Tuesday, May 06, 2014

Shoulder Crank GIFs from Jon Jones X Glover Teixeira - UFC 172

5/06/2014 11:00:00 AM  , , , , ,  2 comments

Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones faced challenger Glover Teixeira at UFC 172. GT suffered a torn labrum in his April 26, 2014 fight vs. Jones. It was Teixeira's first loss in 20 fights which spanned 9 years.


GT had a MRI done and the prognosis was the labrum tear. Date and venue for surgery is to be determined.


The injury came from the first round when Jones improvised a move that he had wanted to attempt since his high school wrestling days where it is illegal. Jones whizzered/overhooked GT's loose underhook and cranked. The injury pretty much neutralized GT's feared right hand.

Round 1



Check out the rest of the rounds in which JJ shoulder cranked!

Round 2


Round 3


Round 4

GT's coach, John Hackleman on the injury:

"When I found out after the fight about the injury, it broke my heart," Hackleman said. "Had I known, I probably would have stopped it even though everyone would have hated my guts.

"So he just fought on with a torn labrum, swinging. It wasn't like he was running, he was moving forward and banging. It's unbelievable to think of going five rounds with Jones like that. And we're not taking anything away from Jones because he caused the injury. Both the eye and the shoulder. So kudos to Jones for doing that. They are both legal moves. He didn't try to hurt Glover intentionally, he did what he had to do to win.

"It just shows the mental fortitude and toughness of Glover. It shows what he's capable of. It made me proud, man."

Excerpted from mmafighting.com.


The argument for banning the Shoulder Crank is that the defender has no time to tap/submit. The counter-argument is that the Rules are the way they are currently. Any fighter who steps into the Octagon knows the risks involved and willingly places him/herself in harm's way.


What say you readers? Should the Shoulder Crank be banned from MMA/UFC?


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Monday, May 05, 2014

Rd 5 GIFs of Jones X Teixeira - UFC 172

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Previously, I posted my GIF Highlights of:



Here is the final Round which features 9 GIFs! My sincerest apologies if the page loads slowly due to the loading up of the 8 GIFs. Most of them are short, so it shouldn't be that long of a page loading.


Enjoy!



 
Look out!
 
What a chin on Jones!
 
Punches in Bunches!
 
Stiff Arm and sneaks in an oblique kick

 
Starts with Up Elbow
 
10 seconds left - almost like a Philly Shell!
 
Round 5 - SloMo Highlights


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Friday, May 02, 2014

GIFs of UFC 172 - Jon Jones vs Glover Teixeira Rd 4

5/02/2014 11:00:00 AM  , , , , , ,  No comments

Previously, I posted my GIF Highlights of:


Greg Jackson, Jon Jones' coach, talked about Jon's different attacks and improvisation in an interview with MMAJunkie:

“The thing with Jon is that you have to gameplan for creativity,” said Jackson. “What that means is you identify the safety zones that Glover has, and then I leave it to Jon as to what he wants to do.

“Now, the double handgrabs and the elbows are all protocols that we do. Did we specifically say, ‘Do this to Glover?’ Absolutely not. But I never want to put a fighter like Jon in a box; ‘This is exactly what you have to do and how you do it.’ I think that’s a disservice to what makes him great. I think you put him in a position to where he understands what’s going to happen in a fight, he understands he needs to be in great shape, and then you give him positions and let him work and be creative and flow.

“It’s hard to have a definition of a gameplan. A gameplan isn’t always, ‘Do this specifically and do that specifically.’ It can be, ‘You need to avoid these things, and then you need to take control in these certain positions and then flow, and mix it up.’ I think that’s one of the things that makes Jon so incredible is his ability to improv. You teach him the notes, and then you let him do improvisational jazz to his heart’s content.”

“It reminds me a lot of Georges (St-Pierre), who I was lucky enough to work with for a lot of years. GSP had that same kind of (versatility to where) if you shut down his takedowns, he’d blast you with his jab and his nice right hand. He’s very versatile.

“I don’t want to say that he’s the greatest fighter of all time until he’s closer to the end of his career But he’s certainly on his way of being so.”

