Comments on: CCB Gives LD On GSP http://chencenter.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/ccb-gives-ld-on-gsp/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:00:55 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: chencenter http://chencenter.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/ccb-gives-ld-on-gsp/#comment-326 chencenter Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:48:54 +0000 http://chencenter.wordpress.com/?p=63#comment-326 Tim- Welcome to the CCB and thanks for the comment. As for starting BJJ and watching UFC... better late than never, bud. :) There are soo many skilled athletes in the UFC, but only a handful with enough class to be a true champion. Rich Franklin is one that I really like, but who might be showing his age. I DO like BJ Penn and is undoubtedly one of the best at lightweight. It was amazing when he went up in all that weight and fought Matt Hughes. There is actually a "home town" guy here named Chris Clodfelter who is a great thai boxer and has tremendous sportsmanship and character. He is fighting at the LJVM Coloseum on May 31st. It'll be the first actual, MMA event that I've attended. sooo needless-to-say, I'm stoked. Come back and comment some more Tim. We love having you on here. peace. Tim- Welcome to the CCB and thanks for the comment. As for starting BJJ and watching UFC… better late than never, bud. :) There are soo many skilled athletes in the UFC, but only a handful with enough class to be a true champion. Rich Franklin is one that I really like, but who might be showing his age. I DO like BJ Penn and is undoubtedly one of the best at lightweight. It was amazing when he went up in all that weight and fought Matt Hughes. There is actually a “home town” guy here named Chris Clodfelter who is a great thai boxer and has tremendous sportsmanship and character. He is fighting at the LJVM Coloseum on May 31st. It’ll be the first actual, MMA event that I’ve attended. sooo needless-to-say, I’m stoked. Come back and comment some more Tim. We love having you on here. peace.

]]> By: Tim Yau http://chencenter.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/ccb-gives-ld-on-gsp/#comment-324 Tim Yau Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:04:35 +0000 http://chencenter.wordpress.com/?p=63#comment-324 hey mike, this is my first response to one of your blogs. i just recently started doing brazilian jiu jitsu, and started watching UFC. GSP is my favorite fighter far and away because of the qualities you mentioned above. He's humble, he's extremely talented, he speaks well, and he's gracious (in both defeat and victory). if you watch the fight he lost to matt serra, he gave serra credit for being the better fighter. and if you watch the fight he won, he asks the audience to applaud him for being a gentleman. it's a breath of fresh air coming from MMA, where it's not only commonplace to be a pompous jackass, but it seems to be encouraged. it's probably the one thing i dislike about the sport, and unfortunately, what i dislike about most people who watch MMA (present company excluded). as for the best fighter, i would have to say GSP is the future of the sport. i am a big fan of the way bj penn fights, but i like george's personality way better. i like penn's ground game more than anyone else's though. hey mike, this is my first response to one of your blogs. i just recently started doing brazilian jiu jitsu, and started watching UFC. GSP is my favorite fighter far and away because of the qualities you mentioned above. He’s humble, he’s extremely talented, he speaks well, and he’s gracious (in both defeat and victory). if you watch the fight he lost to matt serra, he gave serra credit for being the better fighter. and if you watch the fight he won, he asks the audience to applaud him for being a gentleman. it’s a breath of fresh air coming from MMA, where it’s not only commonplace to be a pompous jackass, but it seems to be encouraged. it’s probably the one thing i dislike about the sport, and unfortunately, what i dislike about most people who watch MMA (present company excluded).

as for the best fighter, i would have to say GSP is the future of the sport. i am a big fan of the way bj penn fights, but i like george’s personality way better. i like penn’s ground game more than anyone else’s though.

]]> By: chencenter http://chencenter.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/ccb-gives-ld-on-gsp/#comment-321 chencenter Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:41:16 +0000 http://chencenter.wordpress.com/?p=63#comment-321 Jennifer- It comes with the territory,... but you know you love it. Carol- Thanks for stopping by our humble blog. Hope you come back time and time again. I know from your page that youre a big UFC fan,.. so it may please you to know that I'll be posting fight reviews and other mma-related blogs on occasion. In regards to the Anderson Silva fight... I think (possibly) if GSP trained for Silva specifically, and came with the same level of intensity and drive as he portrayed in the last Matt Serra fight... we are in for another great fight and another notch on St. Pierre's belt. Again... welcome to the CCB and we will be looking for your future comments. peace. Jennifer- It comes with the territory,… but you know you love it.

