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Maia has cardio issues whereas Condit has great cardio. IMO Maia has the advantage early in the fight when he has a full tank and without his opponent being all sweaty, while Condit needs to take the fight to the deeper rounds to work on his combos late in the fight.
I´ve been listening to Maia´s interviews and he is aware of Condit´s advantage in the later rounds, and it´s not surprise what he´s gonna do.... stand just enough to close in the distance and get his hands on Condit to backpack him or get him on the ground and snake coil him... I know Condit has a very slick offensive ground game but he´s not gonna get any subs against a master like Maia... and imo once the fight is on the ground, Maia is getting that choke.
Question: Could Condit use the same Diaz strategy again, carefully point fighting in the earlier rounds, avoid committing too much, and wait for Maia to slow down and increase his volume and combos in rounds 3, 4 and 5? I think that could work. But he got trashed by a lot of fans for doing that against Diaz. What do you guys think?
I´ve been listening to Maia´s interviews and he is aware of Condit´s advantage in the later rounds, and it´s not surprise what he´s gonna do.... stand just enough to close in the distance and get his hands on Condit to backpack him or get him on the ground and snake coil him... I know Condit has a very slick offensive ground game but he´s not gonna get any subs against a master like Maia... and imo once the fight is on the ground, Maia is getting that choke.
Question: Could Condit use the same Diaz strategy again, carefully point fighting in the earlier rounds, avoid committing too much, and wait for Maia to slow down and increase his volume and combos in rounds 3, 4 and 5? I think that could work. But he got trashed by a lot of fans for doing that against Diaz. What do you guys think?