 |
Total-MMA.com Comments
Posted by Dave Walsh on 20th August 2008
We’ve had a few obnoxious server issues, so this is up a few days late. But late is better than never, no? Join Chris Henderson, Alan and myself as we look back at UFC 87 as well as do some speculating into the future and more.
Posted in Podcast, UFC | 2 Comments »
Posted by Alan Conceicao on 20th August 2008
Another day, another set of would be medalists. What was so interesting is that Ireland could lock up two medals at the ‘08 Games, a major surprise for their team, and they had favorable draws in their favor. Meanwhile, the Cubans could continue their dominance and put two more men in the semis.
Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Posted by Alan Conceicao on 19th August 2008
Roberto Cammarelle looks for Olympic Gold at Super Heavy. But is there an upset brewing?
The magic of the Olympic draw is the size. At the AIBA World Championships, anyone can send a fighter. Anyone. And they get thrown in a draw of 60-80 fighters and the tournament seems to never end. The Olympics knock that number in half. This gives you the very best, the sorta good, and people given spots because the committee was nice. Sometimes that is a recipe for surprises.
Posted in Alan Conceicao, Boxing, Olympics | No Comments »
Posted by Alan Conceicao on 18th August 2008
The rawest of the Americans, Deontay Wilder will win the US’ only medal. But what color?
Its been a wild weekend in Beijing as far as boxing goes, with favorite after favorite being dismissed and analysts left wondering if anyone actually wants to win a medal. There’s been press conferences about scoring, questions about the reffing, talk of conspiracy theories and fixes. In other words, your average Olympic boxing session.
Posted in Boxing, Olympics, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Posted by Kendall Shields on 15th August 2008
Last night I reread the foreword to Kyuzo Mifune’s classic The Canon of Judo (1954). It includes this:
“Judo is now looked upon with a sense of hope and expectation, not only in Japan but throughout the world. The reason for this expectation and support can be found in the fact that judo embodies in its clear and rational movements the basic conditions for the most natural and unfettered human activity. The techniques and even the essence of judo are made possible solely by its fulfillment of these basic conditions.”
And this:
“Independence has been restored to Japan, and yet world peace still eludes us. True peace is the desire of all mankind, and this means working toward a world free from all forms of evil. Judo contains many aspects of this truth; it knows no borders, and is loved by spiritual people regardless of their nationality.”
A little over the top? Sure. But only a little.
Posted in Kendall Shields, Olympics, judo | 1 Comment »
Posted by Dave Walsh on 15th August 2008
Tonight, Showtime and EliteXC present another of their ShoXC events, this time following up on a previous main event of Po’ai Suganuma vs. Jared Hamman, two up and coming lightheavyweights. When they met on April 5th of this year on another ShoXC card, all it took was a right hand from Suganuma, followed by a picture perfect flying knee to put down Hamman. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Dave Walsh, ShoXC | No Comments »
Posted by Tommy Hackett on 15th August 2008
DISCUSS THIS STORY IN THE TOTAL-MMA.COM FORUMS
Anyone sick of Olympic judo (etc) coverage around here? Yeah, me neither.
In fact, whenever I feel like I’m burning out on MMA (like lately), I try and catch some jiu-jitsu, Muay Thai (etc.), and I would encourage anyone to do the same.
The cold fact is that fighters in MMA’s shallow talent pool are all trying to learn a variety of techniques, leading to more and more amatuerish fights making TV, and sometimes you end up feeling like you’re watching the same sloppy stalemate fight over and again. Sloppy boxing. Clinch. Knees to the body. Someone gets tripped. Groundwork that goes nowhere. Standup. Zzzzzzz… been there?
Of course, now and then an MMA bout seems to have it all… and as you can see from this video, it appears that they have been happening for more than 50 years. This is one of six fights between Carlson Gracie and Waldemar Santana which took place in the 1950’s. Props to Andreh Anderson( himself a Carlson Gracie black belt) for posting this to Underground Forum. What I’d give for the full version!
Posted in History, Tommy Hackett, Video, jiu-jitsu, judo | 6 Comments »
Posted by Jonathan Snowden on 14th August 2008
Who is the best P4P fighter in MMA? It’s worth arguing about.
Posted in Fedor Emelianenko, Georges St. Pierre, Jonathan Snowden, Kendall Shields, Rankings, pound for pound | No Comments »
Posted by Kendall Shields on 14th August 2008
Perhaps you’ll recall from our Judo Primer last week that one of the stories headed into these Olympic games was the almost complete lack of faith the Japanese press had expressed in captain Keiji Suzuki ever since he crashed out in the second round of the world championships in Rio. Unfortunately for the 29-year-old former Olympic and world champion, he’s done it again. And probably for the last time. Suzuki was upended by a morote gari for ippon in his first match, and faired no better in the repechage.
Posted in Kendall Shields, Olympics, judo | 4 Comments »
Posted by Alan Conceicao on 14th August 2008
(Rau’Shee Warren’s blunder potentially cost the US its best chance at a medal. What next?)
Unlike my compatriots in wrestling and judo, boxing has the slight issue when it comes to day to day coverage of taking forever. Judo is basically all over with and boxing has merely just begun, with another prelim round to go before we even hit quarterfinals. And to think, its roughly half as many fights as the World Championships. But I digress. Its been quite the storied week thus far.
Posted in Alan Conceicao, Boxing, Olympics, Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
