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There are some fights, where you know the opponent is a banger coming in and the guy just stands right in front of him with shit defense. This happened to Strickland and Riddell. It must seriously suck to train for months and months with all the sacrifices that entails and then to serve yourself up without mounting any offense.
Strickland stood right in front of a world class striker with his hands down. Was that actually the plan? It seemed obvious to me how that would play out.
Brad Riddell did the same thing a bit earlier. Again, his opponent was a known striker.
... who could also guillotine and dazed Riddell.
I don't know the answer. I don't have the Fight IQ of the coaches. But, it seems some actual defense and perhaps closing the ground to where a striker can not go completely off on you?
It may just be that I was geared up for a fight in each instance, and instead it was a fast, one-sided, ass kicking. I loved the knee delivered by Masdival on Askren, but I also felt a bit cheated as I would have loved to see that fight go at least one round.
Are these flukes, great fighting by the opponent, or just bad defense? Or all of the above?
Strickland stood right in front of a world class striker with his hands down. Was that actually the plan? It seemed obvious to me how that would play out.
Brad Riddell did the same thing a bit earlier. Again, his opponent was a known striker.
... who could also guillotine and dazed Riddell.
I don't know the answer. I don't have the Fight IQ of the coaches. But, it seems some actual defense and perhaps closing the ground to where a striker can not go completely off on you?
It may just be that I was geared up for a fight in each instance, and instead it was a fast, one-sided, ass kicking. I loved the knee delivered by Masdival on Askren, but I also felt a bit cheated as I would have loved to see that fight go at least one round.
Are these flukes, great fighting by the opponent, or just bad defense? Or all of the above?