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After watching Benson Henderson and Donald Cerone swing and miss for 15 minutes, watching Conor was a breath of fresh air.
Personally I felt like Cerrone vs Benson was boring as hell. Watching them feint, swing and miss, fail to commit to any attacks for 15 minutes of patty cake was truly disappointing. I was expecting them to go after it. Benson had 6 seconds in the final round and instead of engaging was running away to burn the clock. Neither guy could get off or find his range in 15 minutes of fighting. It didn't feel like you were watching elite fighters by any means.
Then Conor comes on and it was like a breath of fresh air of mixfight. From the first seconds of the fight Conor began finding his range. His kicks, his punches everything was thrown from perfect range at the right timing and finding its target. You didn't see him swing wildly and miss. Even his kicks that missed, would just barely wiz by Siver's head. You could tell you were watching a real professional, someone who dedicated his life to this.
I haven't seen a fighter who is so competent in boxing but can also brawl if he needs to and also throw kicks from all angles with bad intentions. Spinning kicks, front push kicks, high kicks,switch kicks etc. Most guys who have fancy kicks lack boxing and get walked through and beat up if they don't land anything early but Conor has it all.
I must say his ability to find firing range off the bat was impressive. It felt like the first round was the third round based on the way Conor was able to hit his targets. I personally don't know how he will do against Aldo and I don't care. The guy is a real skilled professional and anyone who understands striking will tell you this.
Cerrone and Benson should watch his fights and take notes. Their fight was a snoozefest.
Personally I felt like Cerrone vs Benson was boring as hell. Watching them feint, swing and miss, fail to commit to any attacks for 15 minutes of patty cake was truly disappointing. I was expecting them to go after it. Benson had 6 seconds in the final round and instead of engaging was running away to burn the clock. Neither guy could get off or find his range in 15 minutes of fighting. It didn't feel like you were watching elite fighters by any means.
Then Conor comes on and it was like a breath of fresh air of mixfight. From the first seconds of the fight Conor began finding his range. His kicks, his punches everything was thrown from perfect range at the right timing and finding its target. You didn't see him swing wildly and miss. Even his kicks that missed, would just barely wiz by Siver's head. You could tell you were watching a real professional, someone who dedicated his life to this.
I haven't seen a fighter who is so competent in boxing but can also brawl if he needs to and also throw kicks from all angles with bad intentions. Spinning kicks, front push kicks, high kicks,switch kicks etc. Most guys who have fancy kicks lack boxing and get walked through and beat up if they don't land anything early but Conor has it all.
I must say his ability to find firing range off the bat was impressive. It felt like the first round was the third round based on the way Conor was able to hit his targets. I personally don't know how he will do against Aldo and I don't care. The guy is a real skilled professional and anyone who understands striking will tell you this.
Cerrone and Benson should watch his fights and take notes. Their fight was a snoozefest.
