GrAPpLiNG iS fiGThINg bRO Ur a caSUAL

[balkanbomber85]

Mrs u sto pizdi materina. Znas sad?

Blablaba, od govneta nisam ni ocekivao nista drugo.

 

[markantony20]

and fuck the gay retards on here who defend boring shit.

Hyde fans are never escaping the allegations

 

[Deleted member 110072]

No great fan of O'Malley but its been this way forever, I remember "experts" telling us Sherk laying on people was great entertainment in the 00's.

 

[SuperAlly]

Blame Sean for spending more time painting his hair and nails than learning how to defend takedowns.

Bingo

Why are people so quick to absolve these "elite" fighters for being so absurdly outmatched in grappling

It's like man against boy

It's fucking embarrassing you can't do anything about that and your entire game is worthless

How about these "stars" take some blame and accountability for being so outstandingly shit in a vital area of the sport?

It would be like giving your NBA team a free pass because they make a few 3 pointers, but they concede on every single play

It's laughable and embarrassing. Sean and Alexa need to take a bigger share of the blame here.

They are so, so deficient in important aspects of the sport

 

[TeenageMutantLesnarTurtle]

I find Merab pretty entertaining tbh. Hes a big character and his engine is fucking ridiculous. It seems borderline impossible to slow him down and keep him off you.

Merab/Umar would be an extremely interesting match up.

 

[JustforBROCK]

This has become one of the most annoying fans of mma in recent memory. It's like we're supposed to dickride every fighter and if we find them to be boring then that automatically means we don't have the nuanced expertise and knowledge to understand what they're doing and how they're effective.. NO MOTHER FUCKER, THEY'RE JUST BORING!!

There's a big difference between a highly technical, and consequential grappler who can and will consistently grapple to advance position, get a sub, and punish you with ground n pound and a grappler like Merab who not only uses shear force and physicality with minimal technique, but also just holds for as long as possible to score points.
We know what wrestling and grappling is, but you "mma experts" and "real fans" forgot what fighting is. That isn't fighting. And, when you aren't fighting, some fight fans might find you BORING.

Just want to make sure that distinction is clear. I love and appreciate grappling and dominant wrestlers. But real grapplers, who wanna finish the fight, not wet blankets. Merab can take Sean down 900 times and not get his back, what kinda grappler is that. FOH.

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Awww poor baby, cry more and rage post on internet forums why dont you. People will def. think you're an adult.

 

[Mask Of Winters]

Yes, all Merab did was lay on O'Malley.

That's why he landed more strikes and also why the announcers and most of the posters here couldn't believe Herb was telling him to work, to the point where it actually seemed like he was trying to rig the fight.

 

[ThaiSexPills]

It’s funny you used Khabib’s picture. He was a grappler but he was also a hyper aggressive one who was always looking to finish and advance position. He was totally relentless. there was none of this lay on your opponent in their guard for 25 min crap from him.

I do agree though. Watching someone barely try to advance positions or risk for a sub attempt or ground strikes is so, so boring and I’m tired of being called a casual for it. I don’t mind grappling at all when there’s an obvious attempt to push the pace but when there’s not, it’s insufferable.

 

[theincognito]

Bingo

Why are people so quick to absolve these "elite" fighters for being so absurdly outmatched in grappling

It's like man against boy

It's fucking embarrassing you can't do anything about that and your entire game is worthless

How about these "stars" take some blame and accountability for being so outstandingly shit in a vital area of the sport?

It would be like giving your NBA team a free pass because they make a few 3 pointers, but they concede on every single play

It's laughable and embarrassing. Sean and Alexa need to take a bigger share of the blame here.

They are so, so deficient in important aspects of the sport

Merab is a nightmare matchup for almost anyone there's ever been.

It's not even that he's an overwhelming wrestler/grappler, it's that he has 10/10 cardio and ability to take shots, which allows him to just keep at it all fight long, eventually frustrating and wilting the opponent.

He shut down an actual Olympic gold medalist wrestler with this style as well as José freaking Aldo, so it's not like O'Malley just particularly sucks. It happens to everyone.

