Tribute to Strikers - MMA Highlight Video

[iGreekSalad]

This is wierd, you say vid of strikers, yet wrestlers like Henderson are involved, machida and shogun are bjj guys, aleks emelianenko is a sambo guy

[TofuCakeCan]

@iGreekSalad Machida is a Karate guy, Shogun is a BJJ guy who strikes as well as he does ground, Aleks has a lot of T/Ko finishes, and Hendo is known for KO power as well. I didn't say they were "strikers only".

[Rand0mGameStuff]

@TofuCakeCan shogun = great muay thai

[TofuCakeCan]

@iGreekSalad if you wanna get nit picky about it, Liddell and Jackson are both wrestlers.

[LE0NSKA]

@TofuCakeCan what? really? I thought kickboxing ..

[TofuCakeCan]

@LE0NSKA Yeah it's surprising how many people who are considered competent strikers got their start somewhere else. Chris Lytle was known for his brawling while he was in the UFC, but he was a JJ guy to start.

[rafa17fight]

@iGreekSalad u my friend are a dumbass... u might as well say anderson silva is a bjj guy, shogun is obviously muay thai type of guy with the clicnh that uses so effectively, hendersons right hand is now nicknamed the "H-bomb" he must have earned somehow, Machida is one of the most technichal fighters out there maybe boring at times but eventually he will land a counter that will devastate his opponents, and im guessing the only thing you have seen from aleksander are his sambo tournaments

[moussleouf]

@iGreekSalad

Who the hell are you ? There're some Judo/BJJ guys who strike more than anybody ! And machida + shogun are two big strikers in the mma history ( machida probably the best with crocop ).....

[scnarb]

@iGreekSalad Whenwas the last time Machida won via submission? He's known for his Karate. Henderson wrestles but also does a lot of striking and is widely known for the "H bomb." Aleksander Emelianenko has way more TKO and KO wins then submission wins. Nobody is a pure striker or grappler in MMA.

[dirtbagwhitetrash]

@scnarb Your right. You can't strike if you have the fear of being on your back. That is why guys known to strike like Penn, Diaz, Aldo, Anderson, Chuck, Vitor all make it work. They either have a guard or they know how to get back to their feet.

[scnarb]

@dirtbagwhitetrash exactly. Some of the most successful mma strikers aren't guys with extensive striking backgrounds but grappling backgrounds (i.e. Emelienenko and Sambo or Diaz and BJJ) because they don't care if it goes to the ground. This is why Overeem, one of the most technical strikers in MMA looked bad against Werdum in striking-he was so worried about getting taken down he couldn't really work his striking. Good thign he's at Xtreme Couture now to perfect his wrestling. He needs it.

[Themuffinman5466]

Have to say Igor is the scariest striker ive seen

[eggsandwich8885]

BTW, criticizing me of my frequent type O's is a real cheap shot, & hurts your credibility as it implies you're desperate since you're resorting to such petty tactics. I'm halfway asleep, & really don't care as long as my point is given. Again, this isn't typing class. So get over it, pal.

[comradebashu]

@eggsandwich8885 so silva never trained in grappling? oh wait he's a black belt and if he hasn't trained in grappling there is no chance sub since they don't know how to sub... get it yet?

[eggsandwich8885]

Furthermore, you can keep laying on your back like a bitch with her legs open, while a sweaty guy is on top of you. If prefer a more vigorous style that suits my personality. As long as I'm well conditioned I have just as much of a chance. Plus on the flip side I can fight multiple opponents contrast to your style which you have to commit to one guy at a time while the other guy soccer kicks or stomps your face in, assuming you don't guillotine him.

[mmalord2009]

fuuuck! Aleksander was going to town @1:18

[UnholyJesus181]

That is the manliest video I've ever seen since Terminator.

[vernonzernicke]

Thanks for this buddy

[JonnyShotz]

Great stuff!

