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If a fighter is caught rushing, he did more than half the job to be knocked out or knocked down. Obviously, some guys hit hard. but please, let's stop crediting most of these situations to the puncher or the guy's chin only.
It works both ways, some punches seem so weak, that most fans quickly go with "Oh his chin is cracked." "He is chinny, can't take a punch".
No. If the dude circled the wrong way, got caught rushing, got caught with his neck stiff while walking backwards or trying to move out laterally, is most certainly a knockdown or a KO. it DOESN'T require much power to make it happen in these situations.
Examples : Silva dropping Griffin, Barboza being dropped by Cerrone's jab, kinda forgotten but Bendo caught Nate moving and knocked him down too.
Also, there are situations where it happens and most fans will go ballistic crediting the fighter's punching power. Needless to say that Aldo vs Conor is a recent example, Whatever punch conor threw at that moment, would hurt Aldo badly, no matter how powerful. Same thing against Alvarez. Those weren't the hardest punches in LW history, well timed, well placed, accurate and as the opponent was moving = more than enough to do serious damage.
let's take that in consideration and try to stop discrediting some fighter's chins and hyping the fuck outta someone's power. Especially in divisions like Lightweight to Bantamweight.
It works both ways, some punches seem so weak, that most fans quickly go with "Oh his chin is cracked." "He is chinny, can't take a punch".
No. If the dude circled the wrong way, got caught rushing, got caught with his neck stiff while walking backwards or trying to move out laterally, is most certainly a knockdown or a KO. it DOESN'T require much power to make it happen in these situations.
Examples : Silva dropping Griffin, Barboza being dropped by Cerrone's jab, kinda forgotten but Bendo caught Nate moving and knocked him down too.
Also, there are situations where it happens and most fans will go ballistic crediting the fighter's punching power. Needless to say that Aldo vs Conor is a recent example, Whatever punch conor threw at that moment, would hurt Aldo badly, no matter how powerful. Same thing against Alvarez. Those weren't the hardest punches in LW history, well timed, well placed, accurate and as the opponent was moving = more than enough to do serious damage.
let's take that in consideration and try to stop discrediting some fighter's chins and hyping the fuck outta someone's power. Especially in divisions like Lightweight to Bantamweight.
