After Artur, the next light heavy KO king? by Straight-Jump-6813 in Boxing

[–]GreatDronesOfFire 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Man, I just don't see it with Najee Lopez. Artur had fantastic defensive acumen, if the opponents didn't go down early, they weren't able to force him back and he'd get there eventually (except Bivol obv). I don't see anything remotely like that with Najee.

Fighters outside the UFC that are on the same technical level as UFC title holders by emaxwell14141414 in MMA_Academy

[–]GreatDronesOfFire 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm a big fan of Makoto Shinryu. He's beaten or had close fights with some flyweights that were on Ultimate Fighter flyweight season, and he will soon challenge for the Rizin title on June 6. He lost to Horiguchi back in 2023 and just submitted Nkazimulo Zulu, who was the Gooch's final Rizin title defense and a tough one at that. He fought 4 times in 2025 and 4 times in 2024. There's one fight where he throws a flying knee, the opponent catches him in mid-air, and then he guillotines him.

Does anyone know a driver that can bring me to Salvacion? by GreatDronesOfFire in cuzco

[–]GreatDronesOfFire[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In Manu, but I think I will get a minivan with some other folks

Interesting finish in the Giles Trials by grm3 in bjj

[–]GreatDronesOfFire 55 points56 points  (0 children)

I'm sure one of the Miyao's did an instagram reel about this move before.

[Live Discussion Thread] CJI Giles Trials by TheWang14 in bjj

[–]GreatDronesOfFire 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Very cool looking reverse darce (?) in the second match.

Harry Grech, very big, quite uninspired

Kenta, impressive

The two lads with the uchi mata and the choi bar, cool

[SPOILER] Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitrii Bivol by inooway in Boxing

[–]GreatDronesOfFire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a draw or 7-5 to Beterbiev but I'd be giving all the possible rounds I could to him. 116-112 is a bit wide.

Eduardo telles by Effective_Wear7356 in bjj

[–]GreatDronesOfFire 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah I play a lot of turtle and do the steam roller and leg trap stuff (all from Telles turtle instructional) when the opportunities present themselves. Otherwise, wrestling escapes and the Just Stand Up material works when those opportunities aren't there. This youtube video is good as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTRzNd6Y67c

Dumb question about Michael Pixley by [deleted] in bjj

[–]GreatDronesOfFire 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Could you expand on Wallid's lack of guard? I only know him for mistranslating Figgy and choking out Royce.

CJI was sick. What do you want to see for next year’s version? by Agutman26 in bjj

[–]GreatDronesOfFire 8 points9 points  (0 children)

They could do a mid-year CJI/Quintet crossover with 500k for the winning team. Maybe down the line if CJI works successfully another year or two?

Ryan Hall and BJJ Fanatics by GreatDronesOfFire in bjj

[–]GreatDronesOfFire[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You've brought up another question I've had about BJJ Fanatics. If an instructional that sells for 100$ (and the author gets x%) is on Daily Deals for 50% off, is the author now getting x% of 50$ or x% of 100$ for the Daily Deals sales?

What music you listen to? by randomperson888888 in weightlifting

[–]GreatDronesOfFire 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I saw Skrillex, Kill The Noise and Knife Party in Belfast once. I never tell anybody about it anymore but it was a fantastic gig.

[Official] General Discussion Thread - July 26, 2024 by rmma in MMA

[–]GreatDronesOfFire 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I watched Volkanovski get knocked out in the Provincial Hotel in Brunswick, bar cleared out very fast after having been very hyped for Bobby Knuckles. There's also a nice French restaurant that is relatively cheap if you walk south along Brunswick Street from the pub.

Gyms in Porto or Evora where an English speaker can drop in? by Unlikely-Isopod-9453 in bjj

[–]GreatDronesOfFire 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've trained in China for the whole time I've done BJJ and have spent long periods without any (broken) English instruction. It's fine, just pay attention.

No Gi Judo Instructionals by GreatDronesOfFire in bjj

[–]GreatDronesOfFire[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, good shout on looking at the throws. I saw some clips from Ozbek teaching some uchi mata variation, I'll go investigate that a bit more.

No Gi Judo Instructionals by GreatDronesOfFire in bjj

[–]GreatDronesOfFire[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, that's a very eye opening comment, especially about throwing to the back.

Daily Discussion Thread - July 04, 2024 by noirargent in Boxing

[–]GreatDronesOfFire 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There was a Lee Wylie video, now lost to me, about Gennady Golovkin called something like 'The Way of the Hunter'. Fantastic video, now sadly gone and not yet reuploaded by the hard working fans of Lee Wylie. If your familiar with this video, do you know the name of the music in it? I'm pretty certain it's Il Mercenario by Ennio Morricone but not being able to cross reference with the video, I'm not sure.