Whats interesting about Ortega is that I think he just became elite.. Im not basing my oppinion on hes previous 2,3,4 fights, Im basing it on what I saw in hes last fight. Hes movements, hes distance managment, hes way of gathering info on the fly and adapting, hes way of staying cool and relaxed. and so on.
So you think Ortega would get beat up in a striking match against Aldo? or Pettis? I actually dont. Pettis can only fight effective inside the kicking distance, hes strikes are loopy and slow and lacks dynamic Power. It looks like he has one way of throwing a hook, one way of thorowing a left and so on. Pettis imo is an example of a fighter that stopped to improve and that the game passed him by. Sure he has elite single strike techniques, but that dosnt mean that hes elite in terms of of putting Things together and fighting in a dynamic way. As for Aldo, he strikes With a 100 percent ang gets sloppy as the fight goes on. In hes reign hes opponents got even more tired than him so he got away With sloppy loppy strikes as the fight went on. Are u an elite fighter when a dude can predict youre pattern, telling it to the world and then finish u With a counter to that exact pattern of attack in 13 secs? I dont know.... Ive also heard that Aldo after hes 2nd Max loss is Learning how to put together dynamic combinations rather than 100% pre rehersed combos.. I think there was a Clip out there where a boxing Coach corrected hes way of going full blast and Learning him to preserve energy and be effiecient.
How well do Ortega have to fair against Max to be regarded as an elite fighter in youre oppinion?
