Alex Caceres Deserves A Step Up In Competition

Arkridge

Arkridge

Gold Belt
@Gold
Joined
Dec 15, 2010
Messages
21,966
Reaction score
735
Regardless of the split decision, he obviously took that fight 29-28. Roland Delorme was on a 3 fight win streak and before than win, Alex was arguably 5-0 at bantamweight if it wasn't for a bullshit point deduction and an overturned win due to Marijuana. In my opinion, he deserves a top 10 opponent after that win. He's only getting better, training at The MMA Lab with Benson Henderson and John Crouch. Hopefully he doesn't get popped for anymore drug tests in the future. What do you guys think?

I say either Roop/Rivera winner, Ivan Menjivar if he beats Reis, or Mike Easton.

ilCyNOdHKov0L.gif
 
Last edited:
I love him and his fighting style ; Agree he deserves someone with a name .
If he can work on that TD defense he definitely has a chance to beat some really decent guys.
 
Caceres vs. Assuncao/Dillashaw winner

Huge step up, but fuck it.
 
He'll get KTFO by any half decent striker, dude has glass for a chin and hits like a girl. Shame as he moves really well and has some talent for striking.
 
Yeah he is a beast. He should be undefeated at BW. Really fun style to watch too.
 
vindaloo said:
He'll get KTFO by any half decent striker, dude has glass for a chin and hits like a girl. Shame as he moves really well and has some talent for striking.
Click to expand...

He's never been knocked out before what the fuck are you talking about?
 
vindaloo said:
you clearly haven't watched all his fights
Click to expand...

You clearly don't know the meaning of glass chin. A fighter can get rocked or dropped without being knocked out. That isn't having a glass chin. If anything, he has bad striking defense. He keeps his hands low, but his chin is by no means bad.
 
Everytime the dude gets touched he gets sent sprawling, if he fights a guy with any real power he's going to sleep.
 
vindaloo said:
Everytime the dude gets touched he gets sent sprawling, if he fights a guy with any real power he's going to sleep.
Click to expand...

He recovers in seconds. He doesn't have a bad chin. Regardless of how many times he gets tagged you have no evidence at all of him having a bad chin, only bad striking defense.
 
vindaloo said:
He'll get KTFO by any half decent striker, dude has glass for a chin and hits like a girl. Shame as he moves really well and has some talent for striking.
Click to expand...

He blocks punches with his face. Aint no glass chin dude, never been KOd.
 
Getting dropped constantly doesn't really indicate a good chin to me
 
vindaloo said:
Getting dropped constantly doesn't really indicate a good chin to me
Click to expand...

It indicates bad striking defense. His chin is fine. He's never been KO'ed. That fact in itself gives you no argument. As soon as he hits the ground, he's fully aware and working to get to his feet or work for subs. He's never just laid there out of it.
 
Wandy used to be the same, i would say he has a bad chin too, they both recover great but it won't be long before a decent striker puts him out cold.
 
He failed a drug test after two wins. Now he's won again. He'll likely get a step up, but we saw he could be beat, and was 2-of-3 in 2011. So he's building slowly.
 
vindaloo said:
you clearly haven't watched all his fights
Click to expand...

He's been dropped a couple times, but in both cases he seemed lackadaisical, with his hands down. He needs to be tighter with his defense. Also seems like a slow starter, he was tagging Delorme with some semi-powerrful shots towards the end. I don't think he should get a top 10 just yet, but a solid top 15 fighter.

Jaboin, Perez, Bowles or even Roop would be good scraps.
 
vindaloo said:
Getting dropped constantly doesn't really indicate a good chin to me
Click to expand...

If you've never been knocked out you don't have a glass chin. His issue is he likes to keep his hands low and gets tagged a lot. I can't tell if you're trolling
 
MilesAbove said:
He failed a drug test after two wins. Now he's won again. He'll likely get a step up, but we saw he could be beat, and was 2-of-3 in 2011. So he's building slowly.
Click to expand...

He's moved down 2 weight classes and that was before he joined The Lab in AZ. I think he'll only continue to improve. He's 25 years old.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Latest posts

Forum statistics

Threads
1,237,072
Messages
55,465,379
Members
174,785
Latest member
JoyceOuthw

Share this page

Back
Top