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		<title>Drysdale e mais uma finalização: “Jiu-Jitsu sempre vai ser o plano A”</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 21:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Nosso GMA em Las Vegas, Robert Drysdale venceu a segunda luta no MMA como profissional, novamente com uma finalização, um justo armlock no primeiro round (reveja aqui). O combate foi no último sábado, no Canadá, e o faixa-preta conversou com o GRACIEMAG.com sobre a luta, os novos projetos e muito mais.  O que achou da&#8230;</p>
The post <a href="https://www.graciemag.com/drysdale-e-mais-uma-finalizacao-o-jiu-jitsu-sempre-vai-ser-o-meu-plano-a/">Drysdale e mais uma finalização: “Jiu-Jitsu sempre vai ser o plano A”</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.graciemag.com">Graciemag</a>.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_14626" style="width: 433px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.graciemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/robertdrysdale.jpg"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-14626" class="size-full wp-image-14626" title="robertdrysdale" src="https://www.graciemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/robertdrysdale.jpg" alt="" width="423" height="301" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-14626" class="wp-caption-text">Foto: Carlos Ozório</p></div>
<p>Nosso GMA em Las Vegas, Robert Drysdale venceu a segunda luta no MMA como profissional, novamente com uma finalização, um justo armlock no primeiro round (<a href="https://www.graciemag.com/pt/2010/11/assista-mais-uma-finalizacao-de-robert-no-mma/" target="_blank">reveja aqui</a>). O combate foi no último sábado, no Canadá, e o faixa-preta conversou com o GRACIEMAG.com sobre a luta, os novos projetos e muito mais. </p>
<p><strong>O que achou da luta contra o Clay Davidson?</strong> </p>
<p>Estava tranquilo, cara. Me sinto, hoje, muito bem no ringue. Estou em casa, e me senti super bem na preparação para a luta. Perder peso dessa vez foi mais difícil, penei um pouco, mas, no dia, estava zero bala e confiante. A idéia era trocar um pouco mais em pé, mas acabamos nos agarrando no começo e consegui usar o meu Jiu-Jitsu. Foi uma experiência legal e, quem sabe, logo estarei num evento maior.<strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Já se sente preparado para uma grande organização como o UFC ou Strikeforce? </strong> </p>
<p>Tenho confiança e, quando vejo o UFC, sinto que consigo lutar com esses caras. Mas acho que não precisa ter pressa. Acho que o pessoal fica apressado por causa do dinheiro e não acho isso legal. Nunca foi o dinheiro o que me motivou. No Jiu-Jitsu lutei de branca, depois de um tempo lutei de azul e assim sucessivamente. Fui sem pressa até chegar à preta. No MMA tem que ser igual, não dá para pular etapas.  Minha motivação sou eu mesmo, tento ser melhor amanhã do que eu sou hoje.   </p>
<p><strong>Então, para atingir o nível que almeja, o que acha que tem que trabalhar mais? </strong> </p>
<p>O Jiu-Jitsu é o meu forte e não acho legal deixar ele de lado para treinar apenas a mão ou quedas. Se não treinar o que é melhor você piora como lutador. Mas, claro, dou ênfase a parte em pé e de quedas. Na verdade, treino tudo, todos os dias. Não sou daqueles que pensa que já sabe tudo no chão, então não esqueço o meu Jiu-Jitsu. Mesmo não competindo, gosto de fazer parte da evolução desse esporte, porque é o que eu amo. </p>
<p><strong>Já são duas finalizações. Pretende colocar alguns nocautes no cartel também? </strong> </p>
<p>Treino em pé com uma galera que é profissional de boxe, então sinto confiança. Mas, por outro lado, acho uma besteira querer virar trocador de uma hora para outra. Lógico, pode acontecer de o cara anular o meu chão, mas a mão é o plano B. Tenho 13 anos de Jiu-Jitsu e dois de mão. Então é como se eu fosse um faixa-azul na trocação e não seria inteligente trocar no vale-tudo agora. Teria condições, mas seria um erro tático. Prefiro manter o chão como o plano A e dificilmente isso vai mudar. </p>
