Jon Fitch comments on his previous fight with Thiago Alves and how much both he and Alves have evolved since their first fight four years ago.
He breaks down their first fight and how Alves put him on his ass after he threw a lazy leg kick and how reversed the position and gave Alves his neck for a guillotine, knowing that he is confident in defending that choke, which he did, and thus gaining him the dominant position. This allowed him to grind Alves down a bit before the eventual knock out in the second round.
The kick that marked the start of the end for Alves, I believe, was one of those freaky knockouts that Fitch was lucky to land. I use the term luck loosely though, they say that if you intend to land a technique and it lands then there is no suck thing as luck.
Although in this case I think it was more of a case of Alves getting excited and being careless. I don’t think he will make the same mistake again.
He also talks about the possibility of having to fight Josh Koscheck, who is a training partner and fellow member of his training camp, should he win his fight with Alves and if Koscheck wins his rematch with GSP.
I think a fight between Koscheck and Fitch would be pretty cool to see.
In this interview Thiago Alves comments on his upcoming fight and how he plans to make a statement to the fans and the UFC by being the first guy to knockout Fitch.
I think he has come along way since the first fight and definitely has the power to knock Fitch out and has vastly improved his Jiu Jitsu off his back as we saw in his fight With St Pierre. If he stands the way he did when striking with GSP I think we are gonna see a very similar result as what happened in the GSP fight, because Fitch is an outstanding wrestler.
Alves’ Jiu Jitsu has greatly improved as we saw with his fight against GSP but I still think Fitch will win this one with his takedowns just like GSP did. Fitch might not be able to knock Alves out as he did in the first fight but I think he might still be able to at least grind him down to a decision.
Although Fitch is not the same fighter he was four years ago either…
Heres a clip of Anderson Silva workout with Steven Seagal in preaparation for his Upcoming bout with Chael Sonnen at UFC 117.
When I saw this clip on you tube I had to think my back to my teenage days, of all the Steven Seagal movies that I watched at the time.
I was never the biggest fan of Seagal’s though I watched most of his movies at the time. If I had to pick a martial arts movie star at the time it would have been Van Damme, though I didn’t think he was that good either, but I thought he had good kicks. I would have picked An Arnie movie probably over both of them at the time.
Though Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan would get my vote if someone held a gun to my head and told me to pick the greatest martial arts action flick hero of all time.
Well, thats enough reminiscing.
I was very interested to see Silva working out with Seagal and learning some Aikido style techniques, considering that Sonnen is mainly known for his wrestling and takedowns. It is not the type of training I would have thought would be most beneficial against a wrestler.
I would love to see Anderson rip out some smooth defensive Aikido moves as Ive never really seen anyone pull off these moves in real life with the effect that Ive seen Seagal do in his movies and demonstrations.
If anyone can do it Anderson Silva can!
I do have a vague memory of a high school play fight between one of my cousins and hit mate who was a judo guy. My cousin was pushing his mate playfully with two hands on his mates chest. He pushed once…twice…and on the third time as my cousin extended his arms towards his mated chest, his mate reached up and tapped one hand up and one hand down and my cousin went straight into a forward dive towards the ground.
Being young, fit and agile he rolled straight back to his feet, but if there had of been a table or something there it would have looked like a classic Seagal throw straight out of a movie.
Thats the closest thing Ive ever seen to a flick of the wrist and sending someone flying.
Now Sonnen won’t be pushing Silva around like that and I don’t think Silva will be trying too many uncomfortable, flashy new moves (outside of his normal flamboyant style) unless Sonnen gives
him a chance and is not aggressive, which I don’t think will be the case.
It will be hard to tell if they were moves that he picked up from Seagal anyway as Silva has an awesome arsenal of fancy weapons already!
I do hope that Anderson doesn’t show boat too much if he is winning. I dont’ mind showing off so
much as long as you are fighting at the same time. I see Sonnen starting out aggressive and possibly landing a couple takedowns but with Anderson using his smart Jiu Jitsu to either submit or stand up to win by KO in the middle rounds or by decision.
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UFC 117 – Anderson Silva workout with Steven Seagal
Heres a clip of Anderson Silva workout with Steven Seagal in preaparation for his Upcoming bout with Chael Sonnen at UFC 117.
When I saw this clip on you tube I had to think my back to my teenage days, of all the Steven Seagal movies that I watched at the time.
I was never the biggest fan of Seagal’s though I watched most of his movies at the time. If I had to pick a martial arts movie star at the time it would have been Van Damme, though I didn’t think he was that good either, but I thought he had good kicks. I would have picked An Arnie movie probably over both of them at the time.
Though Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan would get my vote if someone held a gun to my head and told me to pick the greatest martial arts action flick hero of all time.
Well, thats enough reminiscing.
I was very interested to see Silva working out with Seagal and learning some Aikido style techniques, considering that Sonnen is mainly known for his wrestling and takedowns. It is not the type of training I would have thought would be most beneficial against a wrestler.
I would love to see Anderson rip out some smooth defensive Aikido moves as Ive never really seen anyone pull off these moves in real life with the effect that Ive seen Seagal do in his movies and demonstrations.
If anyone can do it Anderson Silva can!
I do have a vague memory of a high school play fight between one of my cousins and hit mate who was a judo guy. My cousin was pushing his mate playfully with two hands on his mates chest. He pushed once…twice…and on the third time as my cousin extended his arms towards his mated chest, his mate reached up and tapped one hand up and one hand down and my cousin went straight into a forward dive towards the ground.
Being young, fit and agile he rolled straight back to his feet, but if there had of been a table or something there it would have looked like a classic Seagal throw straight out of a movie.
Thats the closest thing Ive ever seen to a flick of the wrist and sending someone flying.
Now Sonnen won’t be pushing Silva around like that and I don’t think Silva will be trying too many uncomfortable, flashy new moves (outside of his normal flamboyant style) unless Sonnen gives
him a chance and is not aggressive, which I don’t think will be the case.
It will be hard to tell if they were moves that he picked up from Seagal anyway as Silva has an awesome arsenal of fancy weapons already!
I do hope that Anderson doesn’t show boat too much if he is winning. I dont’ mind showing off so
much as long as you are fighting at the same time. I see Sonnen starting out aggressive and possibly landing a couple takedowns but with Anderson using his smart Jiu Jitsu to either submit or stand up to win by KO in the middle rounds or by decision.