Does Having Confidence mean you don’t see anyone as a bad match up for you?

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In the case of RDA for example.

He is repeatedly calling out Islam and has no fear of fighting him.

Does he not see that on paper Islam is a bad Match up for him?

Islam is a pressure wrestler who can go for 3-5 rounds and will smother him like a few guys have done to him in the past.

His only shot is knocking him out standing or hurting him bad standing and submitting him.

He is 37 years old.

RDA is a badass no doubt, and wants to fight the best in the world.

Can you be confident and still want to avoid certain fighters?
 
That's a win-win fight for RDA. Islam likely isn't subbing RDA, obviously Islam would be a heavy fav, but even if u lose, you'd lose by submission which isn't as bad as ko, but that seems unlikely to me.

So it's either losing by dec or winning and getting back in title contention. It's a very very tough fight that he will most likely lose, but not a dangerous risky fight either.

That fight was a complete win-win fight for RDA.
 
Yes you can be confident, because you know and accept going into a fight that your opponent can be KO'd or Subbed. Of course the opposite is true as well. The best thing you can do is prepare as best as possible. That's probably the case for RDA.
 
If you're a championship level fighter and fully believe in your abilities as a championship level fighter, then you simply can't be scared of facing anyone in your division that you feel you will be champion of. RDA knows he is a championship level fighter at 155 (and has physical proof of this), so if he's going to get the belt again, he can't really avoid Islam or any other top fighters. Of course, there is some nuance to this, as you can game the system a little bit and try and chose more favorable matchups on the road to a belt (which some confident fighters have no issues doing). But RDA simply isn't that guy.
 
Garnet_StrongerThanYou said:
In the case of RDA for example.

He is repeatedly calling out Islam and has no fear of fighting him.

Does he not see that on paper Islam is a bad Match up for him?

Islam is a pressure wrestler who can go for 3-5 rounds and will smother him like a few guys have done to him in the past.

His only shot is knocking him out standing or hurting him bad standing and submitting him.

He is 37 years old.

RDA is a badass no doubt, and wants to fight the best in the world.

Can you be confident and still want to avoid certain fighters?
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he's like overeem for dana probably pays him well to fill in and test fighters in his later years anywhere anytime
 
Garnet_StrongerThanYou said:
In the case of RDA for example.

He is repeatedly calling out Islam and has no fear of fighting him.

Does he not see that on paper Islam is a bad Match up for him?

Islam is a pressure wrestler who can go for 3-5 rounds and will smother him like a few guys have done to him in the past.

His only shot is knocking him out standing or hurting him bad standing and submitting him.

He is 37 years old.

RDA is a badass no doubt, and wants to fight the best in the world.

Can you be confident and still want to avoid certain fighters?
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having confidence could mean anthing...could mean you're genetically an idiot
 
You can be confident while being aware of your own strengths and weaknesses. It's better to be both confident and honest with yourself than completely delusional.
 
Substance Abuse said:
You can be a bad ass and still probably want to avoid certain stylistic matchups.

RDA never has though. The guy is a warrior.
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**Chef's kiss** Perfectly put. You can absolutely be confident IN YOUR SKILLS, and try to match your skills up against opponents appropriately. Being blindly confident IN YOURSELF is borderline retarded, unless you're actually Gods Gift to Mankind. Meaning, if a 2-D striker is "confident" against a Dagistani wrestling stud. . . he's not "confident", he's and "idiot", or "delusional". There's a lot of grey area.
That being said, a big grey area is an elite striker against an elite striker: they can both be equally confident in themselves going in, but only one was right. And there's a TON of situations where any number of a thousand things could have changed the outcome of a fight (i.e., you lost this time, but would win 7/10 other times).
 
Well RDA's already fought Khabib who is a much better version than Islam. Granted he got dominated, but didnt take much damage either.

Plus, RDA has clearly improved. He managed to have a few good moments against Colby, who is a bigger, elite wrestler, when everyone thought he'd be badly beaten. He also outclassed Kevin Lee, who is another very good wrestler.

So, there is no reason for him to be "afraid" of Islam, given that he's faced much better, bigger grapplers.
 
I think he is fearless rather than deluded.

I really like and respect RDA, he's been around a while, been a champion and is still very high level.

His longevity, attitude and ability make me a firm fan of his. He'll retire a legend of the sport.
 
confidence means you know you can kick his ass, regardless of what looks good on paper.
 
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Garnet_StrongerThanYou said:
In the case of RDA for example.

He is repeatedly calling out Islam and has no fear of fighting him.

Does he not see that on paper Islam is a bad Match up for him?

Islam is a pressure wrestler who can go for 3-5 rounds and will smother him like a few guys have done to him in the past.

His only shot is knocking him out standing or hurting him bad standing and submitting him.

He is 37 years old.

RDA is a badass no doubt, and wants to fight the best in the world.

Can you be confident and still want to avoid certain fighters?
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or maybe he sees things you don't.
Maybe he trusts his own wrestling more than you give him credit for.
Or even maybe he knows Islam have been beating cans, and he thinks he can beat Islam.
or (one more!) he knows MMA is not MMAth, and (knows that) anything can happen in an MMA fight. A win over Islam is a shortcut to the belt, so he is willing to take that bet.
 
Clementine said:
Confidence comes from your training and preparation I think :)
If you are doing everything correct you should fear no man ;);)
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This. Confidence is confidence in your abilities. You understand the risks other fighters posses but you also understand you have ways to fight vs those aspects. It's not that you don't see fighters are bad match ups for you, you just understand their game and have a game to either counter or use against it as well. It doesn't mean you will always make it work because anything can happen in fights and they may implement their game before you can implement yours and vice versa. But confidence usually comes from people that understand their abilities and others abilities very well and they know they put in the work.
 
You can be confident and still realize someone is a dangerous match up. Just like you can be brave enough to face danger knowing the risk, instead of being stupid enough to not realize that their is danger.
 
No, it means the opposite of the title.

It should mean you understand exactly how dangerous your opponent is, but you have faith in your ability, training, and heart to win.

It’s only the most insecure that promise the masses 1st round KOs.
 
Garnet_StrongerThanYou said:
In the case of RDA for example.

He is repeatedly calling out Islam and has no fear of fighting him.

Does he not see that on paper Islam is a bad Match up for him?

Islam is a pressure wrestler who can go for 3-5 rounds and will smother him like a few guys have done to him in the past.

His only shot is knocking him out standing or hurting him bad standing and submitting him.

He is 37 years old.

RDA is a badass no doubt, and wants to fight the best in the world.

Can you be confident and still want to avoid certain fighters?
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there is no point in trying to avoid islam, if you want to be champion he's going to be right there at the top of light for a while
 
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