What Is the number 1 mistake you see among the best in the world?

[RockyLockridge]

Chin high + hands down

Luke rockhold special

 

[RockyLockridge]

My prediction for Val/Grasso was that Val would go get that neck back. She had a hold of it in the 1st and 3rd. After piecing Grasso up for most of the 5th, she looked to again be taking another try for the neck.....and it cost her the belt. At that time it didn't appear Grasso had an answer for jab, jab, jab.

I Still think Val won round 5. I don’t get how 1 min of chasing a sub beats 4 minutes of getting your ass kicked on the feet

 

[Rapa]

Fighting with pattern! There are moments when they can fight much better be creative but they are doing same shit everytime jon jones is different thats why he is Goat

 

[ultra321]

looking past/underestimating their opponent...

 

[Tito Tapped]

They don't market themselves well enough outside of the UFC

 

[jeff7b9]

Abandoning a fundamentally sound course of action that is winning/trying flashy stuff.

Not entirely unlike a post above mentioned "reverse panic wrestling"
But rather an expansion of it.

Val cost herself a title this weekend by going for a dumb, unnessecary and unnessecarily risky throw attempt.

All she needed to do was not to anything mind bogglingly stupid for the last 100 seconds. Grasso was gassed and leaking.

Guys have been caught in guillotines going for TDs up on the cards late in fights.

Several title have changed hands over "spinning shit" when there was absolutely no need for spinning shit.


Its OK to win with fundamentals.

 

[Pictureonthewall]

Not hiring a sherdogger as a coach.

 

[Thai Domi]

Letting your corner slather your shoulders and back and breast, neck and chest with petroleum jelly right in front of the camera

 

[Neck&Neck]

Drinking tainted supplements

 

[Neck&Neck]

No underhooks on the clinch. It drives me fucking nuts.

is that you Dom?

<{cruzshake}>

 

[Bobby Boulders]

is that you Dom?

<{cruzshake}>

Believe that line of thinking can be attributed to Kenny Florian.

 

[berserk_ed]

Chuck not having that look in his eyes.
Penn not being motivated.
Vitor not finding Jesus and Vitor not finding HGH.
Tito cracking his skull.

 

[Exarch01]

Throwing leg kicks until your opponent is limping and then never throwing one again for the rest of the fight.

 

[Rationality]

Rocking the opponent and then going for a takedown, especially near the end of the round. It’s like reverse panic wrestling. Can’t think of any examples where it led to a win.

Yeah, it's amazing how people think they can transition to a submission against a professional with 30 or less seconds left in the round.

 

[Phill]

Head hunting. Very few guys effectively mix up head, body, and lower limb strikes.

 

[J-Pac]

I think lack of head movement. Guys with great chins seem happy to eat huge shots until their chin goes forever. Best example being Tony, but I can see Chucky Olives going the same route in a few fights. He seems to take punishment even in his wins.

 

[HaulParris]

Throwing leg kicks until your opponent is limping and then never throwing one again for the rest of the fight.

Agree 100%. Cerrone brutalized Nate's plodding front leg in the first round of their fight, and then just stopped kicking altogether for no reason, and ended up losing a boxing match to him for the next 2 rounds.

My pet peeve is fighters not realizing what made GSP so good at MMA and trying to copy it. I'm not saying it's easy (it's not) - but what he did best was mix up strikes and takedowns so that he would set up a takedown with a feint (and conversely, fake a takedown to land a strike).

For all of his highlights (superman punch, armbarring Hughes, pummelling Fitch, knees to Serra's body), what was fundamentally great about him is that you never knew if he was going double-leg you or jab you, and he was excellent with both.

Heck, he won the Koscheck rematch (and derailed Josh's career) with just a jab, and used the same jab to stay safe on the feet against Shields (even after Shields eyepoked him into Bolivian).

Worst examples of how not to do it was Maia in the Woodley fight - shooting the same telegraphed takedown with no set-up, and (most recent) Blanchfield doing the same against Santos.

 

[Migdagen]

Going for a takedown when your opponent is almost KO. Just keep punching!

 

[Ozze]

On Dana's perspective:

I think the answer to this question is actually allowing someone to receive 20 million dollars for a fight.
More so when it's someone as talentless as Logan Paul.

 

[sonhow]

I think the answer to this question is actually allowing someone to receive 20 million dollars for a fight.
More so when it's someone as talentless as Logan Paul.

If the profit is there then main event fighters should make a lot of money.
That being said I agree about Logan. Doubt he was worth the paycheck.