Long-time best talent, Jorge Masvidal, along with fellow veteran bad guy Nate Diaz New York for his first BMF title at Madison Square Garden in New York City this Saturday (November 2, 2019) at UFC 244.
Masvidal concludes the best year of a professional career one week before the 35th birthday.
“Gamebred” was a fan of hardcore fans as far as I can remember. Since 2003, an active competitor, Masvidal has always shown practical skills in all areas of the game, winning excellent victories in various promotions. However, Masvidal began to go out at night and sparring spirits, which led to some suspicious decisions and generally stopped driving. After 18 months of layoffs, Masvidal returned to the cage in 2019 and something was clicked. Masvidal looks good and clearer than ever, making the two best knockouts of the year. He is urgent and dangerous, and Masvidal got this important opportunity.
Let's take a closer look at his technique.
striking
Mas Vidal was fairly skilled in all combat areas, but from South Florida, he loves to strike. Overall, Masvidal is someone who is willing to adjust his kickboxing style based on his matchup needs, but the key is a sharp boxer who knows when Masvidal should kick. Masvidal's goal is to stay away and refuse takedowns or close the streets with power shots and get the best position.
Regardless of the strategy chosen, Masvidal's deep understanding of distance is the basis of his game. Masvidal has characteristics that carry a defensive risk. Nevertheless, Masvidal is very smooth defensively. The "Gamebred" fighter, thanks to its excellent range control, is able to slip out of the punch and slip and slip, relying on reaction time to react effectively.
In March, Masvidal expertly searched the range against a much larger striker in Darren Till, showing smart defenses and tricky attacks. This performance is the subject of this week's technical highlights.
Masvidal is a fighter who uses his lead hands and lead legs very effectively. Everything is back to street management. The left side of Masvidal is closer to the opponent, so this lands first.
More Masvidal b in boxing is very important and rarely disappoints him. Effective use of b is about diversity.
There are numerous examples of Masvidal's b career that completely disrupts his opponent. For example, with Masvidal's tall stance and his reliance on b, Al Iaquinta exercised dozens of supervisors in an attempt to embark on a cross counter. (GIF). Because Masvidal's range control and stunned prevented Iaquinta from getting stuck in the target, the two men brushed their shoulders and missed most.
Masvidal's b was one of the biggest wins in his entire career, helping to end Donald Cerrone's Welterweight gain. In many cases, Masvidal does not grab the legs behind b and simply fits them in the arms. Masvidal put his legs under him, keeping a good posture to check the Cerrone's kick, and the fast b often found inside the wider punches of the Cerrone.
Masvidal complicates the above feelings about mixing bs with lefties. (GIF). The Cuban player hooks off directly or throws a hook immediately ah.
Masvidal does a lot with lead hands but always tries to erect a cross. For this, Masvidal does a few things very well. While working to the left, change the angle on how to lose weight, load and fire the right.
Masvidal's powerful boxing basics open up the rest of his game, and there are a few “Gamebred” techniques once he feels good about the distance and reacts to his opponent. Two of the most damaging attacks in Masvidal's arsenal are useful in the same situation. Especially if your opponent is sticking out of his right hand, especially if his enemy fights against the fence.
The left hook and the switch kick towards the ship, where Masvidal slicks his head as he shuffles, are a potential combat finisher. Check this GIF, Masvidal lands on Jake Ellenberger, trapped along the fence, turning towards safety. Another similarity between the two is that Masvidal suddenly closes the distance and aggressively advances to the slip or posture switch.
Another strength of Masvidal is to read the head movements of the opponent. Against the enemy actively sliding his punches, Masvidal will definitely stare at the head kick. This is a topic throughout his career. Some examples: K.J. A right-handed bottom kicks off a wheel kick that hinders Iaquinta's movements and subsequently a full punch for Masvidal's straight punch. Noon as boxer ducks on strike (GIF)Or when Masvidal beat Yves Edwards, he returned to 2007.
Masvidal, recognizing that he is slipping to the enemy's left to avoid ja, throws a right high kick that is stunned and lands perfectly.
Masvidal is an underrated clinch technician and always tries to land on the clinch. The best example is the opposite of Cezar Ferreira, because Masvidal was able to land knockouts while trapping the fence. Masvidal has used the frame to make room for a while and rotate the larger one a bit to switch to a double collar tie. From there, Masvidal folded over the enemy's elbows before chasing the enemy's cross (GIF). Masvidal plays a big part in creating a little space before hitting the middle part with the body knee against men who actively pressure clinch, including names like Cerrone, Benson Henderson and Rustam Khabilov. (GIF).
As mentioned, Masvidal adapts well to the opponent. More precisely, Masvidal does a great job of turning the battle star defense into an attack. The best example would be the “Cowboy” knockout, where Masvidal's non-committee com has taken a central step in thwarting Cerrone's attack.
