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Kragger99 posted:It also may be his chin isn’t what it used to be because of those fights. I can’t recall exactly the moments, but something from his last two fights made me think he’s starting to lose his chin. So much so that I put a bet down 1 min before the walkouts started for DC to win by KO. Yeah he's taken a lot of damage in his career. The JDS fight was nuts and he got dropped by Overeem. There is a reason why it's hard to defend the heavyweight title everybody hits hard.
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# ? Jul 8, 2018 20:28 |
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# ? Mar 28, 2024 20:38 |
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Doesn't have to be a hard punch to knock you out, it has to be a good punch in the right spot. That's enough to explain why DC put Stipe away when bonafide power strikers couldn't.
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# ? Jul 8, 2018 20:55 |
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With a 72 inch reach against an 80 inch reach DC was consistently popping Stipes head back with jabs and I'm still not sure how he does it. He's one of the few fighters that seems to know exactly how to neutralize massive reach advantages.
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# ? Jul 8, 2018 20:59 |
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mewse posted:The most impressive part about DC's win is that they watched tape and knew that Stipe keeps his hands down while breaking from the clinch. The way DC gives up the neck collar in the clinch to give Stipe the exit out of the clinch only to set up the KO is something I imagine a lot of fighters will try to mimic.
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# ? Jul 8, 2018 21:01 |
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Le Saboteur posted:With a 72 inch reach against an 80 inch reach DC was consistently popping Stipes head back with jabs and I'm still not sure how he does it. His arms were extended way out, making it seem like he didn't have much more range when he some how did, and he managed to keep a low/medium distance.
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# ? Jul 8, 2018 21:04 |
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I noticed DC kind of kept his arms extended when fighting Jones and Miocic... I guess to force them to throw strikes through his arms and tangle them up? Is that like a common thing people do with a reach disadvantage? I thought you were supposed to keep your poo poo tight
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# ? Jul 8, 2018 21:06 |
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Waroduce posted:I noticed DC kind of kept his arms extended when fighting Jones and Miocic... I guess to force them to throw strikes through his arms and tangle them up? Is that like a common thing people do with a reach disadvantage? I thought you were supposed to keep your poo poo tight I noticed that he seemed real lax in keeping the arms up in a protective manner, though I will admit it probably only stood out so much in comparison to the last fight where both competitors did little but keep their hands up.
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# ? Jul 8, 2018 21:13 |
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Kilometers Davis posted:Brock is literally a once in a lifetime athlete. The dude has done whatever he wants for his entire life and has somehow succeeded in most of it. He deserves all the hate he gets but when he’s doing something, specifically when he’s genuinely competing, it’s a thing you watch. Dude is 0-2-1 in his last 3 fights. There's no way in hell it's in any way a meritorious title fight. OTOH, DC deserves the payday heading into retirement, so whatever.
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# ? Jul 8, 2018 21:31 |
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Eat This Glob posted:Dude is 0-2-1 in his last 3 fights. There's no way in hell it's in any way a meritorious title fight. OTOH, DC deserves the payday heading into retirement, so whatever. I feel you but who deserves it more? Blaydes? Lewis? There are plenty of talented guys but no one really at the top. I’m down with DC defending the lw strap, then fighting Lesnar, and in the meantime hopefully a top contender will show up.
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# ? Jul 8, 2018 21:37 |
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He got clipped right on the button. That could put anyone down
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# ? Jul 8, 2018 21:46 |
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I can't believe this isn't a photoshop. https://twitter.com/vicofthevalley/status/1015980692407242752
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# ? Jul 8, 2018 21:52 |
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Le Saboteur posted:The way DC gives up the neck collar in the clinch to give Stipe the exit out of the clinch only to set up the KO is something I imagine a lot of fighters will try to mimic. Yeah but I gotta imagine Stipe's gonna drill that clinch escape not to leave his chin open ever again
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# ? Jul 8, 2018 21:52 |
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Le Saboteur posted:I can't believe this isn't a photoshop. https://twitter.com/vicofthevalley/status/1015980692407242752 Lol sick
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# ? Jul 8, 2018 21:54 |
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Kilometers Davis posted:I feel you but who deserves it more? Blaydes? Lewis? There are plenty of talented guys but no one really at the top. I’m down with DC defending the lw strap, then fighting Lesnar, and in the meantime hopefully a top contender will show up. Volkov just neutralized Werdum on the ground and then knocked him the gently caress out. I’d say that was title shot-worthy. Although it happened on a Fight Pass card no watched.
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# ? Jul 8, 2018 21:58 |
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Kilometers Davis posted:I feel you but who deserves it more? Blaydes? Lewis? There are plenty of talented guys but no one really at the top. I’m down with DC defending the lw strap, then fighting Lesnar, and in the meantime hopefully a top contender will show up. Don't they want the fight for November's MSG show? I don't think it's wise to have DC do another fight within the next 3 months even if he didn't hurt his hand beating up Stipe so bad
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# ? Jul 8, 2018 22:03 |
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Agent Tough Juice posted:
Nah. When you look at raw examples like Vitor and Johny, you realise that steroids have a profound impact on your ability to compete at fighting. Like, a staggering amount. They went from champion / knocking out champions to washing out of the big leagues as quick as the fight bookings / value to the UFC brand allowed. Jon Jones was absolutely a once in a lifetime talent - on steroids.
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# ? Jul 8, 2018 22:08 |
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The Duck of Death posted:Volkov just neutralized Werdum on the ground and then knocked him the gently caress out. I’d say that was title shot-worthy. Although it happened on a Fight Pass card no watched. Forgot about that. Sick.
