Comments on: Analyzing the fallout from UFC 84

By: George Lucas

George Lucas — Tue, 27 May 2008 21:13:04 +0000

Acutally the Dayton Daily News story is just: “How do you solve a problem like Machida”.

Adding the word Ryoto kinda throws off the totally awesome Sound of Music reference.

By: cyph

cyph — Tue, 27 May 2008 13:40:43 +0000

Gaijin,

Forget the semantics. Are you going to argue that Sylvia is as multi-dimensional and complete fighter as Machida?

And I’m surprised people are blaming the boring fight, which I admit it was, on Machida rather than Ortiz. The fact of the matter is that Machida attempted more attacks and landed more overall attacks than Ortiz did. Who is the boring fighter? Both of them, but Machida was slightly more exciting based on attacks percentage and effectiveness.

I can accept people declaring the fight boring, but the one sided bashing of Machida only is totally unwarranted.

By: Cam

Cam — Tue, 27 May 2008 08:00:30 +0000

Machida is a boring fighter. Sure he has the skills and gameplan execution to win fights but it really is boring to watch (aside from the couple of switch kicks which looked cool but did very little damage).

Can’t really fault him on that because he’s in there to win. the big difference between Machida and Tito is that Tito has the ability (to steal a pro wrestling phrase) to talk people into the building. He’s a draw.

By: The Gaijin

The Gaijin — Tue, 27 May 2008 05:06:34 +0000

Cyph,

If you’re going to include things Machida’s done/attempted once or twice in his past fights then you can’t disregard Sylvia either.

Dirty boxing, hooks, uppercuts, high kicks, knees, overhand rights, triangles could just as easily be argued as part of Sylvia’s repetoire.

Yes, they’ve both pulled out other moves in their attacks but they both stick to what works for the most part.

By: Jeremy (not that Jeremy)

Jeremy (not that Jeremy) — Tue, 27 May 2008 03:13:37 +0000

…what?

Does anyone really want to see Mirko in a grappling rules match?

Why is this happening?

By: PizzaChef

PizzaChef — Tue, 27 May 2008 02:46:51 +0000

Crocop vs. Ralek Gracie at DREAM.4 in a GRAPPLING match (modified Abu Dhabi rules) is confirmed by CroCop and Nokaut.

By: PizzaChef

PizzaChef — Tue, 27 May 2008 02:45:51 +0000

Here’s some pretty screwy news. CroCop vs. Ralek Gracie at DREAM.4….IN A GRAPPLING MATCH!!!

http://www.nokaut.com/?id=12&solo_news=1621&

Mirko confirms on his blog too:

http://www.mma-id.com/CROCOP/?mod=blog&uid=35&blid=582

By: ttt

ttt — Tue, 27 May 2008 00:32:38 +0000

bingo! GKH u said it, Tito was boring too, but noooooobody wants to say it. he realized his gameplan had failed and he didn’t have anything to back him up.

By: cyph

cyph — Mon, 26 May 2008 23:48:29 +0000

Let’s see:

Tim Sylvai: jab, jab, jab.

Machida: Kick, flying left-right combo, judio throws, flying knees, ground and pound, and triangle choke submissions.

Whoever’s comparing Machida to Sylvia is full of shit, or just Fightlinker drunk with crappy Canadian beer.

By: Psygone

Psygone — Mon, 26 May 2008 23:45:41 +0000

Sylvias boring fights (not all of them are such) wears on my patience because I know he could end the fight with one punch if just used some imagination and set up his strikes. But he instead chooses to wait for the moment even if it never comes. Machida doesn’t have the power to end fights as easily as his contemporaries so he has to set traps and pick his moments, that style doesn’t wear on my patience in fact I find it entertaining.