Dr Interweb posted:

Isreal has been fighting counter fighters throughout his UFC career. That's what the feints are for. He draws out counter shots, and when his opponent overcommits, he tag them. Or he waits for the other fighter to take their finger off the trigger, and then he hits them from the outside. It's been working for him and leads to fights that are slow but not necessarily boring. The Silva fight is a good example.

The reason the Yoel fight was what it was is because Yoel was a counterpuncher who didn't bite on any of the feints. Yoel was waiting till he got hit to throw back, and was planning on going punch for punch. Isreal adjusted and only gave him little leg kicks at range, Yoel didn't adjust to that adjustment and uh just stood there till he lost.