“You have to be able to push the envelope a little. You have to be able to do new things, and morale is such an important part of fighting. So we could just jab and move the entire fight, and we’d probably win, but that’s not fun for the fans, it’s not fun for the fighter; there’s just not a lot in it. So it’s much better to try to push the envelope to see what you can come up with, to use these different protocols in different places.

“Some fighters aren’t like that at all. They want to know, ‘I need to know a, b and c, exactly where I need to be at all times,’ and that’s fine, if that’s that kind of fighter. But a very creative and flowing fighter like Jon, you need to give him strong positions to move from and let him have free reign to do what he wants.”


Here is Round 4 which features 8 GIFs! My sincerest apologies if the page loads slowly due to the loading up of the 8 GIFs. Most of them are short, so it shouldn't be that long of a page loading.


Enjoy!


Spinning Backfist and Back Up Elbow - so many different looks to Jones' attacks


Beautiful movement


Intra-Round SloMo of Jones' stiff jab which popped Teixeira's mouthpiece out



And another Shoulder Crank for good measure. These cranks shut down Glover's devastating right hand.


Elbow, elbow, and elbow!


Beautiful movement again


10 seconds left, Jon gets a takedown, check out the sportsmanship in giving a hand to help Glover up


Round 4 SloMo Highlights
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Thursday, May 01, 2014

GIFs of Rd 3 of Jones X Teixeira from UFC 172

5/01/2014 10:59:00 AM  , , , , ,  No comments

The past 2 days, I posted my GIF Highlights of:


Today, I present to you Round 3 which features 7 GIFs! My sincerest apologies if the page loads slowly due to the loading up of the 8 GIFs. Most of them are short, so it shouldn't be that long of a page loading.


Enjoy!


Guillotine to Knee


Glover's mouthpiece flies out after Jon's uppercut! IIRC, this happened 3x during the fight.


Jones showing what his chin is made of after Teixeira's uppercuts.


Jones loves Elbowing! Who doesn't?


OUCHY! 3rd shoulder crank!!



Round 3 SloMo Highlights



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Happy 68th Birthday Joanna Lumley!! (Purdey - New Avengers GIF Set 1)

5/01/2014 10:54:00 AM  , , ,  No comments

 


Today marks the 68th birthday of Joanna Lumley. Fans will probably know her best from her BBC-TV comedy series Absolutely Fabulous, but I know her as "Purdey" from The New Avengers (not the Marvel Comics series of the same name). The New Avengers was the 1976-1977 sequel to the 1960's British spy series, The Avengers (also not Marvel Comics). I also know her from the BBC-TV Sci-Fi series called "Sapphire and Steel".

Recently though, while working on my Gurkha Spotlight Series, I found out that she was also an activist for the interests of the Gurkhas! Gurkha Lieutenant Tul Bahadur Pun, awarded the Victoria Cross for his heroic deeds which included saving the life of Major James Lumley, the father of Joanna Lumley. In 2008, Joanna Lumley became an activist in the Gurkha Justice Campaign which was fighting for the right for Nepalese born Gurkhas who served the British Army before 1997 the right to settle in Britain. On May 21, 2009 the UK Government changed its policies regarding the ex-Gurkhas who wanted to settle in Britain!

In Joanna Lumley's honor, I'm making animated GIFs of her as Purdey from The New Avengers! Enjoy!!

Happy 68th Birthday Joanna Lumley!







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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Jet Li - Fist of Legend GIF Set 3

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UFC 172 - GIF Highlights of Rd 2 of Jones x Teixeira

4/30/2014 10:55:00 AM  , , , , ,  No comments

Yesterday, I posted my GIF Highlights of:


Today, I present to you Round 2 which features 8 GIFs! My sincerest apologies if the page loads slowly due to the loading up of the 8 GIFs. Most of them are short, so it shouldn't be that long of a page loading.


Enjoy!


 
Always seemed like Jones was only throwing, what in Jeet Kune Do is called Single Direct Attacks.
One technique and then stop. Here's a sequence 2 sidekicks and a followup elbow!


