fun grappling tonight, i.e. the Yahya fight.
 
If you want to really enjoy the grappling aspect of mma start training jiu jitsu or wrestling, you will see the sport in a different light.
 
Not true



I won't lie though, it's only fun when both guys are good & it's back & forth fast paced action.
 
I like mms so grappling is good and so is striking,
Pettis did well to keep it on the feet for the last 4 rounds,
 
Inactivity is boring. That can happen on the feet, in the clinch, or on the ground.

Activity is exciting. That can happen on the feet, in the clinch, or on the ground.


We just wanna see activity. It doesn't need to be a brawl. It just mustn't be a staring match, a cage stalemate, or LNP.
 
If you don't understand what's actually going on, sure.

If you understand bjj/wrestling/etc, it's pretty intriguing.
 
Mikey Palangio said:
The only time the fans enjoy grappling is when the fighter they want to win has dominant position.

The only time I don't mind grappling is when it is a WMMA fight, because women are not strong enough to just hold each other down. Women who know basic grappling skills often escape, and there are a lot of positional transitions and scrambles.

Don't get mad of me for this opinion. The majority of the mma community stated that Tyron Woodley vs Demian Maia was boring, despite a masterful performance by Tyron Woodley against the best grappler in UFC history.

This video shows what I am kinda trying to express. Kicks would be even more devastating if they were thrown when circling outside the opponent's lead leg, instead while facing the opponent.
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Everyone has their own taste as to what they find exciting. But since you find grappling boring, then why watch MMA since grappling is one of the major characteristics of an MMA fight? Why not watch boxing or kickboxing instead?
 
Arm Barbarian said:
There was some fun grappling tonight, i.e. the Yahya fight.
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Exactly. Grappling is only fun with dominance. When there is no dominance, it is a snoozefest. Maia vs Masvidal was a snoozefest, but because Maia (the classy BJJ darling) had Masvidal's back and did ABSOLUTELY nothing, everybody was happy seeing him win. But when he was shut down by one armed Woodley, it was Woodley's fault.

That is the story of grappling. When the fighter that everybody loves has the advantage, everybody loves it, he doesn't, then it is just a snoozefest.
 
Pitier of Fools said:
Everyone has their own taste as to what they find exciting. But since you find grappling boring, then why watch MMA since grappling is one of the major characteristics of an MMA fight? Why not watch boxing or kickboxing instead?
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When I watch grapplers, my brain switches perspective, and I look at it more from the perspective of self-defense in a 1-on-1 situation versus a better striker.

When I watch strikers, I switch back to fight mode.

That's why I think the UFC should move away from the "grappler vs striker" stupid matchmaking. Grapplers should be matched with grapplers and strikers with strikers.

The only time a grappler should face a striker is for a title shot (if it can't be avoided e.g. Woodley vs Maia).
 
Mikey Palangio said:
Stop trolling me. Put me on ignore, and save your heart the unnecessary stress and anger. It causes inflammation in your body and cuts down your life expectancy. This medically proven.
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Stop trolling the heavies before i grapple you into living death
 
Piece of Sheet said:
Stop trolling the heavies before i grapple you into living death
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So much anger. Well, if you choose to live your life in anger, I guess that's your choice.

I am making intelligent well thought out threads. I am like Galileo telling the people "the Earth is not flat," and I will keep doing it.

I am bringing intelligence to the heavies. Enough of the blind penis riding of fighters because they had a good performance 3 years ago.

I am want to talk facts.
 
Mikey Palangio said:
So much anger. Well, if you choose to live your life in anger, I guess that's your choice.

I am making intelligent well thought out threads. I am like Galileo telling the people "the Earth is not flat," and I will keep doing it.

I am bringing intelligence to the heavies. Enough of the blind penis riding of fighters because they had a good performance 3 years ago.

I am want to talk facts.
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The earth is flat
 
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