UFC 132: A battle of Veterans

UFC 132 has 5 fighters who are 30 or more than 10 total hunters on the main map. This is ready to be one of the "oldest" maps in the history of the UFC. The main event will feature Dominick Cruz, current holder of the bantamweight title against Urijiah Faber. The cfu 132 was BJ Penn and Jon Fitch, but the two fighters were forced to withdraw from the competition following an injury. This could be a night that buried some of the Veterans of the UFC for well washed up or to extend their legacy?

Thus for a Hunter, I feel that it will be almost certainly the former. It was Tito Ortiz. He has not won any of his last 5 fights, dating back to the UFC 66. His last victory was against a washed to Ken Shamrock, who was on a series of 3 loss at the time. Why Dana White allowed Ortiz to the fight against Ryan Bader is beyond me. He asked just to finish his career with another loss. Ryan Bader, 28 years old, has a record of 12-1 with his only defeat against Jon Jones (who was to become the UFC events light heavyweight champion two later). I can say without a doubt that this will be the end of the career of Tito Ortiz.

Another combat remarkable features Chris Leben against Wanderlei Silva. Two star fighters knockout power and it is unlikely that these two fighters go the distance. 70% of Silva WINS were via knockout and 52% of the Leben WINS were by knockout. While Silva has lost its last 5 7, his last fight was a victory against the veteran of the UFC, Michael Bisping. On the contrary, Chris Leben has won its last three 4 fighting, but lost his last fight against Brian Stann. The fight could go in both cases, but I'll take Wanderlei Silva by KO, because its a 4-inch reach advantage.

Do not pass unnoticed course is the main event between Dominick Cruz and Urijiah Faber. Cruz is 17-1, but should be noted that the loss is nothing else than Urijiah Faber in 2007. Many thought that Faber was too old to win against Eddie Wineland. It has proven critics wrong by taking a decisive victory against him. Faber is 32, "the California kid" still has fight left in him. Cruz but is only 25 and can overwhelm Faber with its top notch and juvenile agility packaging. 10 of his 17 victories went the distance, which demonstrates its primitive form. I am taking payment and giving the veteran to victory this time. Faber will continue Cruz obstacle.

If while UFC 132 was formerly Penn and Fitch, the event is always loaded with interesting battles. None of the fighting are exciting enough to be a main event initially planned, but I have 4 of these 5 battles with co-main event interest and hype around them. The fourth fight I not mentioned is Carlos Condit against Kim Dong-hyun. Kim is slowly creeping its way up to the UFC. He is unbeaten in 14-0-1 and 5-0 in the UFC. Don't be surprised to see this rising star to get his title shot very soon.

 

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The purpose of Martial Arts

It is easy to see why the martial arts developed systems. When battles were a summation of hundreds of individual fighting between warriors, and that the technology used in the war was limited to some armour and perhaps a particularly imaginative weapon or just a sword, the decisive factor in the fight was the physical prowess of humans involved. He did so is not surprising that many attempt to improve their combat, the observation of what has worked well and what is not.

One could say that the original purpose of martial arts was to grant the carrier combat ultimate skill, so that when a war was being conducted, it could be won.

Why then are always popular martial arts today? And now that we live in an era of relative between the country peace and stability in most of them, what is their purpose now?

I have been cautious in the above paragraph to avoid the declarant that the wars are no longer conducted. Of course, they are; they're happening right now. It is important not to neglect the fact that the modern soldiers are still taught martial arts. What they have learned would be considered by many professional practitioners as a shadow of the real thing. Soldiers are taught a syllabus that extracted the best and most relevant of all combat techniques in the world, combined with the knowledge of human anatomy to improve again. They are really learning a martial art in the commonly perceived sense. Nevertheless martial arts still have a purpose in the modern war.

The majority of the students, however, is not of the soldiers. I would also argue that a high proportion of students, never have any intention to use their knowledge in a real situation, or rather, never had no intention of being in a situation that should be. In this spirit, the goal of martial arts seems to have been laid off. So what is then the end now?

I am not going to consider the reasons why any one specific student could choose to learn. Finally, it could define an object based on why people choose, but it is commercialism and which would lead to knowledge becomes more diluted. If we say that is designed to give people what they want out of the combative arts, the system starts to compete for students by changing of what is taught.

