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Conor's biggest mistake by far was not throwing spinning kicks to the gut

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It has been his second most effective weapon after his straight left and it was MIA last night. It zaps the energy out of opponents and with Diazs soft stomach he wouldn't have been able to breathe if he caught him with a few. Everyone knows Diaz has an iron chin so if he would have thrown the spin kicks to the gut, especially with Diaz on a short camp, Diaz would have been gassed like Mendes and then those straight lefts would have actually done damage. Standing and only trying to box was just horrible game planning by SBG.
 
That and getting in the cage with a better fighter
 
It was strange, when I thought about how the fight would play out in my head, I expected spinning back kicks to be his best weapon, but he choose not to throw them.

Conor will be the favorite in a future rematch in my opinion.
 
I thought Conor got the comparison of Nate's body to that of a gazelle wrong. To me, when I think of a gazelle, qualities such as speed, athleticism, and lean muscles come to mind. Nothing disparaging about a gazelle's body. I would have compared Nate's body to a salamander's instead. And that being the point, why the heck didn't Conor go for the body shots (whether by punches or kicks) and leg kicks which would have withered Nate?
 
Plus that whole moving up 2 weight classes and trying to flash KO someone who's never been knocked out cold thing

Then getting caught repeatedly, keeping his hands down, shooting for a takedown on someone who is in another stratosphere than you when it comes to BJJ, and instantly tapping out
 
He was hung up on landing that uppercut. Which he did, hard. And Nate kept standing.

Like Tyron said of Condit's chin, that's not a skill I want to earn.
 
Throwing wheel kicks to the head was a terrible idea. He should have been kicking at the legs and body, I can't for the life of me understand why he didn't, we know Diaz basically ignores leg kicks. I'm happy with how things turned out though.
 
Those straight lefts are his best weapon and he landed like 30 of them clean. Conor didn't have a backup plan and seemed to kinda crumble. Not every fighter is going to be able to take those shots like that, but Conor needs to figure out a plan b because that was rough.
 
Hard to do that when you're getting punched in the face by a REAL MOTHERFUCKER
 
StayCranked said:
he threw it a couple times but not very successful
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Yep
 
Fatal Catro said:
Nate was able to side step most of Conor's kicks.
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Kicks yes but Conor didn't throw the spin kicks to the gut. I rewatched and he threw exactly 2 and 1 landed and Diaz side-stepped the other. With the reach Diaz has I would have expected Conor to use the spin kicks to the gut to zap all of the energy from Diaz but Conor wanted to prove he could KO him with a left or spinning kick and that was just a horrible gameplan.
 
Cloner should have learned how to throw leg kicks. He can't throw them properly to save his life, lol.
 
LSU said:
Kicks yes but Conor didn't throw the spin kicks to the gut. I rewatched and he threw exactly 2 and 1 landed and Diaz side-stepped the other. With the reach Diaz has I would have expected Conor to use the spin kicks to the gut to zap all of the energy from Diaz but Conor wanted to prove he could KO him with a left or spinning kick and that was just a horrible gameplan.
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He throws the kick fairy quick however the movement required is telegraphed the more you see them the easier they are to avoid.
 
Much harder to land if you don't have a significant height/reach advantage and you're facing another southpaw.
 
Shouldn't have given him 3 days to train. 6hrs maby would have done better. Doesn't want to mess with him at 155 with full camp. Nate chokes him in first.
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Nate was able to wrap Conor up and clinch with him after a missed spinning kick in the first round, the clinch favors Diaz as it is where most of his takedowns are scored.
 
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