Media The Philly Shell Has Entered The UFC

[BJJ4Tone]

 

[WolverReem]

Izzy should watch this youtube kid not his coach

lol, not really

YouTube kid? Varga was a Glory kickboxing world champion. Something Izzy never was and dreamt he could accomplish. Fuck I read the dumbest shit on sherdog

 

[Royce's Gi]

THE PHILLY SHELL ERA!​

 

[Captain_Dammitt]

Nothing is new in MMA. Remember when calf strikes were viewed as novel but forget that Bendo was doing them years before? Remember when everyone was saying they couldn't believe Conor had shoulder strikes but Couture was doing them like a decade before? They go unnoticed until they're on the biggest possible stage.

 

[prikoke]

Meh. Rather have a Philly Cheesesteak...

Future top 10 UFC HW here.

 

[Harlekin]

Bingo. Izzy throws mostly 1-3 strikes at a time so what Strickland needed was a way to defend single strikes and short combos while staying in range to hit him back. There's several ways to do that and the Philly Shell is just one of them. Strickland could also have used the Dracula Guard to accomplish the same goal; it also defends the punches from Izzy while allowing Strickland to come back with a quick 1-2 along with knees & kicks.

Way slower guard for countering

 

[The Don]

I'm sure someone can correct me here if I'm wrong, but calling Strickland's stance a Philly Shell is a reach, no? I mean aside from his stance having some sort of resemblance he really doesn't utilize the the tools that the Philly Shell possesses. He doesn't deflect shots with his shoulder, he doesn't stand in the pocket. Bobby Green's is a lot closer to it than Strickland's.

 

[DjHnd]

Nothing is new in MMA. Remember when calf strikes were viewed as novel but forget that Bendo was doing them years before? Remember when everyone was saying they couldn't believe Conor had shoulder strikes but Couture was doing them like a decade before? They go unnoticed until they're on the biggest possible stage.

No one forgot Bendo was one of the first popular guys to use calf strikes first, Rogan used to bring it up all the time and they used to get hard ons talking about bendos legs.

 

[VonSupervillain]

I'm sure someone can correct me here if I'm wrong, but calling Strickland's stance a Philly Shell is a reach, no? I mean aside from his stance having some sort of resemblance he really doesn't utilize the the tools that the Philly Shell possesses. He doesn't deflect shots with his shoulder, he doesn't stand in the pocket. Bobby Green's is a lot closer to it than Strickland's.

It's not a Philly Shell. People just see the basic stance somewhat resemble a Philly Shell; but he's not fighting using the principles of a Philly Shell.

 

[Clark Rogers]

what if you had a cheesesteak then a cheesecake right afterwards
would you simply implode from too much cheese
i am willing to try this experiment if the materials are provided

I will happily peer review

 

[Royce's Gi]

Strickland has refined and reinvented the Philly Shell

 

[machidafan99]

thousands of sherdogger's have tried to pose in the philly shell
i have tried it and it feels most excellent

 

[AL-Tappo McSnappo]

Your welcome TS…

Cliffs

- Gabe Varga 6x KB World Champion and Badass
- Explanation of Philly Shell
- Floyd Mayweather
- Advantages/Disadvantages
- why we don’t often see it in MMA (not as effective with 4 oz gloves)
- how it’ll work against the right opponents and fail miserably with others (Pereira)
- why we should try the Philly Shell
- how to utilize the Philly Shell with your sparring in the bedroom to find the G-Spot
- click like/subscribe

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