When we think the initial goal of martial arts, in fact seems rather at odds with what is actually going. In almost all schools, there is an essence of moral code. Almost all masters their students to use their knowledge with caution. But apparently martial arts are simply a set of techniques used in the war and require no ethics.

What is the purpose of this system of ethics. It may be to guide or limit practitioners, so that they use their knowledge wisely instead from greed. I think that this shows us that the martial arts in the modern world, is to prevent wars conducted, or beats be combated, both by giving structure of morality and discipline in the people who use it and then using.

 

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The value of the classification of the belt in the Martial Arts systems

What is the value of the classification of the belt in the martial arts systems? You might think that different ranks and belts of colors that represent denote the ability and in some cases, you would be right, but in General, you would be wrong.

"But a belt black must be an expert, right?".

Perhaps. Perhaps not. It depends on what you mean by "expert".

"OK, fancy pants, what I mean is that a belt black must be hunting expertise."

In this case, no, not at all. Many "experts" practical lack black belt combat faculty or experience.

This means that there is no intrinsic value in the martial arts? Once again, no, because a poor practical Hunter may have the right to be described as an expert and it is because people are studying martial arts for various reasons.

(1) Some people want to learn techniques of self-defense practice that "working in the streets."

An expert in this case would be someone who has experience of real "street fighting" and who knows how to translate the techniques stylized that he knows in practical applications.

(2) Some people want to improve their physical well-being.

In this case, an expert would be a person that has whetted, tonic and reinforced his body by the practice of his art training techniques and methods chosen. He knows what to focus on and how to obtain the best physical results.

(3) Some people want to improve their mental well-being.

In this case, an expert would be a very skilled person in the fields more esoteric or spiritual of his art chosen. It could have a thorough understanding of the theories on the subject of the internal balance, meditation or "chi".

(4) Some people consider their art as a performance art.

An expert in this case would be a person with the crisp style, impressive performance, or the ability to teach other ways to improve the aesthetic value of their own performance

(5) Some want to study the martial arts as a means to improve.

An expert in this case would be someone who can take the values of his art - perseverance, respect, patience, physical and mental endurance, etc. and apply significantly in all aspects of his life.

(6) Some people want to teach.

Here, an expert might be someone who has a technical understanding well balanced in his art, even if it could not be the best practitioner and highly capable of transmitting his knowledge to others.

The point is this, and it can be applied to a grade or level of the belt, the value of the arts martial belt rankings is entirely subjective. What is valuable for one person is without value to another. Otherwise, another way, a person expert is another amateur.

"Very well, but in your opinion, what is the value of the classification of the belt."

At the risk of seeming evasive, I believe that the value of rankings of belt in martial arts is that the practitioner believes that it is. I consider classification of belt is a factor of motivation and a way to signify that a certain amount of training took place, but you should form your own opinion.

There are many reasons to study a martial art, and the benefits of doing so are many and varied, but rather than worry about what others think of the value of the classification of the belt in the systems of martial, why not step focus on extracting your martial art chosen everything that is of personal value to you?

 

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Training mixed martial arts - Grappling Techniques

Mixed Martial Arts use several techniques from various martial art styles, but the more common that a practitioner must master to succeed in this combative sport is grappling techniques. Grappling MMA is a physical commitment between two people, with the goal of each is to take control of the opponent by the execution of various physical moves such as clinching, holding, locking, and pinning. The most common grappling techniques are derived from wrestling, Judo, Sambo and, of course, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Whether will how you maneuver strategically in a game of combat put you a step ahead of your opponent and to conquer regardless of its position.

Grappling is not really practiced in all combat sports and martial arts and the degree to which it is used in various combat systems also vary. JIU Jitsu, Judo, and Sumo are examples of "grappling arts", where the emphasis is to throw the opponent off balance and mastered the person by a lock or a bottleneck. While other martial arts style as boxing, Tae Kwon Do and Kkickboxing focuses on the strikes, blows and kicks and not allowing grappling during a match of the competition. However, if you want to succeed in Mixed Martial Arts, you learn the element of grappling to stand a chance in the arena. With continuous training for MMA grappling methods, you will learn the different tactics to identify your opponent and escape to its scope.

