Fight Master discussion

[Glen Smith]

Tonight will be the first episode where they are living in the house and actually training under Greg Jackson, Shamrock, Couture, and Warren. I'm pretty interested to see their training methods and getting some elite mma coaches insights into the game.

[~AK49~]

If you were on the show, which coach would you have chosen?

Personally, I'd crawl through a pile of poop to be trained by frank

Edit: been searching for this video on YouTube for years, finally somebody put it up

[Glen Smith]

If you were on the show, which coach would you have chosen?

Personally, I'd crawl through a pile of poop to be trained by frank

Edit: been searching for this video on YouTube for years, finally somebody put it up

I'd probably go with Frank Shamrock as well to be honest although I'm interested in seeing how Jackson trains his fighters especially if he doesn't know who their opponents will be. Nice find on the Tito-Frank fight btw!

[Glen Smith]

Shamrock vs Baroni
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbKrA...e_gdata_player

[~AK49~]

I'd probably go with Frank Shamrock as well to be honest although I'm interested in seeing how Jackson trains his fighters especially if he doesn't know who their opponents will be. Nice find on the Tito-Frank fight btw!

Yeah, that fight is one of my fav's. A classic example of taking somebody into deep waters conditioning wise, then exploding on them and beating them into submission. I still get goosebumps from the ending.

Shamrock vs Baroni
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbKrA...e_gdata_player

Thanks for posting this

[Glen Smith]

Wow having 2 fights instead of 1 made it seem more like a mini fight card instead of a tuf episode. Also, seeing and hearing the coaches like that during the fights seemed to make it more intense for me...how the heck can the fighters realistically follow every little direction thats being shouted at them at all times while concentrating on the fight as well? What did you guys think?

[Glen Smith]

Yeah, that fight is one of my fav's. A classic example of taking somebody into deep waters conditioning wise, then exploding on them and beating them into submission. I still get goosebumps from the ending.




Thanks for posting this

No worries man...did you watch fight master tonight?

[Drunken Cat]

I'm personally no fan of Greg Jackson. I don't like his emphasis on fighting for a decision. I was a wrestler and I even watch wrestling to this day believe it or not, but I can't stand the philosophy that takedowns with no damage and stalling is a way to win a fight. Jackson seems to emphasize gaming judges as much as fighting.

I've always thought Randy Couture was a great coach. He was in fact an assistant wrestling coach at Oregon State before he started fighting, and he has been successful in the MMA fight club business, from the Team Quest days through to Xtreme Couture.

Frank Shamrock is another veteran and his experience can only help. I like his style of fighting.

[Glen Smith]

I've warmed up to Greg Jackson since watching him on this show but I feel the same way as you about his fighting style that he teaches. He might be the single biggest cause of the point fighting, lack of aggression while on striking the feet, and fighting just to win the round with not much intention to finish fights in the UFC nowadays.

[~AK49~]

Wow having 2 fights instead of 1 made it seem more like a mini fight card instead of a tuf episode. Also, seeing and hearing the coaches like that during the fights seemed to make it more intense for me...how the heck can the fighters realistically follow every little direction thats being shouted at them at all times while concentrating on the fight as well? What did you guys think?

No worries man...did you watch fight master tonight?

Yeah. Was hoping to see more of the training/philosophy, but since they show two fights that takes up a lot of time (potentially).

I'm personally no fan of Greg Jackson. I don't like his emphasis on fighting for a decision. I was a wrestler and I even watch wrestling to this day believe it or not, but I can't stand the philosophy that takedowns with no damage and stalling is a way to win a fight. Jackson seems to emphasize gaming judges as much as fighting.

I've always thought Randy Couture was a great coach. He was in fact an assistant wrestling coach at Oregon State before he started fighting, and he has been successful in the MMA fight club business, from the Team Quest days through to Xtreme Couture.

Frank Shamrock is another veteran and his experience can only help. I like his style of fighting.

I've warmed up to Greg Jackson since watching him on this show but I feel the same way as you about his fighting style that he teaches. He might be the single biggest cause of the point fighting, lack of aggression while on striking the feet, and fighting just to win the round with not much intention to finish fights in the UFC nowadays.

Yeah, that was extremely annoying to me. Kinda like the difference between amateur boxing and pro boxing.

I'm just glad he wasn't able to sway the judges with all his 'that's a point' bs.