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Nate has been a grappler from the beginning.Nate Diaz favors clinching a lot lately
Nate has been a grappler from the beginning.Nate Diaz favors clinching a lot lately
I was curious about this myself. Ppl always talk about his dangerous karate stand up game from back in the daybut even back then he was shooting for takedownsGsp comes from a karate background but that guy never fought like a striker, don't know why people say that. Go look up his earliest fights even before he was in the ufc and he was predominantly a grappler
We'll see, he's been working his grappling already for years before coming to the UFC. Plus from everything he's showed he's only defensive.I have a good feeling Izzy will be this guy. It's just a matter of time. Then he'll be a problem for anyone!
Conor turned into a grappler pretty fast against Nate.
I think it deals more with wrestlers having to learn how to strike when transitioning into mma. With strikers they are more focused on just defending the takedown attempts and submission attempts. They don't switch to focusing on being offensive grapplers and just play on defense only. Most strikers fall into this mold.That's a very good question. I have been training MMA since 2013 and come from a wrestling base. I would venture to say that it's just difficult to eat, sleep, and breathe wrestling if you aren't training for a wrestling match. A lot of the subtleties in wrestling, particularly from bottom and top position, just don't seem worthwhile to train for MMA I would guess, but at the same time, they do lend themselves very well (i.e. stand ups or 2 on 1 wrist control from referee's position). I would also venture to say that perhaps a good deal of reasoning has to do with the fact that all fights start standing and at a distance. As a wrestler, you have a large burden by default in that you have to surpass some big hurdle steps to even utilize your strengths; because of this, perhaps fighters that are already acquainted with striking opt to use wrestling merely to supplement their offense? I have never competed in MMA, so perhaps someone with experience can better explain than me.
Only one I can remember is GSP
Any other names
Permanently or just a one off? Loads of examples of One Offs but can't think of many as drastic as GSP.
I don't count one or two fight strategy adjustments.
Chiek Kongo for sure became a wrestler after being striker.
I didn't see him mentioned yet, but Bas Rutten is a perfect example. Like most MMA pioneers, he started as pretty one dimensional. But he is among the very firsts to truly develop a well rounded game. He never became a great wrestler but his grappling improved dramatically over the years. He even has more submission wins than KOs.
Kongo is a great example : a textbook pure stand-up fighter that turned into one of the most effective wrestlers at HW.
I really think it's the biggest example of mandela effect in the ufc. I think people just remember him striking with Matt Hughes and the Matt Serra fights and act as if that was his whole careerI was curious about this myself. Ppl always talk about his dangerous karate stand up game from back in the daybut even back then he was shooting for takedowns
I agree and I always found his stand up to be very underwhelming. Technical and effective sure but not some machida-esque savantI really think it's the biggest example of mandela effect in the ufc. I think people just remember him striking with Matt Hughes and the Matt Serra fights and act as if that was his whole career
brunson was D2
We'll see, he's been working his grappling already for years before coming to the UFC. Plus from everything he's showed he's only defensive.
Chieck Kongo
He was competing at adcc at 2009 and 2011, he even beat Dean Lister and was in semi-finalsGlover always had a ground game but was more known for his striking when he was younger. Lately he’s been fucking people up bad on the ground.