Monday's Multimedia Mailbag

Given the continuing cascade of allegations and exodus of fighters and BJJ players from Team Lloyd Irvin, I have mixed feelings about posting this, but out of I guess a want to see the matches and not wanting to pretend the grappling and effort put forth by the competitors simply did not take place, I'll link the video:

BJJ Kumite - Final Episode

UFC 158 Extended Preview: GSP vs Nick Diaz

Guard Passing Breakdown of Guilherme Mendes by Science of Skill:


Analysis of Rafa Mendes BJJ game with statistics from 2012-2013 by Bishop BJJ:

And on that note, here is Rafa rolling with Paragon's Bill "the Grill" Cooper:





And for those with the Pans and such coming up, Cutting Weight Part III with Renato Tavares:

Completely Unrelated MMA & Grappling News

Lombard to face Yushin Okami at UFC on Fuel 8.

Yushin hasn't looked the same since his loss to Anderson Silva not that he's the only one with that post traumatic stress.
Lombard will continue to knock off any UFC jitters and look more impressive with each fight I do believe. I am curious to see how/if Anderson Silva will rationalize not wanting to fight an explosive puncher (much the way Anderson ballyhooed and ducked and dived and bitched about fighting Belfort).

Sonnen vs Jon Jones booked for April 27th.

That guy who wrote the book about travelling and doing Jiu-Jitsu around the world has an article up about why competing is good for you (*ahem* Rener and Ryron).


Lex's chosen best unknown BJJ competitor in the world

Jacare to UFC. One of the better transitions over to the UFC for which I'm glad there will be some match-ups other than Fitch not fighting Koscheck, or GSP fighting guys he's already beaten in dominant fashion.

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