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Originally Posted by Otter
A bit off topic a bit
I was watching an old Bas Rutten vs Ken Shamrock fight (I love Bas) and it's amazing how much more complex fighters ground games are evolving so quickly, mainly with BJJ discipline as compared to the 3 - 5 base tap out moves they had 15 years ago.
Sometime when you're bored fire up YouTube and watch someone like Roger Gracie or Anderson Silva work their ground game then go back and watch Bas Rutten and Ken Shamrock trying to tap each other out. It's like watching a monkey **** a football compared to what those guys do in BJJ today.
Crazy, amazing, cool ass shit.
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True. Not many guys get submitted anymore either. MMA is still evolving. The days of the wrestler winning via lay n pray are coming to an end (thank God) and guys without stand up are going to go the way of the dinosaur. If you can't stand and win fights eventually you will be weeded out.
Bas standup was probably some of the best ever. I mean even today. But back then the BJJ game wasn't as refined overall for sure.