[azfryguy]

excellent song and video man thumbs up

[nathanwilefrazier]

Hooks in boxing involve more body rotation with the "hooked arm" merely as a "vehicle of the momentum transfer." Seems better for body shots. E.g. Tyson vs Ferguson.

Hooks in mma involve a smaller amplitude rotation of the body that transfers momentum into the arm via the successive plyometric snapping of the pectoral and bicep muscles into the hook shape. The fist seems to have a higher peak speed just before impact. Seems better for head shot KO's. E.g. Alex Emelianenko.

[eggsandwich8885]

Strikers rule!!! Fuck grapplefucking fudgepacks!

[comradebashu]

@eggsandwich8885 yeah strikings more entertaining but grappling has proven over and over and over to be more effective so yeah.... and in case you don't believe me watch ufc 1 and 2, every single maia or gracie or shields fight, or just go to a bjj academy and call them fudge packers im sure that will prove my point a lot quicker!

[eggsandwich8885]

@comradebashu  I have watched UFC 1 & 2. Way before you even commented. BTW, I know this comment is late. Anyway, the reason it was more effective was of BBJ NOT wrestling. There's a difference here. Why? BJJ was a brand new style that nobody had any experince dealing with, so they didn't kniw how t approach it nor fight againts it. Strikers were doing fairly well in that tournament, until they met Gracie (which everybody else did aswell.) It's a overstatement to say proven more effective.

[eggsandwich8885]

@comradebashu I migth hve gone a little overbard with my comment last time, because I do respect BBJ even though I favor striking specificlly Boxing/Muay Thai. However, don't fool yourself into thinking just because smeone is a grappler they're going t automaticlly win againts a striker. PRIDE back in the day proved it's all about the individual, not style back when fighters were one dimensional & proving which style was best. Needless to say BBJ practicioners back then got KO'ed too.

[comradebashu]

@eggsandwich8885 bjj bbj isn't anything and your talking to a brown belt and yes they will win unless the striker knows some form of grappling to avoid the takedown

[eggsandwich8885]

@comradebashu Dude, that is really pathedict. You're going to capitalize on my type-o. Really? This isn't typing class, if you bothered to read my comments I clearly put BJJ. Okay so my last comment had it misspelled. Anyway, I don't care if you really are a Brown belt, then that shows that you don't know what you're talking about reagarding Striking. If you're really a MMA fan you would of known by now, no style is truly dominant. PRIDE proved that back in the day. Now it's the best athlete.

[comradebashu]

@eggsandwich8885 all i read was you calling grapplers fudge packers, and name one mma fighter who doesn't train in grappling, just one? can't do it can you? grappler always wins against someone who never trained in grappling pure fact, and as i said striking is more entertaining to most but if you don't want to risk getting knocked out or breaking a knuckle on someones forehead give bbj a try, oops bjj ;-)

[eggsandwich8885]

@comradebashu Name me one grappler that doesn't train in striking, just one? Can't do it, can you? (Grappler "always" wins vs some1 who never trained in grappling, pure fact) No, pure bullsh**. Give BJJ, I might, but it's not because I don't want to risk getting knocked out, I find striking to be more manly, thus why I like it & you prefer not to be one because you're scared I suppose based on what you told me. All fights start standing, MMA has evolved but it always wasn't this way...my point.

[comradebashu]

@eggsandwich8885 royce gracie in ufc 1 done

[comradebashu]

@eggsandwich8885 and fear does not equal stupidity fighting smart may not look flashy but who cares your opponent won't when they are clutching their shattered arm

[eggsandwich8885]

@comradebashu Royce Gracie?! That's going waaay back, which actually makes MY point! Look at what I said in the begining of my comment how MMA started as individual styles, THEN evolving into modern MMA cross trainning. I could of easily said Cro Cop if that was the case who was a feared striker, yet was shit on grappling. So no sir, it isn't...done. As for fear not equaling stupidity, says who, you? Not getting used to getting punch in the face is really going to have an affect in a REAL fight

[eggsandwich8885]

@comradebashu Here's the difference between us, you think in absolutes as oppose to my abstract and I dare say logical approach. I'm willing to con send that striking isn't a win all combat style, while you have been led to believe that grappling is a guarantee or 99.9% bullshit, & has bought into it...literally by your trainer who has been happy to receive your money. BJJ has lost it allure, & is now just another style. It's all about the athlete or individual not the style.

