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Originally Posted by joberd
That's exactly why Nog won. Shitty GnP that wouldn't kill a fly doesn't negate numerous submission attempts unless they were godawful attempts (although none of them were particularly close to catching Ricco, they were still good).
That fight is a prime example of LnP and I'm glad Ricco didn't get the decision for it. If he had tried AT ALL while on top of Nogueira then he could've won the fight. Of course, doing so probably would've opened him up for submissions/sweeps which is exactly why Ricco hid in guard in the first place  |
Well see that's just it. Ricco's GnP was nowhere near to finishing Nog but Nog's sub attempts weren't any closer to finishing the fight either. Making an attempt to secure a sub and failing is the same as attempting to GnP your opponent and failing in my opinion. Nog came close to securing 1 sub and Ricco reversed it as if he were rolling in the gym. So since it's a case of innefective GnP vs innefective subs you move on to another factor in the fight.
Once again just my opinion...