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Kali Tudo...how's it going in MMA?
Crafty_Dog:
I thought the boxing light heavyweight title fight between Pascal and Hopkins several days ago quite good. I wouldn't have scored the first knockdown a knockdown and would have given the decision to Hopkins (45 years old vs. Pascal's 28! Go Hopkins!!!) but of relevance to this thread were the first few rounds of the fight, which were clearly won by Pascal (and kudos to Hopkins for keeping his mind right and turning the fight around).
To my eye, Pascal threw a number of successful zirconias though he began going to the well a bit too often I thought. Like Rua's knock out of Chuck Liddell, the punch was more of a hook than a straight and there was no cutting of the corner of the diamond to the point of the diamond, but this is a move that was not really seen until , , , sometime after the release of Kali Tudo 1 :lol: Of course, the move existed before KT1 and I certainly can't say that Rua, Pascal, or their trainers watched KT1, but it is an interesting coincidence. At the very least, the people who doubted the zirconia when they first saw it in KT1 need to reconsider. Indeed I know of a few who have reconsidered to the point of their saying it was nothing new and has been there all along. :wink:
Crafty_Dog:
A few monts ago C-Guard Dog sent me a clip of a Nate Diaz fight in which he did something very much like a Dracula , , , without the footwork and, by out criteria perhaps with the less preferred hand for how things were lined up, but looking like a Dracula nonetheless. C-GD wondered in Nate had been watching our Kali Tudo DVDs :-D This week Nate had a very interesting fight which he finished in the final seconds of the first round which had some strikes which looked to my eye similar to things I have been showing in our DVDs. Certainly I can't say he has been watching our DVDs! but it would tickle my vanity greatly if he were , , ,
Crafty_Dog:
I showed Dan Theodore some of my Kali Tudo a few years back and was pleasantly surprised to see his post on my FB page:
"Hey Marc, wanted to let you know, I sparred a VERY well known fighter today light Box-Heavy Wrestling w MMA gloves and tried out your Kali Tudo Entry you showed me years ago.....I got right to my Underhook! Think punch might of landed too had it been full on IDK. Respect!"
He messaged me as well:
"Here is the vid, I hope it is ok, I give your respect for your 3rd technique, share it if you would like http://youtu.be/HekcOajallU"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HekcOajallU
Actually, forgive my vanity, but, as can be seen in the Kali Tudo-1 DVD, techniques one and two are mine as well :-D
Crafty_Dog:
The technique in question scores a quick win here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f8yZmIx9_o&feature=player_embedded#!
The fight begins at about 4:00 with the TKO shortly thereafter. The slo-mo replay comes at 6:05.
Crafty_Dog:
Looks like our Zirconia, which was unseen prior to our KT-1, is entering the main stream:
http://ironforgesiron.com/2012/06/video-mma-uncensored-live-621-paul-daley-greg-jacksons-camp-firas-zahabi/
see footage after 08:40. BTW Dan "the Wolfman" Theodore, seen in some of the footage here, has PM'd me about how I showed him the Zirconia several years ago, prior to this training here.
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