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I think it's because they train in it but they're not good at it. For example, Woodley has been a wrestler for his whole career. Spending time working on low kicks to kick Stephen's leg isn't smart. There's no way he's gonna learn how to do it effectively enough in months, when Stephen has been defending leg kicks from better strikers even in his bladed stance for years.
I've seen this sort of meme pop up in a lot of mma discussions and its something of a pet peeve of mine, so im quoting you but really speaking in general.
There might be something of an argument for this line of thought if you're like, 2-3 mouths away from a fight and already literally in camp, but it starts falling apart any more beyond that. Then its just another 'only a few months', and another, and another, and so on.
If something is good, then its good, and you do it, because its good.
Its like showing up at a kickboxing gym and saying 'well all these guys have spent so long on kicking so its better to just focus only on my hands'.
Its like showing up at a judo club and saying 'well these guys have been doing kuzushi for so long so its better to just do sacrifice throws',
Its like, imagine you've got this karate dude who wants to do mma, and he says 'some of these guys have been doing wrestling since high school so its pointless to waste time trying to stop them rather than focusing on what i know best, whats my game plan?' Lose, thats what your gameplan is.
If someone is better than you at best practices, then more or less hes just better, and chances are you'd lose anyways using a more marginal strategy too.
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