Here are some common grappling techniques that are useful in Mixed Martial Arts:

Clinching - it is a significant stand-up technique which aims to lay down an opponent with the use of various movements of the body as the control of the hip and body, control, pushing and pulling to compel the submission of the head. Common clinch hold methods in MMA include bear hug, collier, plu tie hook, pinch grip tie and less hook.

Disruption - this is a technique used to put an end to an opponent initially are in a standing position and take control over him in the ground. The most commonly used style is the removal of the double-leg where you control the legs and hips quickly and effectively to take down your opponent.

Pinning hold - it is a grappling technique commonly used in ground fighting is to identify an opponent to the ground. Usually, in some sports combat as wrestling and Judo, once shoulders both opponents are pinned to the ground already result in a winning condition. In the Mixed Martial Arts, pinning can be used to prevent the opponent from escaping or control while striking, a so-called strategy of "ground and book."

Submission hold - it is a technique powerful grappling which is used to force an opponent to submit extreme pain or fear of injury. This combat movement is popular in the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and is mainly used in combat by running of choke, compression locks and locks holds joint ground.

Escapes - it is one of the techniques more essential that a MMA fighter aircraft has learn to maneuver itself from its lower position successfully and away from submitted by the opponent. Common defenses to escape during a mount position are at the elbow and upa escapes.

There are several other technical grappling, and strategies that you can use successfully for the combat sports and Self defence. If you want to focus on "grappling" as the meat of your martial arts training, you can study Brazilian Jiu Jitsu or Judo as soon as they are known to be effective on the stage of the Mixed Martial Arts combat.

 

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UFC 132: Lebanon Vs Silva

UFC 132 a war will take place between the two men who simply love bang. These two men are Chris Leban and Wanderlei Silva. The match between these two men may very well end up by being the fight of the night. Chris Leban and Wanderlei Silva do not know what a boring fight. They both love to advance when they are in fighting and two of them, as for all left in the cage. This battle will be anything but boring and will no doubt be a very entertaining show. Let us dwell on some key areas that will determine the winner of this fight.

Striking

Two of these men standing with feet to toe with their opponents and as to see who will hit that first. In the past both Lebanon and Silva were usually come out on top when their opponents have dared to stand and trade with them.

Lebanon usually throws wild punches and crazy. Deletion is not the most technical, but it is very effective as Lebanon has tremendous power in both hands. After the Ultimate Fighter a season, he won his first five UFC fights and has shown that it is a very tough fighter.

Wanderlei Silva striking is legendary. He likes nothing better than to use the Muay Thai to crush and destroy his opponents until they are nothing more than a mess broken on the floor. 23 Knockouts in 33 WINS MMA Date de Silva is an excellent quality. Although Silva will have the slight advantage in the suppression of the technique, it will be not much technical in this fight after the two of them meet head in the Octagon.

Cardio

Cardio for the two men is reasonable, but I think that Lebanon will have the slight advantage. This is because Wanderlei Silva just has be a 17-month injury layoff. It is always good for a Hunter to be as active as possible. It is necessarily a few rust ring part of Silva have not fought for so long. Add to the equation that Lebanon is the youngest man and hunting more active (Lebanon fought Aaron Simpson and Yoshihiro Akiyama two weeks apart from each other and he won two battles) and you can see why Lebanon has edge.

Speed

At its height Wanderlei Silva at amazing speed with his Muay Thai, delivery of the knee after knee before the opponent could be eliminated. However, Wanderlei Silva hand or the speed of movement speed is not what it was that age but mainly injuries have taken their costs.

Chris Leban was never known as the fastest guys in the division, but it was probably the greatest heart. Lebanon is the type of hunting to be punched to the ground two so if speed is not up to the mark against Silva he will try and find another way to win.

Presentations

Two of these men like tabasse, but both have the game very good presentation. Chris Leban date has 6 submission victories in his career. Although Lebanon has twice the amount of WINS of submission compared to Wanderlei Silva (victory 3 presentations) Wanderlei Silva is a Brazilian black belt. Therefore the Wanderlei Silva would not disadvantage if the fight was taken on the ground. If the fight is went to ground Wanderlei Silva would no foreigner how to do it.