<p><strong>Quais os novos projetos?</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Estou com um time muito bom filiado a mim lá em Manaus. Teve até o Robert Fonseca “Pato”, que se classificou para o World Pro. Vou arrumar umas lutas para eles e quero fazer um desafio de Jiu-Jitsu com essa galera contra os lutadores daqui de Vegas. Estou trabalhando nisso e vai ser bacana.</p>The post <a href="https://www.graciemag.com/drysdale-e-mais-uma-finalizacao-o-jiu-jitsu-sempre-vai-ser-o-meu-plano-a/">Drysdale e mais uma finalização: “Jiu-Jitsu sempre vai ser o plano A”</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.graciemag.com">Graciemag</a>.]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Drysdale and one more submission: “Jiu-Jitsu will always be plan A”</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 22:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Our GMA in Las Vegas Robert Drysdale won his second professional MMA fight, again by submission, with a snug first-round armbar (watch it here). The bout took place last Saturday in Canada, and the black belt spoke with GRACIEMAG.com about the fight, his new projects, and much more. What&#8217;s your take on your fight against&#8230;</p>
The post <a href="https://www.graciemag.com/drysdale-and-one-more-submission-jiu-jitsu-will-always-be-plan-a/">Drysdale and one more submission: “Jiu-Jitsu will always be plan A”</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.graciemag.com">Graciemag</a>.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_14626-2" style="width: 433px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.graciemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/robertdrysdale.jpg"><img decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-14626-2" class="size-full wp-image-14626" title="robertdrysdale" src="https://www.graciemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/robertdrysdale.jpg" alt="" width="423" height="301" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-14626-2" class="wp-caption-text">Photo: Carlos Ozório</p></div>
<p>Our GMA in Las Vegas Robert Drysdale won his second professional MMA fight, again by submission, with a snug first-round armbar (watch it <a href="https://www.graciemag.com/en/2010/11/watch-another-drysdale-mma-finish/" target="_blank">here</a>). The bout took place last Saturday in Canada, and the black belt spoke with GRACIEMAG.com about the fight, his new projects, and much more.</p>
<p><strong>What&#8217;s your take on your fight against Clay Davidson?</strong></p>
<p>It was cool. Nowadays, I feel good in the ring. I feel at home, and I felt really well preparing for the fight. This time losing weight was harder, I suffered a bit, but on the day I was at full form and confident. My plan was to stand and trade a little longer, but we ended up grappling early on and I managed to use my Jiu-Jitsu. It was a cool experience, and – who knows? &#8211; maybe soon I&#8217;ll be in a bigger event.</p>
<p><strong>Do you feel you&#8217;re already prepared to enter a big promotion like the UFC or Strikeforce?</strong></p>
<p>I&#8217;m confident, and when I watch the UFC, I feel I can fight those guys. But I feel there&#8217;s no need to rush things. I feel a lot of guys feel in a hurry because of the money and I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s cool. It never was the money that motivated me. In Jiu-Jitsu I competed at white belt, after a little while I competed at blue, and so on. I wasn&#8217;t in a hurry to get to black belt. It has to be the same in MMA; you can&#8217;t go skipping steps. I&#8217;m my own motivator, I try to be better tomorrow than I am today.</p>
<p><strong>Só, to make it to the level you yearn for, what eles do you feel you need to work on?</strong></p>
<p>Jiu-Jitsu&#8217;s my forte and I don&#8217;t feel it&#8217;s cool to set it aside to work only on my hands or takedowns. If you don&#8217;t practice what you&#8217;re best at you&#8217;ll become a worse fighter. But of course, I prioritize my standup and takedowns. Truth is, I train everything every day. I&#8217;m not one of those guys who thinks he knows everything there is to know on the ground, so I don&#8217;t forget about my Jiu-Jitsu. Even when I&#8217;m not competing, I like being a part of the evolution of the sport, because it&#8217;s what I love.</p>
<p><strong>Now you count two submission wins. Do you plan to get some knockouts on your record, as well?</strong></p>
