Paid Members Egg Shen Posted January 10, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted January 10, 2020 This year im gonna try and read more MMA/Boxing related stuff. Ive got into the habit of scrolling twitter and picking up news that way but at the same time neglecting decent full articles being posted elsewhere. Here's one to start it off, its basically just a list of 20 potential starts for the 2020's. Couple of predictable names here, but theres some wildcards thrown in. Decent read for when you're on the shitter this: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2020/01/20-fighters-who-could-become-stars-in-the-20s feel free to post whatever you feel is worth reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Jack Slack analyses Fedor's striking game - https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2012/5/31/3053056/fedor-emelianenko-striking-technique-pride Only bit I slightly disagree with is that Fedor started to decline around the time he faced Sylvia. I think he may have declined a bit before that. He didn't look good against Hunt in late 2006 - a performance that Slack himself has been critical of in the past. But I am being petty. It's a cracking read overall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Re-discovered this article while searching through my bookmarks - https://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/5/Pride-and-Glory-25240 It's a behind the scenes look at the 2000 Pride GP. It contains some very interesting quotes from the fighters. The author of the article provides this gem : Quote In April ’00, Miletich posted a message to mixedmartialarts.com that claimed Sakuraba would purposely lose the fight to Gracie. It was another indication Pride may have been getting uncomfortably close with the demands of the Yakuza and their penchant for gambling. Any luck, Pat? 😃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Highly recommended interview with Billy Robinson from July 2012 - https://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/Sherdog-Rewind-An-Interview-with-Billy-Robinson-66305 He talks about Sakuraba, Tamura, Ali vs Inoki, and lots more. This bit cracked me up. Quote Sherdog: What was your reaction watching Sakuraba conquer the Gracies in Pride Fighting Championships, especially submitting Renzo Gracie? Robinson: Well, I chewed him out afterward because he had the double wrist lock and it took him too long to get into the right position. I chewed him out after the match. What he did was, he grabbed too far up the forearm with the double wrist lock instead of getting lower to the wrist to get more leverage. He would have got the submission a lot faster, but he learned it and did it good afterwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 In case anyone fancies a bit of reading: Jack Slack on Cro Cop's decline - https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2012/7/27/3192110/judo-chop-the-curious-case-of-mirko-cro-cop-filipovic Nate Wilcox on Couture's dark side - https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2011/4/20/2122649/the-other-side-of-randy-couture-part-1 https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2011/4/27/2136878/the-other-side-of-randy-couture-2-randy-vs-the-ufc The Cro Cop article is some of Slack's best work. It offers the most convincing explanation for why Cro Cop's career declined after leaving Pride. The Couture articles cover his split from Team Quest and the circumstances in which he left the UFC in 2007. I adore Couture as a fighter. So much so, that I have been binge watching his instructional DVDs this week on Youtube. However, despite being one of MMA's greatest heroes and beloved by most fans, he probably is a bit of a dickhead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted July 9, 2020 Author Paid Members Share Posted July 9, 2020 Renzo Gracie, he's a bit of an arse... https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2020/7/7/21316034/renzo-gracie-family-brazilian-jiu-jitsu-crime-homophobia-propaganda-bolsonaro-news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 (edited) Thomas Hauser's 2015 articles on Mayweather and USADA: - https://www.sbnation.com/longform/2015/9/9/9271811/can-boxing-trust-usada - https://web.archive.org/web/20151016000105/https://www.boxnation.com/boxing-news/was-floyd-mayweather-really-dehydrated-the-fallout-from-can-boxing-trust-usada/ I reread these articles the other day. There is tons of information in them I either forgot or was unaware of. In particular, I forgot about the rumours that Mayweather tested positive for an illegal substance 3 times between 2011-2012 and that Pacquiao's camp tried to unearth evidence of the positive tests from USADA. I would also recommend the articles for anyone who is interested in the differences between VADA and USADA. Edited July 10, 2020 by jimufctna24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamicazze Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 I wrote a few for boxing websites over the years so will post them below. I love a good article so will read these ones. Mart Turley used to do some great boxing ones for instant boxing. I think these were my finest (ironically links to wrestling story telling) https://www.britishboxers.co.uk/2017/03/boulevard-of-broken-dreams/ https://www.britishboxers.co.uk/2018/02/the-perfect-ending-knowing-when-to-bow-out/ https://www.britishboxers.co.uk/2017/08/snakes-ladders/ https://www.britishboxers.co.uk/2017/08/making-an-entrance/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted July 10, 2020 Author Paid Members Share Posted July 10, 2020 nice one Kamicazze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 This is a pretty mental thread and contains a lot of information I was unaware of - https://forums.sherdog.com/threads/deconstructing-mma-myths-part-39-1-chasin´the-wolf-´round-the-ring-fedor-vs-arona.4126283/ TLDR: Volk Han claimed a few years ago that he persuaded Akira Maeda to fix the scorecards for the Fedor vs Arona fight in RINGS. Han claims that he approached Maeda just before Arona was to be announced as the winner and talked him into changing the verdict. Yet, the video evidence suggests that Han was lying, and that he was not even at ringside for the fight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Interesting article about the Lion's Den Camp - https://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/The-Lions-Den-and-the-Greatest-that-Never-Were-176656 TLDR: The author believes that Guy Mezger and Mikey Burnett would have been all-time greats had they trained at a better camp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted December 8, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted December 8, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, jimufctna24 said: Interesting article about the Lion's Den Camp - https://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/The-Lions-Den-and-the-Greatest-that-Never-Were-176656 TLDR: The author believes that Guy Mezger and Mikey Burnett would have been all-time greats had they trained at a better camp. Given that I know almost nothing about early MMA, I turn to you guys to ask if he's on the money or not. He certainly makes some excellent points, if I'm taking him at his word. What do you guys reckon? I've only ever heard the Lion's Den referred to in positive tones as one of the early elite MMA schools, now passed by in the modern game, but acknowledged as having their place. But given the amount of carnyism that seems to have gone on in MMA over the years, no doubt a part of the pro-wrestling influence, I honestly would not be surprised to find out that its reputation is bollocks. Edited December 8, 2020 by Carbomb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Carbomb said: Given that I know almost nothing about early MMA, I turn to you guys to ask if he's on the money or not. He certainly makes some excellent points, if I'm taking him at his word. What do you guys reckon? This sort of analysis is a dirty science, mostly based on assumptions. That said, while I haven't seen a few of the fights he discusses, I find most of his points reasonable. Ken came across as a relic on TUF 3 in 2005/2006. An associate of Ross Pointon's told me that Ken's training was that shit, the UFC had to bring in other coaches to train his team during the show's filming. Ken's drawing power kept him relevant in MMA well into the 21st century, but he achieved fuck all of note in the sport after 1996. Nice bloke though 😄 Edited December 8, 2020 by jimufctna24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Well, well, well, the author of the Lions Den article I posted above has written a scathing piece on Bisping and his Twitter "beef" with Deron Winn - https://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/Opinion-Michael-Bisping-Entitled-and-Arrogant-176971 Bisping responded with this tweet: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted December 30, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted December 30, 2020 Yeah, that article is just shit. I get that a lot of people dislike Bisping, but the guy just vomits out a load of shite, untruths and distortions, to make his point, which seems to be that mediocre fighters who put on shit fights when they should be putting on barnburners to save their UFC careers should be exempt from criticism, especially when one of them is the stable-mate of a commentator he likes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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