MMA Thread

Twilight Sparkle said:

I called out her retarded coach back between rounds 1 and 2 of the Holm fight

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So you were the latest person to call him out. People have been on him for years.

The Dauntless One said:

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This one is by far my favorite.

Grimmlokk said:

So you were the latest person to call him out. People have been on him for years.

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No dude, I was the first. totes.

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reminds me of those old NASA centrifuge pics:

I'm trying to understand how you would create the habit of twisting your wrist when you throw a punch without deliberately practicing it. It feels really unnatural.

Twisting/flopping the wrist like that is a natural by-product of snapping the elbow really fast. It makes sense if she's trying to crack her elbow with every punch? It's literally the same motion my physical therapist taught me to re-seat my radial head.

You idiots she is clearly throwing a "corkscrew punch" don't you know any goddamn thing? That kind of punch is unstoppable. She can tear right through her opponents skin with that. She can rip out throats like its fucking Roadhouse or Mcgruber.

It's taught that way in a lot of traditional martial arts so she maybe picked it up there, or she just had bad striking form to begin with, the coach never picked up on it and she has developed a terrible habit.

Jive Turkey said:

Just flinging her hands out there.

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Ronda Rousey Reportedly Barely Sparred Leading Into UFC 207 Disaster

I thought she looked really off. Her strikes looked sloppy, and she didn't have a good feel for distance. But Nunes did. Nunes would let her strike, flailing her arms around and missing, and then step in and hit her. She really didn't look like she'd sparred. You can do practice drills all day every day, but there is no substitute for actual sparring.

Her striking looked exactly as it always looks....

Too busy looking at the camera or herself.

Grimmlokk said:

Her striking looked exactly as it always looks....

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Striking is not defined by just the striking, but in maintaining critical distance and timing. Anyone can put together a bunch of strikes, but not everyone can hit their target. Her timing was way off, and she made Nunes look like a genius. Her footwork was also superlative.

Mayweather to fight Rousey?