Essential The Official MMA Thread

[Big Boss]

Woooow she did it

 

[The axe murderer]

Brown belt or not she faced an elite athlete

 

[Master Teacher]

Claressa baby u got lucky

how

She came in a beat an MMA fighter at they own sport her first fight

End of story

 

[BlackMajik]

Now that that is done...get back to boxing cuz if this was a top level mma chick

 

[Master Teacher]

Brown belt or not she faced an elite athlete

She can't get stoppages in boxing but got one in her first MMA fight against a real BJJ martial artist lmao

 

[Winston]

What saved Shields is that she wasn't even tired, while her opponent was gassed after dominating on the ground for 2 rounds straight. lol

Boxing cardio is different

 

[The axe murderer]

Now that that is done...get back to boxing cuz if this was a top level mma chick

That's why she gotta build up. But it will take a long time because it's so different.

 

[Master Teacher]

Now that that is done...get back to boxing cuz if this was a top level mma chick

Why she gotta fight the top level in her first fight

Adesanya didn't take his first MMA fight against the world champion

none of these guys did, Khabib had 24 fights before he even got in the UFC, he only got 12 fights in the UFC

so why yall wanna see Shields not even learn the sport first and work her way up the ranks

yall wanna see somebody fell because you are afraid of what they can do, she taking the sport serious and doing it the right way

and SHE WILL BE THE CHAMPION ONE DAY

 

[sportscribe]

Probably the worst match up for Claressa; a big, strong grappler.

She is still showing her boxing tendencies. She needs to set up her punches with her leg strikes more. She is very strong and a top athlete, but is very green when it comes to grappling. She needs to fight a few more novice fighters before stepping up in competition.

She did well though considering she has no grapping defense other than tdd. Her offensive grappling is non-existent but her hands are A1. With those mma gloves her hands are super quick. She was stunning her opponent with every punch. Her gnp broke her opponent as well. Solid pro debut, especially for surviving being on her back and an arm bar.

 

[The axe murderer]

What saved Shields is that she wasn't even tired, while her opponent was gassed after dominating on the ground for 2 rounds straight. lol

Boxing cardio is different

Elite athlete. Hands were fast as hell.

 

[BoogieDown23]

Shields

 

[((ReFleXioN)) EteRNaL]

Impressive win considering she was matched up with somebody way better at grappling. She showed she has a lot of physical strength and great stamina. And She obviously has great striking power with the smaller gloves.

But her pride got her into some bad positions. She had opportunities to keep it on the feet but she kept engaging her on the ground. She can't stick around and let these girls get a hold of her. She needs to strike and get the fukk out. Obviously that'll take a while for her to kick the habit considering she never had to worry about that before. But her takedown defense was solid in the last round. It was a good idea to match her up with a grappler. Throw her into the fire and force her to get better.

 

[aceboon]

Shields cardio impressive as hell, usually when a striker spends all that time mounted they're dead tired, she was still fresh as hell in the 3rd round

 

[The axe murderer]

She made some bad mistakes not standing it up. She should look into that in future. But her composure was impressive. People with less grappling experience get tempted to give up the back with mounted like that

 

[The axe murderer]

Shields cardio impressive as hell, usually when a striker spends all that time mounted they're dead tired, she was still fresh as hell in the 3rd round

And her power here is no joke. Had elkin reeling