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DirectorBeneficial48 t1_isy5jgz wrote

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I'm well aware of who those folks are - I cover the sport for a living and know a lot more than you do. Chuck Lidell never used karate in his bouts. He was a wrestleboxer who took a punch to give one until his chin gave out and then he just took a punch and went night night. GSP spent his entire career primarily using wrestling, boxing and positional grappling. Both Machida brothers are some of the closest we ever had to working the old TMAs into the mixed portion of the modern sport. Lyoto at least had great success with his footwork and using a few principles to go along with the massive amounts of grappling training (everything from bjj to sumo) he went through.

Stopping a surprise attack lmfao, thats how I know you're full of shit.

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Six-milliondollarman OP t1_isya46j wrote

I wrestled, trained bjj and sambo and kickboxing in the 90’s. As great as all that is it’s not for everyone. Not everyone wants or can do high level thai or wrestling. They might be old or have other issues. You can’t hold onto conditioning. How many 50 year olds do you see in mma? If you don’t understand surprise attack then you’ve never been jumped. And surprise goes both ways. Life protection is just that. Saving your life. If you can engage someone in a duel that also means you can run away. That’s not self defense. I was clear that this is not for engaging in a duel with someone. I can overlook you’re rudeness but if you don’t think you can stop a sucker punch or tackle and create an opportunity to get away then there’s no point in continuing this conversation.

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wojafe t1_it37ato wrote

Lol the guy really into Pokémon go is also covering “the sport” (apparently different boxing orgs, mma, Muay Thai, are all covered by the same people) as a living. Sure buddy.

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DirectorBeneficial48 t1_it3cejl wrote

One, "the sport" refers to MMA, which is simply one sport. Two, I write for a website (and newspapers and other sites in the past) and have been credentialed press for dozens of MMA events and handfuls of kickboxing, wrestling and boxing events. Combat sports falls under one generic umbrella as far as most coverage sites go. So regardless of how I meant it, it actually covers your incorrect guess, too.

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wojafe t1_it6y84g wrote

Link your shitty websites

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DirectorBeneficial48 t1_it7zooh wrote

I would prefer not to link my real name and dox myself, but here's a pic of some of the creds from various events, strategically placed to hide the ones with my name showing https://ibb.co/PcCZxMN don't worry for us, though. We're currently the 5th or 6th largest MMA site on Al Gore's internet.

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wojafe t1_itf1oyg wrote

The man’s got receipts. I’ll eat my words

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