Gregor has been doing phenomenally in the UFC. I'd recommend getting a free trial of UFC Fight Pass. He wrestled against our team when I was in college and beat my old teammate narrowly on multiple occasions. What's interesting is that in college, he wasn't very good in neutral but his top game was among the best. In MMA, his takedowns have been excellent. Sometimes I feel that wrestling translates better to MMA than it does on the mat. On the ground, his top pressure and positional control have been far too much for any of his opponents to handle, including some tough foes such as Vince Pichel and Yancy Medeiros who are both tough in their own right. His striking doesn't quite match his ground work, but it is actually good -- he really packs a wallop and his defense isn't half bad. His striking has been good enough to yield takedowns at will. I'm not connected to him so I'm not sure what his ambitions are, but he really doesn't seem all that interested in MMA despite his promise. He seems more content to fish, which is cool I guess, but I sure would love to see him against a top contender soon.
He was brutal on top. He was one of my idols in hs
Lol Yeah I've stalked his Facebook a few times to see what he was up to -- occasionally he'd post a video drilling doubles or strength training but almost nothing MMA haha Good for him though -- he seems like a happy dude.
Replace fishing with videogames and that's me lol
Some day haha but for now I'm a 31 year old dude working and training when I have time -- i had a fight lined up in 2016 after training 40 hours/week for over 2 months on top of a full time job and my opponent got arrested; really shattered my heart. I knew that there was a good possibility of that happening but I still dealt with the situation poorly and took many long breaks for no reason. I'm looking to get back into training after I move. That's awesome that you fought pro -- very few people get to that level.
Any guys in particular you like to watch for this? Personally, I highly recommend you watch Phil Davis against Glover Texeira-- great display on how to effectively use folkstyle top wrestling in MMA context. Dolloway VS Ed Herman was a pretty good one for that as well -- good use of wrist control and mat returns. 2 on 1 wrist control is ridiculously underutilized in MMA in my opinion, but I feel that it's starting to get some recognition now that Khabib uses it so effectively.
His misdirection attack where he’d come out with a lefty lead in that deep split step, attack to history and then shift to attacking his right mid shot was amazing
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