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I thought, for knowing a lack of moves from lockdown half, that Silva did the lockdown justice. Did what it was supposed to do. Keep Chael in a controlled state to where he couldn't do too much. It made me smile! What are YOUR thoughts of Anderson utilizing the lockdown? Also, I'm curious as to why Joe didn't call it out... I mean I know he knows what the lockdown is lmao. Any reason why he didn't share his knowledge of the oh so great life saver known as "The Lockdown."? Let me know!! :D
i thought andersons jitz sucked in that fight
he couldnt get chael off of him, he used the lockdown to try to stop chael and he even got mounted and couldnt get out
i still think it was fixed
i am still crying over my wasted 45 dollars
Yeah it wasn't superb by any means but the lockdown did its job. The applicator just didn't use it to it's fullest potential. Still a good proving ground, like if a weak half assed lockdown stalled chael for that long, just imagine if someone who is good at it used it...I'm hoping it gets better noticed now that a big name like Silva put it out there.
Anderson is also a Judo black belt and that's where the Lockdown takes it roots, it's a really common controlling position designed to stall mat work progression and cause the Judoka to be stood to try score with throwing techniques. Not sure if he learned it from that, his Jitsu coach or watching Eddies videos :) and personally I think it was a weak ass Lockdown, his under hooks was what kept Chael from pounding his head into paste and he did weird transitions to traditional half guard and did nothing to improve his position, totally tried stalling him. Unfortunately Ron it was more like $60.00. Oh well after round 1 I thought it was gonna be the first fight all over, was I wrong...
Notice when Chael pulled his foot to Andersons ass to nullify it by keeping his knee up during a psuedo twister smash pass? Good tech.
i watched it online so it was 45 for me, i couldn't image paying 60 for that fight...Quote:
Originally Posted by Kyle Spalla
they need to make some changes to make the fights more real and exciting, it seams like the fights are getting worse (more worked) refs always stepping in, guys fighting not to loose instead of to win (if you know what i mean)...
maybe make no ref stoppage and no decisions, you just keep fighting until there is a knock out or submission and looser gets no purse
i dont know the answer, but something needs to change or we will soon have more wwf
at one point looked like silva was going for the fat whip. he did good on bottom. he took minimal damage
The foot positioning of Anderson's lockdown was good and he was stretching Chael's leg perfectly, but that's far from making the lockdown really useful. A Whip Down to a Five-O sweep would have been slick! :D
I was thinking the same thing. I think they should have non-title fights 20 minutes, title fights 30 minutes both having no rounds. The ref can step in to stop the fight but be sure that the fighter is finished, for example let the anderson, chael fight go on longer. I also think they need to make a change in the rules, because people keep complaining how a fighter "cheated".Quote:
Originally Posted by Ron Almeida
What the hell is a whip down?
Getting on your other hip.
his lockdown work reminds me of my first match at naga. you could take the video from my match and match it with the first round from this fight and it would be the same. Me and silva both on bottom, lockdown and double underhooks holding on for dear life!
Oppisite side to the whip up. Push his upper body to the side of the locked down leg. MTS 15Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeremy Gates
I have the same problem as Anderson with the lockdown - really effective at stopping people, but I can't seem to progress my game from there. Tonight in rolling (against a big heavy guy) I got him in lockdown and he was stuck completely, but even though I got the double underhooks I just couldn't whip him up - when I 'whipped' the leg up, the rest of his body didn't move - his leg just went up in the air a bit - his hips and upper body stayed on me and he was too heavy to bench press off me.
(tried to roll him the other way, but he kept basing his arm - i fought for the arm, but gave up after that continued too long). After what felt like a long time I gave up, released the lockdown and turtled, then fought back to get to into his guard. :(
What am I doing wrong?
Two words...PRIDE RULESQuote:
Originally Posted by Ron Almeida
Anderson always stalls when he's on bottom. He did the same in Pride. It's his strategy, from guard, half, mount, he always tries to clinch and stall. I think he really sucks when mounted, but Chael didn't posture up. Silva has long and thin legs, I think it might affect him when mounted. the lock-down was beautiful though, just wish he ha done something offensive with it.