Can't strike? He trains with the Diaz brothers and their influence on him is very strong.Can't strike particularly well, can't wrestle (at least that we've seen), hasn't fought in a cage.... can't see this working out well. I hope he does well but I'm skeptical.
I have two words for you.Can't strike? He trains with the Diaz brothers and their influence on him is very strong.
Would be cool to see Kron fight Ryan Hall.
Two high level grapplers inevitably leads to a bad striking match.
Unless he got his wrestling on piont, he’ll be out decisioned quite easily as soon as he faces someone competent...
I doubt he'd outwrestle decent wrestlers anyway. I hope he'll bring something new to the table in terms of submission game or something more unorthodox, because otherwise he's kinda screwed anyway, imho
Krons closed guard was pretty cool in his last fight and it super likely he can catch anybody in the ufc in a random sub if they grapple with him but the question is can he get them to grapple.I doubt he'd outwrestle decent wrestlers anyway. I hope he'll bring something new to the table in terms of submission game or something more unorthodox, because otherwise he's kinda screwed anyway, imho
While that may be true, I was shocked by how well his Bjj worked against Kawajiri.Can't strike particularly well, can't wrestle (at least that we've seen), hasn't fought in a cage.... can't see this working out well. I hope he does well but I'm skeptical.
I think this is dead on. With the level of wrestling or TDD possessed by your average, athletic, UFC fighter, and with the level of wrestling possessed by particularly good wrestlers, maybe it's just not the smartest most effective strategy for a pure Bjj type fighter to pay much attention to their takedowns. Certainly they should be competent and good enough to snatch an opportune takedown, but to win fights with Bjj perhaps a more novel approach is called for.I doubt he'd outwrestle decent wrestlers anyway. I hope he'll bring something new to the table in terms of submission game or something more unorthodox, because otherwise he's kinda screwed anyway, imho
Your comment makes me think, what types of submission fighters are consistently winning fights with submissions nowadays? I can think of the Ortega model, reminiscent of a prime Anthony Pettis, which is to be dangerous with strikes to compliment your submissions. Or the super aggressive Palhares method. I guess Jacare has been pretty successful as well with his 3 dimensional game.Krons closed guard stuff was pretty cool in his last fight, but
Krons closed guard was pretty cool in his last fight and it super likely he can catch anybody in the ufc in a random sub if they grapple with him but the question is can he get them to grapple.