Why did Wanderlei never develop good takedown defense?

[mjfan23]

Cause he was balls to walls forward pressure and violence, not a sprawl and brawl type !!!

 

[Christhammer]

He met Chael Sonnen too late in his career, and never learned the importance of not getting close to a wrestler

is this "still real to you damnit?" xD

 

[Haliacmon]

he didnt need it for most of his career specially in his prime, the guy was taken down but stood up quickly or had good control from his back and superb bjj submission defense

 

[JosephTessaro]

Unlike skinny guys who lacked the strength to win in the clinch or defend some takedowns


Wanderlei was always jacked yet never developed good defensive abilities.

because he smashed people.

 

[RonMachineGunJhun]

His style was tailored to the PRIDE scoring and match making, where aggression and going for the finish was prioritized.

he had a decent jj bottom game. By the time he returned to the ufc, he was too old to change his game drastically.

Yea he was always good off his back and was able to get back up. You never saw any of the Chuteboxe braddahs concerned with take down defense though.

 

[theleerygoose]

That was obviously fake.

That was not fake. Wanderlei doesn’t have the intelligence to act out something like that, especially with a guy he hates. Plus one of Wanderleis coaches was legit throwing haymakers at Sonnen lol.