Robi Bhattacharjee

Phd Candidate at UCSD studying theoretical machine learning.

[Robi Bhattacharjee @groupon_stew]

@BrendanDorman To be fair, were any of his opponents as defensively solid grapplers as Volk, Merab, and Strickland?

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@RyanAWagMMA @JoshLBarnett i think an even broader problem is that there is no incentive to get back to your feet from guard. This makes top players a lot more focused on passing than holding people down.

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@RyanAWagMMA @OcelotMMA Prime volk sure. But people suddenly age all the time.

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@funkmasterMMA imo close rounds should just be 10-10s. I value a clear round much more than a couple of razor tight ones. imo it should be 3 draws, and then 4&5 for Mosvar giving Mosvar the fight even after the point deduction.

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@chrismwojcik Crazy pitch for a system: sweeps, takedowns, reversals all do NOT score. Only way to score is achieving dominant positions (passing guard, taking back, mount). Ironically I think this incentivizes playing on top and engaging on top a lot more

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@BoxingBusch to me what's crazy is that I was never even concerned for him in the entire sequence. He's one of the best defensive grapplers I've ever seen

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@chrismwojcik How do you structure class topics when attendance isn't super consistent (meaning changing set of people every week).

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@BoxingBusch Do you think Yan actively going for his own takedowns was needed? Definitely added aura but imagine if Yan gassed himself in the bottom front headlock.

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@alexandrabotez Breaking rules have consequences, and he was fined for it. I don't understand why they had to continue punishing him by making him forfeit game 9. Shouldn't fining be enough (especially considering how minor the infraction is)?

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@BoxingBusch @MigClass did his pressure footwork on the feet (iirc he suddenly got good at backing people up and cutting the cage) pop up at the sameish time?

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@neu_rips Yes -- I'm assuming this is mostly the theory of RL?

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@BoxingBusch was it just me or did both fighters look a bit diminished from their prime? Mike gave up takedowns with almost no defence, and Charles look way more tired than I usually see him.

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@JosieAldoMMA do you think it's possible DDP somehow just wins? I was so confident Robert would kill him, and somehow DDP lands a head and arm and keeps top control..

[Robi Bhattacharjee @groupon_stew]

@tverven @UlrikeLuxburg @ML_Theorist @Suuraj Thanks for having me!!

[Michal Moshkovitz @ML_Theorist]

⏰⏰Theory of Interpretable AI Seminar ⏰⏰

In two weeks, Oct 17, Robi Bhattacharjee @groupon_stew will talk about auditing explanations; will show that "Auditing Local Explanations is Hard"

joint work with @UlrikeLuxburg

website: https://t.co/MPJzLcxfqa
@tverven @Suuraj

[Robi Bhattacharjee @groupon_stew]

@Patrick_Wyman very cool. Do you have plans for an audiobook version?

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@BoxingBusch Or even just horribly unprepared for bottom position? Why on Earth are people in 2024 still trying for subs off their back

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@BoxingBusch did i miss a memo about closed guard working again in mma? What's with all this guard play

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@JosieAldoMMA that was strategic. Her backmount looked suspiciously loose at the end of one of the rounds. Also idk why Grasso only decided to start standing up from bottom in r5

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@OpenNoteGrapple Dominant ground control victories on Weidman, Machida, and Branch, all of whom are respected mma grapplers in their own right.

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@OpenNoteGrapple Based on this, I think there's a strong case for Luke Rockhold as the best middleweight grappler.