Showing posts with label Sin Cara. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sin Cara. Show all posts

Monday, October 7, 2019

2019 WWE Brawl For All: Sin Cara vs. Chad Gable

We now have reached our final quarterfinal matchup, and this is likely the most interesting matchup of the entire round. A backstage tough guy taking on a former Olympic Wrestler. I mean, it doesn't get much better than this.
Jonah’s #2 Sin Cara vs. Joe’s #3 Chad Gable
Jonah: Gable is a takedown machine, Sin Cara is an ass kicking machine. It’s a battle of machines. Cara just knows how to fight, Gable knows how to wrestle. How is Gable going to react when he gets popped in the face? Who knows.
Joe: Well, I highly doubt that Gable does get punched in the face cleanly. The reason MMA is difficult to get takedowns is because of kicks and knees. You really don’t want to go shooting into somebody’s legs if they are launching a knee towards your face. If somebody isn’t threatening with their legs, it’s pretty easy to go on an ankle pick party without any risk of being hit with a decent punch. Sin Cara can wing his haymakers all he wants, Gable is just doing to duck under and put him on his ass over and over again.
Jonah: Sin Cara is from the Bas Rutten school of fighting, the streets. He’s a honey badger. Gable is a wrestling stud, but again, you underestimate fighting and overestimate technical skill. Should Gable just take him down at will? Sure, but you don’t keep getting into fights and winning at his size without knowing what you’re going.
Joe: If you have no wrestling background and are facing someone with world class wrestling skills, it does not matter how badly you want to fight and how tough you are, because you are going to get dumped on your ass over and over again. For evidence, let’s check out former Cornell All-American, Dylan Palacio’s YouTube page. 
You can be big, strong, fast, tough, or all of the above, but if you haven’t put the work in on a technical level, the technician is going to whoop that ass. His name may mean without a face, but his only hope is to save face after he learns that he’s not ready, willing, or Gable for Brawl For All.
Jonah: KJ Noons vs. Krazy Horse, GSP vs, Matt Serra, a lot of other fights that I can’t think of  where the technician lost. I know you really love wrestlers and 60 year old karate guys, but Sin Cara’s a fighter. I guess Gable should win, but you really do underestimate being a fighter and overestimate being a geriatric guy in a gi.
Joe: I’m honestly not sure who you would consider the technicians in those fights. Noons was more well-trained in boxing, but Krazy Horse had way more MMA training, even if he did have a wacky personality. And although GSP was great, a lot of that was based on athleticism and wrestling. GSP was better all-around, but at least at that time, Serra was the more technically sound fighter in both boxing and jiu jitsu. 
How is Sin Cara a fighter? Like, what is his fighting background? As far as I can tell, he has none, so him beating Chad Gable would be like Kimbo Slice (even the still alive version) beating Daniel Cormier. You could give him 1,000,000 chances, and it would never happen.
Jonah: Sin Cara is a fighter just like the sky is blue, he just is. And Matt Serra knocked out GSP, the world’s greatest wrestler. GSP could outwrestle everyone and he still got caught by a punch. It happens. Gable can win, but a reckoning is coming for some of your fighters soon.
Joe: Calling a Canadian the world’s greatest wrestler is probably the most offensive thing you have ever said as Canada SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKS in wrestling, but I guess we can discuss that during the semifinals which are now set. Next time, we’ll tackle the matchup of the big boys as the Authors of Pain square off to see which one can make it to the finals.

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Monday, September 9, 2019

2019 WWE Brawl for All: Sin Cara vs. Apollo Crews

Round one of Brawl for All is finally coming to an end with today's matchup. Jonah's picks won the first three matchups before my guys won the next four, so now it's time to see if Jonah has the magic to get his fourth winner with his #2 seed taking on a guy who is just really happy to be in the tournament as he generally seems to be happy anywhere.

Jonah’s #2 Sin Cara vs. Joe’s #7 Apollo Crews
Jonah: Sin Cara is the king of backstage fights, he’s a legit tough guy who doesn’t mind scrapping. Apollo Crews is a big athletic dude, but Sin Cara is like Finley, he loves to fight. He’s taking this matchup by first round knockout, sorry Apollo.
Joe: No need to Apollogize. I do think dismissing Apollo out of hand could be a mistake. He went to a military high school, and I know that you love military stuff, Jonah. He played a bunch of sports and got the nickname Uhaa Nation, because his football coach thought he was as strong as an entire nation. 
I will say that Sin Cara must have some skills as I found at least three times he’s been in fights with other wrestlers, and at worst the fights were even as there are no claims of him getting his ass kicked. Is it probably true that he beat up Sheamus, had a draw with Jericho, and got disqualified for illegal coke can to the face against Simon Gotch?
Jonah: Backstage brawls are no DQ so he’s undefeated. Apollo is a great athlete, but never underestimate the advantage that not being afraid to fight and probably enjoying it gives Sin Cara. He knocks out smiling nice guy Apollo.
Joe: Well, first off, I would very much like to underestimate the advantage of not being afraid to fight, because it is about as minuscule as something can be, especially in a controlled environment. Most great UFC fighters admit that they are scared when they enter the cage, because that’s a normal human reaction. Fighting is not about sprinting forward and throwing haymakers until somebody drops unless the two people fighting are really, really bad at it. 
Secondly, yeah, I am fine with giving Sin Cara the edge in this one, but I will say it goes the distance since it’s not easy to knock a coordinated person out (sucker punches excepted). I know Bart Gunn did it a lot in the original but SO MUCH MORE is known about fighting these days that most guys will be smart enough to fight with some semblance of defense in this tournament.
Jonah: OK fine it goes the distance, I don’t mean fighting in terms of just moving forward, I mean kind of liking to fight. Someone who’s Sin Cara’s size who doesn’t mind fighting much larger people means he knows what he’s doing.
Joe: It does not mean that. There are plenty of people that are always willing to fight who monumentally suck at it.
Jonah: True, but he’s constantly winning against fellow pro wrestlers, he knows how to fight.
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