The Final Verdict

The battle between these two combatants has the potential to be one of the brutal battles and never more than the UFC. It is one of these matches were wise style that but it will be difficult for the perfect match.

Any Hunter would perhaps take Silva to the ground to test his struggle. Chris Leban is not any other fighter. It will seek to test his strike against MMA legend, that is why this will turn into an exciting game to one that could be talked about for years to come. Ultimately, I think that Chris Lebanon is going to get the victory over Wanderlei Silva after three rounds of absolute hell by decision.

 

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UFC 133 Evans Vs Ortiz: statistical distribution

With such an exciting UFC 132 in books, we have what looks like a sub by cfu 133 before us. To first view the event as a whole does not have the star power or the dynamite games which are almost always guaranteed to deliver. However, these events are often that one is that fans will be disappointed after deciding not live look and hear later on the nonstop action. Let's make sure that it does happen to us this time and take looking at more closely matches and statistics of each control to see if there are a few key games which have the potential of the delivery.

Chad Mendes vs. Rani Yahya

It's a match up between a great wrestler and a great grappler. It is not a question of Mendes disassembly Yahya, but a question to benefit when they are on the ground. Mendez has 22 dismantling in 5 fights, but Yahya on average a fight ending presentation for all 5 minutes that it is in the Octagon. One thing we can count on the good is that probably will not be a slug fest, since both of them combine to just more than 200 successful in 13 combined combat strikes.

Vladimir Matyushenko vs. Alexander Gustafsson

Vladimir will probably catch advantage in this battle, but Alexander averaged 4.23 observations for all 15 minutes of combat. Combine this with a stunning defense of 41% and Vladimir could bring in a set of commands plan and knock a little. Both are coming off the coast of a two fight win streak, so that they will have likely that additional confidence that will add some excitement to the fight.

Rory MacDonald vs. Mike Pyle

This could be a struggle full wholesale statistics because they have an average of more than 8 minutes of fight by fight time. They are both fighters well balanced with above average stats in the Department of orders; However, Rory should have a definitive advantage with dismantling. It was not yet taken down and dismantling successfully 12 3 hard fighting. On the other hand, Mike Pyle has only a success rate of 29% on dismantling and a defence of disassembly of 71%.

Jorge Rivera vs. Alessio Sakara

This will be one of these battles that are difficult to predict because Jorge Rivera will want the fight standing, and Alessio Sakara want the fight on the ground. Jorge has 674 strikes attempts in his 14 fights with only 6 dismantling successful. Alessio has a success rate of 77% in disruption, then 94 of its successful strikes 248 of the soil. It is just a matter of which the force will be stronger of the two.

Vitor Belfort vs Yoshihiro Akiyama

This is yet another struggle which can easily be fought on the ground as well as permanent. Vitor has a striking accuracy of 48% and has some knockout power, but it is only a defence of disassembly of 44%. Yoshihiro Akiyama has on the other hand an astonishing 39% accuracy, but it to it with a 79% decision-making to the low rate of success then do not disassemble once in the stat recorded fighting. Both are coming off the coast of losses, they may be a little hesitant, but when there is action, they both should receive decent stats in their areas of expertise.

Rich Franklin vs Antonio Rogerio Nogueira

This struggle must be one of the most exciting to look at the night fighting. Rich Franklin is a never really disappointed to win or lose. It has one of the senior strikes landed with a number of 3.99 per minute. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira has below average stats when it comes to amazing precision and disassembly. Franklin could display up to big stats anywhere will fight and should have the advantage in almost all categories except the game of the bid.

Rashad Evans against Tito Ortiz

Even with the change in the main event, we still this confrontation play essentially the same way if Rashad would beat Phil Davis. The first stat I would put money on that is that it goes the distance. Rashad on average an hour of struggle of nearly 11 minutes then average Tito is from 10: 30. The two fighters have a strike force, but rely mainly on their ability to catch. This struggle could see a lot of time in the position to clinch against the fence or in the field of the guard. Rashad Evans has 85 attempts of disassembling total 15 fighting while Ortiz has more than 122 attempts 23 fighting. The excitement only we could see from this struggle is that Ortiz has confidence in his hands after arriving off the coast of inactivation of Bader and let go a little more. Rashad is very likely some rust ring which adds to the chances of him getting caught before shaking off the coast. But probably it will be composed of a combat type impasse in which we will hear many boos from the crowd and little actual statistics of combatants.

