Ze Grapplez: Judo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and MMA: Metamoris II Best and Most Ridiculous Quotes/Commentary
The first time around, much of my rant about the Metamoris was production-related: the starting late, the nonsensical commentary of that random guy who looked confused, and the clear effort to sell a very particular type of non-sport yet self-defense Jiu-Jitsu disguised within a sport Jiu-Jitsu professional level tournament. This time around, my distaste focuses on one of the above and some stylistic choices made by competitors: hearing the absurd attempts to legitimize Schaub's behavior was atrocious at best. Braulio choosing to stalemate Rodolfo's guard passing with that lapel/foot grip rather than, y'know, like, grapple was also irritating to watch. Victor Estima stalemated JT Torres' guard passing, but was also trying to finish with a variety of leg and foot attacks. Watching Braulio simply stalemate Rodolfo to wear him out then go for a kneebar after 19 minutes and Rodolfo finally passed was anti-climactic at best. And, of course, who can forget the Schaub/Cyborg debacle. The Best Quote of Metamoris 2:
"If you don't want to get caught in anything, stay home, my man." - Cyborg
"Remember when Silva was fighting Demian Maia and they were actually booing Demian Maia. This is the complete opposite. They're booing the guy on the ground. " - Ed O'Neil
"You had to know he wasn't going to actually grapple with you." - Ryron Gracie "Rener, Do you think Brendan's losing at this point?"
"I think... he's losing in terms of what people want I think, which is to engage, to grapple, be careless." - Ed O'Neil to Rener Gracie
"[Referring to Cyborg] he's not able to implement his game." "[Rener laughing]...what's funny is that...I'm very curious what the judges are going to say." "Schaub's not playing the game. He doesn't want to roll around." - Rener Gracie
In case you missed it, at one point, someone in the crowd yelled: "Go tournament Jiu-Jitsu". Posted by
metamoris 2 biased commentary,
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HoekfakkerJune 15, 2013 at 5:28 AMHow about when Rener said " The people that are saying they want more submissions are uneducated"ReplyDeleteZe GrapplerJune 17, 2013 at 12:26 PMHoefakker - it was hard to choose amongst all the gems in the 20 min's of the match and the post-event conference. ReplyDeleteAdd commentLoad more...
Ze Grapplez: Judo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and MMA: Metamoris II Best and Most Ridiculous Quotes/Commentary
The first time around, much of my rant about the Metamoris was production-related: the starting late, the nonsensical commentary of that random guy who looked confused, and the clear effort to sell a very particular type of non-sport yet self-defense Jiu-Jitsu disguised within a sport Jiu-Jitsu professional level tournament. This time around, my distaste focuses on one of the above and some stylistic choices made by competitors: hearing the absurd attempts to legitimize Schaub's behavior was atrocious at best. Braulio choosing to stalemate Rodolfo's guard passing with that lapel/foot grip rather than, y'know, like, grapple was also irritating to watch. Victor Estima stalemated JT Torres' guard passing, but was also trying to finish with a variety of leg and foot attacks. Watching Braulio simply stalemate Rodolfo to wear him out then go for a kneebar after 19 minutes and Rodolfo finally passed was anti-climactic at best. And, of course, who can forget the Schaub/Cyborg debacle. The Best Quote of Metamoris 2:
"If you don't want to get caught in anything, stay home, my man." - Cyb
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"Remember when Silva was fighting Demian Maia and they were actually booing Demian Maia. This is the complete opposite. They're booing the guy on the ground. " - Ed O'Neil
"You had to know he wasn't going to actually grapple with you." - Ryron Gracie "Rener, Do you think Brendan's losing at this point?"
"I think... he's losing in terms of what people want I think, which is to engage, to grapple, be careless." - Ed O'Neil to Rener Gracie
"[Referring to Cyborg] he's not able to implement his game." "[Rener laughing]...what's funny is that...I'm very curious what the judges are going to say." "Schaub's not playing the game. He doesn't want to roll around." - Rener Gracie
In case you missed it, at one point, someone in the crowd yelled: "Go tournament Jiu-Jitsu". Posted by
metamoris 2 biased commentary,
post metamoris 2 conference Brendan schaub cyborg Abreu,
HoekfakkerJune 15, 2013 at 5:28 AMHow about when Rener said " The people that are saying they want more submissions are uneducated"ReplyDeleteZe GrapplerJune 17, 2013 at 12:26 PMHoefakker - it was hard to choose amongst all the gems in the 20 min's of the match and the post-event conference. ReplyDeleteAdd commentLoad more...