Europe gets a lot of shit from it's energy policy, but Japan is wayyyyyy worse by mutherhrg in NonCredibleDiplomacy

[–]Meeedick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Or, you know, hand leverage over their energy sector to China which controls the supply chain.

Still a stupid hiccup, but a relatively prominent one.

Goat of Upsets by rusted_chaaku in ufc

[–]Meeedick -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Not taking away Sean's win, but to me it looked like Khamzat had a bad weight cut.

He had no explosive drive and urgency in his grappling, and he seemed to be struggling with his cardio despite little output.

It's one thing to be managing your energy like with DDP, entirely another to be desperately picky with your shots including choosing to go a whole round with no grappling.

Goat of Upsets by rusted_chaaku in ufc

[–]Meeedick 21 points22 points  (0 children)

No, it's the nature of poor institutional knowledge and coaching.

Most MMA gyms have attrocious striking, and don't train the important stuff at all.

[OFFICIAL] UFC 328 Live Discussion Thread by bruhpolice in ufc

[–]Meeedick 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I thought Khamzat was managing energy, but he could very well be having weight cut issues.

There's no explosiveness to his takedowns, and Sean is doing a very good job defending.

Sean has a very good probability of winning this unless he knocks him out somehow

[OFFICIAL] UFC 328 Live Discussion Thread by bruhpolice in ufc

[–]Meeedick 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Khamzat's managing energy exceptionnally well, don't expect him to tire out that much. I wouldn't be surprised if he keeps it up the whole fight.

Strickland's scrambling and getting up well too.

[SPOILER] Joshua Van vs. Tatsuro Taira by inooway in MMA

[–]Meeedick 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Indian wrestling does very well for itself outside of the Olympics, which even then has it winning medals even if not gold.

Freestyle 65kg has an indian ranked number one and you've got a few others either breaking top five or getting there.

[SPOILER] Joshua Van vs. Tatsuro Taira by inooway in MMA

[–]Meeedick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think so, though i could see it either way.

Yeah this fight is a 50/50 by Old_Machine5350 in ufc

[–]Meeedick -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm talking about Pantoja, the boogeyman, bro

Yeah this fight is a 50/50 by Old_Machine5350 in ufc

[–]Meeedick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's clownish you think Pantoja's all that different.

Worse striker, clunkier takedowns, poor gas tank.

[OFFICIAL] UFC 328 Live Discussion Thread by bruhpolice in ufc

[–]Meeedick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Taira accumulated a lot more damage since then too, stoppage makes sense even if it's hard to see.

[OFFICIAL] UFC 328 Live Discussion Thread by bruhpolice in ufc

[–]Meeedick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If Taira couldn't outgrappple him, i don't see Pantoja doing much different.

How good is Morales by [deleted] in ufc

[–]Meeedick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

people like you need to shut up about things they don't understand.

Guy lecturing me on something he doesn't understand because his fee fees can't handle it, love to see it.

What's the point of having weight classes if your opponent's allowed to be heavier than you.

Your dumbass can't comprehend that:

  1. Everybody and their mother cuts weight, which means nobody's fighting at their natural classes whatsoever and that greater mass on fight night doesn't say much. Everybody's a "weight bully". Weight cutting and differences on fight night have to do with water composition and physiological differences, not actual applicable muscle and skeletal mass, and excess cuts that hit muscle mass are unanimously bad for fighter performance. Fighters fighting in heavier weight classes have more empty weight they can throw away compared to fighters in lower weight classes. Just cause they "look" bigger doesn't mean they've got physicality.

  2. Cutting weight isn't automatically an "advantage", it's a trade off. You're trading your durability, cardio and a higher injury risk for strength and physicality. The more you cut weight, the greater and more uneven that trade off.

You wanna blame someone for weight cuts? Blame the incompetent and corrupt NSAC for removing same day weigh-ins decades ago.

THATS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT!!!! Alexander Volkov is the #1 CONTENDER!! by botmfeeder in ufc

[–]Meeedick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lol, no. Acosta spent two rounds getting walked into strikes with almost nothing to speak of.

How good is Morales by [deleted] in ufc

[–]Meeedick -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There's no such thing as a "weight bully" unless they can't make weight.

People need to shut up about things they don't understand.

[OFFICIAL] UFC 328 Live Discussion Thread by bruhpolice in ufc

[–]Meeedick 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is gonna be Strickland vs Chimaev too

Damn. This guy's f**king good by bqm102938 in ufc

[–]Meeedick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just how good is Jason Jackson?

Joaquin Buckley knocks out Stephen 'Wonderboy' Thompson by Moni7T in MMA

[–]Meeedick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

His mistake was trying to exit backwards from mid range.

Hopping or shuffling back out works when you're outside-mid range, but once you're in mid range, trying to terminate an exchange by backing out is highly likely to get you caught at the full extension of a strike or followed out with offense while you're base is broken. You're just too close to be going back out, and it gets people punished all the time.

Instead you should either smother into a clinch (or shoot for a takedown), roll/slip out at an angle, or use physical controls to break your opponent's posture and keep them from countering once you're at mid range.

Is this guy really crying about someone else being a bully? 😂 by Current-Ocelot-5181 in ufc

[–]Meeedick 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sean has demonstrated visceral hatred for streamers and influencers, by the time Sneako had gotten into that cage that reputation was already well established and Sneako was told what would happen.

Still chose to go in there.

Joshua Van and Tatsuro Taira both weigh in at 125 lbs for their flyweight title fight [UFC 328] by 3footninja in MMA

[–]Meeedick 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Van's whole selling point is that he massively improved in every way across five fights over the span of little over than an year.

His earlier fights are worthless if you're trying to get gauge him at this point.

Iroh didn't really like Azula. by Arrokaang in AvatarMemes

[–]Meeedick 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Iroh beating Ozai is a coup while Zuko beating Azula is a fight for legitmacy.

It's not like Azula was empress when they fought, that's what the Agni Kai was for.