thoughts on robert whittaker

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devante

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Won tuf the smashes is an mma fighter; but the majority of his training has been in tma. I.e. blackbelts in karate and hapkido; he has between 11-13yrs of training between these two arts and is only 21. He did mma because his hapkido school became an mma school...meaning the majority of his skills-strategy-tech come from those two arts.

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Sorry Devante but we're all caught up in Payak-Gate lol.
 
Didn't know this about him - must have missed the segment of the show when he talks about his background. But I liked him throughout the show and think he's a promising young talent.
 
devante said:
Won tuf the smashes is an mma fighter; but the majority of his training has been in tma. I.e. blackbelts in karate and hapkido; he has between 11-13yrs of training between these two arts and is only 21. He did mma because his hapkido school became an mma school...meaning the majority of his skills-strategy-tech come from those two arts.

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Errr, he's been training properly for years.
 
He's young, so he's got time to develop, but as of now I think his lack of wrestling will be a problem. But he's an entertaining fighter for sure...
 
Babalinho said:
He's young, so he's got time to develop, but as of now I think his lack of wrestling will be a problem. But he's an entertaining fighter for sure...
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What makes you think he has a lack of wrestling, he's beaten fighters who have very good takedowns.
 
Was he the hipster friend of Rory?
 
goldenera said:
Errr, he's been training properly for years.
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could be, but at 21 almost 13yrs of his training has been strictly tma; an the mma school he trains at was originally a hapkido place, so there is something that would cross over. When i see him fight he has somewhat of a karate stance and approach, obv its blended; but you could see some jimmo/machida in his approach.
 
Very talented. The best stand up fighter I've seen come out of TUF that I can think of. Fast, hits like a truck, throws from all sorts of angles with good footwork. Needs to develop his all round MMA game but looks to be a very good prospect. Reminds me of a young Vitor Belfort in regard to his fast heavy hands but his kicking game is much better. Has a killer attitude as well which is always good.
 
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