[comradebashu]

@eggsandwich8885 i think in absolutes? aren't you the person who called all grapplers fudge packers? im over this you're clearly a troll who's never trained good luck haha

[comradebashu]

@eggsandwich8885 and its hilarious how you try to seem smart after being homophobic and ignorant

[eggsandwich8885]

@comradebashu So what if I sound homophobic, this is Youtube not a political campaign. My points remain valid nonetheless. I'm not going to be politically correct, sorry if that offends you. You do like having a guy on top of you, so that doesn't surprise me one bit. Anyway, I'm also over this. A black belt turns into a blue belt real quick when he/gets punched in the face. Ask Crosely Gracie when he faught Melvin Manhoef...

[comradebashu]

@eggsandwich8885 flame war! seriously though a guy with 0 stand up can be top ten (demian maia) but a striker without a ground game can't, and btw anderson silva one of the greatest strikers in mma was controlled by sonnen but ended up winning because of his bbj oops bjj black belt or blue belt according to you since he got hit... a lot so stfu, you've never trained and never will since you're probably a pussy and massively over weight

[comradebashu]

@eggsandwich8885 all im saying is if a striker doesn't have defensive grappling he will always lose and since there is no "punchers chance" on the ground its the smarter way to fight, more exciting? not to most. more technical? no both require equal technique, but more effective? yes. so since you're probably 14 and borderline illiterate i don't expect you to understand that and also it's spelled fought

[eggsandwich8885]

@comradebashu "All I'm saying is if a striker doesn't have defensive grappling he will (always) LOSE & since there isn't a (punchers chance) on the ground it a smarter way to fight." NO, you're not just saying anything other than implying that styriking is inferior to grappling. Not to mention using words like "always lose." That's why I say you think in absolutes! BTW, no "punchers chance" on the ground?! Using you own example Sonnen was dominating Silva till he got the metaphorical chance sub

[youngdeezy1990]

down ass video!

[bbbruls]

thats real fighting! fuck that wrestling shit!

[MMAenthusiastUHHE]

@bbbruls

wrestling is part of fighting

[bbbruls]

@MMAenthusiastUHHE

yeah, but there is a lot of guys that are winning fights by holding ppl down and not doing anything....

[MMAenthusiastUHHE]

@bbbruls

well that's the judge's fault. And if that's the case, which I hardly ever see, then those dudes that are losing better work on their wrestling defense and BJJ offense.

[bbbruls]

@MMAenthusiastUHHE

i would rather watch naked girls mud wrestling then old men like couture and coleman rolling on the ground.... xD

[MMAenthusiastUHHE]

@bbbruls

I'd love to watch two naked women going at it also, but they are two different things. Women please my horny side and MMA fighters please my athletic side, I'm a combat sports addict.

[IssoPacci]

@bbbruls Couture is one of the greatest MMA fighters ever and I think we're blessed tostill be able to watch him compete today. If you like naked girls more you should perhaps turn to porn instead of MMA.

[DodgeDweller420]

i wish pride bought ufc out lol. instead of the other way around

[MMAenthusiastUHHE]

@DodgeDweller420

that would have been sweet, wouldn't have to sit and watch people getting grinded into a cage for countless minutes.

[dss103]

@MMAenthusiastUHHE Yeah, we'd have to watch them sit on each other all round or fall out of a ring lol

[gtagunners]

I haven't read any good cmt here... Cro Cop is definetly the best Striker ever I mean his straight left is just unbelievebal...

