I have been rewatching all of Machida's fights in the ufc over the last couple of days and he used to use his foot sweeps and other takedowns fairly often. He even took down several good judo guys with them. Why has be abandoned those? In close fights, he knows getting a takedown can make the difference.
Obviously you don't want to become too predictable, but since he hasn't used them much lately, he should bring them back. If nothing else, it gives his opponent something else to worry about. He did take Henderson down once using a foot sweep from the over/under but then didn't try it again.
Obviously you don't want to become too predictable, but since he hasn't used them much lately, he should bring them back. If nothing else, it gives his opponent something else to worry about. He did take Henderson down once using a foot sweep from the over/under but then didn't try it again.