lister

[texasRUSH]

never really payed attention to this guy til this last ufc...

but DAMN!  dude's got some serious bjj skills

[torquemada]

He was great; he locked those holds perfectly.  And he was fighting a guy w/ some serious stand up...

[bailey]

Lister had the best submission of the night !! It was beautiful. You guys have to see It. I'm sure it will be on spike in a few weeks.

[bailey]

For those of you that don't know. Dean Lister was fighting in Japan. He had a pride contract. He had a couple of fights but the Japanese wanted him to fight once a year at most. ( They think grapplers are boring ) So he left his contract. He is the Abu dabi and king of the cage champion. Considered one of the best In the world on the ground. He showed that Saturday night.

[Eric15210]

Dean Lister is good on the ground but I prefer watching stand up guys - if he continues to fight that way Dana White and UFC fans will turn on him.  just my 2 cents 

[torquemada]

Dean Lister is good on the ground but I prefer watching stand up guys - if he continues to fight that way Dana White and UFC fans will turn on him.  just my 2 cents 

Promoters will tell you that they'll bring in a good striker over a great grappler because the crowd usually appreciates stand up more.  Only a few people (like the intelligent MMA board of Getbig ) appreciate seeing a really talented grappler like Lister.  He totally shut down a great striker.

Go to a live fight; half (OK, most) of the crowd is still a typical Toughman "kick his ass...we want blood...stand up, you pussies" group.

[Eric15210]

I like watching good submission fighters but people pay top dollar for blood and knock outs

did you watch one fight between Nathan Marquardt and Ivan Salaverry - they got booed for 3 rounds and Ivan was let go for that performance.

[wookie]

that was one of the best fights in some time, really nice groundgame