I'm talking about it from a scoring perspective. I've noticed that some great BJJ guys who are great off their backs or just very confident with their ground game, seems to let themselves get taken down. However, more often than not, getting taken down seems like an automatic point for the guy who shoots. Depending on how a judge views things. I know that they can easily get a submission, or probably sweep and be on top. But what if they don't, and they gave away a takedown?
Possibly. But if their ground work is really strong, and their going to get smashed on their feet then surely keeping it standing is worse? And plus it's not counter-productive if they then go on and win the fight by submission is it?
It's a price they pay fighting their fight. Not 100% sure on how they judge but boxing judging would say Voluntary takedown is hardly receiving an act of affective aggression. More of a mutual transition of the fight, arguably even an points for ring generalship Say a wrestler fighting bjj technician, no surprises where this fight is heading.
Yeah I always basicly thought it was a bad way to fight. I used to have bjj guys I would ground fight with and they were always pulling guard. They thought it was the end all and be all of ground fighting because of the Gracies I guess. Its good sometimes, but during the 90s and early 2000s the bbj guys were really limited themselfs imo because they were always wanting to pull guard, the ones I did ground work with anyway. It used to bother me because they thought it was the best way to fight on the ground because of Gracie. It has its good points though.
This BJJer seems to be doing a lot of takedowns: [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0_6u07fOcI[/ame]
you always want to fight on top if you can but when the guy absolutely refuses to go to the ground with you pulling guard can be a necessity
Depends. If you are a BJJ expert and you are fighting a striker with no JJ that is kicking your arse standing up, pulling guard and fighting off your back can only be a good thing.
The conventional wisdom on Carlos Condit is that he can be so dynamic with his striking because he is so confident fighting off of his back. Confidence in fighting off of your back can translate into confidence in throwing kicks, knees or any other strike that could leave you open to being taken down.
Same can be said for guys like Mousasi, Shogun, Torres, and the Diaz brothers. Without worrying about the takedown, your striking game really opens up.
Yes, he too. Personally, I like to call them complete fighters. It's a crazy term, but I think it works.
