The balanced berserker

[Valhoven]

Any fighters you boys can recall whose style is to flurry or throw caution to wind but reel the inner bear back in once it gets out?

Seems a counterintuitive style of contest because to "stand and bang" or "hunt down come hell or high water" peers inconsistently with the offensive measure of a counterstriker or tactician's endgame, but combat sport isn't black and white like that.

Thoughts or examples? Fjodor maybe, but am drawing a blank here...and if Wand' comes to mind, you missed the point.

 

[bzrkr]

Wanderlei Silva...oh wait I missed the point according to you

 

[joeyjoejoe]

Shogun Rua - Controlled chaos

 

[Sonny Qc]

Wandy

 

[conorgoat]

 

[Sonny Qc]

Hunt?

 

[Sonny Qc]

Both Diaz's?

 

[Sonny Qc]

Belfort?

 

[Haj01]

Robbie Lawler for sure! He certainly knows how to control himself. And not always go beserker mode. But he also knows the right time to do it!

 

[FedorFanBoy]

Anthony Johnson and Lawler

 

[Sonny Qc]

Prime Chuck?
Rampage?

i'm not sure what you really want ts.

 

[Valhoven]

Shogun Rua - Controlled chaos

Shogun? I don't know...any bouts in mind that capture this balance? It's also hard for me to view Shogun favourably in much, just not a fan...I will keep an open mind though.

 

[Sonny Qc]

Any fighters you boys can recall whose style is to flurry or throw caution to wind but reel the inner bear back in once it gets out?

Seems a counterintuitive style of contest because to "stand and bang" or "hunt down come hell or high water" peers inconsistently with the offensive measure of a counterstriker or tactician's endgame, but combat sport isn't black and white like that.

Thoughts or examples? Fjodor maybe, but am drawing a blank here...and if Wand' comes to mind, you missed the point.

Don Frye & Takayama

 

[Matt Hutchings]

Althought not in one fight, I think Overeem has done a good job of going from berserker to more balanced over the course of his last few fights.

Now he's precisoreem. Last berserker I remember from him ended in a Browne-toe to the chin!

 

[Valhoven]

Hunt?

Does Hunt gameplan though? I get all the "in-your-face Wand" responses but those guys don't switch gears, if you will. Love stand-and-bang as much as the next guy but not what I am going for here...

 

[Valhoven]

Anthony Johnson and Lawler

Robbie is an interesting answer. His holiday rounds are unorthodox for a brawler with a good gas tank.

 

[Valhoven]

@The MM Analyst

Get over here...

 

[MMAFanatic86]

Alves. Forrest. Diego Sanchez? Am I doing it right?

 

[Valhoven]

Keith was such a weird fighter; I don't even know what kind of fight-style I would attribute to him, LOL.

 

[Valhoven]

Alves. Forrest. Diego Sanchez? Am I doing it right?

You lost all credibility at Diego.