Its those deep roots in wrestling. Wrestler strength is no joke. Being able to not just have a lot of muscle but knowing how to use it is a must in wrestling.
I’ve gotta say, even though jones beat him, I don’t think anybody in mma history has implemented their freestyle wrestling game better than Cormier did.
@@gramv278 I don't think Islam has the kind of relentless cardio and brute strength DC had in his prime, but I think Islam is a lot more technical yes
When I did wrestling in the Navy (extra curricular) everyone is strong. Everyone. But not everyone knows hows to apply weight to someone like DC can. In the moment.. With blinding lights and crazy crowds.. Unreal.
khabib was right he does do things like a bear mauling(tight clinching) and his style and his wrestling does look like how bear fight except he doesnt bite you (YET)
People commenting on him being fat have no clue of the relationship between mass, nervous system and power of skeletal muscle. Please just be quiet. Theres a reason strongmen are fat even when on horse steroids.
How does he avoid getting crossfaced or guillotined when he has the single leg? I've noticed that he doesn't keep his head as high up when he has the head outside single but no one is able to crossface him regardless.
He keeps moving them. Hard to get your hands on someone when you are constanty unbalanced and moving. Also if you guillotine him you probably will get slammed
Dc is a better and more interesting fighter than stipe. They should have let stipe fight francis again before the stipe vs dc rematch. The winner(ngannou) would then face dc and that would have been a much more interesting fight. I am sure dc would have won over the prime scary francis that demolished stipe. He does not back away from anyone and once he takes you down, he controls you. Stipe vs ngannou 2 would have been good at promoting the match with dc against ngannou, to determine the real heavyweight Goat(DC in my opinion).
It certainly didn't miss any from his UFC and Strikeforce career, the only ones it may have missed are the three fights he had outside of those promotions for the fact that those fights aren't on fightpass, but tbh I don't know if he secured takedowns in those fights.
@@seanmmachannel Okay, thank you for the confirmation. Good to know it as I'm currently doing a research on Daniel Cormier takedown. I'm curious why more people don't try to just inside leg trip or lift it up in the air and prefer to switch to double instead (which Daniel seemed to do rarely). Also, I'm surprised that the UFC stats show that his takedown accuracy is only 44%. I wonder if it's because he faced better wrestlers or his finishing is not actually that effective. If you could answer my curiosity, it'd be appreciated!
@@theinvertedprotagonist Yeah no problem, you actually bring up a great point about the inside trip on the single leg. I grapple myself and I can say that the single leg inside trip is very affective against almost all opponents even those with pretty high-level wrestling backgrounds. I actually think we are starting to see that move become more popular in MMA, there's a middleweight in the UFC currently named Jacob Malkoun and he finishes virtually all his takedowns on the fence by grabbing the single and trip out the back leg. As for Cormier having a 44% takedown accuracy, I would say two things, first I believe that 44% is actually a very high percentage for MMA fighters at the highest level. For instance, Khabib who is considered by many the greatest grappler of all time only had a 48% takedown accuracy in his career. The fact is that in MMA due to the cage being used to help defending fighters keep their balance and the distance between fighters due to the striking aspect of the sport, no matter how good your takedowns are, your still going to fail many times. Not to mention Cormier fought some of the guys with the best takedown defense in that division like Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson
Across both Jones fights, Cormier was 1/11 combined on takedowns to Jones’ 3/8 combined. And Jones got up 1 second after Cormier took him down, anyway. Just shows how good Jones’ MMA wrestling is.
Any footage of when Jones foot swept DC and held him down against the cage with his palm over his forehead like he was his little bitch? Or the 4 other times Jones took down DC?
@@bigeggmayo123 you have to work on your reading and comprehension to figure out the difference between crying a river and meta sarcasm. the first sentence I wrote is a literal direct quote from one of the Jones vs Dc 2 ufc press conferences.
For a man of his shape he was so unbelievebly athletic
Its those deep roots in wrestling. Wrestler strength is no joke. Being able to not just have a lot of muscle but knowing how to use it is a must in wrestling.
he just had some fat over the muscle, if he'd make like 185 pounds he'd be SHREDDED. but he was always bout that cake and chicken
Well thats how 99% of HW's are built
He’s not even really fat
He used to wrestle
I’ve gotta say, even though jones beat him, I don’t think anybody in mma history has implemented their freestyle wrestling game better than Cormier did.
I agree
Cormier is number 1 for wrestling but for Wrestling merged with Judo for me it has to be Islam Mackhachev, in the men’s division anyways
@@gramv278 I don't think Islam has the kind of relentless cardio and brute strength DC had in his prime, but I think Islam is a lot more technical yes
Man tossing 6'3+ heavyweights like children... what a monster.
King of the single leg! Great video 👍🏼
And Chael says single leg doesn't work in MMA.
@@jr5993cos this is a high crotch (most of them). In wrestling a single is usually head on this inside, which Chanel says gets you punched.
