Couture got hit on a shiatsu pressure point; that fucking hurts! My shiatsu instructor demonstrated a SUPER mild blow on that point on a student, litarally a moderate tap, (probably violates every rule in the book), and the guy was out of it for the rest of the day.
He does. I’m glad it wasn’t “simple” for him though. a 45 year old had him sweating for a few there. No arguing the fact that he just earned the title though, that’s for sure. Although it is said that you aren’t the champion until you defend it.
I wonder what dana is gonna dig up to throw at brock for the first defense.
What did he learn?
Last fight he punched and kneed and on the ground he hammer fist and knees with no other ground game to speak of.
What did he do differently?
Randy held his own on the ground and stood up without much effort.
I agree he is getting better, but what was the thing or two that you saw in this fight which was a clear improvement?
His cardo needs help, he was winded in the first round.
Hopefully someone with some Brazilian can find minnesota on a map and go help him with his ground game.
I think randy deserves the biggest props in the world. I would like to note that randy was not knocked out, but could no longer defend himself (TKO), like he said in his pre-fight interview “Brock will not break me”
He could has won that fight had he kept to his game plan that he used agains Ganzaga (refer to BigRon’s vid he posted earlier). He could have kept up that clinch and kept wearing him down. I think he realized he COULD actually stand toe to toe with him as seen for a good chunk in the 2nd round. He clinched again, split (after a great knee by brock), and instead of running back in to clinch, he decided to stand toe to toe again which resulted in what looked like to be a not very well planned hit into randys temple.
Brock was very classy in his victory which I think does show that while he may not have the veteren experience one would expect from being the champion, but he sure does have the right attitude.
I agree that he has no offensive ground game but his ground defense has greatly improved. He did not make any stupid mistakes that cost him the fight. He kept his arms and legs away from getting trapped.