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It seems that more and more fighters are fighting to "entertain" instead of fighting "for themselves and the win"
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If you where GSP, would you give Hardy the chance of knocking you out by standing with him or would you give him a 0% chance of knocking you out by taking him down? What's the more logical solution?
When a dominate striker like Anderson Silva fights; nobody shoots him down for not taking the fight to the ground? (Silva is a great stand-up fighter, so obviously that's where he wants the fight to be) (GSP is a dominate wrestler so obviously that's where he wants the fight to be)
After all, there is a lot of people here on this forum who don't know what it's like to be punched or kicked in the face. If you have been, you can vouch for what I'm about to say in that " it is not fun to get hit " Being that it is MMA, if you find a way to defeat your opponents, why would you change anything? It's like the old saying goes: " Why fix something that is not yet broken? "
Until GSP's take downs are " broken " he will continue to dominate fights. You don't have to like it, and you can call it boring; but at the end of the day it's not us in there, it's not are creditability on the line or us risking are chins.
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Frank Mir decides to stand with Carwin, and gets his head taken off. The difference between being smart, and being entertaining. Mir could have done what GSP did, take the fight to the ground and look for the submission.(what hes good at) He could have won that fight, but his game plan was just not there. Instead he chooses to stand with Carwin and gets his title shot opportunity crushed.
But, than again nobody cares that Mir won't get his title shot, because we got to see our knock out of the night. Now what was better for Mir to do, go in there with a excellent game plan and take Carwin down, tire him out; and look for the finish. - or - stand with a guy 11-0 who has never been a: taken past the first round and b: all wins have been by KO.
It just seems like more and more fighters are wanting to get that big fight bonus and that huge epic win instead of fighting the smart fight and going to their so called " bread and butter ".
- Sorry if I came off as a little forward guys, just speaking from within'.
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If you where GSP, would you give Hardy the chance of knocking you out by standing with him or would you give him a 0% chance of knocking you out by taking him down? What's the more logical solution?
When a dominate striker like Anderson Silva fights; nobody shoots him down for not taking the fight to the ground? (Silva is a great stand-up fighter, so obviously that's where he wants the fight to be) (GSP is a dominate wrestler so obviously that's where he wants the fight to be)
After all, there is a lot of people here on this forum who don't know what it's like to be punched or kicked in the face. If you have been, you can vouch for what I'm about to say in that " it is not fun to get hit " Being that it is MMA, if you find a way to defeat your opponents, why would you change anything? It's like the old saying goes: " Why fix something that is not yet broken? "
Until GSP's take downs are " broken " he will continue to dominate fights. You don't have to like it, and you can call it boring; but at the end of the day it's not us in there, it's not are creditability on the line or us risking are chins.
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Frank Mir decides to stand with Carwin, and gets his head taken off. The difference between being smart, and being entertaining. Mir could have done what GSP did, take the fight to the ground and look for the submission.(what hes good at) He could have won that fight, but his game plan was just not there. Instead he chooses to stand with Carwin and gets his title shot opportunity crushed.
But, than again nobody cares that Mir won't get his title shot, because we got to see our knock out of the night. Now what was better for Mir to do, go in there with a excellent game plan and take Carwin down, tire him out; and look for the finish. - or - stand with a guy 11-0 who has never been a: taken past the first round and b: all wins have been by KO.
It just seems like more and more fighters are wanting to get that big fight bonus and that huge epic win instead of fighting the smart fight and going to their so called " bread and butter ".
- Sorry if I came off as a little forward guys, just speaking from within'.
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