UFC 120: Greg Jackson and Yoshihiro Akiyama communicate through the 'universal language' of fighting
by Jesse Holland on Oct 14, 2010 10:45 AM EDT
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"Fighting is a non-verbal skill a lot of times. You can just demonstrate by showing. You don't have to exactly speak the language. It's kind of like mathematics - it's a universal language, so it wasn't that hard. You can waste yourself out because you're so amped, so staying calm is huge. It's very important, especially in between rounds, to remind your fighter to do that. You see everybody do it now. Everybody's like, ‘Calm down, breathe.' He had a hard time with [the altitude], but he showed a lot of heart. He got the hang of it at the end. He picks [things] up really quick. There's a reason he's got all the wins he's got, and it's because of his talent."
International fighting star Yoshihiro Akiyama calls on fight guru Greg Jackson to help him prepare for his UFC 120 main event against Michael Bisping on Oct. 16 in London. Despite his talent, "Sexyama" was criticized for his lack of cardio at UFC 116, which may have led to his undoing against Chris Leben in Las Vegas. Can the world's most famous MMA trainer get the Judoka back into the win column? Or is Akiyama going down for "The Count" at the O2 Arena on Saturday night?
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akiyama via sexy_saber
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by salamagogo on Oct 14, 2010 10:48 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Greg Jackson
invented calming down and breathing
by Johnny Ballgame on Oct 14, 2010 10:49 AM EDT reply actions
talent wasnt the only trhing that got him wins,greg
Seems that greasing helped him quite a bit vs sakuraba
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by salamagogo on Oct 14, 2010 10:51 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Yeah but Akiyama is a world class athlete, the guy has talent in spades.
Also I got the impression against Leben that it was more being punch drunk than gassed.
Drink to remember, drink to forget.
by doonerthesooner on Oct 14, 2010 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions
youtaped, youshould find this helpful
Fighters Greg Jackson teaches to wall n stall/lay n pray:
Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone
‘The Korean Zombie’ Chan Sung Jung
Nate ‘The Great’ Marquardt
Keith Jardine (if he’s still there)
Shane Carwin
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by daniel worby on Oct 14, 2010 11:31 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Second time you've made that mistake Worbs
And ANS said that Jardine was staying with Greg, it was just Rashad who left (presumably because McSweeney left on bad terms). Speaking of Jardine he should just stick to coaching at this point, he has a very good reputation as a coach (he even helped coach his teammates on TUF 2, that’s how him and Rashad first became close friends), the talk of him having migraines during the Prangley fight after his brutal KO defeats has me worried for his long-term health and it’s clear that his bad habits (or herky jerky unorthodox striking according to Rogan) are going nowhere.
And as much as I dislike Bisping he made a good point that you can’t generalise a whole camp as having one style of fighting. His critics are just annoyed about his success and love to bash his top guys GSP and Rashad. Hardy in particular is just bitter because he got dominated by a far superior fighter on the ground who wasn’t stupid enough to fight to Hardy’s strengths.
"Stay classy San Diego"
Jon "Bones" Jones, MMAs best young fighter and the next LHW champion
Rashad isn't at Jacksons anymore?
Drink to remember, drink to forget.
by doonerthesooner on Oct 14, 2010 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions
No, he's not.
Anyone know where he went?
Anderson Silva is by far the number one P4P king!!! Even when he is losing a fight he still comes back and finishes for the win! GSP dominates the whole fight and still can't finish! LOL
WTF? Why, like why in the hell?
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by doonerthesooner on Oct 14, 2010 1:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Lol PW
I’m not sure either Bow, I know Rashad’s still got the same core team helping him (Wittman, Van Arsdale, McSweeney) and I think that he still trains at Grudge with Nate but I don’t know if he is at another camp now. He may have opened his own Jackson affiliate training centre.
