Where does Keith Jardine go following loss to Trevor Prangley at Shark Fights 13?
by Matt Bishop on Sep 12, 2010 2:01 AM EDT
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Five fights in a row.
Read that again: Five fights in a row.
That's where Keith Jardine's losing streak now stands following his split decision loss to Trevor Prangley on Saturday night at "Shark Fights 13: Jardine vs. Prangley" in Amarillo, Texas.
Four of those five losses came inside the UFC, where Jardine was facing competition that was either in the top-10 of the light-heavyweight division or close. Saturday's loss to Prangley, though, stings. A lot.
Less than three months ago, Prangley was dominated in 3:22 at middleweight by Tim Kennedy in Strikeforce. Now, just weeks later, here's Prangley fighting one weight class higher than normal and taking the fight to Jardine, including dropping him in each of the first two rounds.
This loss is simply inexcusable.
Jardine turned it on in the third round but it was much too late, as Prangley weathered the storm and won a split decision.
Now, the $64,000 question here is: What happens to Jardine's career from here on out? His climb back to the UFC is even longer now than it was before, and the way Prangley essentially handled him leaves a lot to be desired. Was Jardine simply in the right place at the right time when he made his name by beating both Forrest Griffin and Chuck Liddell in a nine-month span in 2007, or have his skills deteriorated? Or is it a combination of both?
Whatever the case may be, Jardine needs to find answers and fast or his career will continue to tumble.
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I don't think he needs to retire
He just needs to understand that if he doesn’t fix some problems with his game he’ll never be “great”. And that’s cool, because maybe he’s not striving to have statues cast in his likeness, as much as he’s doing it for fun and a pay day.
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Man
he trains with one of the best camps out there…if he ain’t fix those problems by now…it ain’t happening….
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I don’t know man…
Why go for a couple more of those and/or get grinded to death by wrestlers?
"I don't care, hit him with your groin!"
The fact that Keith Jardine can’t defend a left hook to save his life is one of the most glaring technical holes of any MMA fighter of the modern era I can remember.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. - Theodore Roosevelt
Well he's not going to get signed doing photo shots for Kelvin Klein
And from what people have said about him over-training, I don’t know that he’d be that good of a trainer.. so I guess either keep making money getting beat, or pick up a paper route ;)
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He has a loyal fan following, and he’s entertaining to watch. He should just keep fighting on regional shows and continue to make a living. He can probably make a better living fighting every month or two on small shows than fighting once in a blue moon for Strikeforce or Bellator.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. - Theodore Roosevelt
Keith is 3-7 in his last ten fights. He’s the same fighter he’s always been. He was never that good to begin with. He has always been a guy that’s going to show up and put on a good show, and once in a blue moon pull off a huge upset when his opponent didn’t show up with their head screwed on straight. Nothing wrong with that. He’s entertaining and most likely he beats a lot of guys on the regional circuit. He should go out and make a living and be happy. Not everyone can be a champ or a top ten fighter. Nothing wrong with that.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. - Theodore Roosevelt
THough I do think he needs to fix some of his game
And this often comes from a fighter needing to hear it a different way, or to look at it a different way. Fighters, when it comes to changing/fixing their styles, are about the hard headed-est mutherfookers on the planet. But it can be done if losing 5 fights in a row hasnt convinced him, nothing will.
That said, I think folks are making him losing to Prangley into more than it is. Prangley is good, and yeah he lost a “middle weight” fight, but he and kennedy both are in shape at 220, and can fight 205 without being even close to undersized.
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