How difficult is a takedown? (Morales vs Brady)

[Xoleth]

Brady is clearly a top grappler.
He subbed Gas and Edwards, he beat Burns & Chiesa.
He took Edwards down easily and beat him badly on the ground, in a 5 round fight.
We know (and his team should know) that he is not that good on the feet.

Yet, he didn't even try to get a takedown vs Morales.
Giles took down Morales.
Burns took him down.
Magny & others scrambled with him.
He doesn't have Aldo-esque TDD level.

Yet, Brady just stood there. No takedown attempt. Got hit, recovered, no takedown attempt, got TKOd.

How difficult is to just do this?

 

[AL-Tappo McSnappo]

Brady is clearly a top grappler.
He subbed Gas and Edwards, he beat Burns & Chiesa.
He took Edwards down easily and beat him badly on the ground, in a 5 round fight.
We know (and his team should know) that he is not that good on the feet.

Yet, he didn't even try to get a takedown vs Morales.
Giles took down Morales.
Burns took him down.
Magny & others scrambled with him.
He doesn't have Aldo-esque TDD level.

Yet, Brady just stood there. No takedown attempt. Got hit, recovered, no takedown attempt, got TKOd.

How difficult is to just do this?

Good point

 

[Vagabound]

The size difference was comical. Two completely different classes of humans. I can't picture him taking Morales down

 

[Neck&Neck]

That’s why we watch
You never know how a fight is going to go

Or Maybe Dana made him an offer backstage that he couldn’t refuse

 

[HuskySamoan]

The size difference was comical. Two completely different classes of humans. I can't picture him taking Morales down

Its usually easier to take down longer fighters with higher centers of gravity. Very different builds, honestly Brady just isnt very gifted...his strikes have no power, hes not quick on the feet, not quick with the takedowns or in the scramble. Hes strong but pretty limited.

 

[Xoleth]

The size difference was comical. Two completely different classes of humans. I can't picture him taking Morales down

Again, Burns, who is not a big WW, took Morales down.
Giles took him down.
Yes, the size difference... Michel Pereira, who was a huge WW, got taken down by this guy

 

[BroScienceTalkatWork]

Because his stand up is that bad. He wasn’t able to close the gap with head movement or fluidity and he realized that after the first exchanged and ran.

Also Burns is 38. Did he fight fearlessly? I’d have to rewatch it. But he has nothing to lose

 

[Gamer007]

When you're actually in there and some huge WW is standing there with far longer reach and way more power you just freeze and get worried about the bombs coming your way. You can't be a puss, you just have to go for it, though that's much easier said than done.

If you're watching from TV and you notice a size difference, it's literally 10x worse for the guy fighting him. It feels like you have to cross an ocean just to get to your opponent. You have to make quick explosive movements to find their hips, if you can't do that you need to desperately get to a leg. Trying to walk forward and clinch someone like that is usually a recipe for disaster so you need to be diving for legs like your life depends on it.

I'm sure Brady is really disappointed with his performance, there comes a time in every fight where you're either in control or not in control. Brady knew early he had no control of that fight, but decided too late to go for it and risk getting hurt. The thing is you're going to get hurt anyway, but when you've never faced power like that you're usually cooked. You think you can make it through the round, and then you're staring up at the lights.

The issue is almost always preparation. Many fighters just go through the motions during camp, when they should specifically be training for the sometimes nightmare matchup. Every step forward Brady took was going to be extremely uncomfortable and scary, he needed to get comfortable with the size and bring his preverbal singlet mentally.



"It's better to have tried and failed, than to have not tried at all"

tough loss

 

[BroScienceTalkatWork]

Its usually easier to take down longer fighters with higher centers of gravity. Very different builds, honestly Brady just isnt very gifted...his strikes have no power, hes not quick on the feet, not quick with the takedowns or in the scramble. Hes strong but pretty limited.

This is it right here.

Striking comes first then wrestling then grappling

If all you got is grappling.. that’s like trying to attract a woman as a short ugly guy with a big dick

 

[Ashslog]

Prison rules, you stand you bang

 

[fortheo]

Brady didn't have the means to close the distance on the much longer man

 

[Pierce 34]

Prison rules, you stand you bang

Or if u drop the soap

 

[The_Renaissance]

Brady never got going, a size difference like that with a guy who's quick and dangerous, you can't just dive in straight away - and then, Morales just started fucking him up and it was all downhill from the first couple he ate. It was like seeing a real life beat 'em up game seeing a character's health bar just drop with every shot.

 

[CobraCobretti]

Brady is a short king. Many said that he is a different beast than when he fought Belal but we all saw he is not.

 

[usernamee]

How difficult is to just do this?

 

[Egészségére!]

Both shot during a glove touch

 

[usernamee]

Both shot during a glove touch

I blame Holland, that was a borderline retarded action from him. Chimmy did what he always had done which is come out like a bat out of hell, and oftentimes, pump faking the jab and insta shooting.

 

[AMAZINGUFC]

no takedown attempt,

 

[Spath]

Every fight starts standing and Johnny boy decided to shoot for a double and pull his opponent to full mount inside three seconds of the fight.

Honestly, that’s impressive!

 

[Rio Ferdinand]

Thats why it would be great to see how he would face up to someone like Islam in the near future.

He's probably one win away from the title shot