<p>I train standup with a group of professional boxers, so I feel confident. But on the other hand, I feel it&#8217;s nonsense to want to become a striker over night. Of course, it could happen that the guy thwarts my ground game, but striking&#8217;s plan B. I have thirteen years of Jiu-Jitsu under my belt and two striking. So it&#8217;s as though I were a blue belt in the standup department, and it wouldn&#8217;t be smart for me to stand and bang in MMA right now. I have what it takes, but it would be a tactical mistake. I&#8217;d rather stick to the ground as plan A, and that&#8217;s not likely to change.</p>
<p><strong>Any new projects?</strong></p>
<p>I&#8217;ve got a really good team affiliated with me over in Manaus. Even Roberto “Pato” Fonseca, who just qualified for the World Pro, is there. I&#8217;m going to set up some fights for him and I want to set up a Jiu-Jitsu challenge between those guys and the fighters here in Vegas. That&#8217;s what I&#8217;m working on and it should be cool.</p>The post <a href="https://www.graciemag.com/drysdale-and-one-more-submission-jiu-jitsu-will-always-be-plan-a/">Drysdale and one more submission: “Jiu-Jitsu will always be plan A”</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.graciemag.com">Graciemag</a>.]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Watch another Drysdale MMA finish</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>This time, against Clay Davidson, the armbar came from the mount, also in the first round.</p>
The post <a href="https://www.graciemag.com/watch-another-drysdale-mma-finish/">Watch another Drysdale MMA finish</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.graciemag.com">Graciemag</a>.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our GMA Robert Drysdale has once again demonstrated Jiu-Jitsu&#8217;s power in MMA. In his second professional outing, at Armagedon Fighting Championships last Saturday, the black belt snagged himself another quick submission.</p>
<p>In his first appearance for the Canadian promotion, Robert applied an armbar from the triangle against Bastien Huvenners. This time, against Clay Davidson, the armbar came from the mount, also in the first round.</p>
<p>See how it went:</p>
<p><iframe title="Robert Drysdale Vs. Clay Davidson" width="650" height="366" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/W_yP3hJnpjQ?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>The post <a href="https://www.graciemag.com/watch-another-drysdale-mma-finish/">Watch another Drysdale MMA finish</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.graciemag.com">Graciemag</a>.]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Assista mais uma finalização de Robert no MMA</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 01:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Desta vez, contra Clay Davidson, o armlock veio da montada, também no primeiro round.</p>
The post <a href="https://www.graciemag.com/assista-mais-uma-finalizacao-de-robert-no-mma/">Assista mais uma finalização de Robert no MMA</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.graciemag.com">Graciemag</a>.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nosso GMA, Robert Drysdale mostrou mais uma vez o poder de seu Jiu-Jitsu nos cages de MMA. Na segunda apresentação como profissional, no evento Armagedom Fighting Championships, no último sábado, o faixa-preta novamente finalizou rapidamente.</p>
<p>Na primeira apresentação na organização canadense, Robert usou o armlock do triângulo contra Bastien Huvenners. Desta vez, contra Clay Davidson, o armlock veio da montada, também no primeiro round.</p>
<p>Confira como foi:</p>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" title="Robert Drysdale Vs. Clay Davidson" width="650" height="366" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/W_yP3hJnpjQ?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>The post <a href="https://www.graciemag.com/assista-mais-uma-finalizacao-de-robert-no-mma/">Assista mais uma finalização de Robert no MMA</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.graciemag.com">Graciemag</a>.]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Com luta marcada, Drysdale analisa a transição para o MMA</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Depois de se experimentar no MMA amador e estrear com sucesso entre os profissionais, Robert Drysdale já tem data e oponente para voltar aos ringues. No dia 6 de novembro, o faixa-preta volta a combater no Canadá, no evento Armagedom Fighting Championships. O adversário é Clay Davidson.  Nos preparativos para mais esse desafio, o lutador&#8230;</p>
