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Originally Posted by Anthony
Yah, and when Tank came up and fought a Brazilian by the name of Vitor Belfort, he got his ass KNOCKED THE FUCK OUT. .
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Yeah, because Belfort was a better boxer with faster hands. There wasn't a single ounce of jiu jitsu in that fight, yet you're using it as an example of how BJJ is superior to everything else.
You're hardly an honest broker on this subject.
The problem with discussions like these is that people become personally invested in these things.
A guy who spends years training in a certain discipline (no matter what that discipline is) gets offended when someone tells him that it sucks, or that there's something else better. They go to great lengths to defend their discipline, because in doing so they're trying to validate themselves and the time investment and sweat equity they've put into it.
The same thing is true of people who own a Chevy when talking to a Ford owner, a guy who went to Ohio State when talking to someone from Michigan, even people who host at Webair when someone starts a "webair sucks" thread.
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Originally Posted by Anthony
UFC 1 - 4 proved BJJ was the Best Martial Art, bar none. You can't ask for more empirical data than that.
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No, UFC 1-4 proved that Royce Gracie was the best fighter out of all the people who entered UFC 1-4.
The conclusion you're trying to draw would be like me saying that Super Bowl 19 is empirical proof that the west coast offense is the best offense ever created, bar none.
Or that Super Bowl 20 is empirical proof that the 46 defense is the best defense ever created, bar none.
While the schemes being used are important, it was the talent and execution of the players that won those games, and players as talented as those probably could have won with the power I formation or a 3-4 defense also.
Of course I don't expect you to be reasonable about this, you have BJJ tourrette's, but everyone else reading this will get the point.