Intra-round SloMo of the fingers in the eyes
I think it's unintentional, and due to his huge reach advantage, he keeps his hand on his opponent's head/face to guage the distance, as well as collapse the arm for an elbow to the face.


Throughout the five rounds, Jones would throw elbows, but only single ones.
This was the only time in the fight I recall seeing 3 consecutive elbows!


Awesome Shoulder Bump!
Never understood why it's not used more... Taiji/Tai Chi and other MA teaches the shoulder bump. Yes, I said "Tai Chi"!

 
Look familiar?


Round 2 SloMo Highlights




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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

UFC 172 - Jon Jones X Glover Teixeira Round 1 GIF Highlights

4/29/2014 11:00:00 AM  , , , , , ,  No comments

Jon Jones set some records with his 20th win over Glover Teixeira this past Saturday night, April 26th, at UFC 172 held at the Baltimore Arena in Baltimore, MD.

  • Jones earned his 14th UFC light heavyweight victory, surpassing Chuck Liddell and Rashad Evans for the most wins in modern 205-pound history.
  • Jones’ 11-fight UFC winning streak is the longest active streak in the light heavyweight division and the longest in the history of the weight class.
  • Jones’ 11-fight UFC winning streak is tied with Royce Gracie for the third longest all-time in company history behind Anderson Silva (16) and Georges St-Pierre (12).
  • Jones’ seven consecutive UFC light heavyweight title defenses are the most in divisional history. His title defense run is the third longest of any champion in company history behind Silva (10) and St-Pierre (nine).
  • Jones recorded his eighth victory in a UFC championship fight, the fifth most in company history behind St-Pierre (12), Silva (11), Matt Hughes (nine) and Randy Couture (nine).
  • Jones’ 138 significant strikes landed were the most ever in a UFC light heavyweight title fight. They were also the fourth most ever in a UFC championship bout.
  • Jones has now landed 824 significant strikes in his UFC tenure, passing Forrest Griffin (796) for the most in light heavyweight history.
  • Jones has landed a total of 1,036 strikes overall in his UFC career, the third most in light heavyweight history behind Tito Ortiz (1,241) and Griffin (1,096).
  • Jones avoided all five of his opponent’s takedown attempts, boosting his overall takedown defense rate to 96.6 percent (28 of 29), the best defense percentage of any fighter in UFC history (minimum of 20 opponent takedown attempts).
  • Jones attempted two submissions, giving him a total of 10 submission attempts in UFC career. That’s the most of any active fighter in the light heavyweight division.

Without further ado, below are my animated GIFs from Round 1 with some commentary. More GIFs coming tomorrow from this fight.


Enjoy!


Shoulder Crank


During the post-fight press conference, Jon Jones discussed cranking the shoulder:

"That's a move I've been doing since I was a little boy in wrestling," said Jones. "It was something you could never do to your wrestling partners and it's dirty in wrestling. But it's always there when someone has the underhook and you have an overhook and you can just crank their arm."

"I felt his elbow pop two times. Consecutive 'pop pop.' I was just like, 'Aw, nice.'"

John Hackelman, Glover Teixeira's Coach, had this to say in an extended interview:

"Jon Jones hurt Glover's shoulder in the tie up on the clinch against the cage, tweaked his shoulder and he hurt it. So Glover couldn't use his right hand very well. You see me in the corner trying to get him to throw that right hand harder. He told me, 'Hey, can you get some ice on it?'"

"Sometimes he has shoulder problems, from training too much. He never said he has an actual torn ligament, or torn tendon. So we found that out afterwards. It was obvious, it was actually disfigured and swollen. You could tell there was something seriously wrong with it. He's going to have an MRI Wednesday."

"The fact that he fought with it... besides the massive, gaping cut above his eye. Right above his eye. And the thinks that he has a broken rib too. But it wasn't. Again Jon Jones caused all these injuries."


An example of one of Jeet Kune Do's 5 Ways of Attack:
Progressive Indirect Attack!




Round 1 SloMo Highlights



Congratulations to Jon Jones on his win!



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