Torres wants to be more like Machida, less like Wandy

http://www.mmamania.com/2010/3/5/1358148/miguel-torres-im-training-to-be
"They wanted me to pick an opponent, I didn’t want to. I told (WEC matchmaker) Sean Shelby to give me the toughest guy he could find a match against, and that was Benavidez. He's one of those guys that just never gets tired, he never seems to be hurt, and he just doesn't stop coming. He punches and kicks from weird angles. He's very dangerous. I've been training a lot to be more crafty, and to be more Machida like, more of an Anderson Silva type fighter, instead of being a Wanderlei Silva. I'm very happy to be able to get back in the cage and show what I've been working on."

hope he is still that exciting fighter I love to watch.

OUSOONERSOU wrote:

hope he is still that exciting fighter I love to watch.

Machida is a different kind of exciting. I love watching Machida operate in the cage, just waiting for him to strike. I didnt get to see the Shogun fight though, kinda disappointed about that.

I understand not wanting to take the damage but I like Torres being the aggresser. I don't want him to be a counter puncher waiting for the other fighter to slip up. I like to see him push the pace, hope that doesn't change.

He wants to be generally annoying to the public as opposed to being the winningest fighter in combined major MMA promotions who is beloved by all?

OUSOONERSOU wrote:

I understand not wanting to take the damage but I like Torres being the aggresser. I don't want him to be a counter puncher waiting for the other fighter to slip up. I like to see him push the pace, hope that doesn't change.

I just think he means he's gonna actually try to not get hit instead of throwing caution to the wind and leaving himself open.

Joking aside, this is just the lession going into Bowles I knew he was going to learn.

Mexicans don't run Torres. LOL. Yeah I agree with the notion that he does not want to just slug anymore(nobody likes getting KO'd). This actually worries me because I don't want him to be shellshocked and afraid to engage now. Some people never recover from these things. I would rather be Wand lol.