The post <a href="https://www.graciemag.com/com-luta-marcada-drysdale-analisa-a-transicao-para-o-mma/">Com luta marcada, Drysdale analisa a transição para o MMA</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.graciemag.com">Graciemag</a>.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_20531" style="width: 510px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.graciemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Robert-Drysdale.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-20531" class="size-full wp-image-20531" title="AFC-3-fights" src="https://www.graciemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Robert-Drysdale.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="357" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-20531" class="wp-caption-text">Robert na estreia no MMA. Foto: Arnold Lim.</p></div>
<p>Depois de se experimentar no MMA amador e estrear com sucesso entre os profissionais, Robert Drysdale já tem data e oponente para voltar aos ringues. No dia 6 de novembro, o faixa-preta volta a combater no Canadá, no evento Armagedom Fighting Championships. O adversário é Clay Davidson. </p>
<p>Nos preparativos para mais esse desafio, o lutador conta ao GRACIEMAG.com como está sendo a transição do Jiu-Jitsu para o MMA:   </p>
<p>“São esportes diferentes, o vale-tudo é outra modalidade. Sempre me preocupei com o tempo para me preparar para o MMA. Nunca iria querer ser como alguns faixas-pretas renomados, que entraram despreparados, perderam, e depois não quiseram mais lutar. Queria ser um Demian Maia, um cara que se deu tempo, se preparou e hoje está bem no esporte”, comenta. “O Jiu-jitsu para o MMA é diferente e demorei a adaptá-lo. Antigamente, se o cara prendia o meu pé na meia-guarda, ficava desesperado para passar. Hoje não me importo. Fico em cima, batendo. Me preocupo em bater até finalizar. Quero o ângulo para bater e achar a finalização.” </p>
<div id="attachment_20532" style="width: 510px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.graciemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/robert-drysdale-2.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-20532" class="size-full wp-image-20532" title="AFC-3-fights" src="https://www.graciemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/robert-drysdale-2.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-20532" class="wp-caption-text">Robert finaliza na estreia. Foto: Arnold Lim.</p></div>
<p>Sobre o oponente, Clay Davidson, Robert não achou muitas informações, mas conta com bons espiões. </p>
<p>“Conheço muito pouco do meu adversário. Ele perdeu a primeira luta, mas venceu nas últimas seis. É um cara que vem ganhando e, na maioria das vezes, por finalização. Então acredito que não seja um nocauteador. Na internet, só tem uma luta dele, então não dá para saber muito. Mas treino com pessoas que já treinaram com ele e me disseram que o cara é casca-grossa, não é frouxo não. Ele vem para ganhar”, declara Drysdale, que já percebe evolução no jogo: </p>
<p>“Estou bem preparado, me sentindo bem e treinando bastante. Toda luta para mim, independentemente do adversário ou evento, é como se fosse pelo cinturão. Estou bem mais confiante no meu boxe, muay thai e até com as quedas. Acho que, aonde a luta for, levo vantagem.” </p>
<p>Além de lutador, hoje Robert exerce o trabalho de treinador. O faixa-preta ajudou na preparação de Frank Mir para o último duelo, no UFC 119, em que nocauteou Mirko Cro Cop. </p>
<p>“Esperávamos a vitória. A luta não foi como planejamos, mas o importante foi vencer. Não é todo dia que um faixa-preta de Jiu-Jitsu nocauteia o Cro Cop. Ter feito parte desse treinamento foi bem legal e poucas vezes vi o Frank se preparar tanto. Ele enfrentaria o Minotauro e estava muito na pilha. Acho até que a troca de oponente foi  perigosa para o Frank. Agora vamos ver qual vai ser a próxima. Sei que vai ser uma pedreira, quem sabe o Minotauro, que está se recuperando”, encerra.</p>The post <a href="https://www.graciemag.com/com-luta-marcada-drysdale-analisa-a-transicao-para-o-mma/">Com luta marcada, Drysdale analisa a transição para o MMA</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.graciemag.com">Graciemag</a>.]