- Joined
- Jan 15, 2007
- Messages
- 54,496
- Reaction score
- 18,299
Watch DC's takedowns against the fence. I am pretty sure there are many highlights of him floating around. Majority of them; he doesn't end up in guard since he doesn't shoot from outside and he ends every takedown from angle. He doesn't shoot a power double or drive straight as opposed to the old school guys that would be content land a takedown to throw elbows from inside the guard position. Coleman hangs out in that position. This fight will end up on the ground for sure.
What Fedor does off his back is very basic but it works for him well. It is based on speed and explosiveness. His teammates cannot replicate what he does. If you watch his fights; how many people passed his guard? He works off reversals but I don't think he can get those on someone like DC.
I don't think its that basic, that armbar from the bottom for example he does as well as anyone I'v ever seen in MMA technically and both that and something like the reversal of Nog depend on perfect timing, waiting until his opponent is slightl off balance and then pushing in the correct direction to exploit that, not just madly bucking. Really Cormier looking to improve position might well play to Fedor's advantage allowing him opportunities for reversals or escapes, you can see in the first Coleman fight he was happy to allow Mark openings to improve positions rather than hanging around in guard.
Generally though as I said I think Cormier's offencive grappling is coloured quite a bit by who he's faced, getting position on guys like Rumble, Lewis and Volkan is a hell of a lot easier than it would be on a prime Nog or Werdum. Personally I don't think he'd be able to escape the guard of those two if they didn't want him to.
Last edited: