king mo v. gracie (spoiler)

[OmyPlata]

DAMN. Gracie got knocked out to the point where he did not even try to recover guard. He did not shoot once, no sitting guard, tried to strike and sad sad day.

Thoughts?

[TrajdenKane]

not surprised..BJJ guys have got to start wrestling..if a Div 1 wrestler is standing in front of you, and he knows you can't take him down, he will have no fear of planting his feet, throwing power shots and breaking your face. As far as the ground goes, many of those positions used in gi and no gi bjj have no regaurd for the possibility of being punched in the face. That is why 10th planet is making such strides, because I see at alot of the locations they are implementing wrestling programs, and have a great deal of high level wrestlers coaching..Gracie did not shoot because he has no high level shot, Galvao got destroyed recently by Woodley(D1 wrestler) because he has no high level takedown skills, and even the great Maia had no ability to bring Anderson to the mat. How do these guys expect to win, when as grapplers, they have no ability to impose there will as grapplers except from their backs while getting punched in their face. Wrestling is the answer..step outside your comfort zone and JUST WRESTLE..even a good high school coach could have made a difference in the Roger/king mo fight.

[Mike Noronowicz]

i think alot of guys fail cause they won't go where you can learn REAL striking , THAILAND

[Matthias Sieber]

I'd say Gracie's brain got rattled, that's why he couldn't use his bjj skills on the ground and lost

[Isaiah Mendoza]

heres to hoping the one of the gracies someday decides to spend as much time training stand up and wrestling as he does bjj.

If that day ever comes, the day of reckoning will be here. Until then, gracies will never be on top.

[AndyK5]

They clashed heads which rattled Gracie but did not do anything to King Mo, since it looked like king mo's forehead versus the side of graice's head, i am not sure have to watch it again. While Gracie was rattled from that King mo hit him with the right at the same spot. Also the finishing low on the ground also hit him on the same side of his head almost the back of the ear. 3 hits to that spot is very likely to put any fighter stiff. If you don't believe me as st pierre how he felt after matt serra hit him there.

[Jack LaBarge]

[Brandon Mccaghren]

BJJ alone is not enough to win in MMA anymore, no matter what the traditionalists try to push on their students.

Roger is arguably the finest example of pure Gracie Jiu Jitsu on the planet. The fight didn't make it out of the 1st round. No submission attempts saved by the bell. No terrible ref standups. No excuses.

If you wanna fight in legit MMA, you can't be be a striker with no grappling. You'd be crushed. The same holds true for a grappler with no striking.

I hated to see Roger, Jacare, and Bigfoot all lose on the same night. Especially Jacare.

[Jason Mallory]

They clashed heads which rattled Gracie but did not do anything to King Mo, since it looked like king mo's forehead versus the side of graice's head, i am not sure have to watch it again. While Gracie was rattled from that King mo hit him with the right at the same spot. Also the finishing low on the ground also hit him on the same side of his head almost the back of the ear. 3 hits to that spot is very likely to put any fighter stiff. If you don't believe me as st pierre how he felt after matt serra hit him there.

It looks to me from re-watching it there wasn't a class of heads. It looks to me like King Mo knocked Roger out cold.

[AndyK5]

You need the other angle replay to see the clash of heads. It may have been nothing but to me it seemed like it helped Mo landing the standing big right.