NO Match for Harriman/Schmidt

The seven S's and one D to determine the probable outcome of a fight.

When handicapping a fight weigh each quality. Not each quality is equal in determining the outcome and the strength of each will change in each situation but they are:

1) Skill
2) Strategy
3) Stamina
4) Size
5) Strength
6) Speed
7) Psyche ( ok, technically not an S)

1) Durability

Factors like size speed and strength generally only factor in if other qualities are equal. They are not as important as durabilty, psyche, skill, stamina, and strategy.

When talking about skill, one of the most important things is being well rounded so that a good strategy can not easily defeat you by taking the fight to an area where you are unknowledgeable. You must be able to, at minimum, DEFEND yourself in all ranges, be able to transition from range to range, and be able to finish in at least one of them. These ranges include open range standup (both striking and grappling), the clinch (both striking and grappling), & the ground (both striking and grapling). Each range can be more specifically catagorized to include many distances and angles in standup, many clinch positions, and many positions on the ground.

There are certainly base arts that have proven to be most realistic such as Muay Thai, Wrestling, and Bjj but guys like Loyoto Machida have shown that arts like Karate can be used in real situations against the best in the world too. The thing is, its in how you train. Muay Thai, Boxing, Wrestling, & Bjj they all use real sparring in their training. This "aliveness", as one mma trainer calls it, seperates the techniques that really work from the ones that dont against a resisting opponent. Loyoto trained Karate in this fashion, which the reason why he has been able to make it work imo.

I'll say one more thing about finding techniques that work. There have been many times that I have seen a move and thought its too flashy and not practical but then shown different when sparring. What I'm getting at is I believe there are things in all arts that can be added to your game, some of them just need to be practiced so you can develope the timing and ability to do the move automatically when the situation presents itself. Having said that, there are a lot of moves too that simply are not realistic, like Segal's fail proof choke escape. Some arts have simply accumulated too many techniques that are not realistic because they never spar hard. That is not to say that the art is useless. But like in all things, I think its best to keep it real.
 
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Yer right Jam.

Altho I like Bas Rutan, somewhat, has ever gotten in the ring with Fedor. I don't watch hardly any MMA.
Or does Bas just get paid to run his mouth.

Bas was the master of the 'liver shot'

Like JAM said, there will probably never be another fighter as dominant as Fedor. Just like boxing has Mayweather and the Klitschko brothers who have a combined record of 111 and 5 give or take.
 
For your viewing pleasure

Ok guys since we are on the topic of mma I will show you my favorite.

It's not Fedor, It's not GSP, although I am a huge fan of both of the previously mentioned, my favorite is Michelle Waterson. The girl has it all, brains, sense of humor, looks, dedication and determination in whatever she does. She is the awesome.


Enjoy!


An example of her sense of humor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BzpvAPTOdo


An example of her good looks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFFTWGF_wtQ

An appearance on Bully Beatdown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUP6Ic7hxC8


And last but not least, a fight of hers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozAhAgN1TdE
 
Ok guys since we are on the topic of mma I will show you my favorite.

It's not Fedor, It's not GSP, although I am a huge fan of both of the previously mentioned, my favorite is Michelle Waterson. The girl has it all, brains, sense of humor, looks, dedication and determination in whatever she does. She is the awesome.


Enjoy!


An example of her sense of humor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BzpvAPTOdo


An example of her good looks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFFTWGF_wtQ

An appearance on Bully Beatdown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUP6Ic7hxC8


And last but not least, a fight of hers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozAhAgN1TdE

Who else just clicked the second one? :o
 
They should close this thread. It's not really fair to Str8 Shots to bump this with MMA stuff.

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Bas was the master of the 'liver shot'

Like JAM said, there will probably never be another fighter as dominant as Fedor. Just like boxing has Mayweather and the Klitschko brothers who have a combined record of 111 and 5 give or take.

I don't see anybody beating Ben Askren because nobody can handle his style of ground and pound.
 
Ok guys since we are on the topic of mma I will show you my favorite.

It's not Fedor, It's not GSP, although I am a huge fan of both of the previously mentioned, my favorite is Michelle Waterson. The girl has it all, brains, sense of humor, looks, dedication and determination in whatever she does. She is the awesome.


Enjoy!


An example of her sense of humor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BzpvAPTOdo


An example of her good looks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFFTWGF_wtQ

An appearance on Bully Beatdown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUP6Ic7hxC8


And last but not least, a fight of hers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozAhAgN1TdE

This post made the thread worth reading, IMO.
Michelle is gorgeous, and Master Ken is Groucho, with 21 inch arms.
 
And were you outraged and disgusted at what she was wearing, like some people would be around here?

Oh fer cryin out loud, again, can we all get a group enema and start afresh? I love Str8 and bflad (Harriman and Schmidt - on the fence, they're prose, right?). In fact I proposed to both non-pros, await word back. First come, I ain't in position to be too choosy.

I love pool, it rhymes with fool.
 
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And were you outraged and disgusted at what she was wearing, like some people would be around here?

I am reminded of Jean Balukas' famous retort, "Beat me with skill, not luck." ;)

You can read into that whatever you want. Everybody utilizes this forum for different reasons. :smile:

If it weren't for my other half, I would not frequent this place as often as I do. Now I have one more chapter to add to my life, and then I'm out of here. Boogie in the dark, Pathetic Shark. Hey, that rhymes! :grin:

I agree with Matt (KK9) that I like Str8 Shots, Mark C., John S., and Danny H. Thread subject matter has been exhausted.
 
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