Khabib & Cucuy going OFF on each other at todays presser

[Franc Mittelo]

You cannot say Anthony Johnson is better at take-downs.

You can say that when Anthony Johnson attempts a take-down, he is more likely to get it.

One possible factor is that Johnson only attempts take-downs when opportunity arises, while Cormier attempts them even when opportunity is poor. This is one of many possible factors that have not been considered.

Virtually no data has been presented to prove that the quality of his take-down attempts is higher.

(1) If you are more likely to succeed, then how are you not better?

(2) Timing is part of fighting. Especially takedowns. Look at what happened to Chris Weidman vs Yoel Romero and Aljamain Sterling vs Marlon Moraes.

(3) Rumble Johnson is more likely to complete a takedown than Daniel Cormier, that is the best evidence of quality.

 

[Loiosh]

(1) If you are more likely to succeed, then how are you not better?

(2) Timing is part of fighting. Especially takedowns. Look at what happened to Chris Weidman vs Yoel Romero and Aljamain Sterling vs Marlon Moraes.

(3) Rumble Johnson is more likely to complete a takedown than Daniel Cormier, that is the best evidence of quality.

If you're opportunistic and only try when you have a good chance of success, your technique isn't necessarily better. If you put both guys in the same situation where they absolutely have to get a guy down, you have no way of knowing which guy will be most likely to succeed.

What's more, Cormier is a grinder. Many of his take-down attempts are merely intended to force his opponent to grapple, wearing him down.

Statistics are almost always useless without corroborating factors.

 

[Swoliosis]

I was hoping Khabib would be like “this guys is real shit guy. It’s khabib time not shit time”

Holloway looking fly as fuck

 

[Histalian]

Ferg gonna expose this clown so bad, it's not even funny.

Like seriously, I'm not even gonna try to come up with a clever joke. It's gonna be that bad for this russian dork.

We know you like dudes. Nothing wrong with that.