[0508hawk]

good vid, defiantly some idiots commenting tho....lol If u dont want or like striking. Then go watch ju jitzu tournaments or wrestling, Thats the beauty of MMA! All the dif aspects of the game! Thats what makes a complete fighter!

[jonny232323232323]

Keith jardine is more of a punching bag than a striker lol

[KingKoon]

@jonny232323232323

He's the only punching bag I wouldn't punch because he'd come flailing his fists at me and most likely beat the shit out of me.

[jonny232323232323]

@KingKoon yea joking asside hes still a pro fighter and obv very hard, but joking not asside hes been knocked out rather alot recentlly and hasnt really beaten ne1 in a wile lol

[KingKoon]

@jonny232323232323

I like seeing him win, but most the time it's like "nurr nurr swatting flys next to the other guy nurr nurr oh shit he knocked me out nurrrrrr".

He's a good fighter, and I like watchin' him fight, but you pretty much know he's either gonna lose or beat the fuck out of the other guy.

[jonny232323232323]

@KingKoon im not a fan of his or anything, but hes good to watch because he does come 2 fight, and i do feel sorry for him he never gets an easy fight and i do feel bad for him when he gets ko;d

[TheLukiieBoii]

Who's the kinda chubby tattoo'd guy ? at 2:40 - 2:50 ?

[KentuckyThunder1863]

@TheLukiieBoii Aleksander Emelianenko, Fedor's brother.

[nimbusjules]

hmmm no patented pride stomps? have to have wand vs kondo n shogun soccer kicking... but awesome to have a tribute to strikers!!!

[bozaack]

THis highlight/song is amazing. Tofucakecan plz make more. This 1 is in league w/Gengiscon and Gy. Fucking motivating! This song helps me lift and makes me want to punch ppl in the face. Everything is perfect. You 'get it' clearly. From Alexander conecting cleanly, Leben walking w/ his arms out, to Wandi scream at the end. Tops.

[KentuckyThunder1863]

my top 10 strikers 1. Cro Cop 2. Wanderlei 3. Anderson Silva 4.Shogun 5. Chuck 6. Arlovski 7.Machida 8.Vitor Belfort 9.JDS 10. Yvel I love strikers, best fighters in the world. a striker always beats a grappler in a real fight.

[PanamaPete]

@KentuckyThunder1863 did you came up with this list in like...2005?

[KentuckyThunder1863]

@PanamaPete no just my favorite strikers MY favorite not nessasarily the best.

[alinbjj]

@KentuckyThunder1863 say what? a striker always beats a grappler? did you just forgot the first ufc fight? when jiu jitsu has beat karate, kickboxers, wrestlers, and bigger people then gracie? grappling i better then striking, in my opinion, but a good fighter must know grappling and striking, a striker cant do shit on the ground or in wrestling.

[KentuckyThunder1863]

@alinbjj just as a grappler can't do shit on HIS FEET!! Which is where the fight begins. At the first UFC's no one knew about BJJ. No strikers had any takedown defense. Grappling is the downside of MMA, especially wrestling, these guys who go out there and lay on their oponent for 3 or 5 rounds and win a decision, that's not fighting! Strikers are real fighters. I do have respect for BJJ, and the amount of punishment you have to take in order to get into a position to where it is useful.

[nickjakcy]

Cro Cop Punch = Broken Face/Knockout

Cro Cop Left Headkick = Death....

[chuggernaut]

I muted the gay song and played Wu Tang Clan ain't Nothing to F' with... much better.

[WillKill4Weed]

hell yea thats what i did this song is fucking Gay

[NobbyLionDL]

Great video man! But where's Vitor Belfort? How can you have a tribute to strikers without The Phenom?

[0125gsanchez]

exactly the phenom is one of the top ten strikers of all time

[Jodet1]

I think He is Aleksander Emelianenko (Brother of Fedor)

[Cassandre1986]

Who is the tattooed guy at 1:20 please ?

