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marcelt
26-01-2010, 22:45
There’s real prejudice against martial artists who don’t subscribe to multiple styles. Being good at one thing -- and only one thing -- is seen as negligent.

Yet it’s these one-dimensional athletes who often wind up being the most exciting. Demian Maia (http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Demian-Maia-14637) needs some serious work on his stand up, but watching him on the ground is like listening to Eric Clapton play the guitar. (And no one is telling Clapton he sucks because he hasn’t mastered the piano.) The all-trades guys get more respect, but they’re also more likely to be responsible for a bathroom break of a fight.

This is taking the long way to Melvin Manhoef (http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Melvin-Manhoef-4296), a cult hero of a striker who makes his Strikeforce debut on Saturday. Manhoef will tell you, flat out, that he kind of stinks on the ground.

“If they have me on the ground, they have a slight advantage,” he told USAToday’s Sergio Non. “But if I have to put my fists on their chin, I also have a slight advantage…I'm going to practice my ground game very hard. Maybe one day, I can put also a grappler in a triangle choke or guillotine or armbar. It would be very nice.”

For some, this is reason enough to criticize Manhoef. And in mixed martial arts, spreading your knowledge across various styles is wise. But the “mixed” does not necessarily have to indicate two handyman athletes: it can be a clash between one guy who is very good at one form of offense and another who is very good at something else. Chasing proficiency in all areas will make you good at everything and great at nothing. (Fedor, Anderson Silva (http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Anderson-Silva-1356), etc., are the exceptions -- hence their status.)

Manhoef may be a no-belt, but he can deliver general anesthesia from both hands. For 24 of his 31 MMA fights, that’s been enough.

blackadder
26-01-2010, 23:23
Als ik Lawlers record bekijk is hij ook niet bepaald een gazelle op de grond. 1 winst door sub.

Sendur
27-01-2010, 01:56
Haha reps voor Manhoef.

Hij heeft gewoon een goed zelfbeeld en dat is prima!

But if I have to put my fists on their chin, I also have a slight advantage.

geweldig!

WAR MANHOEF!

Jones
27-01-2010, 09:26
Check hier het volledige interview;

Melvin Manhoef looks ahead to Strikeforce debut against Lawler - MMA Fighting Stances: Mixed martial arts intelligence from the cage and ring - USATODAY.com (http://content.usatoday.com/communities/mma/post/2010/01/manhoef-interview/1)


Wilde het graag voor jullie kopieren en plakken maar dan onstaat er een grote lap tekst en is het heel onoverzichtelijk om te lezen.

Vandaar het linkie

Tony
27-01-2010, 10:03
thanks man...



trouwens... ik las in de eerste post dat Manhoef wellicht een No-Belt was... Maar Manhoef is toch een purple belt... of vergis ik me nu?

sebastiaan
27-01-2010, 12:09
thanks man...



trouwens... ik las in de eerste post dat Manhoef wellicht een No-Belt was... Maar Manhoef is toch een purple belt... of vergis ik me nu?

Je hebt purple belts en purple belts.. Heb hem in elkegeval nog nooit een goede ebi zien doen,of iets in die richting.
Zou me verbazen als hij trouwens met GI traint in BJJ, eerder puur grappling lijkt me.