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[Adam-Utd]

Conor was winning the fight until the leg started slowing down IMO. His mistake was not taking the leg kicks seriously, his ego is his biggest and worst weapon at times.

He thinks he doesn't need to worry about his opposition as his striking will be too much for anybody, but when somebody can handle it and wear him down he struggles.

You could see Poirier started really nervously in round 1, then half way through 2 he got some confidence with that nice counter right hook.

 

[Dirty Schwein]

Conor was winning the fight until the leg started slowing down IMO. His mistake was not taking the leg kicks seriously, his ego is his biggest and worst weapon at times.

He thinks he doesn't need to worry about his opposition as his striking will be too much for anybody, but when somebody can handle it and wear him down he struggles.

You could see Poirier started really nervously in round 1, then half way through 2 he got some confidence with that nice counter right hook.

I don't think he was not taking the leg kicks seriously, he checked many, it was just painful and Connor being so one dimensional these days, he had no plan to switch up to.

 

[Fortitude]

@JPRouve , another factor for speed is weight, or lack thereof, it wouldn’t be a surprise if mass/bulk has compromised his speed a bit, too. Again so weird because Conor used to drum on about being a martial artist and relying on timing, distance and letting his hands go naturally when it was optimal to do so.

This video highlights how he's betrayed his actual style for something he's not versed in, or indeed, very good at:

 

[JPRouve]

@JPRouve , another factor for speed is weight, or lack thereof, it wouldn’t be a surprise if mass/bulk has compromised his speed a bit, too. Again so weird because Conor used to drum on about being a martial artist and relying on timing, distance and letting his hands go naturally when it was optimal to do so.

This video highlights how he's betrayed his actual style for something he's not versed in, or indeed, very good at:

Thanks for that and your previous posts. Helped have a better understanding.

 

[Fortitude]

Thanks for that and your previous posts. Helped have a better understanding.

No probs. The perception of speed can come via fluidity (if not outright drops in speed), and in his actual style, Conor's [whole] movements are seamless and only take the extension to finish; as a boxer, or whatever it is he's trying to be, he's more mechanical and he doesn't set his feet in the correct way before throwing most of his shots, which is going to make them look slower, as you're then only really looking at the arms and not at how the force has been generated.

Personally, I think he's a slower than he used to be, but we'd need to see him throw the same shots from his natural style in a 'then' and 'now' side-by-side to really be sure.

 

[George Owen]

Fights are back tomorrow! Everybody made weight.

The main card with some very good fights.


ps. The Bareknuckle fights are live now. Paige Van Zant makes her debut tonight.

 

[George Owen]

What a fight

Next weekend Kamaru defends vs Burns.

 

[Dirty Schwein]

Fights are back tomorrow! Everybody made weight.

The main card with some very good fights.


ps. The Bareknuckle fights are live now. Paige Van Zant makes her debut tonight.

Need my boy Reem to get through this.

 

[Shane88]

For anyone who cares, Paige VanZant lost her bare knuckle boxing debut last night by unanimous decision.

 

[George Owen]

Prelims about to start, live from inside the Apex, Vegas.

perfect timing to get rid of that sour taste.

 

[Dirty Schwein]

I always get nervous when my boy Reem fights. He always looks like he's in danger and pulls the win out of the bag. My heart can't take it

 

[George Owen]

I always get nervous when my boy Reem fights. He always looks like he's in danger and pulls the win out of the bag. My heart can't take it

yeah that's been the tone in his last fights. If he can't get Volkov down here, he will be in trouble.

Here we go!!

 

[George Owen]

Dammmnnn!! that was fast.

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[predator]

Good cards tonight. Its mad how little attention tonight's event gets compared to others.

 

[Reditus]

Anyone watching? I think DC just let one rip.

 

[Reditus]

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[George Owen]

I heard it

 

[George Owen]

Oh man, that eye

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[P-Nut]

Great fight with a mix of everything that one

 

[George Owen]

Great fight with a mix of everything that one

Yep. Good fun. Dariush is relentless.

ps. surprised it was a split decision. It was clear for Beneil.

 

[P-Nut]

Yep. Good fun. Dariush is relentless.

ps. surprised it was a split decision. It was clear for Beneil.

Yeah should have been a straightforward 2-1 win

 

[Dirty Schwein]

Hopefully Dariush gets some higher ranked opponents next.

 

[Dirty Schwein]

Guida v Johnson:

This fight is like a jock Vs a bum outside weatherspoons on a Friday night.

 

[T00lsh3d]

Guida v Johnson:

This fight is like a jock Vs a bum outside weatherspoons on a Friday night.

Guida’s post fight interview was the one of a man who’s been punched in the head a lot

 

[P-Nut]

Guida’s post fight interview was the one of a man who’s been punched in the head a lot

 

[Shane88]

Comment from Reddit...

They say Clay Guida is 39 but that doesn't count the 19,000 years he was frozen in the Alps.

 

[Reditus]

Oh god Jesus christ

 

[Reditus]

Yeah. frankie, one of my favourites ever. But call it a day

 

[P-Nut]

Wow that was bad

 

[George Owen]

Sweet jesus

Stiff as a board

 

[T00lsh3d]

Oh dayum! Goodnight

 

[Dirty Schwein]

Frankie's soul just went to a different dimension.

 

[Shane88]

Stiff as a board, ugh.

 

[T00lsh3d]

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[Reditus]

If MMA fighters could wear shoes, both would have just popped off

 

[Raoul]

Comment from Reddit...

 

[George Owen]

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[Dirty Schwein]

Reem

 

[George Owen]

Volkov is a giant.

 

[Reditus]

Reem over and out