Quote Originally Posted by Jaydizzl05 View Post
Well it's odd in the MMA world because basically no one used it since back in the old days of UFC, where no one really used it effectively. Then here comes Machida who was able to use it for MMA and be very successful at it. But that's the only thing everyone looks at in Machida, no one looks at the fact he has Muay Thai, a BJJ blackbelt, and wrestling skills as well.
I used to take Kempo karate, I wish I took Shotokan, IMO it's one of the better Karate styles.
As far as not watching much UFC, do you mean you don't watch MMA in general or just the UFC?
I mean..if it's on, I'll watch it 80% of the time. When they start this "ground and pound" junk and never move back away from that, I get bored and flip the channel. Ground fighting kind of annoys me. I was brought up getting one hit after they touch the ground, or 3seconds, whichever is first. We were taught that it was disrespectful; not part of "the code". While I know that it's HIGHLY EFFECTIVE! (the bjj and all)and a great fighting tool/style, I really don't see how it's a good thing to draw that out quite as long as they are allowed to, at least from a career standpoint.

You make some great points about his fighting style. Very true. He's one of the few that actually have a solid background in multiple martial arts. He doesn't drastically overextend, doesn't signal exactly where he's going to attack, knows that you can actually MOVE SIDEWAYS, ect.

I just remember how my friends and I watched Machida and that one guy fight earlier this year, and after Joe Roagen (or however you spell his name) was talking about him...we all busted out laughing simultaneously about the kungfu karate master blackbelt style that he was attributing to him, and it remains a running joke with us lol.

He definitely has very good technical skills, and yea no one really gives him any cred for the muay tai or bjj. Those of us trained in some form of martial art can kind of differentiate between the styles when we see them, but I don't think very many "Average joes" really can. And you know how "karate" is kind of used as a blanket term. ::cringe::

More to the point of me not watching it as of late though, is that I don't have CABLE!!!