Was that supposed to be high level wrestling?

[Sms_productions713]

Man what happened to the high level wrestlers? It used to be almost common back then, now all we got are the Dagestan guys when we used to have guys like sherk, koscheck, gsp( non credentials), Hughes, trigg, non shot knees Usman etc. this guy had the wrestling of like high schooler.

You would have thought that in the past 15 years, kids that wanted to fight, would have done wrestling right away here in the states.

Don’t see this no more

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

I'm maybe missing some information about these guys. Were people saying Petroski is a high level wrestler?

 

[Sms_productions713]

I'm maybe missing some information about these guys. Were people saying Petroski is a high level wrestler?

Well tbh, they said he was a wrestler when felder and them were explaining him. Now high level? I really don’t know

 

[Arm Barbarian]

I'm maybe missing some information about these guys. Were people saying Petroski is a high level wrestler?

Yeah the announcers were saying it just before the fight. That Petroski was a high level, smothering wrestler.

 

[PrideNverDies]

Petroski is mid

 

[BullyKutta]

It's more a case of everyone training TDD so much better these days.

Wrestlers looked like animals 20 years ago because MMA fighters were training in shit like BJJ guard techniques (which will NEVER replace the skill you get in Div. I wrestling).

It's not easy to get one of those monster body slams anymore.

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

Yeah the announcers were saying it just before the fight. That Petroski was a high level, smothering wrestler.

Ugh, well that's certainly on them. I don't recall him being especially decorated, nor has he really had any memorable stand-out wrestling performance in the cage either. Sounds like the usual commentary exaggerations.

 

[oldschoolmmafan]

 

[mkt]

Petroski and Buckley are going to start training wrestling together with some of Dan Severn's old NHB instructional VHS tapes.

 

[Rampage_Jackson]

Patty Mayonaise was a beast in his prime those takedowns are gorgeous

 

[TeenageMutantLesnarTurtle]

The overall level of takedown defence and ability to get back on the feet quickly is significantly higher nowadays. Wrestling wont take you as far as it used to.

 

[LostMyBlackBelt]

Man what happened to the high level wrestlers? It used to be almost common back then, now all we got are the Dagestan guys when we used to have guys like sherk, koscheck, gsp( non credentials), Hughes, trigg, non shot knees Usman etc. this guy had the wrestling of like high schooler.

You would have thought that in the past 15 years, kids that wanted to fight, would have done wrestling right away here in the states.

Don’t see this no more

His takedowns were near unstoppable for a while.
I love on TUF when Leben asked him if he was a good wrestler and he said he was National Champ. Leben lost a lot of confidence right there.

 

[Sms_productions713]

The overall level of takedown defence and ability to get back on the feet quickly is significantly higher nowadays. Wrestling wont take you as far as it used to.

But everyone trained TDD back then. What makes today’s so much better?

 

[Rampage_Jackson]

The overall level of takedown defence and ability to get back on the feet quickly is significantly higher nowadays. Wrestling wont take you as far as it used to.

Not true. TDD % by year in the UFC. It peaked and has stabilized. There are plenty of shit wrestlers in today's landscape

 

[AndrewGolota48]

Koscheck was one of the few guys back then that could match GSP's athleticism.

 

[Gluhov]

One, Americans aren't having kids anymore.

And two, a BIG two, MMA doesn't pay shit.

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

Long gone are the days of the master American wrestlers like Dan Severn. The American wrestlers don't even exist anymore, all they do is striking and rear naked chokes, all in all its a shame