Florian is not good under pressure

[tn94z]

Kenny seems to buckle whenever he is high profile fights. I think if anyone is over rated, it's Kenny. I like him and he has a great skill set that keeps getting better but he has just never seemed like he has been as good as everyone was trying to make him out to be.

[tn94z]

Re: Florian is not good under pressure

Well, here is a quote from Dana I just found:

"I hate to say this because I don't want to take anything away from Gray Maynard, but I think Kenny is just one of those guys who chokes in big fights. I'm not bad-mouthing him or trying to disrespect him; I'm just being honest. Every time it's a big fight and there's a lot of things on the line, Kenny just ... Kenny's hands are unbelievable. Kenny's ground is unbelievable. Kenny usually kicks guys to the body and legs so hard that he busts guys up. You didn't see any of that tonight. He stood there and stared at Gray Maynard for three rounds."

Seems like I'm not the only one that thinks this.

[Strella]

Re: Florian is not good under pressure

Ive have always thought he was kinda overrated. He will always be in the mix but never win a belt IMO

[trip]

Re: Florian is not good under pressure

I disagree, the higher up you go the more ur strengths and weakness's become obvious

imho, it's pure physical strength on the ground, kenny can work arouund it by excelling in dozens of different area's but if one guy can bench press 200 and the other 350 on the ground, there ain't a whole lot u can do when they smother u

other guys know this

it's why st. pieree is almost unbeatable, physical pure strength, it's all muscle fiber, genetics and then throw in desire and training the higher u go up the ladder, it's why pac man jones always gets a team to sign him, etc.

[tn94z]

Re: Florian is not good under pressure

I disagree, the higher up you go the more ur strengths and weakness's become obvious

imho, it's pure physical strength on the ground, kenny can work arouund it by excelling in dozens of different area's but if one guy can bench press 200 and the other 350 on the ground, there ain't a whole lot u can do when they smother u

other guys know this

it's why st. pieree is almost unbeatable, physical pure strength, it's all muscle fiber, genetics and then throw in desire and training the higher u go up the ladder, it's why pac man jones always gets a team to sign him, etc.

Kenny's FAR superior BJJ should have came close to neutralizing the strength disadvantage. I don't believe the strength thing. Sure, if all things are equal, the stronger fighter will win. But otherwise, I believe in technique more than just pure strength in most cases.

[trip]

Re: Florian is not good under pressure

brock vs mir

it's like speed in football, what do you do when the guy runs past, around u

[tn94z]

Re: Florian is not good under pressure

brock vs mir

it's like speed in football, what do you do when the guy runs past, around u

The only thing that hurt Mir in the Brock versus Mir fight was wrist control. Once Brock gains control of your wrists, then it's over. That was a huge mistake by Mir.

The reason I say this is because there used to be this HUGE Blue belt in our BJJ class. He was a wrestler and was enormous compared to one of our purple belts. The purple belt would out grapple him every time.

Like I said, all things being equal, I'll agree. But when there is that big of an advantage in the BJJ skill level, it should "almost" equal out.

With that being said, I think that Maynard's grappling (wrestling) technique is what holds his opponents down more than just pure strength.