[agnorance]

this aint mma, this is just battering the shit outa each other,

no skill, fucking love it :D

[eleventhsun]

@agnorance There are alot of brawling moments in this video. There is so much skill involved in this , do you know how much art it is to pull a perfect Thai plum and land consecutive knees? To land a headkick like Cro Cop? To exert that kind of force from your hips with your leg so high. Man MMA is pure skill, I live for this shit!

[BarelyLegal23]

nice vid...i say that because it was not all recycled clips lol

[BarelyLegal23]

ya but a lot of those subs were set up by his striking lol

[jesseinpain]

Cro cop FTW!

[gcgx]

3:29ish where the guy knees the guy in black trunks knees the guy in red trunks a few times then tosses him to the fence , what fight was that?

[Gideonsmith8205]

he's still one of the best strikers in mma

[Razzzvy21]

how could you not put fedor in here?:|

[iwillboochya]

he isnt that much of a striker

[Razzzvy21]

yeah...i think he is what they call a complete fighter ;)

[malkarma10]

whats the name of the song?

[YouKnowNath]

blackline - amrageddon soul

[LAbooby]

Good video, but you could have picked a better song to go with it.

[inshizel671]

best kind of KO is when someone sits down on their way down

[WastedTalent26]

Ahh the true form of combat where men rely on brute Killer instinct wits and know how Grappling I will admit you Need to know your basics but nothing better then knocking the shit out of someone and shutting em down!!!! PERIOD!

[karoolta]

the "true form of combat" is clearly like vale tudo or early mma anything without rules basically. go back to boxing or kick-boxing if you dont like grappling.

[kickmaster44]

even in early mma, eye gouging, and striking to the throat were not allowed. With eye gouging many submission specialist would lose to strikers because many submissions require both hands leaving your eyes open for attack.

[karoolta]

ok..

[MMAFAN21]

that would be tim botetch beatin the shit outta david heath

[Shonem]

3:30

Who is the dude in the black shorts massacreing the guy in orange?????!?

[WeAreAnonymousX]

I laugh at thier pain. Love it. Fear me though motherfuckers, they fight for sport, We fight for keeps. WE ARE ANONYMOUS X

[jorick016]

whats the name of that song ?

[nicolo003]

its funny cause over HALF of fedor's wins are from SUBMISSION 16 to be exact, only 7 KOs of 30 wins...

GregYong, make sure you know who you are talking about before making assumptions you can't backup

[Buli0n]

sometimes you can win submission by punches ;]

[nicolo003]

this is true, but of Fedor's 16 submission wins, only one is due to strikes!

good point though

[GregYong]

hey i respect grappling but mma without striking is just grappling is all i'm saying; and wow 1 out of the rest i named... you sure proved me wrong there.

[hatemeallthetime]

grappling >>>>>striking, fedors a grappler you fucking uneducated twats

[CageFighter258]

i might be serbian, but i respect cro cop cuz he respects my ppl. awesome kicker, too

[rezetroth]

hahahahah people like hatemeallthetime make me laugh and enjoy life

[hatemeallthetime]

lmao most strikers get tapped like little bitches. Wrestler always kick the shit out of strikers. find a new sport faggot

[GregYong]

Fedor, Aleksander, Anderson Silva, Rutten. You seem to be losing ground here. =\

[hatemeallthetime]

idiot Andrson is a bb , Fedor bread and butter is gnp . Aleks got subbed by werdum and barnett. bas was always overrated

[GregYong]

haha, idiot? you're funny. without striking, all mma would be is grappling. gnp is striking; think about it.

[CageFighter258]

wrestling is gay without striking cuz u just hump the opponent and bjj is gay for the positions :)

[karoolta]

well that was a stupid and homophobic thing to write

[CageFighter258]

im not a homophobe, dont worry. some one said striking is gay, so i thought i should return the favor :)

[wassamatu]

@GregYong woah woah anderson is still the number one bro hahahahaha jkjk but thas my opinion man i love wen he fights its jus so fluid and he knows how to handle the situations that are thrown at him or hes jus really good at improvising hahahaha