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 22:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>After trying out amateur MMA and making a successful professional debut, Robert Drysdale now has a date and opponent for his next outing in the cage: he will face Clay Davidson on November 6 at Armagedon Fighting Championship in Canada. Now preparing for this next challenge, the fighter tells GRACIEMAG.com what the transition from Jiu-Jitsu&#8230;</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_20531-2" style="width: 510px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.graciemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Robert-Drysdale1.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-20531-2" class="size-full wp-image-20531" title="AFC-3-fights" src="https://www.graciemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Robert-Drysdale1.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="357" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-20531-2" class="wp-caption-text">Robert on his MMA debut. Photo: Arnold Lim.</p></div>
<p>After trying out amateur MMA and making a successful professional debut, Robert Drysdale now has a date and opponent for his next outing in the cage: he will face Clay Davidson on November 6 at Armagedon Fighting Championship in Canada.</p>
<p>Now preparing for this next challenge, the fighter tells GRACIEMAG.com what the transition from Jiu-Jitsu to MMA has been like for him:</p>
<p>“They&#8217;re different sports, MMA&#8217;s a different style. I was always concerned with having enough time to prepare for MMA. I never want to be like some renowned black belts, who go in unprepared, lose, and then never want to fight again. I want to be like Demian Maia, someone who took his time to prepare and is now doing well in the sport,” he remarks. “Jiu-Jitsu for MMA is different and I took a while to adapt it. I used not to be prepared to pass if the guy would trap my leg in the half-guard. Now I don&#8217;t mind. I just stay there on top, hitting him. I&#8217;m concerned with hitting until I finish. I want to right angle to hit and come up with submissions&#8221;.</p>
<div id="attachment_20532-2" style="width: 510px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.graciemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/robert-drysdale-2.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-20532-2" class="size-full wp-image-20532" title="AFC-3-fights" src="https://www.graciemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/robert-drysdale-2.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-20532-2" class="wp-caption-text">Robert finishes on debut. Photo: Arnold Lim.</p></div>
<p>On his opponent, Clay Davidson, Robert didn&#8217;t come up with much information, but is counting on some good spies of his.</p>
<p>“I don&#8217;t know much about my opponent. He lost his first fight, but won his last six. He&#8217;s been on a winning streak and, most of the time, by submission. So I don&#8217;t believe he&#8217;s a knockout artist. I only found one of his fights on the internet, so I couldn&#8217;t find out much. But I&#8217;m training with some guys who&#8217;ve trained with him before and they say he&#8217;s tough, he&#8217;s no pushover. He&#8217;s coming in to win,” states Drysdale, who already notes the evolution of the game:</p>
<p>“I&#8217;m well prepared, feeling good and training a lot. For me every fight, regardless of the opponent or event, is like a title fight. I&#8217;m much more confident in my boxing, muay thai and even takedowns. I feel I&#8217;ll have the advantage wherever the fight plays out.”</p>
<p>Besides being a fighter, Robert now performs the role of trainer, as well. The black belt helped Frank Mir prepare for his last battle, at UFC 119, when he knocked out Mirko Crop Cop.</p>
<p>“We expected to win. The fight didn&#8217;t go the way we&#8217;d planned, but the important thing is that he won. It&#8217;s not every day that a Jiu-Jitsu black belt knocks out Cro Cop. It was really cool going through the training, and rarely has Frank prepared so much. He would have faced Minotauro and was raring to go. I feel the change of opponent was even dangerous for Frank. Now we&#8217;ll see what happens next. I know it&#8217;s going to be a tough guy, maybe Minotauro, who is recovering,” he says in closing.</p>The post <a href="https://www.graciemag.com/with-next-fight-coming-up-drysdale-analyzes-transition-to-mm/">With next fight coming up, Drysdale analyzes transition to MMA</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.graciemag.com">Graciemag</a>.]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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