Issue 162
November -0001
The men who excelled in a single discipline.
ROYCE GRACIE: JIU-JITSU
Who needs striking, when everyone is new to MMA and doesn’t know how to defend your submissions?
DAN SEVERN: WRESTLING
Takedown, control, punch or submit. ‘The Beast’s strategy on his UFC debut – and throughout the rest of his 18-year career.
MARK HUNT: BOXING
An ex-K-1 World Grand Prix champion with bricks for fists. If he can’t roll out of danger and ends up on his back, it’s game over.
MELVIN MANHOEF: KICKBOXING
Half ‘No Mercy’s’ losses are by submission, yet he’s never shown any interest in learning any part of the ground game.
SHINYA AOKI: JIU-JITSU
‘Tobikan Judan’ (Grand Master of Flying Submissions) still looks like a fish out of water on the feet, but boy, can he grapple.
HOUSTON ALEXANDER: BOXING
Took the UFC by storm in 2007 with a couple of big knockouts, then everyone figured out he was lost on the mat.
DERMIAN MAIA: JIU-JITSU
Lost his way when he tried to strike, but became a force at the highest level when he started submitting again.
BEN ASKREN: WRESTLING
‘Funky’ says he enjoys striking, but his easiest path to victory is his unstoppable takedown. If it ain’t broke, why fix it?
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