A Look At Ufc 124

UFC 124 featured one of the most significant draws on it's roster, and no it isn't Josh Koscheck's frizzy hair. I am talking about a Canadian fighter who goes by the name Georges St. Pierre. GSP has made rather simple work of clearing out the entire welterweight division. UFC 124 saw the rematch of GSP vs Josh Koscheck for the welterweight title. Koscheck used every available instant of camera time while on TUF 12 to speak about his "upcoming victory" over Georges. Georges kept silent on the show and decided to use Saturday night to give Koscheck a clinic in "talk is cheap".

GSP, a known wrestler, had been working with popular boxing trainer Freddie Roach in preparation for his bout with Josh Koscheck. I would say that this was hard cash well spent considering that St Pierre used his rapid jab to basically seal up the right eye of Koscheck. Now, since this fight didn't display much jiu jitsu, we will proceed on, but I do want to use this fight as a wonderful example of how unused the jab is in mixed martial arts. To many mixed martial artists in MMA use the windmill strategy when it comes to the stand up game. With any luck, after watching this fight, more fighters will recognize it's relevance and spend some time in the gym working the jab with their trainers. It probably doesn't harm to have Freddie Roach there to give you some tips either.

UFC 124 also had some fascinating submissions on the lineup. I am someone who appreciates a good BJJ fighter. This is why we showcased BJJ black belt, Dustin Hazelett on our site leading up to the event. Well, you can't get every little thing perfect. Hazelett faced Mark Bocek on the prelims of UFC 124 but his fight was aired live for free on the UFC's web site. Hazelett made his come back to 155 pounds, only to be given a very unfriendly present from Bocek. Bocek was able to lock in a very smooth topside triangle and rolled to his back. Bocek was able to finally push the arm of Hazelett across the body to force the tap but not before giving Hazelett some elbows to the top of the head to recall their time together by.

The only other submission triumph on the card goes to Jim Miller who handed Charles Oliveira his first loss of his MMA career courtesy of a kneebar. The fight started with Oliveira appearing to be the initiator in the jiu jitsu game. Oliveira attempted a guillotine as Miller shot in for the takedown and was searching for what might have been a triangle before adjusting down to the leg of Miller as Miller stood up. Miller had some jiu jitsu options of his own though. Miller grabbed the leg and rolled into a kneebar of his own. Now, I am not sure what Oliviera's kneebar evade approach was, but continuing to punch Miller in the ribs without any regard for your own leg was probably not the method to use at this moment. Oliviera, instead, chose to keep the side hammer-fists rolling and was pushed to tap at the 1:59 mark of round 1.

By: Aiden Wesley

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