Carol- Thanks for stopping by our humble blog. Hope you come back time and time again. I know from your page that youre a big UFC fan,.. so it may please you to know that I’ll be posting fight reviews and other mma-related blogs on occasion. In regards to the Anderson Silva fight… I think (possibly) if GSP trained for Silva specifically, and came with the same level of intensity and drive as he portrayed in the last Matt Serra fight… we are in for another great fight and another notch on St. Pierre’s belt. Again… welcome to the CCB and we will be looking for your future comments. peace.

]]> By: Carol http://chencenter.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/ccb-gives-ld-on-gsp/#comment-320 Carol Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:37:15 +0000 http://chencenter.wordpress.com/?p=63#comment-320 GSP is by far my favorite fighter in MMA today. His top notch class is something you do not see a lot these days. His conditioning is phenomenal along with his well-rounded skills, which he has shown us time after time he can deliver. GSP is a beast at 170 and I hope he stays there. I saw an article stating he is willing to fight Anderson Silva and I HOPE to God he doesn't. I don't think I can watch that one if it happens. My heart could hardly take this last one with Serra. Pound for pound, GSP is the man! For years we have heard that Hughes was it, but GSP proven to us...not any more. GSP is by far my favorite fighter in MMA today. His top notch class is something you do not see a lot these days. His conditioning is phenomenal along with his well-rounded skills, which he has shown us time after time he can deliver. GSP is a beast at 170 and I hope he stays there. I saw an article stating he is willing to fight Anderson Silva and I HOPE to God he doesn’t. I don’t think I can watch that one if it happens. My heart could hardly take this last one with Serra. Pound for pound, GSP is the man! For years we have heard that Hughes was it, but GSP proven to us…not any more.

]]> By: Jennifer Pruna http://chencenter.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/ccb-gives-ld-on-gsp/#comment-314 Jennifer Pruna Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:37:22 +0000 http://chencenter.wordpress.com/?p=63#comment-314 It was a good compition. I remember your hand all sweaty due to the antisipation...haha It was a good compition. I remember your hand all sweaty due to the antisipation…haha

]]> By: chencenter http://chencenter.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/ccb-gives-ld-on-gsp/#comment-313 chencenter Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:37:38 +0000 http://chencenter.wordpress.com/?p=63#comment-313 Great point Adam. Somehow I knew you'd be the first to jump at a response. :) Anderson Silva is no doubt a dominant and tacticious fighter. He is actually my second or third favorite fighter in the UFC today. Brilliant addition... ANYBODY ELSE? Great point Adam. Somehow I knew you’d be the first to jump at a response. :) Anderson Silva is no doubt a dominant and tacticious fighter. He is actually my second or third favorite fighter in the UFC today. Brilliant addition…

ANYBODY ELSE?

]]> By: Adam Davis http://chencenter.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/ccb-gives-ld-on-gsp/#comment-312 Adam Davis Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:04:39 +0000 http://chencenter.wordpress.com/?p=63#comment-312 Best fighter right now is certainly Anderson Silva pound for pound and I have had a picture of him on my wall ever since he knocked out tony fryklund with that elbow in 2006. It has been a reminder for me to train equally hard in muay thai and BJJ and to create my own unique style of fighting and not follow predictable patterns formed while training combinations or BJJ drills. Silva's style is a representation of how the martial arts should be learned and trained as a science but also executed as an art. A fighter should learn muay thai and BJJ just as everyone else learns it but when it comes to performing in competition the fighter's style should be his own art, unique to him and unpredictable by others. Best fighter right now is certainly Anderson Silva pound for pound and I have had a picture of him on my wall ever since he knocked out tony fryklund with that elbow in 2006. It has been a reminder for me to train equally hard in muay thai and BJJ and to create my own unique style of fighting and not follow predictable patterns formed while training combinations or BJJ drills. Silva’s style is a representation of how the martial arts should be learned and trained as a science but also executed as an art. A fighter should learn muay thai and BJJ just as everyone else learns it but when it comes to performing in competition the fighter’s style should be his own art, unique to him and unpredictable by others.

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