Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-31529160-20171201171711/@comment-32783267-20171204061105

@GBL1111 and @CanadianOracle

Sorry for the late comment. I was on the road travelling with shitty connection.

As I said above, Ubereem did show up and got knocked stiff in a classic fashion. Yeah, Ngannou needed to be test by a grappler like you said. I'm sure he is explosive but could he gas? For now he's like Brock Lesnar in that he can move really fast despite his mass.. time will tell if Ngannou is once in a lifetime freak athlete.

Aldo gassed really early in this fight. Even if he didn't take this fight Lamas would very likely get a W from him. His decrease in output coincident with the USADA... this wasn't help by accounts of Aldo 'accidentally' spilling his piss sample on the first random test. How do you think guys? Is he on Brazilian supplements after all?

I also noticed Cejudo getting a lot of hate for his performance when I think it was very smart. He struck a grappler in his last fight and now he grappled a striker. He was just unfortunate enough to fight after Alvarez and Gaethje I guess.

Being progressive is great, but you need to start off somewhere, whether it is Boxing, Muay Thai, Karate, Wrestling, Jiu-Jitsu..etc. You can't just go and find and start out at a pure MMA gym unless you are really lucky, because MMA is not a 'martial arts' on his own. You need to 'mixed' it imo. I think you can't ignore a martial arts because of it just focus on one aspect of the game. For example, would you disregard Boxing because it doesn't incorporate kicks or grappling as in 'it doesn't evolve with time'?

Also, not everyone can afford their time to be well rounded in every aspect of the game really. We all have to take care of our studies, work, families and so on. So, for an average joe, even a shitty Wing Chun class would be enough to slap fight his way out of a fight encounter. I'm not saying well roundedness is bad, but the fact that you don't need to spend too much time on improving every part of the game unless you are aiming to compete in one or just humiliate specialists by Dojo crashing. In addition, becoming a pure MMA guy is very depended on the gym. Something like this happened in Japan with Shootwrestlers. They integrated strikes, used grappling of various disciplines but they ended up as Jack-of-all-Trades due to lacking proper training. I would say you didn't need to be ashamed of being specialised in one part of the game even if you are well rounded :-)

My apologies, if this response sounded like an angry rant. Cheers

@Armbar, Max rightfully said he need to catch up before considering himself a GOAT... as it is what it is.