Comments on: What is considered “a great fight” in MMA?

By: MrRiddum

MrRiddum — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:15:13 +0000

Hi Zach, thanks for taking time to contribute again. I still don’t agree with you though

Javier Mendez is the striking coach at AKA (and a former Kickboxing Champion) so if he says Koscheck has better technical striking than Mike Swick, I’ll believe him ahead of you… no offense.

I mean, look at my name bro - it’s MrRiddum… I love GSP, he’s my favourite fighter. But Kos will be his toughest test since BJ.

As for whether Kos will stand with GSP - that’s kinda what I’ve been talking about the whole time… HE WON’T! It’s called gameplanning! That’s my whole point! Kos stood with

Besides, if he did stand with GSP he wouldn’t get demolished anyway. In the same way you go “whupdeedoo” when Kos outstrikes Kos, I’ll say the same thing about GSP outstriking Hughes. It doesn’t mean shit except that Diego has actually KOd people standing and Hughes hasn’t.

GSP is probably the better striker but he has predominantly outstruck wrestlers. Serra, Hughes, Penn, Sherk, Trigg, Miller, Heiron, Parysian. That’s his last 8 opponents and only one of those guys is close to being a noted striker and he’s also considered a natural 155er.

Like I say, I love GSP, he’s my favourite fighter and a classy guy but he’s fought and outstruck mostly wrestlers and BJJ fighters…. infact if you gave those fighters a label, you wouldnt call any of them a striker - they’d all be BJJ or wrestling. The last striker he’s fought was Pete Spratt in 2003.

Anyway, we all have our fighters that we like and dislike, that’s what makes this all so much fun I’ll be looking forward to Kos vs GSP and whilst it might not be a crowd pleaser, I’ll be more excited throughout the fight than I ever will be in a fight like Huerta vs Garcia.

By: Zach

Zach — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:52:21 +0000

Oh… and Supposedly Kos vs St Pierre at UFC 74. And if Kos trys to stand with St Pierre he will get DEMOLISHED

By: Zach

Zach — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:50:49 +0000

Well Mr Riddum I believe that even Matt Hughes could beat Kos in a stand up bout, everyone is giving credit for Kos becoming a good boxer, but when did we see it….. against a wrestler like Sanchez. Whoopdee doo. He didn’t even do that much and he has no power. It was a boring fight and I liked Huerta and Garcia match much more, and it wasn’t just a scrappy fight, yeah there were a lot of scrappy sessions where they were both just throwing blows, but Huerta did take Garcia to the ground and pounded him from on top. That is called ground and pound not scrappy. Yes it is definitely not the greatest fight of the year, that will be reserved for Liddell Rampage II…. hopefully

By: Performify

Performify — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:51:50 +0000

Great article. Kudos…

By: MrRiddum

MrRiddum — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 21:27:37 +0000

I feel I need to reitterate the point of this article again.

The point is not to say Kos vs Diego is better than Huerta vs Garcia. I have no problem with anyone preferring one over the other and im sure 99% would prefer the Huerta vs Garcia fight.

The point IS to say.

a. Huerta vs Garcia is no way fight of the year.
b. Kos vs Diego did not really, really suck.

As for which is prefered watching, yeah, actually I did prefer Kos vs Sanchez. It wasn’t as “exciting” a fight but I don’t really care about that.

Huerta vs Garcia meant absolutely nothing. I didn’t learn anything from it and neither really (I wouldn’t have thought) did either fighter. I don’t watch MMA to watch scrappy slugfests honestly… Kimbo is exciting. Felony Fights is exciting… but that’s not why I watch MMA. I watch MMA cos I want to see great skill and I want to see who’s the best MMA fighters in the world.

Kos vs Diego - I learnt a hell of a lot from this fight. I reckon I have a good idea how these guys both match up with the othe top contenders now and I find that really interesting. From a betting perspective, I like analysing these fights and hopefully I’ll have a better idea how to beat the bookies.

By: Doug

Doug — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 19:10:50 +0000

I have to disagree with you. I will say Kos had the perfect gameplan cause Diego looked confused the whole fight. However it seemed both fighters were fighting not to lose. Kos would get the better of the exchanges then backpedal when Diego would throw a punch. GSP dominated Hughes from good counter punching. Kos/Sanchez wasn’t an MMA match, it was a boxing match and a bad one at that. I wouldn’t call what Kos did was good techinical striking. I think that is evidenced by the only replay of a punch landing was a second round punch. Kos stuck to his gameplan an won, good for him.

As for Huerta/Garcia, it was an exciting fight. Yeah, Huerta dominated Garcia, but both fighters were going for knockouts. Think about great boxing fights like Ward/Gatti and Morales/Barrera. They are considered great fights cause the fighters went to war. They aren’t considered great techinical fights, but they are considered some of the most exciting fights and FOTY by many. Are you really going to say you would like to see Kos/Sanchez jab offs or a war like Huerta/Garcia?

By: Mr. Steak

Mr. Steak — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 08:31:45 +0000

A great fight is a chess matchâ€¦

Koscheck v Sanchaz wasnâ€™t even close. Neither did anything to put them at risk, nor anything to win. Respecting another fighterâ€™s skill is one thing, but you have to put yourself out there, and neither of them did that. Fighting to win a decision rather than a fight is sad. Both are to blame, itâ€™s a shame they both couldnâ€™t lose.

Some of the best MMA fights were chess matches, just constant back and forth action or techniques. Huerta vs Garcia wasnâ€™t the â€œbest fight everâ€ but it was still a battle. Huerta couldnâ€™t finish off Garcia, and Garcia battled back and at times came close to a submission. Sure, knockouts are fun to watch, but two evenly matched fighters going back and forth is like a dance of skill & technique. (Ex. Mirko vs Fedor) Sure you had a clear winner, but they both tried to WIN THE FIGHT, not aiming for a decision.

By: Blaze

Blaze — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 00:39:44 +0000

sanchez/koscheck was boring b/c neither fighter tried to finnish the other fighter. in MMA, there are so many ways to win a fight that the goal should always be to stop your opponent.

improved stand up or not, koscheck isn’t all that great on his feet throwing his hands. sure, he had quick feet and avoided the punches that diego threw but his technique was horrible. he was bent over at the waist, his chin was high and extended and he was dropping his hands…….what was it you said about perfect gameplans? 99.9% of MMA fighters are horrible boxers so why would we want to watch them in a boxing match? i’d rather watch old re-runs of the USA network’s “tuesday night fights”…..which was C level boxers at best.

don’t misunderstand me though, i don’t lay the entire blame on koscheck. i think diego is equally to blame. he didn’t do anything to win this fight either. both showed poorly and both showed that they are years away from title shots.

By: David Bridges

David Bridges — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 23:36:38 +0000

In my opinion, alot of the MMA fans are from the profesional wrestling mentality so they have no idea what a technical fight or fighter is all about. that was one of the things I liked about Pride was the fans, they show complete respect for the fighters, and win or lose you are cherred.

By: M.A.Campanelli

M.A.Campanelli — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 23:28:29 +0000

Well, to us a great fight is two evenly matched fighters who give it there all and fight the fight we know they can. Unfortunately the match upâ€™s are not always even and if they are intimidation sets in and it becomes a one sided fight, like it did with Kos and Diego. Before and up to the fight he (Diego) was talking the talk but, got discouraged and less aggressive than normal when he faced the new and improved Kos. We thought it would be a more aggressive fight on his end…

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