His strategy had more than ja. First of all, Masvidal continued to take big steps, lifting the lead leg so that it could be checked preemptively. In addition to the obvious goal of not being illuminated by one of the sport's best low kickers, Masvidal later uses this setting to step into, or not only a favorite switch kick (GIF).
The finale was a well-trained defense and response. In two battles, Masvidal perfectly captured and parried his favorite skill, the left switch kick. Masvidal grabbed ankles across Cerrone's body, lowered the rings under the pipes and basically knocked "Cowboy" twice with the same counter. (GIF).
In all of Masvidal's skills and techniques, the heel of his Achilles was a combination of lack of activity and lack of aggression. Few people lost at least seven or more decisions than Masvidal, claiming that they personally beat more than half as a result of their calm approach to the fight. Masvidal admires his work, slips a four-punch combination, feels slick, and acts as if the head movements actually counteract the low kick that has reached the end.
Meanwhile, the barely focused judge thinks about all four punches. and Low kick landed. Masvidal is happy to win with a small margin, but MMA (mixed martial arts) is a sport that demands certainty.
Wrestling
Masvidal is one of the most unique wrestlers in the sport. He is very tall and doesn't have a high level wrestling background, but it's very difficult to switch or grab very well with his shots.
Aggressively, Masvidal starts with a snatch single, drops his back, pulling the opponent's leg to the high crotch position. There Masvidal tries to finish the dump, but often he switches to another takedown when his opponent defends.
Masvidal won the single twice in a game against Till. One loosened a full punch, the other finished with a dump, and the other hit with a collar tie. It's really hard to defend that mixed opponent.
Masvidal tends to wrestle aggressively less often for bigger men at 170 pounds, but his old victory over Tim Means was a great show of chain wrestling. In the high crotch, Masvidal constantly switched to another takedown, tossing his opponent on the floor. Most of the time, Masvidal tries to balance the dump with "Dirty Bird" and then drives back to a double leg or knee pick. Or Masvidal will work around the opponent with a clinch on his back in high crotch. In this note, Masvidal's clinching technique is not limited to elbows and knees, as evidenced by this sweet inner journey as opposed to Sambo experts. (GIF).
Masvidal's wrestling defense is amazing. Despite the high position, the hips of Masvidal are very difficult to penetrate, so that the opponent cannot secure a deep single leg. Even when they do Masvidal is an expert at its location and it is very difficult to throw it on the mat. Often Masvidal tries to stay in balance until it touches the fence. Once Masvidal is comfortable, you can fight your hands until you do a small blow and your legs are released.
Masvidal does everything right in the scramble, keeping the head high, controlling the opponent's head position and not allowing the enemy to calm down. Best of all, his comfort and confidence in all positions gives Masvidal an advantage in scrambling. (GIF).
The only person who has sustained Masvidal for a long time in the last 10 years was actually Demian Maia (though you can make an argument for Gilbert Melendez, but you rarely get a true top position). Maia's choking wrestling / grappling hybrid is Masvidal's amazing scrambling and an essentially bad match. Brazilians do not sortie and take on a few titles to lock things completely.
Masvidal doesn't have someone's crazy ass like Kamaru Usman or Tyron Woodley. It's not just his style, build or background. Thus, Masvidal did not cost much to fights trapped in Maia Backpack, but still did a great job of defending a lot of takedowns and running away on their feet when dragging.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Masvidal is the most inconspicuous aspect of his game but a great grapple. But do not talk briefly about the topic. Maia Demain praised the highly competitive "Gamebred & # 39; s".
Masvidal's jiu-jitsu mostly tells you only when the opponent tries to take him down. Recently, he is fishing much more often for front chokes, since they can be used to submit, clean and trigger scrambles. Masvidal, for example, flipped Krause and Chiesa while using a guillotine to defend his opponent's takedown.
Against Chiesa Masvidal eventually stopped the second submission victory of his career. Masvidal wrapped the outer arm around Chiesa's arm and neck in the front headlock. There he rolled Chiesa to the side using a technique called a bolt cutter, but he used a variant of the grip. This allowed him to sink his arm deeper and secure it to the rear naked choke grip.
Masvidal cuts off both sides of the opponent's neck and d & # 39; fixed the arce choke and crimped until the tap inevitably came (GIF).
conclusion
Masvidal has long been one of the most skilled fighters in the world, but it's not always the same as victory or momentum. Finally, everything in the title run ends with a single click. Even if that doesn't solve the problem, this fight has the potential to at least completely turn Masvidal into a star. This is a satisfying and reasonable achievement for a man approaching the 50th professional fight.
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Brazilian Jiu Jitsu brown belt Andrew Richardson is a professional fighter trained in Team Alpha Male in Sacramento, California. In addition to learning with world-class talent, Andrew scouted his opponents and developed a winning strategy for several sports-leading elite fighters.