@@CastroLombardo999 dc did 20 single legs in his career and only 5 were high crotch
@@AdilMiah-ox6pj but how many were head outside? Of the 20. I haven’t watched the tape, but I believe it’d be more than half for sure.
Great video! Master of the single leg. The way he ragdolled Dan henderson… beautiful
When I did wrestling in the Navy (extra curricular) everyone is strong. Everyone. But not everyone knows hows to apply weight to someone like DC can. In the moment.. With blinding lights and crazy crowds.. Unreal.
The kind of power dc has is unmatchable
Makes it look effortless than I remember Daniel cormier is an Olympic level wrestler😂😂😂
1:17 Hendo got ragdolled 😂😂
khabib was right he does do things like a bear
mauling(tight clinching) and his style and his wrestling does look like how bear fight except he doesnt bite you (YET)
If DC wants to pick you up, he’s gonna pick you up.
Bro hit Stipe with an AA 😂😂
Can't think of one guy that has utilized trips as well as DC.
People commenting on him being fat have no clue of the relationship between mass, nervous system and power of skeletal muscle. Please just be quiet. Theres a reason strongmen are fat even when on horse steroids.
How does he avoid getting crossfaced or guillotined when he has the single leg? I've noticed that he doesn't keep his head as high up when he has the head outside single but no one is able to crossface him regardless.
His leverage is so low relative to his opponents lol
How can u even it hit a guillotine someone with a neck that thick and such wrestling pedigree
He keeps moving them. Hard to get your hands on someone when you are constanty unbalanced and moving. Also if you guillotine him you probably will get slammed
Dc is a better and more interesting fighter than stipe. They should have let stipe fight francis again before the stipe vs dc rematch. The winner(ngannou) would then face dc and that would have been a much more interesting fight. I am sure dc would have won over the prime scary francis that demolished stipe. He does not back away from anyone and once he takes you down, he controls you. Stipe vs ngannou 2 would have been good at promoting the match with dc against ngannou, to determine the real heavyweight Goat(DC in my opinion).
Can anyone confirm that this video missed none?
It certainly didn't miss any from his UFC and Strikeforce career, the only ones it may have missed are the three fights he had outside of those promotions for the fact that those fights aren't on fightpass, but tbh I don't know if he secured takedowns in those fights.
@@seanmmachannel Okay, thank you for the confirmation. Good to know it as I'm currently doing a research on Daniel Cormier takedown.
I'm curious why more people don't try to just inside leg trip or lift it up in the air and prefer to switch to double instead (which Daniel seemed to do rarely).
Also, I'm surprised that the UFC stats show that his takedown accuracy is only 44%. I wonder if it's because he faced better wrestlers or his finishing is not actually that effective.
If you could answer my curiosity, it'd be appreciated!
@@theinvertedprotagonist Yeah no problem, you actually bring up a great point about the inside trip on the single leg. I grapple myself and I can say that the single leg inside trip is very affective against almost all opponents even those with pretty high-level wrestling backgrounds. I actually think we are starting to see that move become more popular in MMA, there's a middleweight in the UFC currently named Jacob Malkoun and he finishes virtually all his takedowns on the fence by grabbing the single and trip out the back leg.
As for Cormier having a 44% takedown accuracy, I would say two things, first I believe that 44% is actually a very high percentage for MMA fighters at the highest level. For instance, Khabib who is considered by many the greatest grappler of all time only had a 48% takedown accuracy in his career. The fact is that in MMA due to the cage being used to help defending fighters keep their balance and the distance between fighters due to the striking aspect of the sport, no matter how good your takedowns are, your still going to fail many times. Not to mention Cormier fought some of the guys with the best takedown defense in that division like Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson
Across both Jones fights, Cormier was 1/11 combined on takedowns to Jones’ 3/8 combined. And Jones got up 1 second after Cormier took him down, anyway. Just shows how good Jones’ MMA wrestling is.
welcome to china town he says
he should have fallen on his butt when Stipe was hanging, could've been a unique knockout potentially
Y
Hendo 🤣
Jon jones 😂😂😂😂😂
DC will always be the runner up, always just short of being the best, living in the shadow of people who are truly great
He would literally flip you in the air like a pancake at his big age of 44 don’t chat shit 💀
@@zaccaeus8426he can flip any average joe even if he is 60. But the other guy is right. He is the second best lhw as well as in hw
Say that to his face please
@@brianbuckman6908 as if he'd do anything 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 cute
@@YakubTheScientist8841 he could rip your arms off your body 😂😂
Тут не все тейкдауны
Any footage of when Jones foot swept DC and held him down against the cage with his palm over his forehead like he was his little bitch? Or the 4 other times Jones took down DC?
U just cried a river lok
Lol
@@bigeggmayo123 you have to work on your reading and comprehension to figure out the difference between crying a river and meta sarcasm. the first sentence I wrote is a literal direct quote from one of the Jones vs Dc 2 ufc press conferences.
@@comtruise402 "whaaaa whaaaa" keep crying lmao
@@comtruise402if it’s a direct quote you use quotation marks smartass
This guy is a real wrestling machine