Eubanks out-wrestled Lauren Murphy easily, why is she ranked under her?
it's pretty easy to explain: I haven't seen that fight (or most of that TUF)
Well, Murphy is too high and Eubanks too low. I probably wasn't 'feeling' Eubanks at that moment because we were just coming off the Roxy fight and though she won with takedowns, I don't think she looked very impressive in the fight.
Lauren Murphy has a strong showing against Carmouche because Carmouche has bad fighting IQ & coaching. Carmouche would have a easy win if she drops level for takedowns instead of fighting in the clinch.
Could be but I'd also say that's because Carmouche not actually being remarkably good at TD's either. Someone who had a background in it would do it regardless of IQ or coaching.
So yeah, 7 is way to high for Carmouche... I guess I just wanted to give her the distinction of being the #1 in the div... and that elevated Murphy based on that fight... I haven't seen Murphy vs Montano either, presumably Nicco outgrappled her which also knocks Murphy's rating and bumps up Nicco's.
Eubanks vs Murphy or Carmouche would be interesting fights for establishing who really is the best grappler (and where those grappling skills lie - td, subs, control, etc) in the div right now. I'd definintely like to see one of those matchups.
Chookagian has decent TDD. otherwise she wouldn't be able to fight a close fight which I think she won against Carmouche.
She does a bit though it's mostly because she keeps distance and is elusive.
And also not having to fight anyone who is actually good at takedowns helps. How would her TDD look if she had to fight a 125 version of Suarez, Gadelha, Esparza? I'm guessing not so well.
It's hard to give someone a high grade negating a skill, than using offensively, even though it it's obviously part of the same skill area and implies knowing something about offense too. Like a boxer who can avoid all punches but not land any of their own, you can't win with only defence. How would Chook do if she had to rely on getting TD's to win a fight? I'm guessing not so well.
Which also brings me to...
What about Joanna - I seem to remember an uchi mata in the second Gadelha fight, also Ostovich has done some interesting takedowns ..... I'm just bluffing here by the way, grappling is a mystery to me.
I don't remember much about Joanna's TD but it isn't surprising she picked up some skillz here and there, she's one of the best at defending takedowns and getting up ever to do it in the UFC, and seems to spend a lot of time practicing it.
But we haven't seen her look to take opponents down, for obvious reasons.
I wonder if either her of Val will have some kind of takedown plan for their fight? Probably not but it'd be an interesting twist.
I'd expect Val to be the more happy of the two to climb on top (fnarr).
Ostovich... she does have some nice techniques as well (like the
cutback on Beck, a move illegal in BJJ, Judo and American wrestling BTW) but I dunno, she just doesn't seem like a great...
fighter, more interested in getting lip and titty fillers and doing her makeup or something.
Her fight with PVZ could have some interesting grappling though (interesting to watch for several reasons), I think Osto could give Paige a bit more trouble than others have suggested so far...