A lot of good standup battles and techniques used this Saturday on a fightnight card that turned out to be pretty damn exciting; anything stand out to you guys..
As for me...
Horiguchi...yet another guy with a karate b/g running a standup clinic in the ufc; sooon people are gonna start saying, I can't believe people thought karate didn't work.. This guy ability to maintain..close/extend range is amazing..as is his accuracy.
Silva/brown fight a reminder that you have to be able to standup to punishment or come back from receiving it...we always discuss tech to def attacks or limit the opportunities o get attacked. But the fact is your gonna get hit no matter how good you are..if ur not physically or mentally tough enough to handle that all the skill is for naught.
Phillipou looked very good..he got back to kickboxing...not jjst boxing..made all the difference in the world; as it opened up many opportunities to maximize the adv he has with his hands.
Lorenz larkin hasn't looked very good recently..dude can box..has great movement..explosiveness and an array of kicks and knees. But he has been avg at best since getting to the ufc...
The biggest hole in standup i see is how guys handle/attack a guy who doesnt make himself available to hit; when a guy makes people work to hit them or work into getting into position competent guys look awful..good guys look competet at best.
Also great show by cruickshank..that timing footspeed and range of offensive weapons is a problem for alot of guys..his shaky boxing (def/off) is gonna hurt him long term.
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As for me...
Horiguchi...yet another guy with a karate b/g running a standup clinic in the ufc; sooon people are gonna start saying, I can't believe people thought karate didn't work.. This guy ability to maintain..close/extend range is amazing..as is his accuracy.
Silva/brown fight a reminder that you have to be able to standup to punishment or come back from receiving it...we always discuss tech to def attacks or limit the opportunities o get attacked. But the fact is your gonna get hit no matter how good you are..if ur not physically or mentally tough enough to handle that all the skill is for naught.
Phillipou looked very good..he got back to kickboxing...not jjst boxing..made all the difference in the world; as it opened up many opportunities to maximize the adv he has with his hands.
Lorenz larkin hasn't looked very good recently..dude can box..has great movement..explosiveness and an array of kicks and knees. But he has been avg at best since getting to the ufc...
The biggest hole in standup i see is how guys handle/attack a guy who doesnt make himself available to hit; when a guy makes people work to hit them or work into getting into position competent guys look awful..good guys look competet at best.
Also great show by cruickshank..that timing footspeed and range of offensive weapons is a problem for alot of guys..his shaky boxing (def/off) is gonna hurt him long term.
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