Why is Valentina pursuing a grappling match with Maia?

[Rhood]

What's the deal with her gameplan tonight?

Instead of forcing Maia to take her down, she's going after Maia in a grappling exchange instead of standing up with her.
She's playing into her opponent's strengths.

Dumb game plan folks!

Can you imagine Anderson Silva avoiding the stand up exchange and trying to wrestle his opponents?

 

[Jon's Drug Dealer]

She wants to put me to sleep.

 

[AFewDollarsMore]

pride

 

[Xuh]

She wants to show she's a better grappler than Askren

 

[Arkham's Notorious Geyser]

She's trying to show she can live in Maia's world instead of dominating in hers.

Not very High IQ, but she seems to be turning the corner after the 2nd round. She's throwing heat now in the 3rd, I think she doesn't like that she dropped the 2nd round getting outmuscled.

 

[Granite Wall]

Hope she loses so we don't have to see that silly dance.

 

[leatherneck]

im not sure,

but im not surprised Demian won that 2nd round.

 

[Fiddlesticks]

My guess is that she wants to be first on the grappling exchanges. If Valentina only tries to strike, she has to be worried about potential takedowns from Maia.

 

[nogionly]

Valentina is nowhere near as good as people hyped her to be

She's not even top 500 p4p because she fights soccer moms and is actually struggling badly against one right now

 

[nogionly]

Remember folks, there were people who unironically thought Valentina had a chance against Cejudo in a fight.

 

[Arkham's Notorious Geyser]

Valentina is nowhere near as good as people hyped her to be

She's not even top 500 p4p because she fights soccer moms and is actually struggling badly against one right now

Look at this Edgy fucking badass.

 

[nogionly]

Look at this Edgy fucking badass.

The only edgy ones are the simps like you who think that WMMA soccer moms are anywhere near the level of elite male MMA fighters.

I should've clarified by saying not even top 500000 p4p

 

[Arkham's Notorious Geyser]

The only edgy ones are the simps like you who think that WMMA soccer moms are anywhere near the level of elite male MMA fighters.

Can you quote where I said they were dumbass?

I'll wait.

 

[Fahcough]

She wants to put me to sleep.

dozed off multiple times. Not gonna make it 40 more min to watch FLW. Figgy is the exception but these boring ass women are a drain on entire card.

 

[CerebralKnievel]

The only edgy ones are the simps like you who think that WMMA soccer moms are anywhere near the level of elite male MMA fighters.

I should've clarified by saying not even top 500000 p4p

Go challenge her to a grappling exchange and let us know how that works out for you, dipshit.

 

[johndhi]

I had the same question

 

[nogionly]

Go challenge her to a grappling exchange and let us know how that works out for you, dipshit.

I'd tap both of these soccer moms 2 on 1

I tap out male purple belts all the time and am competitive with most browns

 

[Gilday]

Probably because it's won her 3/4 rounds so far

 

[Chart69r]

My guess is after Maia clinched her against the fence and she couldn't do much about it, she feels that if she can be in top position on the ground, that's her clearest pathway to winning rounds.

 

[krelianx]

Because Maia is strong with pressure, very strong, and can put her against the clinch. She wants to wear her out, get her shoulders heavy, and dominate with top position. It's the safest route to victory, and it is working.

She's fighting the smart fight, she's won 3/4 rounds, convincingly.

 

[kimocomplex]

She is not the assassin killer they play her up as, that's why she is laying and praying

It's easy to KO the Jessica Eye's of the world