So sad.

The Brazilians, man - what happened? You know I think me and my friend were the only Pride nuthuggers at Hooters in Fremont so we were devastated. One can only be drawn to the astonishing conclusion that the fast paced evolution of MMA combined with the UFC ruleset has made the style of the Pride stars obsolete. The fact is everybody trains boxing legit these days and people can't come out aggressive anymore. On top of that everybody has great gameplans nowadays. It's something that happened in boxing at some point in the past too - the realization that guys with great gameplans can beat superior fighters.

I'm cringing when I think about Shogun, being as I am a diehard Shogun nuthugger. He will get past a totally one dimensional, old, and obsolete Mark Coleman but after that I can't see him going anywhere. Shogun's next logical opponent would be the loser of Rampage v Evans and both of them have the kryptonite to aggression.



Silva's too old, but Shogun's still young. Like Prince Naseem Hamed (from the boxing world) he has time to change his style if he wants to. Naseem Hamed chose not to change and retired. Shogun should and he could. People are starting to realize that unlike Muay Thai (in which the ruleset favors and mandates aggression), boxing evolution (which favored the ability to hit and not get hit back) weeded out aggressive fighters. In the end all the aggressive fighters in boxing history have been stopped after coming up against skilled opponents who weren't afraid of them. All the brawlers have been stopped against skilled boxers (Hatton v. Mayweather, Ali v. Foreman). MMA is experiencing the same evolution right now - that aggression doesn't pay at the highest level when it's the best vs. the best