Trash Talking Tim Credeur Barely has “The Answer”
By Brandt DeLorenzo on Apr 24, 2008
Matt Riddle has a lot to say on this season of The Ultimate Fighter. The young fighter from New York is shown throughout the show talking to fellow fighters, his coaches, and the camera. He has been nicknamed “Smiley” and “Chipper” by the fighters and the coaches and you can see why. He’s certainly got a lot to say about himself and the sport, including this:
It doesn’t matter where you train – if you want it, you can get it.
While other fighters are training at Top Team, Serra’s BJJ Academy, and Team Quest, Riddle reminds us that he trains out of Palmerton, PA at Rat Pack Fighting Systems. And with his performance last night, you can clearly see that while a professional training team may help a fighter, it’s certainly not what makes a fighter.
It was a great bout between the trash talker and “Chipper”. The veteran fighter from Lousiana, Tim Credeur, was talking a lot of trash before the fight as he touted his long record in the sport. “The Answer” took everything in stride and merely laughed Credeur off as someone who only had five years left in the sport with a lot to lose. We last saw Riddle break Dan Simmler’s jaw in multiple places and nobody in the house knew what to expect. Both fighters made weight with Credeur talking more trash at the weigh-in as Riddle continued to smile on.
The fight went almost two full rounds with Riddle and Credeur trading on the ground and standing evenly throughout. Riddle took advantage of his wrestling abilities as he swept Credeur at will throughout both rounds, but was slightly edged on the ground. Coming out into the second round, we saw Riddle explode and nearly take off Credeurs head repeatedly with a nice punch kick combo. What’s funny is that Credeur said Riddle’s previous fight was just a lucky fluke, yet Riddle dominated while standing and showed much better form. Credeur was able to use his Black Belt Jiu-Jitsu to pull off an arm-bar over the Blue Belt riddle before the end of Round 2 as he nearly gassed.
Although Riddle’s coach, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson was not upset with Riddle, he did say he was disappointed. We also learned that Credeur is indeed the supposed top guy on Team Forrest. The preview of the next show highlights Rampage as he rips through his fighters, but if Credeur is the top opponent, I don’t see Team Rampage having too much trouble throughout the rest of the season.
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Brandt, I wouldn’t say that they traded evenly at all throughout this fight. I thought Creduer dominated the last 3 minutes of the first round and most of the second (apart from the thirty seconds or so when he seemed dazed by upkicks).
I wasn’t impressed with Riddell at all. I know that we pushed him a little bit last week, but I thought his grappling game was mediocre, at best. I was impressed with Creduer, who showed a good butterfly guard, good control off of his back and, though his top game could use some work, solid positional control from the mount when he got there.
I agree that Creduer is the best guy on Forrest, he is the lone BJJ blackbelt and probably the best grappler by a lot there, but, unlike everybody else, I thought his performance was impressive and displayed a skillset (especially from the butterfly guard) that we aren’t going to see from anybody else on this show.
I do think that CB Dolloway and Gerald Harris will get into the next round pretty easily, but the rest of team Rampage doesn’t seriously impress me. I left Zachrich out of that statement, intentionally, because I do think that the kid is a little bit overrated. (look at his opponents)
Still, if Forrest keeps control of the picks, he could very easily pull a Tito Ortiz and put those fights off until the very end. The mind games always play a much smaller game then people expect them to, but the picks can really change the course of the show, so we’ll see how it goes.
I know I am biased considering that I have been in a few of Riddle’s BJJ classes, but I actually wasn’t impressed with a trash talking 7-year MMA veteran who was taken down at will throughout the fight. He did a good job on the ground once he was able to reverse.
I was disapointed when the fight kept going to the ground because I knew Riddle could have just ended the fight standing. He has a mean high kick and he should have used it more instead of looking for those takedowns. He’s young and he will definitely has a chance to improve tremendously while training under Rampage.
I can honestly say that both fights so far were very exciting and I’m actually looking forward to the next episode for once!
What “real” fighter would train at Serra’s BJJ? Let me stifle my guffaw. With whom would one train: Matt or Nick? roflmfao. These two get their asses handed to them on a rgular basis.
dan get real. like my man Riddle says, it doesnt matter where you train- if you want it you can get it. “roflmao” right back at you for thinkin Matt Riddle gets his ass handed to him. that kid should teach you a lesson