Yusuff is another example of a guy who has all the tools to be great, minus a good chin

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He's a pretty good athlete and fairly skilled but he's already been sparked out once in the regionals by a no-name and he gets hurt in every fight even by weak punchers like Allen.

He's a better version of Alan Jouban; skilled and athletic strikers who will never live up to that potential because of their chins.
 
His chin isn't great but it's far from bad. He has demonstrated good recovery in this fight today. It also isn't like Allen doesn't crack. He has shown much better TDD than I thought he had and he's showing a good tank. He's a better fighter than Alan.

That said, Jouban is the natty hairline GOAT, though.
 
He just needs more experience and ability to mix it up. Especially his takedown D and ability to get up. Sometimes he did it so well today and at times he didn’t
 
His Fight IQ also needs work, he clearly dropped the first 2 rounds and needed a finish, and just when Allen starts slowing down he decides NOW is the time to whip out his Invisible D1 Credentials and start WRASSLING and clinching when he could have been throwing shots against a tired Arnold Allen.
 
What ya'll talking about his chin was insane tonight
 
Allen gets outstruck 5-1 but wins on the basis of a kick he landed as he slipped and miraculously caught Yussuf with. Lolz.
 
His fight IQ isn't good sadly. Allen was showing sign of major fatigue in the third round and instead of spearing and striking from distance he kept welcome the clinches and played that game. Not smart. He's skilled tho and seems like a good dude. He can be a top 10 for years.
 
Not that bad he got hit with pretty accurate strikes and managed to recover quickly.
 
He's a pretty good athlete and fairly skilled but he's already been sparked out once in the regionals by a no-name and he gets hurt in every fight even by weak punchers like Allen.

He's a better version of Alan Jouban; skilled and athletic strikers who will never live up to that potential because of their chins.
Arnold could fight at WW lmao
 
He gets rocked quite easily but his recovery is good.

I think he's likely to get a few shadow realm appearances in his career though.
 
His Fight IQ also needs work, he clearly dropped the first 2 rounds and needed a finish, and just when Allen starts slowing down he decides NOW is the time to whip out his Invisible D1 Credentials and start WRASSLING and clinching when he could have been throwing shots against a tired Arnold Allen.
He was throwing shots

Arnold’s defence is just very good. He doesn’t get hit cleanly with much.
 
He cuts ~25 lbs to make FW.

It can’t help his durability.
 
He was throwing shots

Arnold’s defence is just very good. He doesn’t get hit cleanly with much.

Throwing to the body instead of head hunting would have done the trick but unfortunately Sodiq mostly head hunts, with all that pressure he puts and how he stalks people, he could easily take advantage of the High Guard he forces his opponents to bring up and rip the body.
 
Extremely talented guy with middling fight IQ.

Sort of a demonstration of the nature of MMA, it's not just the moves and techniques it's the what when, the rock paper scissors of it.

He kind of reminds me in a sense of early Charles Oliveira, not in terms of his specific skills but just in terms of the ability is clearly there, he just needs to put it all together.

Also an illustration of just how insane the talent level is in his division.
 
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