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Originally Posted by just_mo
This, I don't get why people ITT sometimes think fighters can just "practice TDD" and they're good. It takes YEARS to get to the point in wrestling these guys get to, you think practicing for a few weeks means you're gonna be good to stop them?
Well, I admit my argument would be a lot stronger if the fight was 5 months away instead of a little over 2.
But Shogun doesn't need to get anywhere near "the point in wrestling these guys get to" in order to increase his chances of winning through practicing TDD.
If he can reduce Chael's success rate from say 75% to 50% by focusing a huge chunk of training time on it, that should increase his chances of hurting Chael standing at some point and winning the fight.
I assume that's what Bisping did and Chael only went 4-for-7 on TDs in that fight, and that made Bisping much better than a 4-to-1 dog.
I am not trying to make the case that Shogun should be the favorite. I really don't know.
I am only warning people not to assume that because others fighters with inferior wrestling to Chael were able to take down Shogun, that means Chael will be able to do it even more easily, especially if they took him from the clinch. Shogun will know what's coming and also won't need to respect Chael's striking like he does against other fighters.
Please let me be wrong. I would love to see Shogun on his back eating elbow sandwiches all night.
Last edited by anteatereater; 06-06-2013 at 07:01 PM.