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Corey Sandhagen:
http://ufcstats.com/fighter-details/65f09bacd3957381
Sean O'Malley:
http://ufcstats.com/fighter-details/b50a426a33da0012
Petr Yan:
http://ufcstats.com/fighter-details/d661ce4da776fc20
Thought it would be interesting to compare them as a prediction tool for Petr Yan.
Both are 5'11 high-level strikers.
Obviously Cory fought much tougher competition, so it makes sense that his stats might not be as good, but I am concerned that Sean has better numbers in literally everything.
It's worth noting that Cory landed more strikes than Yan in 4 out of 5 rounds (but got knocked down in 1 of those rounds):
I also re-watched Sean O'Malley vs. Pedro Munhoz and found some things interesting.
O'Malley's really bad at checking leg kicks and he doesn't seem to be improving much with that despite almost losing a fight and then losing a fight from low kicks.
Pedro literally just avoided boxing exchanges and went to town on Sean's legs and Sean had nothing besides flat low kick checks (the type where you angle your chin but not pick it up).
He has that blitz MMA karate-boxing type of style like FW McGregor and FlyW prime Cejudo and, of course, the same vulnerability to low kicks.
One thing that concerns me about Petr is he stands there and absorbs combos from his traditional muay thai guard.
It's a risky thing in MMA with the small gloves. Legendary strikers like Anderson Silva criticize that type of style because a tight guard is never a substitute for distance control to avoid damage. Silva ko'd Vitor because Vitor thought his boxing type of defense would be enough instead of just moving in-and-out.
Advantages we can expect from Yan:
-his shins must be extremely well-conditioned from all the training he does in Thailand
-his chin is tight as fuck
Petr is grittier than O'Malley too. Still huge question marks about O'Malley's ability to grit through wars.
Really a huge disappointment for me as a Petr Yan fan that this isn't 5 rounds.
I'm really worried that Sean just takes round 1 because Petr is warming up and analyzing and then another round with it's too hard to pick a winner so the judges end up giving it to the non-Russian guy.
http://ufcstats.com/fighter-details/65f09bacd3957381
Sean O'Malley:
http://ufcstats.com/fighter-details/b50a426a33da0012
Petr Yan:
http://ufcstats.com/fighter-details/d661ce4da776fc20
Thought it would be interesting to compare them as a prediction tool for Petr Yan.
Both are 5'11 high-level strikers.
Obviously Cory fought much tougher competition, so it makes sense that his stats might not be as good, but I am concerned that Sean has better numbers in literally everything.
It's worth noting that Cory landed more strikes than Yan in 4 out of 5 rounds (but got knocked down in 1 of those rounds):
I also re-watched Sean O'Malley vs. Pedro Munhoz and found some things interesting.
O'Malley's really bad at checking leg kicks and he doesn't seem to be improving much with that despite almost losing a fight and then losing a fight from low kicks.
Pedro literally just avoided boxing exchanges and went to town on Sean's legs and Sean had nothing besides flat low kick checks (the type where you angle your chin but not pick it up).
He has that blitz MMA karate-boxing type of style like FW McGregor and FlyW prime Cejudo and, of course, the same vulnerability to low kicks.
One thing that concerns me about Petr is he stands there and absorbs combos from his traditional muay thai guard.
It's a risky thing in MMA with the small gloves. Legendary strikers like Anderson Silva criticize that type of style because a tight guard is never a substitute for distance control to avoid damage. Silva ko'd Vitor because Vitor thought his boxing type of defense would be enough instead of just moving in-and-out.
Advantages we can expect from Yan:
-his shins must be extremely well-conditioned from all the training he does in Thailand
-his chin is tight as fuck
Petr is grittier than O'Malley too. Still huge question marks about O'Malley's ability to grit through wars.
Really a huge disappointment for me as a Petr Yan fan that this isn't 5 rounds.
I'm really worried that Sean just takes round 1 because Petr is warming up and analyzing and then another round with it's too hard to pick a winner so the judges end up giving it to the non-Russian guy.
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