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Originally Posted by vaga1220
Did you guys see Fabricio Werdum's last fight? I think it's time to give BJJ a rest. Submission wrestling is the future.
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Well I'll just go down to the local submission wrestling school then...
Or I could just train takedowns with the college wrestlers that are in pretty much every class in the midwest. It is silly that so many BJJ schools never work takedowns, or stick to "jump headfirst into clinch, outside trip" and move on.
Your point is a decent one; Werdum's takedowns were absolutely shambolic; hell he couldn't even pull guard successfully. I really don't understand why he would immediately go to butterfly guard after trying to pull, it is probably the easiest guard to just stand up out of. Hell he was actually doing pretty good striking, should have just stuck with that after it was clear he was not going to get a takedown.
Aoki is slightly different, since he is a badass at judo with a lot of ability in terms of takedowns, but when he pulls guard you almost never see the guy just stand up out of it.