I've always had great core and lower body strength and poor upper body strength. Judo was perfect for me because all the throws and holds had more to do with leg and core muscles and less to do with arms and chest. I've got long legs and short arms. I'm almost a human t-rex. I would have made an absolutely lousy boxer.
All the strength you need in judo came from the legs and the waist. If you frequently need arm strength then technique is wrong. Arms were more used to guide and direct. Strong legs and strong core much more important than arm strength. Except in groundwork where arms were probably more important... But oddly that is where I excelled the most. Can't explain why. Anyway... Out of shape and slightly overweight at the moment... I'd no doubt be terrible now.
First ever UFC fight I watched, didn't realise how big a draw it is. Wonder when some of the UK based Muay Thai fighters may think about making the step across to this.
I've watched UFC on and off for years, when there's a good fight it brilliant but there are plenty of boring fights as well.
There are plenty of UK fighters in the UFC, just none that are really top draw. Conor McGregor has made the Irish take note, I think we need someone of his calibre to get it going. Saying that it's the fastest growing combat sport these days. It's the new boxing. So I would imagine it won't be too long before the UK get right into it. Even this thread has shown that people actually do watch it, or at least are interested in it This video is pure hype - love it!!
I've been watching UFC on and off for years. I watched a bit of it when it first started (the one-off tournaments) when the only rules were that there were no rules. That was ****ing brutal Boxing's been boring for years as a result.
It was called 'Pride' back then when there were no rules. Head stamping was allowed I do like UFC it's just chaos, and modern day gladiator ****.
There was some proper scary **** happening back then, they just didn't give a ****. They had to put some controls in place to allow it to grow. They didn't use gloves, kicked others in the head when they were down, they could do low blows, punch back of heads, etc. Shocking at times. I think its great that having a 100% record means ****all in UFC too. Everyone loses eventually.
I was taking specific fighting styles, with my limited knowledge it would seem kickbers would take over. However, a guy I work with says that the Jujitsu guys are the one to watch?
All of them do to be fair. You walk in the Octagon with one style you're getting knocked the **** out!!
How dare you say that! I'm Ian Botham... ...Or some other famous cricketer who isn't ancient but I can't think of any modern day cricketers names.
You don't have to be a top athelete to run 10ft. Bowling might be different but it's more about technique than athleticism. Darts is probably closer to the athleticism required in cricket than UFC is.
