How Much of a Watershed Moment in MMA Was Kron Gracie's Loss to Charles Jourdain?

Isn't Jourdain a BJJ fighter also?

Gentlemen, a short view back to the past. Thirty years ago, Niki Lauda told us ‘take a monkey, place him into the cockpit and he is able to drive the car.’ Thirty years later, Sebastian told us ‘I had to start my car like a computer, it’s very complicated.’ And Nico Rosberg said that during the race – I don’t remember what race - he pressed the wrong button on the wheel. Question for you both: is Formula One driving today too complicated with twenty and more buttons on the wheel, are you too much under effort, under pressure? What are your wishes for the future concerning the technical programme during the race? Less buttons, more? Or less and more communication with your engineers?

Longo was talking about how in the early days basically all the moves in bjj worked in mma because nobody knew how to defend. Not the case anymore. Back then most of the guys were skilled usually in 1-2 disciplines but not top level athletes. Nowadays the athletic ability is exponentially higher and almost everyone is skilled in 3-4 disciplines.

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Gentlemen, a short view back to the past. Thirty years ago, Niki Lauda told us ‘take a monkey, place him into the cockpit and he is able to drive the car.’ Thirty years later, Sebastian told us ‘I had to start my car like a computer, it’s very complicated.’ And Nico Rosberg said that during the race – I don’t remember what race - he pressed the wrong button on the wheel. Question for you both: is Formula One driving today too complicated with twenty and more buttons on the wheel, are you too much under effort, under pressure? What are your wishes for the future concerning the technical programme during the race? Less buttons, more? Or less and more communication with your engineers?

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Is this a new variant of English?

The infusion of collegiate and olympic level wrestlers has had a huge impact on the sport. Wrestlers know the grind and have great cardio.

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So what do you all think the next 30 years in MMA looks like?

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Designer steroids and a former federal agent concocting schemes to clear a big name so he can continue fighting.

Oh wait, the future is already here.

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Matt Hughes dominate Royce Gracie and submit him.

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Was great to see it.

YT

What I can’t understand about Kron’s plan for this fight is why not tap into his connection with Nate and Nick Diaz? They are very close and even though Kron is in Montana now, you would have thought he would have hooked up with them to work on standup. I used to live in Monroe and even though I am under Royler I used to roll at Kron’s affiliate school in West Monroe because I knew the former owner. Even went out to LA and rolled at Kron’s. Dude is a legit beast on the ground. Maybe one of the best, but in the current era of MMA everybody knows jits now and if you aren’t well rounded, you are going to get smashed. Kron learned a painful lesson cause I doubt he gets another UFC shot until he starts in the trenches again and shows he can be more versatile.

While I agree that his fights suck, that still doesn’t diminish the fact he is one of the best jits guys on the planet and his last name is Gracie. That’s probably the only reason he got a shot and another UFC shot anyway cause Dana knew that last name would sell a few PPV’s.

Yea Olympic level wrestler have an easier time to transition into striking and submission game

But for the modern era, demian Maia was able to hold his own for the most part for being very one dimensional