I know I have the fight on DVD but im biased towards Renzo so I dont post pictures of him getting destroyed.
renzo is one of the best gracies out there..A genuine nice guy. funny as hell. He gives credit to where credit is due.. Hes not bitter unlike the Helio clan...Best teacher as well as hes produced top MMA fighters.
I agree. I got to go to one of his seminars in the late 90's and it was a fantastic experience. Renzo is an amazing teacher - informative, funny and humble all at the same time. One day of training with Renzo gave me an entirely different persepctive on jiujitsu.
True hes produced guys like Matt Serra,Ricardo Almeida,John Rallo(a Blackbelt under Renzo hes my instructor) Hes probablly got the best Gracie MMA resume with Frank Shamrock,Oleg Taktorv,Maurice Smith,Pat Miletich,Carlos Newton IMO its bette then Royce.
I'm with you all the way on this one. Henderson is great, and is a big challenge for Palhares. I've been looking forward to this fight since I heard it announced. I want to see this more than any other fight on the card. I'm picking Palhares by sub in round 3.
Dan fought a very smart fight. I thought this would be Palhares' coming out party, but Henderson is still Silva's top contender.
Im impressed by Palhares BJJ agian everytime the fight was on the ground im started shaking because he was so close to pulling something off. However im also impressed with Hendo for once he actually put together a true gameplan and followed it perfectly. To many boos in this fight I found it enjoyable a high class chess match you knew one mistake by Palhares of the feet could have his head taken off but if Dan over commited he could be taken down and the same goes for the ground.
There's no shame in losing to a great fighter like Dan Henderson. Palhares will learn from this loss and come back stronger.
Still very impressed, made Dan change his strategy and become much more conservative, great job gameplanning by Hendo. Toquinho is still the next big thing, especially against non Olympic wrestlers.
