So who here has fought in any MMA matches?
I have. I actually fought most of them close to my current weight (a minor cut from current Light HW) although some were middleweight, I even fought a time or 2 under 170, (that was a cut I couldn’t come back from).
What styles do you like? I’m primarily a brawler but for a while you couldn’t list that. So I went kickboxer. But I was basically a really good sprawl wrestler that could strike. If someone had no ground game I could keep it there and end it.
If it was a high level BJJ guy I utilized sprawl and pray, lol.
Never KO’d or submitted in 9 Pro fights. Most low level. 7-2 lifetime. Never by KO or submission (I’m way too f’ing stubborn now, I’ll dare someone to break it so I can beat them with it again-so choke me out or you don’t win by submission). 7 wins by KO or joint separation (if I’m fighting I’m fighting, I’m not stopping until stopped) 2 losses by decision. The one loss I was out on my feet, but proud that the #1 seed didn’t knock me out.
Next year I made it to the finals against the same guy. He won by decision but it was a LOT closer. I wasn’t just trying to not get beat up, I was trying to beat down. He was so much of a better striker than me though, I couldn’t do much in kickboxing.
I did beat him down in a full out MMA match. So I’m 1-2 lifetime against him and 5-0 against the world. Dude was a K1 beast though. Once I got him down and a minute or two of dirty wrestling and it was over. Only fight I’ve ever had that I didn’t stop when it was over. I was
2-2 at the time both losses to him. I had some aggression I was taking out now that I was allowed to really fight him. I have video somewhere of the ref pulling me off and me still swinging like a maniac, lol. That was our 2-2 lifetime match. He won’t fight me anymore even though I don’t like the idea of Being tied at anything.
I’ve been more in control since then but he’s also one of the few that’s been able to beat me. He did, twice. Third time I got him back. Good kickboxer, no, great kickboxer.
No ground game. Don’t get caught. Take down. As a grappler/brawler get the fight down. Break bones at will. I did that in match three. He beat me the other 2 times, once barely, once badly, and there was no saving his arm once I locked it in.
That was/is my cousin, lol. Lifetime we’re 2-2 One was unsanctioned. He wins if we strike. I win if it goes down. He will and has, brutally knocked me TF out in training, then when we were competing and I broke his arm, he might have tapped. On camera it was close. Not my fault you were dumb enough to not realize a joint lock and subsequent hips getting ready to pop. Freaking strikers (I prefer this actually, but have a backup skill set) whine a lot if they don’t get to strike or you break something but they don’t whine when they KTFO you. They strut around the ring. I didn’t even do that. I knew I broke something on him and was trying to be as nice as I could by telling him “dude!!! TAP!!” By the time he did it was too late.
Salute to him as there was at least 4-5 seconds where I and he both knew I was going to break his arm if he didn’t give up. Sorry dude! Tap when it’s locked next time.
The other unsanctioned fight was after he “retired” but had something to prove against his lone loss.
That’s the one I came up still swinging after getting pulled off. He holds bragging rights at officially 2-1. He and I both know it’s 2-2 and he won’t fight me again. I’ve agreed to any discipline, any weight. I don’t like ties. Someone needs to win that even though we’re both 20 years removed.
I have. I actually fought most of them close to my current weight (a minor cut from current Light HW) although some were middleweight, I even fought a time or 2 under 170, (that was a cut I couldn’t come back from).
What styles do you like? I’m primarily a brawler but for a while you couldn’t list that. So I went kickboxer. But I was basically a really good sprawl wrestler that could strike. If someone had no ground game I could keep it there and end it.
If it was a high level BJJ guy I utilized sprawl and pray, lol.
Never KO’d or submitted in 9 Pro fights. Most low level. 7-2 lifetime. Never by KO or submission (I’m way too f’ing stubborn now, I’ll dare someone to break it so I can beat them with it again-so choke me out or you don’t win by submission). 7 wins by KO or joint separation (if I’m fighting I’m fighting, I’m not stopping until stopped) 2 losses by decision. The one loss I was out on my feet, but proud that the #1 seed didn’t knock me out.
Next year I made it to the finals against the same guy. He won by decision but it was a LOT closer. I wasn’t just trying to not get beat up, I was trying to beat down. He was so much of a better striker than me though, I couldn’t do much in kickboxing.
I did beat him down in a full out MMA match. So I’m 1-2 lifetime against him and 5-0 against the world. Dude was a K1 beast though. Once I got him down and a minute or two of dirty wrestling and it was over. Only fight I’ve ever had that I didn’t stop when it was over. I was
2-2 at the time both losses to him. I had some aggression I was taking out now that I was allowed to really fight him. I have video somewhere of the ref pulling me off and me still swinging like a maniac, lol. That was our 2-2 lifetime match. He won’t fight me anymore even though I don’t like the idea of Being tied at anything.
I’ve been more in control since then but he’s also one of the few that’s been able to beat me. He did, twice. Third time I got him back. Good kickboxer, no, great kickboxer.
No ground game. Don’t get caught. Take down. As a grappler/brawler get the fight down. Break bones at will. I did that in match three. He beat me the other 2 times, once barely, once badly, and there was no saving his arm once I locked it in.
That was/is my cousin, lol. Lifetime we’re 2-2 One was unsanctioned. He wins if we strike. I win if it goes down. He will and has, brutally knocked me TF out in training, then when we were competing and I broke his arm, he might have tapped. On camera it was close. Not my fault you were dumb enough to not realize a joint lock and subsequent hips getting ready to pop. Freaking strikers (I prefer this actually, but have a backup skill set) whine a lot if they don’t get to strike or you break something but they don’t whine when they KTFO you. They strut around the ring. I didn’t even do that. I knew I broke something on him and was trying to be as nice as I could by telling him “dude!!! TAP!!” By the time he did it was too late.
Salute to him as there was at least 4-5 seconds where I and he both knew I was going to break his arm if he didn’t give up. Sorry dude! Tap when it’s locked next time.
The other unsanctioned fight was after he “retired” but had something to prove against his lone loss.
That’s the one I came up still swinging after getting pulled off. He holds bragging rights at officially 2-1. He and I both know it’s 2-2 and he won’t fight me again. I’ve agreed to any discipline, any weight. I don’t like ties. Someone needs to win that even though we’re both 20 years removed.
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