Snapshot of the Day: Thales Leites Applies a Rear Naked Choke

by Kid Nate on Oct 27, 2008 11:25 AM EDT in MMA News

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Thales Leites applying a textbook rear naked choke on Drew McFedries. From a great slideshow of UFC 90 photos at NBC Sports.

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— gifs by smoogy.

by Nick Thomas on Oct 27, 2008 10:12 AM EDT reply actions

What happened in

the Franca fight? I looked and have not seen anything about it.

by dnevil001 on Oct 27, 2008 10:42 AM EDT reply actions

Franca took the decision

apparently Aurelio landed a legal knee to the face and the ref thought it was illegal and made him stop. He might have finished it right there otherwise. Serious lack of action in that fight.

by Kid Nate on Oct 27, 2008 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions

Thanks Nate,

what the heck happened to this “Brazilian grudgematch” we were supposed to see? I was hoping they would end up having a knife fight in the 3rd round.

by dnevil001 on Oct 27, 2008 10:52 AM EDT reply actions

is that BJJ vs BJJ matches almost always suck. No one wants to go to the ground, no one has the wrestling to force it to the ground anyway and the striking isnt that great. You’ve got guys who are used to having a big technical advantage over their opponents suddenly being reduced to very human fighters.
Jorge Gurgel vs Diego Saraiva is the classic example of this.
Of course when one guy thinks he has an advantage on the ground it can be a good one — see Jorge Gurgel vs Alvin Robinson, where Gurgel’s perceived advantage on the ground evaporates.

by Kid Nate on Oct 27, 2008 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions

I agree with that,

but is still funny after all of the prefight talk between these guys.

by dnevil001 on Oct 28, 2008 9:25 AM EDT up reply actions

FYI – UFC90 Compustrike Stats for Silva vs. Cote

The tentative Silva got off just 52 total strikes through two rounds, landing 27, nine of which were leg strikes. Cote was busier in rounds one and two with 65 strikes attempted, but he landed just 13 before an injured knee forced the fight to be halted :39 into round three.

by Nick Thomas on Oct 27, 2008 11:03 AM EDT reply actions

I'm not sure about those stats....

They didn’t count Silva’s takedown.

by zeroword on Oct 27, 2008 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions

How many of those 52 strikes that Cote didn’t land were that tentative jab that he kept throwing out at nothing in particular more than a foot away from Silva?

Don't believe a word I say, I don't train BJJ. -- TangleBones

by jemaleddin on Oct 27, 2008 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions

Nasty choke byThales.

McFedries went out real quick.

Great shot of Sherk and Griffin too.

by Chris Nelson on Oct 27, 2008 11:07 AM EDT reply actions

He went out FAST. He tapped, less than two seconds later the choke was let go and by that time McFedries had gone completely unconscious.

by Day Man on Oct 27, 2008 12:43 PM EDT up reply actions

late stoppage

I thought that the ref was slow in stopping Junior Dos Santos. Werdum took 5 shots before the ref saved him.my problem with the fight was that Fabricio was already KOed & face down and the ref had to look at his face to determine if he was out.he should have stopped the fight as soon as Werdum’s face hit the floor.

by TheLevi on Oct 27, 2008 12:11 PM EDT reply actions