Today you guys learned that no BJJ no belt

[brguy]

You can be the best boxer, kicker or whatever.
If you don't have good BJJ in your skill set, such anomalies like Holm losing to Miesha can happen...

 

[fbgn]

na, that's just wmma. belt will pass again

 

[brguy]

How come Holm lose this fight if not because she sucked on the floor

 

[itheuser]

Yep. No matter how many years removed from Royce that we get, BJJ skill is still the most decisive factor. Many fighters have become consumed with striking because it's fan friendly, and allows them a chance at the jackpot. The rules have also given strikers more opportunities to survive on the ground.

It's distorted the potency of the skill, and creates these sudden paradoxes that you had in this fight.

All Rhonda has to do is not rush herself on the ground against Holm. She doesn't need to be diving for armbars right away. She should have a tighter, more methodical approach on the ground.

 

[brguy]

Yep. No matter how many years removed from Royce that we get, BJJ skill is still the most decisive factor. Many fighters have become consumed with striking because it's fan friendly, and allows them a chance at the jackpot. The rules have also given strikers more opportunities to survive on the ground.

It's distorted the potency of the skill, and creates these sudden paradoxes that you had in this fight.

All Rhonda has to do is not rush herself on the ground against Holm. She doesn't need to be diving for armbars right away. She should have a tighter, more methodical approach on the ground.

You said it all

 

[Slabby]

How come Holm lose this fight if not because she sucked on the floor

Oh dear god delete your account and leave

 

[mutombo]

It's not so much BJJ but defensive BJJ is the minimum needed. More so in the women's division because even a pure striker like Holm will lack the one punch KO power that a male striker can rely on, in WMMA there will just be more opportunities for TDs and ground game.