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Making Weight Techniques

There are so many different ways to make weight, and sometimes it can become very confusing as to how or what you are going to do. Making weight can be difficult or easy; it all depends on how you approach it.

Many things need to be taken into consideration when preparing for a competition. This can include dieting before the comp, sauna-ing, starving yourself, or moving up a weight division. In this article I am going to give a brief outline of the different techniques people use and the theory behind each one. This is not going to be an article of exactly what to do its an outline of techniques used, for more info do some research.

Dieting before the competition

Many people believe in dieting before the competition. To burn the last bit of fat so that their entire body weight is all muscle they usually diet using low an all protein dinner or no dinner at all. To lose weight you must burn MORE calories than what you put in your body. Many studies suggest that having 3 meals a day slows your Basal Metabolic Rate or BMR (metabolism) but by having 6 small meals a day your BMR is always increased resulting in burning more calories throughout the day.

Depending on how much weight you have to lose you may have to start dieting 6 weeks leading up to the competition.

Many people find dieting the hardest opponent in Judo. Dieting requires discipline and constant monitoring and can be very mentally draining when preparing meals, knowing what and what not to eat as well as eating enough not to get run down or ill.

Low Carbohydrate diet:

Low Carb diets are very popular. There are many versions out there but are all very similar. Same say have carbs for breakfast and lunch but none after 2 pm, and a protein dinner, while others say have no dinner at all.

A very important rule when talking about dieting is, 'if you are losing weight, don't change the diet. Once you plateau then change the diet." Make sure when dieting to talk to a professional or research yourself so you are doing all the right things. Experience has shown me that on a low carb diet I don't start losing weight for around 2 weeks, so within those 2 weeks I was training like crazy and because I wasn't loosing any weight I was dieting even harder and stricter and I would end up run down and get some sort of illness like the flu. Make sure you know your body; everyone is different so listen to your body and adjust your diet accordingly.

The dark side of Low carbohydrate diets

The human body uses 4 energy sources, these are fats, carbohydrate, protein and alcohol. But the brain (the human bodies control centre) only uses Carbohydrate for energy. It doesn't use any other energy sources, so if your muscles have no energy either does your brain. This is why on a low carb diet you are tired, lethargic, sleepy and mentally drained. Many athletes don't like dieting on a low carb diet because on a low carb diet you cannot train as intense or for as long. This is bad because leading up to a competition you want to be training at 100% without feeling tired, rundown and mentally drained.

Using a low carb diet (and dieting in general) is all about trial and error, the more times you compete and make weight the better you get at knowing how your body reacts and feels.

Low Residual diets

Low residual (Fibre) diets are mainly used in the last week or week and a half leading up to competition. The stomach can hold on the average male (75 kg) 4 kg, and girl (60 kg) 2 kg worth of weight and it can't take up to 1 week to rid the stomach of that weight. Low fibre diets are used to not to flush the stomach but to make sure that whatever is getting eaten doesn't stay in the stomach. It goes in and out due to the fact that there is minimal fibre in it. These diets are great because you can eat things such as white bread, biscuits, rice bubbles etc and you know that they won't just sit in your gut unnecessarily weighing you down.

Another negative aspect of low fibre diets is the fact that these foods don't contain vitamins and minerals. I recommended that on any diet you should be taking multi vitamins and minerals to supplement any you might miss in your regular diet.

Diuretics

Diuretics are a drug that are used to flush out the body of fluid and food by making you go to the toilet a lot. I personally I have never used diuretics but I have friends who have used them before. Some athletes take celery tablets and this supposedly makes you go to the toilet more often.

Another technique people do is drink up to 6 litres of water a day 2 weeks out of competition and you can imagine how often you would go to the toilet drinking that much. Then in the last week they drink as little as possible. The theory behind this is to trick your body into thinking that it is holding water so it continues to flush itself out.

