I?m back for another week of my blog. Thanks to everyone has been reading them. I appreciate the feedback!
UFC 134 was over the weekend the card was great. Shogun showed that he?s back on the map and ready for the next step to get back towards a title shot. He beat Forrest Griffin�which is a huge win. Forrest is a warrior and I felt bad for him.
And how are you supposed to beat Anderson Silva? He?s so accurate and relaxed. He just showed again why he?s one of the best P4P fighters in the UFC. With Silva, I don?t think his approach to attacking can be taught. You can give a fighter the basics but he is who he is ? his movement, his speed, and power ? he is amazing. He knocked Okami down with a jab, so that shows you what kind of power he has! That kind of stuff can?t be taught. You could only imitate it if you have someone who has that same movement. You either have it or you don?t and Silva just has it.
?Minotauro? Nogueira looked really good. I didn?t think that fight was going to go that way. You could tell that he?s been working on it. He?s tough. He can take a punch and not only that, but he looked really sharp. He?s tough to deal with because he?s good on the ground and his striking looked better than ever. He also has power because he hurt Schaub with a couple of shots. He?s also back on track, a few more wins, and who knows what could happen.
In general, I was excited to see how much striking was involved on the card. It kind of goes in circles, and I?m a big fight fan whether it?s ground or stand up, but I was happy to see so many fighters utilize their kickboxing/boxing. Pretty much everyone kept it striking and I think that makes it exciting for the fans. Submissions are great but there?s nothing like a knockout! A KO gets the crowd going and gets everyone excited. Now that more fighters get comfortable with their striking, I think we?re going to see more of it.
Back here in my world, I?ve been going down to LA to work with Mac Danzig. My main focus in Vegas �right now is with Gray Maynard. I worked with Gray Maynard for his original run-in with Frankie Edgar. That was our first camp together and we?ve been working together ever since then. Gray works really hard. He definitely loves the sport and loves boxing. He likes to learn, so it?s easy and it?s a pleasure to work with him. He?s very professional and as a coach you can?t ask for a better guy. He?s there every day on time and does what he?s asked to do.
I?m also working with Mike Chandler for his fight with Eddie Alvarez. Mike fights a week after Gray so those are the two guys I?m devoting the bulk of my attention to.
Another exciting event is on the horizon ? the return of the NFL. I?m a Raider fan, so we?re not doing too well, though picking up Pryor was a positive. Our biggest problem is Al Davis. If we get rid of him, we could have a good team. I didn?t pick up the new Madden video game yet but I heard it is good. It would be cool to hold a tournament at the gym someday. Yes, even fighters like laying out other kinds of hits!
That?s it for this week. Stay tuned for future blogs. Remember, on top of reading about my adventures here, you can also find me on Twitter by following ?@mastermitter
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