So actual just training MMA is banned? Or competition? Because MMA is quite an effective workout and under training circumstances you're not hurting anyone anymore than you do while training Judo.
Retards gonna ret though.
Judo is aware of it's irrelevancy.
Any high-profile Judoka that can compete in MMA, will go to MMA. They know this, because they can't afford the same paychecks that a mid-profile PPV-based sport can. UFC generates unfathomably more revenue than Judo ever can.
Judo is aware of it's irrelevancy.
Any high-profile Judoka that can compete in MMA, will go to MMA. They know this, because they can't afford the same paychecks that a mid-profile PPV-based sport can. UFC generates unfathomably more revenue than Judo ever can.
They are terrified by their lack of a future. They're acting irrationally hoping that Judokas will dedicate themselves to the sport. They're wrong.
Really sad. I do actually agree with that MMA fighters are dumb, except maybe a few, but that just gives more reason for them needing to be taught by judokas. The reasoning given in this article just don't make sense at all.
Actually this was really eye opening to me in the opposite way, exactly because this was so respectfull, it makes the rest of the fights and fighter interactions look bad.
Leading up to this fight everybody was talking a lot about how they were friends, from the same camp, had a lot of respect for eachother and both had a Gracie brother in their corner. On about every event you have these friends fighting eachother, and team mates and "fighters with a lot of mutual respect for eachother" as Goldberg would say... but Machida-Munoz had that emphasized even more than before. I didn't take it seriously, but at the event itself you did see that both Machida and Munoz acted different towards eachother than you'd see them against other opponents. Eventhough Machida has fought friends before and just is regarded as a respectfull fighter and person in general (I don't really know Munoz). The way especially how Machida acted after he KOed Munoz was especially very uhmmm considerate of Munoz and respectfull n such, more than usual, and Machida I've already found more composed/respectfull/considerate. At the KO you saw Machida a lot more hesitant than usual to follow up with punches, and Machida to my memory never threw unnecessary punches after already KOing his opponent. At first I thought it was cool because I was like "d'awww bromance much respect very considerate so composed", which it was, but what does this tell about Machida and how fighters in general act towards their opponents? I think this shows that even when in our eyes there is respect towards opponents, consideration, and fighters composing themselves, that actually isn't there at all.
Seems like the judo-community maybe don't like the image thats being put across by the current high-profile judokas in MMA and feel it reflects negatively on their sport. What with this and the nixing of UFC sponsorship of that tournament and whatnot.
Yet France let's in Muslim extremists into their country by the truck load. Creating no go zones for the French non Muslim ppl. France get it together. You have much bigger issues to address.
French people should be more worried about religious extremist.
wrong on both points.
Judo is still very relevant in France, in fact it's in the top practiced sports in France.
http://www.top-ten-10.com/sports/france-sports-interest.htm
If it's the 2nd country in the world with the most olympic medals in Judo only behind Japan, it's not just by luck.
The famous French judokas most probably can make more money out of advertising and sponsors rather than with MMA fights where unless you've very successful you don't really make much actually.
The sport of Judo itself doesn't pay much if at all, but what goes alongside it generates much more money (advertising, TV presence, sponsors, etc.).
And Americans should be worried about their government having their soldiers slain like pawns for oil overseas.