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This post confuses me. Why/how does it show that?That was awesome and pretty much went how I expected it to go
Just shows you that the early UFCs were full of bums who were mostly hand picked to make the Gracies look good
Also everyone including the ref had an xcellent physique that you just don't see anymore
This post confuses me. Why/how does it show that?
Problem is...they had to build a market... The audience & TV dudes were all expecting disciplines from the movies to dominate, so you had to fill the card with these flashy disciplines, even boxing, otherwise people wouldnt have bought into the idea.Because you have a wrestler with an excellent physique showing pretty modern MMA skills way back then
Even back in 1930s there were tons of fighters way higher in quality than what those early UFCs had. So in the 90s when the early UFC's took place the promoters and the Gracies could have easily invited legit fighters with legit MMA skills to go and fight but they picked a bunch of tough rednecks instead to make the gracies look good and "invent MMA"
That was awesome and pretty much went how I expected it to go
Just shows you that the early UFCs were full of bums who were mostly hand picked to make the Gracies look good
Also everyone including the ref had an xcellent physique that you just don't see anymore
Because you have a wrestler with an excellent physique showing pretty modern MMA skills way back then
Even back in 1930s there were tons of fighters way higher in quality than what those early UFCs had. So in the 90s when the early UFC's took place the promoters and the Gracies could have easily invited legit fighters with legit MMA skills to go and fight but they picked a bunch of tough rednecks instead to make the gracies look good and "invent MMA"
Because you have a wrestler with an excellent physique showing pretty modern MMA skills way back then
Such as? You mean the giant wrestler who had trouble finishing the small (probably untrained in grappling)boxer? Even Gene Lebell had trouble taking down and tapping Milo Savage in the 60's. Not hating on wrestlers here but there is a blatant lack of striking defence in these early clips.Even back in 1930s there were tons of fighters way higher in quality than what those early UFCs had.
Nobody had legit MMA skills back then because there was no actual MMA. Maybe some vale tudo guys who did eventually come over but have you ever seen an old vale tudo fight? They're not pretty.So in the 90s when the early UFC's took place the promoters and the Gracies could have easily invited legit fighters with legit MMA skills to go and fight but they picked a bunch of tough rednecks instead to make the gracies look good and "invent MMA"
First of all, the wrestler had zero mma skills. He was just a wrestler who wasn’t afraid of a challenge. I don’t see how his physique should play any role in determining his abilities.
Second, you don’t know jack about what the quality of the fighters were back in the 1930’s.
Third, the Gracies had plenty of good guys in the first few shows. He may not have gotten Karelin or Gokor, but he got solid guys and Royce did pretty good for some skinny kid with no physique.
I’ll let you get back to your hate filled agenda now.
I didn't see any discipline at all - I just saw swangin!Problem is...they had to build a market... The audience & TV dudes were all expecting disciplines from the movies to dominate, so you had to fill the card with these flashy disciplines, even boxing, otherwise people wouldnt have bought into the idea.
Nobody cared about wrestlers.