Lets play a little game, who do you all think has the worst ground game in the UFC. So bad its painfull to watch lol.
I nominate Houston Alexander, being bored with some time to kill I decided to rewatch his fight with Erik the red and couldnt help but laugh at how bad Houstons ground game is. I dont even practice MMA and I boldly think i could do a tiny bit better His legs just seem to flop around limply, not using them whatsoever! I really dont even think he put any effort into his ground game because there was NOTHING and Erik is a black belt I believe.
Lets have a laugh, post up your worst ground gamers!
you also get to see some of the best illegal knee's ever thrown IMO
As soon as I saw this thread, I immediately thought of Houston. Besides him, Heath Herring is probably up there even if he did stuff one of Brock's take downs.
Herring actually has a pretty good ground game (defense wise). It's extremely difficult to finish the guy as he's so damn squirmy. His wrestling sucks, but his ground game isn't nearly as bad as alot of people in UFC.
you can't really nominate houston for worst ground game because he has no ground game, imo. purposely letting someone posture up in your guard or spinning into armbars time and time again would qualify as a bad ground game in my mind but my definition may be skewed.
havent seen someone mention the multiple illegal knee's to a grounded opponent before, so i repped you. when i saw the fight i was yelling at the tv "wtf" and then came on here and no one mentioned it. so cheers.
The only reason i can think people MAY say Heath has a bad ground game is because Congo kinda sat on him for a while. I think he is average at worst to above average defensivly.
It was scary how quickly the name Houston Alexander popped into my head when I saw the words "worst ground game."
It hurts to watch. Paul Daley, Drew McFedries, and Houston Alexander should tap the moment their feet leave the ground, mid-air before ass hits mat if possible.
Well, Abbadi was the worst ever to step in an Octagon, at least in recent memory, but here are a few others that I think should be brought up.
Houston Alexander has already been mentioned, and he's definitely an awful grappler. He has no awareness of his arms and no ability to defend the clinch.
JT Money, while usually completely unfit for discussion, is right up there. I'm aware that he's a decent wrestler, but he has the submission defense of a retarded gorilla.
Of any of the fighters at the top tier of the UFC, I think that Rampage is one of the worst grapplers. His performances on the ground have never been impressive.
Heath Herring was right up there, to be sure, as are Cheick Kongo and Antoni Hardonk.
JT Money, while usually completely unfit for discussion, is right up there. I'm aware that he's a decent wrestler, but he has the submission defense of a retarded gorilla.
i just thought of another one....how about Nate Quarry, it could be the fact that im remembering his last fight were demian maia got him to the ground and made him look awful.
I think it was TUF 4 (not positive); some guy gets caught in a triangle and taps. Afterwards, he gets up and asks his opponent what submission he just got caught in. ("It was a triangle??? Oh, man, ...ok. ")
Cornbread is actually very quick to respond to threads without thinking just to up his post count. I never consider his opinion until his 2nd or third post in the same thread when he seems to start thinking intelligently beore posting.
Sorry cornbread, I had to say it. I dont want to sound mean but its been bugging me for a while
EDIT: and to stay on topic, Alessio Sakara deserves an honorable mention for his ground game, as it is almost inexistant.
Cornbread is actually very quick to respond to threads without thinking just to up his post count. I never consider his opinion until his 2nd or third post in the same thread when he seems to start thinking intelligently beore posting.
Sorry cornbread, I had to say it. I dont want to sound mean but its been bugging me for a while
Well my selection is currently out of the UFC but he def has a horrible groundgame. And that fighters name is PETE SPRATT. That dude never met a fighter that couldnt submit him.
Noone has said James Irvin yet....he has a pretty horrid ground game
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