If someone asked me whether Vinny Magalhaes will end up in the UFC I'd ask you if a bear micturates in the woods. If you have Bellator, Strikeforce and UFC calling you up when you are out of contract it doesn't take a genius to figure out which one you'd choose. That's like giving me a choice between training for my upcoming fight with Anderson Silva with either Vinny Magalhaes or Rousimar Palhares. I'm no Ryo Chonan so I'm not even gonna think about leg locks. Vinny on the other hand was a well-respected BJJ player before he even made the transition to MMA, even getting into The Ultimate Fighter mostly on the strength of his BBJ credentials. In an interview with BJPenn.com he talked about a number of topics, including training with the man many people can beat Anderson Silva.

“Basically what we worked on was top game. We did work some submission defence, of course. But the best thing is not to get caught in a submission in the first place. If you’re just working submission defence, you have to first be in a submission. You don’t want to get that far. A lot of people ask me when they hear I was training Chael, ‘Why don’t you just work triangle defence?’ No! For me to teach you triangle defence, first I have to teach you how to be in a triangle. And I don’t want him to be there in the first place”

While I'm not sure how wise that is, I'm not a BJJ black belt, an M-1 champion or a professional MMA fighter who has challenged for the middleweight belt so my thoughts are just as valid as every other keyboard warrior out there. Who knows, maybe Chael's sports psychology and hypnosis sessions will be the deciding factor, not his submission defence. Regardless, The quote above is only a small part of a fantastic interview with the M-1 champion which would only be made better if it was conducted by BJ Penn himself. [source]

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+6 # Guest 2012-05-31 07:32

I agree with the thought process but still, come on, how many times has chael lost by traingle choke, surely time to teach him a bit of defence, no?

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+1 # Guest 2012-05-31 19:48

They were in the same position maybe 6-7 times during the fight,every time before the last one, Chael P got his wrist back or postured up and out of danger. It isn't that he lacks the skill, it is the way he prefers to fight puts him uncomfortably close to that position and he got lazy with a couple of minutes to go.

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+4 # Guest 2012-05-31 08:00

Does a bear shit in the woods?

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+15 # Ninja 2012-05-31 08:50

Does the pope help pedophiles get away with their crimes?

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+5 # Guest 2012-05-31 09:52

Does Jon Jones like white women?

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+5 # Guest 2012-05-31 08:29

I agree with Vinny. You can teach all the "answer the phone" and "turn the corner" techniques you want, but if you're in a locked-on triangle then the best you can get is a guard pass at the risk of losing the game. He's probably teaching him how to keep posture and pass guard without the risk of opening up the armbar-triangle opportunities.

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+5 # TIMinBALTIMORE 2012-05-31 08:29

Did Chael return the favor by helping Vinny with overhand right defense?

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+1 # Guest 2012-05-31 08:42

Chael teaching people about striking?

Oh yeah I forgot, Chael's a former K-1 Grand Prix Winner.

He hasn't had one TKO/KO in the UFC or WEC.
Not one in 14 fights.
His last TKO was against a guy no one has ever heard of in 2007, in some backwater promotion called "SF 20: Homecoming".
Said fighter has been KO'ed 9 times in his career.

Fucking Vinny could give Chael a few pointers in that department as well, having TKO'ed Bader in TUF 8 who is a shit-ton better in striking that Chael.

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-8 # jfjjfjff 2012-05-31 09:01

umad.

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+2 # Guest 2012-05-31 14:45

You mean getting TKO'd by Bader, right?

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-1 # Guest 2012-05-31 22:14

Anderson hasn't had a lot of (T)KOs lately, does that mean his striking skill is deteriorating? No. I'd respect the striking of anyone who rocks Silva and out strike him.

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+2 # Guest 2012-05-31 23:56

Quoting dopeytwat:

Anderson hasn't had a lot of (T)KOs lately, does that mean his striking skill is deteriorating? No. I'd respect the striking of anyone who rocks Silva and out strike him.

What the fuck are you talking about? Silva knocked out his last 2 opponents (Okami & Belfort) with pretty spectacular KO/TKO. And the fight before that he submitted The Straight Gangster from The Mean Streets Of Oregon. Son, get your shit together

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0 # Guest 2012-06-26 04:14

Bader knocked out Vinny

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+13 # Guest 2012-05-31 08:56

why don't you teach me that?
Oh, because you can only talk...

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0 # Guest 2012-06-01 03:15

Just teach him everything from that Mikhail Zayats fight Vinny. That was one of the most incredible performances to watch for me.

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+11 # Kieran McNairn 2012-05-31 09:52

The best thing about any Vinny Magalhaes story is the Vinny Magalhaes comments after it.

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+12 # Guest 2012-05-31 10:11

This just seems like semantics. Teaching someone to avoid being in a position to have a triangle locked up IS triangle defense.

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