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YAMMA's Lesson

Since I didn't watch the dang thing, I'll let Sam Cupitt of 5oz of Pain speak for me:

1. The YAMMA Pit does more harm than good.

Finally, number one on the list of things learned from the inaugural YAMMA Pit Fighting event. The pit was designed in order to negate stall tactics by wrestlers. I believe that's why the cast of fighters were predominantly wrestlers to try and prove this point. That may have been the theory but that is not how things played out. The "height advantage" the fighter was meant to gain from standing on the raised part of the pit was completely non existant. The raised part of the pit only aided the wrestler in being able to achieve a double leg much easier. Countless times, the bigger, stronger fighter pushed his opponent to the raised part of the pit and simply scored the easy double leg takedown. For a show that was claiming they had eradicated "lay and pray" with their new revolutionary surface, they had more decision wins from that very method than I had ever seen in any other MMA show. Also I can't imagine what it would have been like for the 5 or so people that attended who were on ground level and could only see the head of the fighter laying on top of his opponent due to the raised sides of the pit. The YAMMA Pit and the whole event in general basically proves that "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".

Let that be a lesson to those, like me, who always thought a raised edge would be a good feature of a fighting area. Nope, not the case as it turns out. Live and learn.

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Re: YAMMA's Lesson
Couldn't agree more.  It allowed for double leg takedowns without needing to bend at the waist.  I'm sure over time fighters would learn to use it a little more strategically.  But all the announcers were talking about was that it "forced action" and you could "run down it and fire off at your opponent when the bell rings" which is the dumbest thing I've ever heard in my life.

by Brent Brookhouse on Apr 12, 2008 3:00 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Re: YAMMA's Lesson
Agreed!... I commented that this is what would happen back in the original post of the YAMMA design a week or two ago.

The failure in the thinking is that a height advantage does not necessarily equal a "leverage" advantage when it comes to take downs and throws.  In fact, the guy with the lower hips is the guy who wins the take down.  

by BEL on Apr 13, 2008 3:13 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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