While it's a ridiculously impressive style, it's also boring as all hell.

 

[Mask Of Winters]

Bingo

Why are people so quick to absolve these "elite" fighters for being so absurdly outmatched in grappling

It's like man against boy

It's fucking embarrassing you can't do anything about that and your entire game is worthless

How about these "stars" take some blame and accountability for being so outstandingly shit in a vital area of the sport?

It would be like giving your NBA team a free pass because they make a few 3 pointers, but they concede on every single play

It's laughable and embarrassing. Sean and Alexa need to take a bigger share of the blame here.

They are so, so deficient in important aspects of the sport

It's like a football team whose opponent flat out tells them what play they're going to run every time, and they still can't stop it. We saw two champs who attained their titles via highly dubious and questionable means get exposed. It isn't like this approach is some brand new, never before seen innovation. I started watching UFC (again) in '06 and fighters were doing this exact same thing even then.

 

[Mask Of Winters]

It’s fun y you used Khabib’s picture. He was a grappler but he was also a hyper aggressive one who was always looking to finish and advance position. He was totally relentless. there was none of this lay on your opponent in their guard for 25 min crap from him.

I do agree though. Watching someone barely try to advance positions or risk for a sub attempt or ground strikes is so, so boring and I’m tired of being called a casual for it. I don’t mind grappling at all when there’s an obvious attempt to push the pace but when there’s not, it’s insufferable.

I am too, but that's not what was happening in the main event. Merab was inflicting punishment and advancing position, and being told he needed to "work" anyway.

 

[ThaiSexPills]

I am too, but that's not what was happening in the main event. Merab was inflicting punishment and advancing position, and being told he needed to "work" anyway.

Yeah, that was kind of bizarre. I hate Merab, don’t get me wrong but he wasn’t that bad. Not a fun fight but it was better than the Valentina one for sure

 

[PrideNverDies]

These fans can enjoy their dead sport. It's reasons like this bkfc and Muay Thai are gaining popularity in US

 

[Mask Of Winters]

Yeah, that was kind of bizarre. I hate Merab’s , don’t get me wrong but he wasn’t that bad. Not a fun fight but it was better than the Valentina one for sure

A part of me actually feels bad for Grasso that Herb didn't ref her fight.

 

[itainteasy]

Maybe we need to merge all these threads so these pussies can cope together? Sounds like more than anything, they need validation.

Let's give them a safe space.

 

[Trabaho]

There's a big difference between a highly technical, and consequential grappler who can and will consistently grapple to advance position, get a sub, and punish you with ground n pound and a grappler like Merab who not only uses shear force and physicality with minimal technique, but also just holds for as long as possible to score points.

He's draining Sean making him tired in a uncomfortable posotion and damaging his legs with knees to unfold the phisical domination gameplan.

We know what wrestling and grappling is, but you "mma experts" and "real fans" forgot what fighting is. That isn't fighting. And, when you aren't fighting, some fight

It is. It's Merabs skill set and talent. And got him to champ.

fans might find you BORING.

Sounds like a personal issue

 

[BJJ4Tone]

I enjoyed the fight

 

[usernamee]

It’s fun y you used Khabib’s picture. He was a grappler but he was also a hyper aggressive one who was always looking to finish and advance position. He was totally relentless. there was none of this lay on your opponent in their guard for 25 min crap from him.

I do agree though. Watching someone barely try to advance positions or risk for a sub attempt or ground strikes is so, so boring and I’m tired of being called a casual for it. I don’t mind grappling at all when there’s an obvious attempt to push the pace but when there’s not, it’s insufferable.

lol I didn't read the post and just assumed he used Khabib's picture as to show how exciting wrestlers can be

 

[TerrorTimmy]

O'Malley's nickname is "Suga" but his fans' nickname is "Salty"

 

[The Don]

I get it. It can get boring, no questions about it. But in it's core it's still a professional MMA fighter holding another professional MMA fighter down using technique and strength. Neutralizing them.