Chito Vera was Exposed?

Nothing against Corey, he always shows up. Chito just looked like he didn't want to be there until about 15 second's left in the last round. Props to Corey fighting his fight which inevitably made sure that Chito could not fight his.
 
Welterskelter said:
Very brutal. Could’ve just given complements to Sandhagen for a nice win.
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Like I joke about Fedor but really I'm trolling. I would NEVER tweet someone like that after a loss. It's really low brow of Cejudo.
 
Welterskelter said:
What’s the right word to apply here?
Exposed? Dominated? Outclassed? All the above?

I feel like I was well aware of Chito’s shortcomings especially as a big fan of his.
Full credit to Cory Sandhagen for pressuring Chito and exposing all those weakness.
First time I’ve seen all those problems in Chito’s game being showcased in harmony in one fight.
I thought a 5 round fight would work in favour of Chito’s “slow start” style but it’s clear he’s no tactician.
Am I being too hard on him? Can he/will he fix the holes in his game?
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No he is good but he relies on people gassing and breaking them down which Sandhagen won't do. Same as Holloway
 
Chito I thought from the gate just couldn't figure out openings against Sandhagen. Sandhagen also had matured his game which was also part of it. Looked tonight like he might get a title shot afterall. Both guys are only 30 but Sandhagen has length and more upside.
 
I am not going to say he is bad or got exposed... but I do think we need to stop rating guys super highly by beating the ghosts of formerly good fighters like Frankie Edgar or Dominic Cruz
 
Dr. Stoppage said:
Chito I thought from the gate just couldn't figure out openings against Sandhagen. Sandhagen also had matured his game which was also part of it. Looked tonight like he might get a title shot afterall. Both guys are only 30 but Sandhagen has length and more upside.
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Whatever opening were there, they were a constant moving target, never in the same place for long and constantly changing in pattern and rhythm.

I think a lot of guys would have a hard time hitting Corey the way he fought tonight, especially with the TD threat mixed in.
 
Big Tuppy Hole said:
It was bound to catch up with, he reminds of Pedro Rizzo in a way, very frustrating as a fan
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No offense but Pedro Rizzo? Pedro was a knockout artist with no ground game. Once you got him down he wasn't getting back up. Chito is much more well rounded.
 
Nah not exposed, he has had off nights like this before.

Sandhagen did a good job of not letting him get into any rhythm. I do not feel at any time in the fight that Corey went for it and tried to go for the finish but he fought smart and got the W. Chito looked tired in there oddly and as we have seen in the past extremely tentative, if he bounces back with a W after this he is still in the mix imo, but tough division to succeed in currently.
 
achoo42 said:
Speaking of oldy references, the Hooker Puelles fight reminded me of Muhammad Ali vs Antonio Inoki.
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It was freakin' awful. That Puelles didn't look like he belonged in the UFC.

Ali got kicked up.
And Trevor Berbick got kicked by Takada enough that he quit.
 
i think this was one of those classic 'styles make fights' moments. vera starts notoriously slow and like bisping was saying sandhagen (who's a very busy fighter) got a lot of early work in. on top of that sandhagen just baffled him with all the movement, it didn't look like something he was comfortable with. i'll bet vera comes back and looks good in his next fight, that was just a really tough matchup for him.
 
He was never that good, got lucky in the later rounds in his last fights, was overhyped,fall to short against tier competition. Will never be a champ.
 
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