What Went Wrong With Philippe Nover's Ultimate Fighter Finale Fight

"body">Now, in the street this wouldn't' be a problem, because
Let me just say this to start out, this isn't necessarilywrestling in the street is a bad idea (for reasons I won't
just his fault. It's fault of many Jeet Kune Doget into in this article). But, none the less the basic Jeet
practioners and around the country. In Jeet Kune Do,Kune Do user will be ineffective in the wrestling range
we talk about four ranges of fighting: punching, kicking,without the right kind of training.
trapping, and grappling. Technically wrestling fallsSo what happened to our good friend Philippe Nover,
in-between trapping and grappling and is both at thehe was not well enough trained in the wrestling range
same time. That's what we call a subsection of abecause of the focus on trapping or ground fighting.
range. Unfortunately, it's an area that has beenBoth sides of this game are solid for Philippe but he still
overlooked by most Jeet Kune Do practioners andlacks the wrestling game he needs to be competitive
teachers alike.in MMA. Although he has tremendous power and a
Jeet Kune Do practioners do so much trapping, whichvery good ground game, he still cannot be a champion
has caused a quandary. We have inadvertently givenuntil he fixes this problem.
ourselves a hole in our own style, the wrestling game.