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Originally Posted by That Guy
i hate the floor stuff... it's just bad. if ufc could ditch that, it'd be SOOO much easier to watch and enjoy.
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i find the ground game to be the "art" of mixed martial arts, you have to watch guys who are trained to counter moves to appreciate it like moving from half or side guard to a full mount and how the guy on the bottom needs to keep a knee up to stop the other from re-positioning himself in a better way, etc.
in pride i have seen some amazing reversals and escapes. a guy is literrally getting the life chocked out of him in a rear naked choke, your saying to yourself this is over then out of nowhere thru the fighters last conscious thought he escapes . . . ive seen royce gracie in an arm bar refuse to tap out and the guy breaks his arm and gracie keeps on fighting.
if it was all standup it would be kickboxing.
lawler is the only guy with any cred in elite x and his best days are past him.