How did Aldo became so good at Takedown Defense

[ShinkanPo]

I saw his fights with Mendes and Faber also people where also praising him during his WEC days for his impeccable TDD.

So where did he get that awesome defense? Does he have a background in Amateur Wrestling or Judo?

Or went the GSP route and just started training with wrestles until he develop those skills and explosive ability to explode away from takedowns.

He can also spring back up once he got taken down.

I know he has excellent BJJ but I don't think people push for takedowns that much in BJJ so people don't have to defend that much.

 

[SewerPirate]

*fence grabbing joke*

 

[MMAPinkBelt]

Common fucking sense would say he spent many hours in the gym working on it.

 

[Street Level]

I think all the people he knocked out has something to do with it.

 

[Dale Denton II]

Nova Uniao fighters have great wrestling. Hacran, Barao and Aldo being good examples. BJ as well, but I guess he doesn't count...

 

[The Campos]

He read books

 

[Deleted member 196663]

Take down defense is a lot easier when you are many levels above your opponent in terms of strength, speed and overall athleticism.

 

[scrap style**]

He's a insanely gifted athlete, and trains hard as fuck.

 

[Cygnus-X]

Nova Uniao seems to have cracked the code in developing great TDD, they have so many fighters who excel at it.

 

[Aza]

He knows he's a great striker, so he knows he usually is best fighting on his feet.
Knowing that, he trains TDD very hard, I dont think there's any magical secret to it.

 

[Selukrid612]

A lot of Brazilians seem to have developed really good TDD. They're doing the right things obviously.

 

[Draama**]

Easy skill to master

 

[Cygnus-X]

Easy skill to master

No.

 

[ShinkanPo]

He knows he's a great striker, so he knows he usually is best fighting on his feet.
Knowing that, he trains TDD very hard, I dont think there's any magical secret to it.

Yeah but I just wondered who is he training those techniques against?

 

[istay]

He has good overall wrestling. He practically rag-dolled KZ in their fight, which was pretty impressive. Also it helps that he's fast and strong as fuck along with his good technique.

 

[Dale Denton II]

Easy skill to master

Mr Condit would disagree

 

[spid3yo]

So nobody is going to mention all the training he did with Grey Maynard?

 

[scrap style**]

Easy skill to master

Your thinking backwards

 

[Dale Denton II]

So nobody is going to mention all the training he did with Grey Maynard?

Mhmmm, he was already awesome years before he trained with Maynard. But it may have helped, yes.

 

[TheMan123]

He's fast as hell. He's faster than everyone he fights. He sees things coming and then has the speed to adjust. Speed is ultimate, and he has it. Combine that with the fact that the man is an absolutely incredible fighter...