{"id":115227,"date":"2014-10-13T19:57:45","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T02:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=115227"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:17:21","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:17:21","slug":"fitch-unveils-gameplan-for-palhares-bout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/world-series-of-fighting\/fitch-unveils-gameplan-for-palhares-bout\/","title":{"rendered":"Fitch Unveils Gameplan For Palhares Bout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/bellator-not-interested-in-signing-fitch-mma-news\/fitch-bitch\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-52454\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Fitch-Bitch.jpg\" alt=\"Fitch Bitch\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Fitch-Bitch.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Fitch-Bitch-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Fitch-Bitch-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jon Fitch is set to take on WSOF champion Rousimar Palhares in a highly anticipated match that was supposed to go down several months ago, but was forced to withdraw after his mother became ill (Read about that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/palhares-details-reason-for-withdrawl-from-fitch-bout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Now the match is finally set to go down on December 27th at WSOF 16.<\/p>\n<p>Fitch spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2014\/10\/fitchs-plan-for-palhares-keep-calm-and-dont-get-to-point-where-youre-screwed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie Radio<\/a> about the leg lock master, saying:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe No. 1 thing I learned about leglock defense from (American Kickboxing Academy coach) \u2018Crazy\u2019 Bob Cook was a long time ago was be calm,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe showed me the positions where you\u2019re screwed.  He said once you get to here, you\u2019re screwed. It\u2019s over. So as long as you understood those positions, you can stay calm from that position. A lot of guys tap to leglocks because they freak out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI use the (Brock) Lesnar (vs. Frank) Mir kneebar (as an example). I don\u2019t think that was applied very well. I think that was more of a panic tap rather than he felt real pain. If you look at (the hold), it was pretty far down the leg. It was past the knee; it shouldn\u2019t have put on that much pressure on anything.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you mess with somebody\u2019s legs, there\u2019s no leeway like with an arm or a shoulder. You\u2019re fine, you\u2019re fine, you\u2019re fine, and then it pops. Guys know that, and once it gets tight or straight, it\u2019s probably going to pop, so they freak out and they tap from that.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Do you think Fitch&#8217;s black belt in JiuJitsu and this knowledge about leg locks will help him?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jon Fitch is set to take on WSOF champion Rousimar Palhares in a highly anticipated match that was supposed to go down several months ago, but was forced to withdraw after his mother became ill (Read about that HERE). Now the match is finally set to go down on December 27th at WSOF 16. 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