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# ? Jul 8, 2018 22:09 |
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johny never popped, its not fair to lump him in with guys that failed multiple tests based on guessing
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# ? Jul 8, 2018 22:15 |
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Skip My Posts posted:johny never popped, its not fair to lump him in with guys that failed multiple tests based on guessing It's a pretty educated guess when he got in that slapfight with GSP over VADA and then as soon as usada came in his career basically ended
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# ? Jul 8, 2018 22:19 |
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Waroduce posted:I noticed DC kind of kept his arms extended when fighting Jones and Miocic... I guess to force them to throw strikes through his arms and tangle them up? Is that like a common thing people do with a reach disadvantage? I thought you were supposed to keep your poo poo tight If you have a taller opponent and you're expecting a punch, having your arms out not only helps tie up incoming shots, but its also give you some counterweight to shift your weight away from. Having a loose guard and extending your arms toward the strikes gives your torso and head more acceleration away from the strikes. Keeping your guard tight to your chin means your core has to do all the work and move more weight. The downside of course is if the strike is coming from below instead of above.
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# ? Jul 8, 2018 22:19 |
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https://twitter.com/MMAFighting/status/1015943707210735617 dana had to find a really big bus to throw francis under
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# ? Jul 8, 2018 22:22 |
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Le Saboteur posted:I can't believe this isn't a photoshop. https://twitter.com/vicofthevalley/status/1015980692407242752 : Yes Brock we realize it's whacking day but we need you to get down here and sell this fight
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# ? Jul 8, 2018 22:27 |
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Danas "Ford escort" white bears at least 90% of the responsibility for that
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# ? Jul 8, 2018 22:28 |
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mewse posted:It's a pretty educated guess when he got in that slapfight with GSP over VADA and then as soon as usada came in his career basically ended Still not fair to lump him with guys who popped over and over or cowardly greasing juicers like GSP
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# ? Jul 8, 2018 22:36 |
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Skip My Posts posted:Still not fair to lump him with guys who popped over and over or cowardly greasing juicers like GSP
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# ? Jul 8, 2018 22:42 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txuWGoZF3ew&t=9s
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# ? Jul 8, 2018 22:47 |
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Kilometers Davis posted:I feel you but who deserves it more? Blaydes? Lewis? There are plenty of talented guys but no one really at the top. I’m down with DC defending the lw strap, then fighting Lesnar, and in the meantime hopefully a top contender will show up. Yeah, I'd think blaydes is probably the most deserving at this point. DC mentioned on the post fight show he wanted to defend the lhw belt and then fight Brock since Lesnar will have to be in the usada pool for 6 months or whatever, so it'll be a bit before they could even fight, so it looks like that's the way its gonna go.
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# ? Jul 8, 2018 22:51 |
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think they might do blaydes/stipe?
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# ? Jul 8, 2018 22:53 |
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When is oleynik fighting again
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# ? Jul 8, 2018 23:03 |
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Gay Horney posted:Every time DC touched stipe he hosed him up. He looked as bad as he did after five rounds with ngannou after a half round with DC. Wild poo poo. Counterpoint - Ngannou is real bad
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# ? Jul 8, 2018 23:14 |
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Matoi Ryuko posted:When is oleynik fighting again isn't he booked to get knocked out by mark hunt?
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# ? Jul 8, 2018 23:28 |
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curtis aids would have beat ngannou if it wasn't for that unfortunate cut. curtis aids is #1 contender. curtis aids deserves the shot.
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# ? Jul 8, 2018 23:29 |
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Kragger99 posted:It also may be his chin isn’t what it used to be because of those fights. I can’t recall exactly the moments, but something from his last two fights made me think he’s starting to lose his chin. So much so that I put a bet down 1 min before the walkouts started for DC to win by KO. Werdum was really hard to finish as well, at one point. You have to have a decent chin to fight at heavyweight at all, and when it goes, it goes loving bad Waroduce posted:I noticed DC kind of kept his arms extended when fighting Jones and Miocic... I guess to force them to throw strikes through his arms and tangle them up? Is that like a common thing people do with a reach disadvantage? I thought you were supposed to keep your poo poo tight Isn't that the mummy guard in boxing? Skip My Posts posted:johny never popped, its not fair to lump him in with guys that failed multiple tests based on guessing No, he just got really fat and bad immediately after the testing procedure changed despite looking seriously world class immediately before hand. You wouldn't want to jump to any conclusions.
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# ? Jul 9, 2018 00:41 |
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Snowman_McK posted:Isn't that the mummy guard in boxing? The mummy guard doesn't involve moving your head or torso off-line. It's minimal movement aimed at pressuring the opponent, pawing your forearms in front to or deflect shots as you shuffle into range.
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# ? Jul 9, 2018 01:04 |
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The Duck of Death posted:Volkov just neutralized Werdum on the ground and then knocked him the gently caress out. I’d say that was title shot-worthy. Although it happened on a Fight Pass card no watched. Volkov weighed in for this card as their back up if disaster struck the main event, so they ranked him highly enough for that. I'm guessing they have him and Blaydes fight for #1 contender after the Lesnar business is concluded.
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# ? Jul 9, 2018 01:08 |
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Volkov and Blaydes both would be good, appropriate hw contenders fight now. Despite everything so would the Black Beast, especially if the rival in legitimacy is Brock Lesnar.
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# ? Jul 9, 2018 01:11 |
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blaydes should sit and wait
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# ? Jul 9, 2018 01:17 |
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DC drilling the release collar tie to right hand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQEqLY9-h1g&t=135s Though that was at range and not that compact overhand that caught Stipe.
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# ? Jul 9, 2018 01:19 |
Love how DC casually mentions his night out being interrupted by an active shooter and then nobody even reacts to that at all, lol at the state of America.
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# ? Jul 9, 2018 01:22 |
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Skip My Posts posted:if brock lesnar knew you he'd slap ya
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