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EDIT: The following post is due to a reading comprehension failure on my part. lol I missed the 10 years thing. Much of my statement below refers to more than ten years ago. I still stand by a lot of it though in regards to people having gotten better. It would not speak well of the sport if...

I was around ten years ago. I was even around when the highest ranking person you were ever likely to find in the States was a blue belt. @Beastos is right IMO. Hell, I've even seen competition blues with only two years of training who, were they to go back in time to 10 years ago, would give...

No. It is not mainstream, and given the current strategy, it is more likely to dip in popularity (long-term) than go up. More people are aware of it "as a thing" than ever before, and it's probably safe to say more people follow it than ever before, but it's still not "mainstream" imo. For me...

Actually, when asked, most fighters won't cite money as the "thing that really matters". I wish they would - they'd all be in better spots if they did, but to your point. No. On both counts. MMA greats (especially the ones listed here) have legacies as champions. I've said this before, but...

I wouldn't say Judo has become less effective over-all, so much as it has become less effective against wrestling in particular. A . solid Judoka is still going to put the hurt on an untrained attacker. Also, comparing Judo to BJJ (for the purposed of this thread anyway) isn't really a good...

No. It wasn't. A basic xguard sweep is only "medium level" if we're in 2009. In this day and age, hitting that sweep on an opponent who chose to NOT defend it is pretty basic. Like I said, we have white belts at my gym who can hit that in both BJJ and MMA without much struggle. The game has...

None of what you listed makes hime "above average". Basic. It's all very average and basic. Not BAD, but even "above average" is too much credit, unless you think most UFC fighters truly suck on the ground ...

For me, two things always come to mind on this - 1. People who think Conor "sucks" will always post a pick of him getting choked by Diaz 2. People who think he's actually above average will always post a gif of him X-guard sweeping Diaz Both are wrong IMO. He got choked so easily in that first...

The reason I stated for liking it, would seem to run contrary to your statement wouldn't it?

Politically, I have no idea what my leanings actually are, except to say that I tend to think almost everyone is doing it wrong. lol In terms of WMMA - I actually like it. I grew up doing Sanshou, and often times at tournaments, the girl fights were BETTER than the guys, so the idea of women...

I get your point, and to an extent, you're correct that spending the camp trying to make Conor a world class grappler on the same level of Khabib would have been foolish. I agree with this completely. That said, (imo), it was NOT a good game plan. It was straight up bad. You know the old saying...

Pssst - TD defense IS one of his weak spots ... lol Honestly, what I don't get (at all) was Kavanuagh's stated game plan. I only listed to the podcast once, so maybe I misheard or misunderstood, but he almost made it sound like even he thought Conor was probably going to lose. At different...

@Headlock - As others have said, you'd have your best chance at a MMA gym. Fitness gyms don't generally care, and probably won't have a client based who's interested either, and most BJJ places (as Dirty Holt mentioned) already have a ranked guy who can also teach wrestling. So your best bet...

Criticizing a fighter for not making weight = legit criticism Criticizing a fighter for undisciplined striking = legit criticism Criticizing a fighter for poor takedowns = legit criticism Criticizing a fighter for the way they sound when they speak ≠ legit criticism There's plenty of very...

I've heard him list three different things at different times (I'm sure it was a combination of all of them), and not one of them would be a "legitimate reason" for his behavior that night. Not one. The ones I've heard him say: 1. I wanted out of my contract - then don't take the fight. don't...

I could give a F about people not shaking hands, or that kind of thing. Who cares? They just spent however long inside a steel cage trying to render another human unconcsious. That can do weird things to your emotions, so I'm not going to judge someone for something so minor. For me, it's a...

Sounds like he makes you feel insecure ... RE - the DVD - The portions where he talks about the set-ups - those are the areas in which I'm most interested. Can anyone tell me, generally speaking, how those sections are?

Reminds me of my excuse for losing - "I'd have beaten you if you weren't better than me so suck it!" <45>

Like I said in that thread - while BJJ involves certain inevitable stresses on the body, most of the "old and broken" folks in that thread are "broken" because they were dumb when they were "young and invincible". I fully include myself in that group. So the question is, what level are you...

You have to admit ... That is quite humble ....