"Stay classy San Diego"
Jon "Bones" Jones, MMAs best young fighter and the next LHW champion
haha David you should be more careful with your pronouns. For a second i thought u were saying Bisping’s critics were annoyed by his success…in which case you would have been outed as a closet Bisping lover, much like kdog.
Lol I'm a reformed Bisping lover
And my pronoun use has never been great, I always got marked down in English for it.
"Stay classy San Diego"
Jon "Bones" Jones, MMAs best young fighter and the next LHW champion
would be funny
If one of the ufc employeed who puttogether the opening highlights for the start of the ppv snuck in a clip of bisping getting laid out by hendo…even subliminal “fight club” style…
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by salamagogo on Oct 14, 2010 11:28 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
honestly
they should just loop that through the whole thing
"Give a man a match, and he'll be warm for a minute, but set him on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
Fan of: Cole Miller, Dentist Neer, Alan Belcher, Bones Jones, Frank Mir
Throw in 100 photoshops of the Bisping KO
Those NEVER get old !
I wish there was one website that collected them all.
Ya Greg Jackson is a horrible coach
He doesn’t coach any other the top mma fighters in the biz. All these people that say he implicates the lay and pray way are uneducated fans that would rather watch the Forest Griffin vs Stephan Bonnar fight. Yawn..
by Gordie_123 on Oct 14, 2010 11:55 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Well all the lay n pray whining is mostly people who
just want to be entertained. This is a sport if the guy on the bottom can’t get up then his own fault. But i do agree that Jackson is probably overhyped. This is a man who can’t teach Jardine that he’s been knocked down or out by a left hook in nearly all of his fights. Here’s a strategy – keep your right hand up.
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by NNR (formerly NameNotRequired) on Oct 14, 2010 12:21 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
To be fair some guys have such bad habits that they're incapable of being able to adapt and lose them
Agreed on the rest though, it’s no coincidence that the fighters who whine about wrestling are the ones with crap TDD and can’t work off their back. They should spend more time improving and less time complaining then maybe wrestling wouldn’t be such a problem for them.
"Stay classy San Diego"
Jon "Bones" Jones, MMAs best young fighter and the next LHW champion
I think the photoshop here deserves a little credit, good stuff!
It does not get any better then the Mayhem and a bunch of sexy Japanese girls.--- The Voice
by DetroitDrew1980 on Oct 14, 2010 12:10 PM EDT reply actions
im putting it all on sexy and condit, i just need one to win...
It does not get any better then the Mayhem and a bunch of sexy Japanese girls.--- The Voice
by DetroitDrew1980 on Oct 14, 2010 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions
my only concern is the home town judges, but thats why its gambling!
sexy really got a curveball last time, im expecting much better…
It does not get any better then the Mayhem and a bunch of sexy Japanese girls.--- The Voice
by DetroitDrew1980 on Oct 14, 2010 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Lousy judging is definitely my biggest concern as well.
I’ve got money on both Condit and Akiyama and I would be shocked if neither won, unless it was a result of getting “Hamilled.”
"Before I do anything I ask myself, "Would an idiot do that?" And if the answer is yes, I do not do that thing." - Dwight Schrute
Well let's just hope
Hardy tries to take down Condit and choke him out like his being saying and gets caught in a guillotine in the 1st minute of the 1st round…..that’d be priceless
And that they allow Akiyama to tag in Hendo and he KTFO Bisping again declaring a legit Sexy win…..one can hope and stranger shite has happened right?
I could get behind all of that.
"Before I do anything I ask myself, "Would an idiot do that?" And if the answer is yes, I do not do that thing." - Dwight Schrute
Awesome Photoshop Jesse.
Instant classic. If Akiyama continues to do good through GJ, this pic will be commonplace on the forums.
Shogun's knee will explode for the final time when Rashad shoots for the takedown.
Love this pic
May the schwartz by with you!
Akiyama via dropping his balls on Bisping round 1!
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by Khaos_Warrior on Oct 14, 2010 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions
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