Hated fighters - diego , koscheck , both the diaz brothers , frank lester , and that demarques guy from ultimate fighter.
Im sure their are alot others.... But I think their are too many fighters that are overrated. Get handed easy fights. Etc.
I was hoping guida would win hands down , I cant stand diego. I found myself hoping he would cut his hair after the first round since I couldnt help but wonder if it was actually cause of him getting hit by ridiculous shots...
But I honestly think the UFC does have alot of unproven fighters. That stick around even after proving that they are not a top notch competitor. Im not saying diego , koscheck etc. arent good fighters.
I just dont like them , but they are still overrated to me. The UFC does have alot of great fighters too though , but I really dont like seeing people who suck getting airtime. If you have horrible jiujitsu and horrible stand up... How the hell are you getting on ultimate fighter show to prove yourself.
Yes you can be a good ground and pounder and make it in the UFC with below average standup and jiujitsu but your not going to go far. Ive seen kids around 12-15 in the boxing gym that had better standup skills than some fighters that have gotten the opportunity. Once your of age to actually be competent to pickup on things. How do the basics of boxing not get absorbed into you especially whenever you train so dedicatingly to MMA. Along with jiu jitsu. Ive only rolled with my dad who knows NO jiu jitsu , and one of my best friends just messing around. Along with maybe a total of 4 hours of youtube my entire life.
and I have seem some fighters with work jiu jitsu skills than me , also fighters with worse boxing skills than me and ive only trained a total of maybe 30 hours my whole life.
Im not saying im anywhere near good enough to be a MMA fighter , I dont have the dedication or drive to do so. But seeing below par fighters is disappointing.
Congratz to diego for the win though , even though I was hoping he would get beat.
one thing i have to say though , seeing nick diaz flex his biceps after I think round one of the joe steveson fight... he has to have alot of misguided self esteem , confidence, and arrogance to act the way he does.... and then still flex and not have his arms increase in circumference at all from flexing and still act that way. Is disturbing.
