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<blockquote data-quote="admartian" data-source="post: 554944" data-attributes="member: 38996"><p>LOL WUT? In Heavyweight maybe.</p><p></p><p>Rashad Evans was champ and is one of the smallest 205ers, and is an average sized 185er only. Frankie Edgar should be fighting at 135 (and arguably can make weight at 125) and has beaten up on guys like Gray Maybnard for years (guys who walk around at 200 pounds). You have Demian Maia, who's not typically your big guy, but is submitting people left and right. If not that, then he's controlling them. Same with Fitch. Anderson Silva, a lean 185 pounder, beating up guys like Forrest Griffin who are around 230 pounds come fight day.</p><p></p><p>Lesson here; the big guys are probably on the worse end of the deal. Closer to even.</p><p></p><p>Even if you mean "thug" stylistically, IO would still say that's wrong. It's the most technically sound guys that study tape that are the most successful. Jon Jones is a student of the game, and Anderson and GSP have been doing just that for years now. Same goes for up and comers like Rory Macdonald. </p><p></p><p>If you're talking guys like Jeremy Stephens, Josh Koscheck (specifically sin't a thug but more of a ********) who just want blood, yeah sure they win and have a good record, sure they're part of the stable of fighters in MMA; but they are not even close to being a majority. </p><p></p><p>As someone who's been practising BJJ for nearly 3 years now; I think MMA has a long way to go in terms of <strong>perception</strong>. But the <strong>reality </strong>is, that they're on the right track, and are only trending upwards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="admartian, post: 554944, member: 38996"] LOL WUT? In Heavyweight maybe. Rashad Evans was champ and is one of the smallest 205ers, and is an average sized 185er only. Frankie Edgar should be fighting at 135 (and arguably can make weight at 125) and has beaten up on guys like Gray Maybnard for years (guys who walk around at 200 pounds). You have Demian Maia, who's not typically your big guy, but is submitting people left and right. If not that, then he's controlling them. Same with Fitch. Anderson Silva, a lean 185 pounder, beating up guys like Forrest Griffin who are around 230 pounds come fight day. Lesson here; the big guys are probably on the worse end of the deal. Closer to even. Even if you mean "thug" stylistically, IO would still say that's wrong. It's the most technically sound guys that study tape that are the most successful. Jon Jones is a student of the game, and Anderson and GSP have been doing just that for years now. Same goes for up and comers like Rory Macdonald. If you're talking guys like Jeremy Stephens, Josh Koscheck (specifically sin't a thug but more of a ********) who just want blood, yeah sure they win and have a good record, sure they're part of the stable of fighters in MMA; but they are not even close to being a majority. As someone who's been practising BJJ for nearly 3 years now; I think MMA has a long way to go in terms of [B]perception[/B]. But the [B]reality [/B]is, that they're on the right track, and are only trending upwards. [/QUOTE]
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