Somewhere Steven Seagal is claiming he invented this knockout.
(Video courtesy of YouTube/DiggedyDrake)
Somewhere Steven Seagal is claiming he invented this knockout.
If anyone ever pulls off a breakdance/capoeira move like this in a televised UFC fight, the sport will instantly become a mainstream success thanks to the plethora of inevitable highlight-reel replays on shows like Sportscenter. Until then, we’ll just have to show our non-MMA watching friends highlights of Brian Ebersole, Marius Zaromskis and Marcus Aurelio KOs in the hopes that they’ll quit asking us when Kimbo is fighting next.
I’ve always wondered why Capoeira isn’t more effective in MMA. It’s a style that is very unpredictable and when done right, unless you’re Tony Jaa, is very hard to defend against.
Case in point is this clip of a recent muay thai smoker in which one of the fighters turns his opponent’s lights out with a crazy Au Batido variation.
(Video courtesy of YouTube/7BrC)
I’ve always wondered why Capoeira isn’t more effective in MMA. It’s a style that is very unpredictable and when done right, unless you’re Tony Jaa, is very hard to defend against.
Case in point is this clip of a recent muay thai smoker in which one of the fighters turns his opponent’s lights out with a crazy Au Batido variation.
(GifProps: Damn Severn from the UG)
Be honest, you’re going to go out in the backyard and try this move tonight, aren’t you?
(Armageddon is fitting name for the promotion, since Kalib Starnes fighting for a title likely signals that the world is coming to an end.)If you’re jonesing for some MMA to watch this weekend since July is pretty dry for events, and you don’t want to …
(Armageddon is fitting name for the promotion, since Kalib Starnes fighting for a title likely signals that the world is coming to an end.)
If you’re jonesing for some MMA to watch this weekend since July is pretty dry for events, and you don’t want to shell out the $29.95 for the Austrailian Impact FC "Island of Misfit Toys" pay-per-view, for the price of a small pizza you can watch a pretty decent card from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada on Saturday night.
Armageddon 3 will feature a middleweight title bout between Nick Hinchliffe and UFC 100-yard dash record holder Kalib Starnes (who, incidentally, gave me the excuse linked here after the day after the bout with Quarry, and later, when he was criticized for his comments, tried to excuse the excuse by wrongfully blasting me on the Sherdog forums for printing comments he says he made "off the record" even though he didn’t bother to mention that they were).
