Rockhold should change to a grappling heavy gameplan

Yeah, so he can join the ranks of the other boring fighters that his name sort of already invokes membership of ..

He should train with Jon Fitch
 
He has 5 takedowns in his entire career. He gets people to the ground by punching them in the face, or in a scramble.
 
No, George.. Umm, dangit! Can't think of his name. Refused to grapple and lost at bad Boxing.

Are you thinking of George Sotiropoulos? He was a LW from Australia.
 
He's not going to win a title anytime soon. I think he makes Top 3-4 at best but no higher, its over for him. Still a high level fighter though.
 
I mean, standing isn't really working, is it? we know he got great kicks

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but he has like the best grappling in the division by far (ok jacaré might have something to say about that), but other than him, he has superb ground skills. he just needs to focus taking people down, especially when his striking skills and his chin is failing him

he already know khabib so he could try to organize spending months in dagestan just grinding his ass off with the best wrestlers in the world. spend months there. go there to upgrade your wrestling, don't depend just of things like retarded spinning kick attempts, failed takedown attempts, slips and rocked fighters to use advantage of your grappling, initiate the takedown too

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luke, you still have another way to capture a UFC belt, use it wisely

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Everyone but henri hooft knows this
 
Yoel makes you think he is out of gas out of cardio but then the soldier of God explodes with just pure power and whoever it is better get out da way. It helps if yoel doesn't have to work much the first few rounds because by the third he will go at you like a fucking rhino mayne!
 
rockhold gave up the leg kicks after romero began to pressure.
romeros leg was almost gone. some more leg kicks and romero would be in hard trouble.
in reality this fight was close because romeros leg was nearly gone... he was under adrenalin and luke stopped the leg kicks.
romero faked hes "ok" and he pressured because pressure is always good against kicks because he couldnt take more damage and needed to close the distance against the kicks.. so romero needed to come forward. luke had trouble to react to this, he was confused, he was to impressed.
rockhold doesnt reacted to romeros gameplan switch and let romero came to close to set up his left overhand.
rockhold is a very good fighter but his chin is weak and he has problems in midrange boxing .. he needs the long distance.
he can have a good gameplan but when he gets hit hes in trouble.
 
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Now i remember.. Jorge Gurgel or Fabio Gurgel or something like that.
 
Agreed.

Homie has almost Khabib-like top pressure and GnP.

Not sure he could take or keep Yoel down, but that was his best and safest path to victory.

Trading with Romero, with his tendency to drop his hands and a questionable chin, was pure Russian Roulette.
All he had to do was test Yoels cardio for 2-3 rounds, then if needed, he could strike.

He let Yoel keep his cardio and explosiveness, which he paid for very badly. It's a shame Rockhold didn't grapple at all.
 
Agreed. He's doing the same thing that this other fighter used to do about 6-7 years back. Forgot the dude's name but he was a Maia level Jiu Jitsu blackbelt, but insisted on standing and banging with guys, and lost a ton of fights because of it. I believe he was a LHW.
You’re not talking about Roger Gracie are you?
 
I mean, standing isn't really working, is it? we know he got great kicks

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but he has like the best grappling in the division by far (ok jacaré might have something to say about that), but other than him, he has superb ground skills. he just needs to focus taking people down, especially when his striking skills and his chin is failing him

he already know khabib so he could try to organize spending months in dagestan just grinding his ass off with the best wrestlers in the world. spend months there. go there to upgrade your wrestling, don't depend just of things like retarded spinning kick attempts, failed takedown attempts, slips and rocked fighters to use advantage of your grappling, initiate the takedown too

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luke, you still have another way to capture a UFC belt, use it wisely

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Broken English...

Hilarious broken link for image...

Childish, adorable optimism...

So I found Khabib's account.
 
"he already know khabib so he could try to organize spending months in dagestan just grinding his ass off with the best wrestlers in the world. spend months there. go there to upgrade your wrestling, don't depend just of things like retarded spinning kick attempts, failed takedown attempts, slips and rocked fighters to use advantage of your grappling, initiate the takedown too"

lol read this in Khabib's voice guys seriously it's him
 
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