Something funny happens when you live every single day of your life covering MMA. You begin looking at every fight you see like it’s in a cage and people are trained fighters. When we saw Rick Porcello chuck Kevin Youkilis to the floor, Jason called it what it was: A judo throw. When Jorge Posada fought earlier in the year, I got a ton of crap for commenting on his unintentional sprawl.
Now, it seems like I see fights just about every week. No, I’m not talking about my raucous social life. I’m talking about MTV’s latest hit show Jersey Shore. While most of the fights get broken up pretty quickly, I was really impressed with something that happened on last week’s episode. Check out Ronnie’s skills in this little brawl:
Now, let’s take a look at what happens in this one. After the punk guy hides behind his girlfriend for about 30 seconds, Ronnie drops his quickly. Now, besides the terrible footwork, he manages to drop the guy pretty easily. After grabbing his head, Ronnie throws a pretty mean looking knee to the dome. Then, he falls into what I’m gonna call “Drunken Full Mount.” He lands some shots, but the punk guy does a good job controlling him from the bottom. What Ronnie should have done was postured up and really rained down some heavy blows.
I’m sure there will another fight on the show next week. Maybe we’ll make this a weekly thing.
I’m actually beginning to like The Outlaw. He’s a little nuts, which I can respect because I’m a couple cans short of a six pack by nature. He’s got an absurd belief in himself, which I can appreciate because I am the Lex Luthor of my own little world. However, when you refer to yourself as “Georges St. Pierre’s Kryptonite” you’ve blown a gasket. Here’s the Q&A session from UFC 107 in Memphis, courtesy of AOL Fanhouse.
Sorry, Dan. Unless you are packing actual kryptonite in those gloves, you don’t stand a chance.
We are always looking for the next big thing here at 3SS. We think that we may have found the next great 170 fighter in Tyron Woodley. We’re not the first ones on the bandwagon, but I really think that T-Wood has the chance to be something special. Here is the video of his latest win against Rudy Bears from last Friday night:
Woodley does a nice job in a few areas here. After securing the takedown, he uses his legs very well to attempt to pass guard. He works for awhile, but is unable to secure anything in his first attempt. He throws some really impressive knees, and takes Bears down off of a kick. He immediately looks to an arm triangle and is able to pass guard, lock it in and get perpendicular to finish it. That’s important because in a previous fight, he found himself in a similar situation but didn’t know how to finish his submission.
Color commentator Pat Militech calls him the best athlete in the sport, but I think that Georges St.Pierre might have something say about that.
A few weeks ago on Third String Radio we had a discussion about how the WEC is getting screwed by Zuffa. They keep claiming that the best fighters in the WEC are only getting about 25,000 per fight because it’s a wholly different company than the UFC and needs to make money on it’s own and separately from it. That being said, the Brown v. Faber II card made a ton of cash in advertising and in live gate. That’s why Urijah starts talking about cash in this interview from RawVegas.tv.
Not former Giants safety Greg Jackson, but famed MMA trainer Greg Jackson. No one has trained as many top-tier fighters or been key in the development of guys like Rashad Evans. Here, he’ll tell you how he plans to help Georges St.Pierre defeat Thiago Alves at UFC 100.
I’ve posting this here because not nearly enough people watch this show. ESPN does a ton of things wrong, but one of the best things they do is an MMA highlights show with some great guests and great analysis. Normally, UFC Lightweight #1 cotender Kenny Florian is there as well, but he’s in training for B.J. Penn. Rich Franklin sits in and is pretty good himself.
January 10, 2010, at 6:07 am
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Breaking Down Welterweight Prospect Tyron Woodley...
We are always looking for the next big thing here at 3SS. We think that we may have found the next great 170 fighter in Tyron Woodley. We’re not the first ones on the bandwagon, but I really think that T-Wood has the chance to be something special. Here is the video of his latest win against Rudy Bears from last Friday night:
Woodley does a nice job in a few areas here. After securing the takedown, he uses his legs very well to attempt to pass guard. He works for awhile, but is unable to secure anything in his first attempt. He throws some really impressive knees, and takes Bears down off of a kick. He immediately looks to an arm triangle and is able to pass guard, lock it in and get perpendicular to finish it. That’s important because in a previous fight, he found himself in a similar situation but didn’t know how to finish his submission.
Color commentator Pat Militech calls him the best athlete in the sport, but I think that Georges St.Pierre might have something say about that.
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