"Maybe Cesar Gracie should go back to Brazil."
middleeasy.com/index.php?option=com_content&a...Posted Jan 29, 2011, 5:13 AM UTC
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While I think his response was harsh, I can certainly understand the general idea of where Melvin is coming from. While Greg Jackson may be hyped more than other equally deserving MMA trainers/coaches/whatever he certainly isn't doing any trash talking or demeaning of other gyms that one would expect some sort of backlash.
Why does Cesar decide to say these things? Because Greg Jackson is popular and he feels equally skilled as a coach? Cesar Gracie is an ELITE guy to be training under, but it just doesn't seem tactful to call some other coach out just because he gets more credit than other guys.
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I believe it was because he felt Greg Jackson was getting all the credit for GSP's success, when Renzo Gracie worked with him a lot as well. A good reason? Nah, but at least a reason.
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Their is some criticism that Greg Jackson doesn't build up his own fighters a lot of his top guys have been training a long time in the sport before they joined his team. Can't argue with the results though lol.
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Maybe he's trying to shit talk his way into a fight with Nate. Nate's considered a top 5 LW in the UFC, no?
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Top five? Nate's not even top ten in any sane ranking.
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Nah, I'd say Edgar, Maynard, Sotiropoulos, Miller are ahead of him, and some of the WEC guys who I'm unfamiliar with likely are, too. Anyway, he seems pretty content at welterweight, though the loss to Dong Hyun Kim may have changed that.
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Nate already destroyed him.
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I like how middleeasy decided to add their own emphasis to Melvin's quote. As if telling Cesar Gracie to just go suck it wasn't enough.