Cormier on Josh Barnetts Generation

The wrestling level of the game is higher nowadays in the MMA....in comparison with Barnetts era....
But for Barnett this is not a big problem....even so, perhaps we can say that this is the best wrestler Barnett will face in his whole career, I read an interview where Barnett confess that he has envy of Cormier because of his history in wrestling.....

Anyway I hope Barnett gets a submission and face Cigano in the UFC in the future (if Cigano beats Mir).....
Barnett is a bad ass motha****a highly skilled grappler.....

 

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Chubby guy with **** technique but powerful punches and questionable cardio with little/zero submission experience...hmmm

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Im so glad we've evolved from wrestlers with right hands...

 

I agree with the first part, but I think you're wrong on the bit I highlighted. Who has Barnett fought with better wrestling credentials than Cormier?

 

Hmm, at heavy I can´t remember.......but it´s getting tough to top grapplers do their stuff against top wrestlers nowadays ......That´s my doubt in this fight, if Barnett will be able to takedown Cormier or control the actions in the ground.....

Damn. True about Couture and Severn, forgot them......not sure if Cormier is not at the same level or even better than them though.....at wrestling.....

 

Definitely I agree with this.......but Cormier has the potencial do the same, at least in theory we have to believe in that....no reason to not to....

 

He has a point. More fighters are more well rounded and it is harder to get the victory. CC didn't evolve, neither did Fedor, Nog tried to but perhaps it was too late. Similar for Fedor and CC maybe. Barnett seems to be doing okay, maybe because he has the best base in wrestling and throws the jits and hands on top.

 

Is he talking about Barnett though? I mean he kind of has a point about the early days as a lot of guys had no ****ing idea about how to avoid/escape basic BJJ subs. MMA and the UFC in particular was about pitting different disciplines against each other ie Boxer V Wrestler V JJ player V Karate guy. There is no way in hell that Royce Gracie could win a GP style tourney if there was one today and there were no weight classes back then, he just knew some **** that everyone else was oblivious to. If he IS talking about Barnet it's just pre fight hyperbole to point out that he has only trained fought in a much more rounded and complete era rather than bridging the sport as it, wait for it..........evolved. So maybe he feels he has experienced a lot of **** in a short space of time thus shortening the gap in experience between him and Josh.

 

What you mean didnt evolve?

Cro Cop developed from the guy taken down by Wandy when he 1st came over to the best sprawl and brawler in the game barring maybe Liddel. Nog was a JJ guy with decent hands who just got old, and is now training the UFC Champ, who's a boxer with decent Jits. Fedor was a TD + GNP guy who slowly added subs and strikes and did pretty damn well at both. And the only up and comer Fedor fought was Brett ****ing Rodgers, you saw how evolved he was compared to the guys who did eventually beat Fedor...And I think Barnett is much more skilled than Cormier, but time will tell if he's past it or not. And if he's not and Dan beats him fair and square, I'll give Cormier full credit. But I wont call him more evolved

I hate this ''evolved'' bull**** when it's taken for granted.