Jack Slack article on Anderson Silva leg break

[Silverstar17]

That fact that he shows BOTH gifs of Chris checking the kicks, proves that the end result of the fight was, in fact a "fluke".

The point where the legs meet is random and you can't really plan for it.
You are hardly even thinking about it. You are just trying to check properly and counter.

Chris got lucky and the legs met in his favor.

Did he intend to break Silva's leg? NO.

His intention was to block the kick, take as little damage as possible and counter. You can even see his "oh shit" face when the kick is launched.

Is the win legitimate?
ABSOLUTELY.

This should put fighters on notice about low kicks and proper checking technique.

You should actually read the article and not just look at the pictures.

Excellent read. Another great breakdown.

 

[Gun'n'Run]

Terrible analysis, guys a fraud. Weidman didn't even really check the kick, he mostly just ate it. The bone was probably weakened from a prior kick. In a vacuum, that was extremely fluky.

 

[THECYNDlCATE]

The fact that's what you got out of that article says a lot about your level of intelligence.

Are you mad I pointed out something you can't refute, so you start insulting me?

Thanks for the confirmation.

 

[Zankou]

Excellent and technical article, thanks for the post.

 

[Frode Falch]

This guy sure like to write alot.

 

[Zankou]

Terrible analysis, guys a fraud. Weidman didn't even really check the kick, he mostly just ate it. The bone was probably weakened from a prior kick. In a vacuum, that was extremely fluky.

With keen insight like that, I wish you had written the article instead. Then we'd all learn a great deal.

 

[MikeyLan]

That fact that he shows BOTH gifs of Chris checking the kicks, proves that the end result of the fight was, in fact a "fluke"

If anything it proves the opposite. That it was a strategy that Weidman was consistently and consciously using.

Anderson's corner said the first check damaged his leg and the second check broke it through.

 

[Gun'n'Run]

With keen insight like that, I wish you had written the article instead. Then we'd all learn a great deal.

The break in the leg even occurred below the point of contact. We do agree on one thing though: chicken restaurants.

 

[THECYNDlCATE]

You should actually read the article and not just look at the pictures.

Excellent read. Another great breakdown.

I did read the article.

I do not agree with everything he says and I pointed out the pictures as my evidence for my point of view.

People like you, see that and throw up an insult because you don't like the fact that I backed up my point of view with solid evidence.


Don't worry, someone will be along soon to say something that you guys think is a proper defense for my reasoning. Then you will hang your hat on it and repeat it as much as possible.

 

[HandsofGlory]

Great read.

Do not interpret that as a justification to the ridiculous "Silva beat himself" narrative running through this rivalry, though. He is hard to dispute as the most accomplished striking based fighter in MMA, yet he was finished by expecting such a low standard of ability in his opponent.

That fellow who changed wiki prior to the fight saying Silva would win by "no hespect" sounds like he should have had him losing by "no hespect"

 

[Silverstar17]

The difference is, that KO on Munoz was perfect.
His intention was to KO him and he set it up perfectly.


I can reconstruct a car accident,.. tell you all of the intricacies of what each driver was doing, down to the angle of their wrist and the steering technique they used, how they use that technique every day.

It is still an accident.

A car accident has no intention behind it. It happened accidental.

Silva intended to kick and Weidman intended to block with a technique he knew could damage Silva

 

[Jblizzle]

Great article

 

[Enganacious]

I like the last part of the article, I think Winklejohn has already forseen this problem, and that's why Jon Jones aims his low kicks as his opponent's calves.

 

[Silverstar17]

I did read the article.

I do not agree with everything he says and I pointed out the pictures as my evidence for my point of view.

People like you, see that and throw up an insult because you don't like the fact that I backed up my point of view with solid evidence.


Don't worry, someone will be along soon to say something that you guys think is a proper defense for my reasoning. Then you will hang your hat on it and repeat it as much as possible.

I never meant to insult you. The pictures don

 

[trane]

Well ya, the leg check is meant to punish the kicker, and to discourage him from throwing kicks

He's right that things like that are overlooked. You have guys fighting Jose Aldo that don't even check leg kicks

But when people check, they're not trying to break your leg. It can happen with a poorly executed kick, but it's simply meant to punish. So I don't think people should view Weidman as a dirty fighter or something like that

 

[1strikeclothing]

Informative...good read.

 

[FlyingKnuckle]

Looks like Weidman was intentionally checking those kicks for damage..gotta give it to him. Weidman set the trap and Anderson took the bait. Although a broken shin is the ultimate return for a checked kick..

 

[reddhelium]

"Two things could happen as a result of this fight. For the next nine months, we could see hundreds of fighters trying to check more kicks, as we saw front kicks after Silva versus Belfort. Or we could see a massive decline in the use of low kicks out of fear of an injury."

will be interesting to see how many more fighters practice checking leg kicks, and how many fighters that use leg kicks adapt to this defensive measure.

reminds me of silva's front kick ko of belfort. nobody saw that before in the ufc. afterwards, it seemed like everyone was incorporating that kick.

love how mma evolves. sometimes from ingenuity, sometimes from injury.

 

[Zankou]

A key point of the article was that in high-level striking you have to set up your low kicks. You can't just fire them off willy-nilly. In MMA, people just carelessly throw low kicks like a jab, using them to set up the rest of their game, only being worried about the straight right/left counter.

In both those legkick gifs from Silva, there is zero setup. He just throws a low kick in response to Weidman's own kick, the exact time when Weidman is best prepared to defend a low kick and is able to easily check.

I definitely expect more aggressive use of checking in MMA. Part of the reason people don't check more is that they want both feet on the ground, fearing the takedown. When you have great wrestling, however, you don't need to be as worried about that.

 

[MMouse]

So many idiots in this thread.

You basically have to setup and time your low kicks at all times otherwise dont throw it full blasts if you plan on doing it with no setups.

This is how high level mt/kb fighters avoid serious injury.

MMA striking is still growing and that incident in itself will change the sport forcing fighters to adapt to it.