I just noticed Cejudo had surgery and Sonnen retired. Sorry if old news.
Hows Pico doing these days?
Hows Pico doing these days?
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Yep sorry, 3 overall losses, 2 in a row. So much potential but like you said doesn’t embrace his wrestling and boxes like the other guy has boxing gloves not mma gloves.
I was a little surprised TJ got beat so easy by Cejudo. Knees, elbows and chokes can make it anyone’s chance.
He tried that and still got knocked out he should have stuck with wrestling until he was hardened. I understand he signed a big contract but the way he is trending it will not last. IMHO if he trained and banged heads with the best in the Sr wrestling world for 4-5 more years he would be more like Cejudo now.
Good copy on that Grip, pico was hanging with the best in the world, we could have used him in the line up.
Pico committed to his wrestling in his last fight and was controlling a very good opponent until he caught a flying knee while coming in on a takedown attempt.
This was his first fight after switching to Greg Jackson’s camp and tactically it showed as he was fighting a lot smarter. Hopefully the last two KOs don’t kill his confidence too much because the potential is still sky high.
This was his first fight after switching to Greg Jackson’s camp and tactically it showed as he was fighting a lot smarter. Hopefully the last two KOs don’t kill his confidence too much because the potential is still sky high.
lol you just couldn't help yourself. Had to dig into the PSU is cheating
TJ admitted that he secretly took the banned substance without anyone in his camp and family knowing about it. Calavitta seems to have a pretty clean record.
As far as TJ goes, I hate that he was busted, but I respect the hell out of how he has handled it (unlike many baseball, football players). Admitted it. Took full blame. Excepted the punishment. Talked about the example he needed to set for his kids when you make mistakes, you own it, you move on and become better for it. He will be back in two years better than ever is his message and I appreciate all of that.
As far as TJ goes, I hate that he was busted, but I respect the hell out of how he has handled it (unlike many baseball, football players). Admitted it. Took full blame. Excepted the punishment. Talked about the example he needed to set for his kids when you make mistakes, you own it, you move on and become better for it. He will be back in two years better than ever is his message and I appreciate all of that.
Pico is now 4-3 with his last two losses coming against guys who are a combined 30-3. The back to back brutal KOs are concerning, but also maybe they need to bring this kid along a little slower.
I don’t really see anything wrong with this as it is fairly normal for a high level athlete to seek out ways to be bigger, faster and stronger. No offense bro, but your schtick on PSU cheating and your passive aggressive way of insinuating it has become tiresome.
"Exaggeration is a distortion of reality that is going to end up ostracizing people who are on your side." - Is_there_vodka_in_heaven
The Treigning Lab has a whole staff of mixed martial arts and wrestling coaches. Calavitta is a former wrestler with plenty of experience in mixed martial arts. He has also helped dozens of very successful MMA guys. Do you really find it surprising that a world champ would take maybe a half-day trip to spend a week training with some performance and nutritionist experts?
Marinelli and Turk are the two guys from iowa I see doing Very well at MMA.
Spencer doesn’t strike me as a guy who found a lot of trouble growing up (let’s be real, affable midwestern personality, humble.... people weren’t picking fights with him) but does seem like a guy who would excel at the technical parts. He should stay away. He has no reason to take a shot to the jaw.
I would love to see DeSanto in the cage at some point, but he would get punched a lot with his style of attack.
Spencer doesn’t strike me as a guy who found a lot of trouble growing up (let’s be real, affable midwestern personality, humble.... people weren’t picking fights with him) but does seem like a guy who would excel at the technical parts. He should stay away. He has no reason to take a shot to the jaw.
I would love to see DeSanto in the cage at some point, but he would get punched a lot with his style of attack.
According to pro cyclists HGH, Testosterone could give you an edge and were used for decades. EPO hit the scene and it was like rocket fuel.
EPO changed pro cycling. It can also kill you. If you’re going to use EPO you better have a good lab technician/doctor to keep an eye on you.
EPO changed pro cycling. It can also kill you. If you’re going to use EPO you better have a good lab technician/doctor to keep an eye on you.
He might need it if he takes on that other giant in mma.... Justin Bieber
Pico is turning into the 1st fighter you face in Mike Tyson's Punch-Out.
Deron Winn is in the midst of making his splash in the UFC. He will be breaking through to the main card soon.
I would have to say Jake Hager. Former AA at Oklahoma. Wrestled as Jack Swagger in the WWE. He's in Bellator right now fighting tomato cans
If by "your passive aggressive way of insinuating it" you mean respectful voicing of ones opinion...then I guess I'd agree with you
I’m right there with ya. I can remember when I started watching MMA around 2005; there would be one PPV a month and you would know every single fighter from the prelims to the main event. Every one of those fights could pass as a main event nowadays. Hell I don’t even know some of the fights in the main events anymore. They have way to many fighters on the roster and it waters the cards down.
Going down the road of boxing, in the seventies I knew all the greats, now I find myself googling to find out who’s who.
If by "your passive aggressive way of insinuating it" you mean respectful voicing of ones opinion...then I guess I'd agree with you
Interesting. How exactly does one go about respectfully voicing an opinion that another cheats?
I respect your opinion. I don’t see Marinelli as the MMA type based on interviews etc. and he seems to be just as humble and friendly as Spencer.
Gilman yes
Forrest Molinari would be good.
Alex strikes me as a good guy but in the tough way. Obviously I don’t know the guy, but he seems like someone with whom everyone knows where they stand... the no BS type. For some reason I see him in a cage. Maybe it’s his hands? (Heaviest hands I’ve seen out of a freshman in a long time). Maybe the look?
I only went with current Hawkeyes, and not HWC. As such I didn’t count Gilman (I don’t know if he can take a punch, but he walks around like a guy who has taken and given a lot of punches. He’d def. succeed in the cage). Same with Molinari. Didn’t count her since she isn’t a Hawkeye in the technical sense (wrestling for the university in NCAA competition).
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