For Thales Leites 'there's life after the UFC'
by Eduardo Cruz on May 7, 2010 2:51 PM EDT
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"There’s life after the UFC. Thank God that life goes on and right away an opportunity came up, so I kept training focused to fight. It always has both sides. The bad one is that leaving the UFC is like a cold shower. The UFC is the largest MMA promotion in the world in all meanings, chiefly the visibility of the fighter. This is the reason everybody wants to be out there. The good side is we always learn with what happens and of course because I keep fighting for other events and it proves it’s not the end of the world. The wasn’t any environment at all. They just sent an e-mail message saying due to the result of the latest fights they were ending up my contract and wishing the best for me and they could keep in touch again in the future. [Coach] Dede Pederneiras has a great relationship with Joe Silva so there wasn’t any bad blood. You have to arrive there and give a show, brawl, knockouts and submissions. Most of the audience are laypersons and they like what they see. So a technical fight or another thing won’t be a success and the promotion looks for these styles in the fighters”.
MMAMania.com talks to former UFC middleweight contender Thales Leites, who fights Jesse Taylor tonight in the main event of MFC 25: "Vindication" in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Leites has been training with fellow Brazilians Pedro Rizzo, Glover Teixeria and Vitor Miranda and hopes to get back to the world's largest mixed martial arts promotion after a successful run on the regional circuit. Will "JT Money" cash in on those dreams as well by denying Leites his third straight win?
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You know what I think, pbdb?
Thales and Demian weren’t supposed to face Anderson off so early. They still had some fights to get better before the final match. Leites paid the price for his peformance but has showed he’s been learning with the mistakes. Maia tried to fight only in the fifth round, so it was to few for the main event.
"No one wants to be defeated" Michael Jackson on MMA fights
too* sorry I'm a grammar nazi lol
I completely agree with that statement. Maia was/is just starting to evolve into a well rounded fighter. Thales definitely suffered a mental loss after facing anderson and didn’t look like himself in his next fight. Though, it seems as though he’s rebounded mentally so I"m definitely going to keep my eye on him.
They do.
But they’re more interested in the show like Wand, Guida give to the fans.
"No one wants to be defeated" Michael Jackson on MMA fights
He's gotta admit tho..
Flopping to your back for 2 and 1/2 rounds cause you don’t wanna get tagged, isn’t all that technical…
"Wanderlei Silva; hallowed be thy name." - Genesis 50:27
by O damn he got caught on May 7, 2010 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Totally agree
If you try to use jits to win a fight that’s fine. I love technical fights like that. But you have to try work for the TD not just pull guard and flop on back. That being said, I agree with Maia getting the shot too soon
by irishlilpete on May 7, 2010 3:03 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Ya I laughed at the technical comment...
Where was his technique in the Silva fight?
Lesnar > [Carwin] ---> Lesnar > [Velasquez] ---> Lesnar > [JDS]
Overeem will NOT show up on May 15th! Mark my words. Sig stays til then.
It's not as easy as it seems to the uneducated eye. It is very technical.
You gotta do it right.
Step 1: Bend your knees.
Step 2: Put your hands on the mat.
Step 3: Let your ass gently hit the ground.
Step 4: Lift your feet up.
Step 5: Roll on your back.
Step 6: Wait until your opponent joins you on the ground.
Step 7: Listen to the referee and get back on your feet.
Step 8: Ignore the boos and Repeat.
Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else.
haha nice breakdown
I didn’t realize how much technique it requires. I really respect Leites for being so disciplined and pulling it off so effortlessly.
Lesnar > [Carwin] ---> Lesnar > [Velasquez] ---> Lesnar > [JDS]
Overeem will NOT show up on May 15th! Mark my words. Sig stays til then.
Silva is lucky the ref didn't make him go into his guard.
On serious note though that’s fucked up that a neutral restart means putting it where the better striker has the advantage. And there are no solutions for it unless you completely fuck up the rules and put in a major change.
by NNR (formerly NameNotRequired) on May 7, 2010 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions
It is not fucked up at all.
MMA for me is the purest sport because it represents a fight man-to-man like it could happen in a real world situation (it was more so in pride with soccer-kicks, knees to the head on the ground etc.).
And in the real world no fights start with 2 dudes agreeing to kneel down so they can ground-scramble.
Lesnar > [Carwin] ---> Lesnar > [Velasquez] ---> Lesnar > [JDS]
Overeem will NOT show up on May 15th! Mark my words. Sig stays til then.
biggest problem with starting on the ground is..
who gets top position? I agree to an extent…if nothing is happening on the feet, why not re-start on the mat…but who is on top/bottom and who decides?
You just get that sucker to the designated place at the designated time, and I will gladly designate his ass... for DISMEMBERMENT!
think the only equal thing to do is
re-start in the clinch give each one an underhook and go from there.
"Wanderlei Silva; hallowed be thy name." - Genesis 50:27
by O damn he got caught on May 7, 2010 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions
I Have Always Like Thales and Maia
Unfortunately, they dont belong in the cage with the best Striker out there. I hope Thales beats Jesse. And keeps his success outside the octagon
He will always be a legend in my friend circle...
Whenever a fighter just lies there and asks for the standing guy to come into his guard, we say “he is pulling a leites”, its become an often used statement.
Kinda like “He is pulling a Kaleb” when someone runs away, they will never be forgotten.
Lesnar > [Carwin] ---> Lesnar > [Velasquez] ---> Lesnar > [JDS]
Overeem will NOT show up on May 15th! Mark my words. Sig stays til then.
Fired by email?
Damn that’s harsh. Why not just be a douche and FedEx a letter like Bischoff used to do to guys in WCW? Is it really that much of an inconvenience to pick up a phone? That’s just a messed up way to fire someone unless you hired them via email.
still not going anywhere...deal with it
is that jesse taylor the same guy who smashed out the limo's window on tuf show?
I'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. I was building a house, I don't deserve this, deserves have nothing to do with it. Bang. "Unforgiven" I drink your milkshake. I drink it up! "There Will BE Blood". Hell is just a word, the reality is much much worse." Event Horizon". Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean, I mean plumb, mad dog mean. cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live or win. That's just the way it is. "The Outlaw Josey Wales". "And that's just what these hustlers look for. They cruise from casino to casino looking for weak players the way lions look for weak antelope". Ace Rothstein, The Movie "Casino" 1995.
by wolfmanshowlforever on May 7, 2010 3:39 PM EDT reply actions
oh shit is it? I totally forgot about that guy, kinda cool that he is still around.
Lesnar > [Carwin] ---> Lesnar > [Velasquez] ---> Lesnar > [JDS]
Overeem will NOT show up on May 15th! Mark my words. Sig stays til then.
then he lost to c.b. dollaway by peruvian necktie in his (i think) only ufc match?
I'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. I was building a house, I don't deserve this, deserves have nothing to do with it. Bang. "Unforgiven" I drink your milkshake. I drink it up! "There Will BE Blood". Hell is just a word, the reality is much much worse." Event Horizon". Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean, I mean plumb, mad dog mean. cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live or win. That's just the way it is. "The Outlaw Josey Wales". "And that's just what these hustlers look for. They cruise from casino to casino looking for weak players the way lions look for weak antelope". Ace Rothstein, The Movie "Casino" 1995.
by wolfmanshowlforever on May 7, 2010 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions
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