UFC FN 50: Souza vs. Mousasi - Page 7

On September 09 2014 00:03 Baalim wrote: Show nested quote + On September 08 2014 04:45 Stim_Abuser wrote:   On September 03 2014 21:53 Baalim wrote: I feel as if Jacare is the one who has to take the fight, all Mousasi has to do is box from the outside and hide from the predictable overhand and not allowing Jacare to throw the overhand in an attempt to bumrush im and press him against the cage. I think fighting like he did against Latiffi would be bad, that constant low handed jab to stuff takedowns will only get you knocked out by Jacare, I think he should be more diverse since Jacarely never does the GSP takedown that lets you come in with a punch, he is usually the one transitioning from punching to takedowns and not countering with them. Like to point in fact try to go with the Latiffi strategy. :} I always considered Mousasi to have on the highest fighting IQs

Fuck that puto. Fucking guy is so overrated, I can't believe I even bet him in this spot.

He's one of those guys who was great back in the day, but isn't great today. He can't beat a low volume striker like Machida, and he can't beat a BJJ player who throws bombs because he backs up in a straight line. He won't be able to handle an elite MMA wrestler whenever he faces one.

His wins over Latifi and Munoz aren't impressive either.

On September 09 2014 00:03 Baalim wrote: Show nested quote + On September 08 2014 04:45 Stim_Abuser wrote:   On September 03 2014 21:53 Baalim wrote: I feel as if Jacare is the one who has to take the fight, all Mousasi has to do is box from the outside and hide from the predictable overhand and not allowing Jacare to throw the overhand in an attempt to bumrush im and press him against the cage. I think fighting like he did against Latiffi would be bad, that constant low handed jab to stuff takedowns will only get you knocked out by Jacare, I think he should be more diverse since Jacarely never does the GSP takedown that lets you come in with a punch, he is usually the one transitioning from punching to takedowns and not countering with them. Like to point in fact try to go with the Latiffi strategy. :} I always considered Mousasi to have on the highest fighting IQs and Ive been proved absolutely wrong in his fights vs Machida and now Jacare, he fought like an absolute idiot, he fought exactly like vs Latiffi he didnt throw a single right hand after he was exhausted, he kept that ridiculous relaxed wide stance and throwing stupid jabs that never connected and instead of counter-countering Jacares predictable haymakers he just stepped backwards into thesmaller cage and got easily dominated there as expected, so dissapointing

Agree'd but the smaller cage thing is a fucking joke. How can they consider themselves a sport with a playing field that fluctuates in size and completely changes the dynamics of a fight. I'm not saying Gegard would have won, but as soon as I found out it was a smaller cage I was like "well that's some fucking bullshit that completely favors one style".

fighters should adapt to different environments to be considered the best in the world - like they do in tekken and street fighter
e.g. waterfalls, chinatown, bahamas, fruit market etc.

On September 09 2014 00:03 Baalim wrote: Show nested quote + On September 08 2014 04:45 Stim_Abuser wrote:   On September 03 2014 21:53 Baalim wrote: I feel as if Jacare is the one who has to take the fight, all Mousasi has to do is box from the outside and hide from the predictable overhand and not allowing Jacare to throw the overhand in an attempt to bumrush im and press him against the cage. I think fighting like he did against Latiffi would be bad, that constant low handed jab to stuff takedowns will only get you knocked out by Jacare, I think he should be more diverse since Jacarely never does the GSP takedown that lets you come in with a punch, he is usually the one transitioning from punching to takedowns and not countering with them. Like to point in fact try to go with the Latiffi strategy. :} I always considered Mousasi to have on the highest fighting IQs and Ive been proved absolutely wrong in his fights vs Machida and now Jacare, he fought like an absolute idiot, he fought exactly like vs Latiffi he didnt throw a single right hand after he was exhausted, he kept that ridiculous relaxed wide stance and throwing stupid jabs that never connected and instead of counter-countering Jacares predictable haymakers he just stepped backwards into the smaller cage and got easily dominated there as expected, so dissapointing

Not sure why you thought that. A lot of his problems stem from his fight IQ. His extremely low volume, his lack of footwork, his almost not trying attitude when in the cage. He's clearly a smart fellow outside of the cage, but he doesn't fight very intelligently imo. Nor does he approach his training very intelligently. As Nazgul pointed out, probably the biggest fight of his life and he trains and some small podunk gym which clearly doesn't have many elite grapplers to spar with. Meh.

Ive always thought he was smart on the cage and this article helped me cement that idea http://fightland.vice.com/blog/jack-slack-the-shape-shifting-gegard-mousasi but it seems I was wrong.

And agreed with both you too that his main problem is before the fight, why do stoic fighters do that? Fedor also had the training ideas and it was the cause of his final demise

On September 09 2014 23:48 whamm! wrote: fighters should adapt to different environments to be considered the best in the world - like they do in tekken and street fighter e.g. waterfalls, chinatown, bahamas, fruit market etc.

Closest we've got are the obstacle course games. Maybe if we get a 3rd challenge type we can create the Best in the World Triathletic Event