I think this is bad for 2 reasons. Your bladder is overworking and the human body is smarter than that.

Also 2 weeks out form the comp I wouldn't want to be 2 kgs heavier due to too much water, mentally that is not good.

One of the most popular theories is that drinking caffeine dries you out, this is true to an extent. Let me explain: If you drink 1 litre of water your body may hold onto 600ml of it, therefore excreting 400 ml of it. Caffeine is a diuretic meaning that if you drink 1 litre of it your body will only hold on 200 ml of it and excrete the rest. Therefore people assume it helps you loose weight but in actual fact your body just holds onto less of it that's all.

This theory is similar to the negative calorie theory with the celery.

Cutting weight

Cutting weight is the term used where you must sweat and eat as little as possible in order to make weight. This is the most common technique used to make weight in not just judo but also in wresting, boxing and even horse racing. Some athletes can lose up to 6 kgs in the sauna depending on what weight division and also how much muscle mass they have. How much muscle is very important because the muscle is 70% water, therefore the more muscle you have the more water you can lose in the sauna.

There are 4 ways you can lose weight in the sauna.

With clothes on: Some athletes get in the sauna with a lot of clothes on and sweat it out that way. This is a great way to heat yourself up quickly but once you start sweating your clothes become wet and I believe it cools you down resulting in less sweat being excreted by the skin.

Exercise in there: Push-ups, boxing, star jumps what ever you can think of. What these athletes don't understand is that once your body temperature has been raised, you start sweating. These athletes don't know that once your core temperature is raised you will start sweating, it doesn't just keep rising, once its raised it stays at that level. The sweat can only come out so fast and any more exercise is just going to waste your energy.

I have found that many females cannot lose much weight in the sauna, these girls I recommended to go for a run or exercise in the sauna.

Sit in swimmers: Sitting in the sauna is, I believe, the best way to cut weight. Just sit in there and continually wipe down all the sweat on your body. This will encourage more sweat to come out.

Baby Oil: Some people put baby oil all over their skin and the theory behind this is to clog up the pores in your skin. This will raise your core temperature resulting in more sweat. I think this method is stupid because why are you making it harder for your body to sweat by clogging the pores, shouldn't you let the sweat come out.

How long do you sauna for?

Some people like to sweat it out in on big hit, (also saves money) but if you have a bit to lose and you don't mind paying try losing the weight over a couple of days. For instance, if I fight on Sunday I will sauna a little on Friday and then sat arvo and maybe if I'm lucky and I'm underweight ill eat some dinner. This is all up to the athlete and how comfortable they feel in doing it the way the want.

I don't lose weight in the sauna?

I don't know why but some females just don't loose weight in the sauna. For these people I recommend buying a sauna suit and go for a run or bike or something. Just rug up and go for it, maybe these girls need to go and exercise in the sauna that may help them out.

I can't find a sauna?

If you cannot find a sauna here are a couple of options.

- Put on a lot of layers of winter clothing and go for a run or sit on an exercise bike and ride hard.

- Rug up and sit in a car with the heater turn on full blast.

- Turn the hot shower on in the bathroom and let it get nice and steamy sit in there and sweat it out. (Just don't burn yourself.)

- Sit in a hot bath and sweat that way.

Should I move up a weight division?

If you are sick of making weight and saunaing and all the rest of it just move up a weight division. It all depends on what you want to do judo wise. Are you a recreational player or competitive, even then what are your goals. Can you move up a weight division and still be competitive internationally if not nationally. All depends on what you want out of judo.

Some athletes especially in the heavy weights can afford to give some weight away, as long as they are faster than their heavier opponents. For example Kurt Angle gave away around 10kg when he did wrestling. Another example is the heavyweight girl from Slovenia. She fights +78 and only weighs in at 85 kg. She is so fast and strong she placed 2nd in the open t the 2007 world championships.

For more info on different ways to make weight ask some of the older competitors how they made weight. Also do some research on the internet and find what's best for you, remember that trial and error is the only way to perfect making weight comfortably.

I hope this report has helped you out when it come to thinking about how you will tackle the making weight problem next time.

 

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