Blog Entries for Aries: Master of War

Machida vs Evans: My Perspective

Aries: Master of War — Sun, 24 May 2009 09:00:00 +0100

Machida vs Evans was an excellent fight.

Here's my look on why one of these fighters left undefeated and how hopefully someone should approach the winner in the futrue.

This was the most agressive we've seen Machida. He did what Rampage Jackson did to Chuck Liddell the second time they fought. Machida moved foreward to force Rashad to react first and he beat him down. Rashad did have those two right hands, but like I said be [...]

Analizing G.S.P. vs Thiago Alves

Aries: Master of War — Fri, 15 May 2009 09:00:00 +0100

This fight is gonna be a good'un!

First off past fights. When St.Pierre step in the Octogan against Karo Parisyan he looked a little nervous. Who wouldn't right? My take on his performance was that he was good not great. His technique on striking looked rudementionary. His hands didn't look as good, his kicks were okay, his wrestling took the fight to distance, and he powered out of countless submissions. Thiago looked good standing on his feet with Spencer Fish [...]

Defense is As Good As Offense

Aries: Master of War — Mon, 11 May 2009 09:00:00 +0100

Having excellent technique and power is great but what happens when you become the recipant of a barage of Phil Baroni type attacks? Answer: you'll need a pillow because you're going to sleep.

Defending your self can make a more complete fighter. Standing and trading power punches can make you suffer in the long run, on getting caught with a submission and deciding to be a man can leave you a gimp. Here is some basic tips on defense. Footwork is important. Moving around offering [...]

Weathering The Storm

Aries: Master of War — Sat, 09 May 2009 09:00:00 +0100

Many fighters train a motley of disciplines every day and it looks like they get nowhere. I have been training Jiu-jitsu and Muay Thai for a little over a year. Some fighters I watch have been training for 7 seven years and they look like amatuers. For instance Houstan Alexander. I'm a Big Houstan Alexander fan and the fights with Eric Shaffer and Thiago Silva were heartbreaking to watch. When he was mounted he could go nowhere. When stuck in that position you [...]