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Do you believe Shogun's knee injury hampered him in the fight with Griffin?
I could answer this myself, but I want the popular opinion. What % do you think he came into this fight and how did it affect his style, if any?
Title of the article from mmajunkie.com
"Report: “Shogun” Entered UFC 76 Fight With Knee Damage; Out Until Early 2008 "
Read the article and tell me if your opinion of him changes, if at all after watching his performance against Forrest Griffin.
You do not need to keep repeating that it is no excuse. You will see Shogun said this first if you complete the article.
Maybe I could have worded the question better to get more real answers to it...no one ever asked how many excuses we can list this is hypothetical, please.
How do you think Shogun would have fought differently had his knee been 100% coming in like it has been in all of his other fights, and do you think Griffin would still be able to reverse him on thee ground and do you think he would use more offense in the form of knees and kicks and would it have been effective?
Respectfully,
not a problem
8 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
I think he came in around 75%, his usual explosiveness was not there. When have we ever seen Shogun not brawling but trying for takedowns. He just seemed completely off.
It is easy to say, hey its his job, he should have fought anyway. Just shows that people don't know how difficult it is to train for an MMA fight. Shogun relies heavily on his cardio and explosiveness to win fights, with his knee injured, he couldn't train properly for the fight. Im sure that had a big part in his loss. If he had fought like the Nog fight or against Arona and he had still lost, I could say Forrest is the man and he beat someone at the top of his game. That was obviously not the case here.
- Joseph BLv 51 decade ago
I think that if he had a knee injury he would be unable to do intense running workouts that are neccessary for proper conditioning, even if he thought it was okay he still would not run intensly (exspecially up inclines) for fear of re-injuring it. But still no excuses, if it was that big of a problem he should have pulled out (but it was pretty bad considering he is having surgery on Friday, and will be rehabilitating and unable to train until January or February so he won't be able to fight until March or April of next year)
I can't say it enough this is no excuse, he lost, but it does explain the unusual lack of conditioning.
- 1 decade ago
I think it affected his cardio for sure, but it's no excuse for a loss. If you are not in shape to fight and that is your job, then you're going to do a bad job. Bad cardio caused him to change his gameplan early on. He will be back I'm sure this time in shape though. He kind of looked like a soft 185'er to me, not the #1 ranked LHW in the world.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
94% but Griffin still kicks A$$
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- 1 decade ago
you have to understand that injury did hamper his proformance. just like another answer said it is his job no excusses. he use to fight 10 min 1st rounds so hey.
- clown(s) aroundLv 61 decade ago
Tito had a knee injury......so what...... I will repeat it. its no excuse. fighting is strategy in and out of the ring. if your injured and you loose a fight its your own fault. NO MORE enter the fight hurt get hurt and suck it up
- 1 decade ago
just with the cardio but during the fight that was just him getting beat up and losing
