Your lead leg theory is dumb. He stands up right and constantly is switching his weight.back and forth to harness the snap and force in a short close distance. The reason he gets his legs chopped up is beacause he doesnt check em. Not because of his stance. You must not fight. Anyone can make a video still of gsp leaning forward and.say he leans forward.
I don't fight, but I train. He gets his legs chopped up because he doesn't check kicks. He doesn't check kicks because his stance and mentality don't allow for it.
P.S. GSP does lean forward in a lot of his fights. Thing is, GSP doesn't really need to check kicks, though I'm sure he trains them more than Nick does. Can you guess why?
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That makes more sense. Either way i thought that was a really impressive performance by Diaz. I'm no striking expert but I think Daley is a good striker with sick power and that Diaz was able to KO him says a lot about Diaz.
Daley's very dangerous. His left hook is money, but he gets a little too fixated on landing it. He got beat up by an aging Kazuo Misaki recently because, Misaki, like Diaz, kept him on the end of his jab and pressured him to the point where he couldn't plant his feet and get those power shots off.
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Aha! It was a clipping right hand behind the ear. Check out the GSP vs. Diaz promo, at about 3:04.
Never seen that angle before, and that's clearly the one that staggers him. Makes sense that it was on the temple/behind the ear, given how his body reacted.
I actually watched that promo earlier this week. I see it now, Diaz is one tricky mofo
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Daley's very dangerous. His left hook is money, but he gets a little too fixated on landing it. He got beat up by an aging Kazuo Misaki recently because, Misaki, like Diaz, kept him on the end of his jab and pressured him to the point where he couldn't plant his feet and get those power shots off.
Still, to take his best shot twice and finish him in the same round is impressive, even if its more from a toughness angle than a technical one.
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