Quote Originally Posted by Fnord
Quote Originally Posted by spoonitnow
It doesn't take years to learn how to sprawl.
Then why is it that all but the top two tiers of UFC fighters seem to get taken down at will against a good BJJ or Wrestler?

I'm really impressed when I see guys like Rampage, Chuck, GSP, Franklin, etc. just not get taken down unless they get reversed from top or stunned.
Nog is a perfect example. He and Sylvia are banging away. Sylvia got a pretty good sprawl. So Nog makes Tim think he's abandoned the TD and bingo Tim gets put on his back and submitted. Nog took alot of punishment to get to that point, but once Sylvia was down it was all but over.

Kimbo is so aggressive with the striking right now he leaves himself open to even sub par grapplers. All a person needs with Kimbo is a halfway decent chin to weather the storm and a legit submission game. I doubt some ground and pound will take Kimbo out unless he's completely gassed.