Cormier's one weakness

[the flu]

Rewatch the fight and you'll understand what you just read. Unless in giving you too much credit.

Looks like your giving yourself too much credit. He finished the fight on the guys back

 

[BobbyTKD]

but what Heavyweight could that be? I surely doubt JDS could especially after the way Cain destroyed him.

Cain is not Cormier. Doesn't have the same pace and cardio, which is what beat JDS.

Along with Junior I also think Overeem picks him apart. Not many others though.

If he goed down to LHW I suspect there's more trouble for him there. I think the cut will hurt his power.

 

[xXSpawnXx]

I think his weakness is that he is quite slow for a smaller heavyweight and seems to lack a strong striking defense. I think he would get picked apart by a fast heavyweight with good striking that can defend his wrestling.

Unfortunately your reading too much in to the fight, Cormier was fighting on cruise-control and didn't have to exert too much energy to dominate his opponent which is a testament of the level of skill that DC is operating at. But in all fairness Dion wasn't the best opponent possible, but of course this was no fault on DC's behalf, and more so on Zuffa which is probably saving the best match making for their UFC cards.

As far as speed goes, I think that's a red herring. Case-in-point Bigfoot Silva managed to handle the speed of small heavyweights such as Fedor and Mike Kyle winning both fights by stoppage, and the speed of a medium-sized heavyweight Andrei Arlovski but couldn't manage DC's speed and couldn't see nor stop DC's takedowns and punches, and in the process Bigfoot got thoroughly dominated and savagely KO'd.

 

[Shaolin Master1**]

JDS lost to the best heavyweight in the world and now he isn't capable of winning are you serious?

but who said he isnt capable of winning? Cain and Cormier are training partners and fight pretty much alike while being elite wrestlers, Cain exposed JDS pretty badly wouldnt you say?

I dont see Cormier having any problems doing JDS like Cain did or much worse because his wrestling is as good as Cain's maybe even better and he uses his striking very well to set up his takedowns, JDS still has a unproven ground game, Cain was on his ass for 5 rounds from beginning to end, I dont remember JDS even winning 1 round. JDS got exposed and outclassed by a guy who favors Cormier more than any other heavyweight.

 

[The Soothsayer]

Not only did u not see it in the fight (exampled by the fact that his side back mount maneuver was clearly an adjustment he made after realizing the same thing my buddy did mid fight) but you can't even read this thread right. "His ONE weakness" is the jist here, indicating that I don't think he has many if any others. Indicating that in obviously a fan of what I see. Based I these facts, you can rest assured that your post defending Cormier is just a waste of time. He's the hw I've been most excited about for about a year now.

I get all that, I just think you're reading too much into this fight. He had zero urgency in the fight, and I don't think it's at all indicative of everything he can do.

But this is all just speculation in the first place, so maybe you're right. Maybe he can't do RNC's. I feel like he probably can.

 

[Idioso]

He has power but if you can show me one clip of Cormier showing good speed in a combination of strikes. He gets hit a lot one of the reasons is that he doesn't move out of the way fast enough.

He doesn't and shouldn't concentrate on combo striking against most of the opponents he will face in the UFC. Larger longer strikers in the division would pick him apart quickly if he threw multiple punch combos. He needs to concentrate on heavy one punch shots that move him into range for grappling and dirty boxing. Or exactly what he did to bigfoot.

Gif shows that his smaller frame will allow for better cpeed than most other heavies.

 

[liver kick]

I didn't watch the fight but reading the play by play they did make it seem like he had poor top control

 

[xXSpawnXx]

He has power but if you can show me one clip of Cormier showing good speed in a combination of strikes. He gets hit a lot one of the reasons is that he doesn't move out of the way fast enough.

In this .gif Cormier throws a combination, and the last punch he threw he knew that it wouldn't land so he didn't fully commit and opted for moving out of Barnett's range instead.

 

[BROWNPRIDE]

i mean he is human right not all men are created equal

 

[Silverstar17]

I agree but I don

 

[CTYankee]

Cain's the best fighter in the world.

Thanks. I needed a good laugh.

To answer the TS, if Sean Sherk can get a RNC anyone can.

 

[mfgillia]

This thread is a tad bit ridiculous. JDS did the same thing against Cain's top control getting back to his feet several times. Pretty sure its not because Cain's arms are too short/chest too thick.

HWs with wrestling backgrounds are generally not comfortable putting in hooks and going for RNCs. I personally would like to see guys like Cain and Cormier start to develop that part of their game but it likely won't happen.

 

[HaulParris]

Cro Cop showed the world that you don't even need to have hooks in, or fully have your opponent's back, or even be on the ground, to execute a rear naked choke.

 

[Wariowokecancel]

His weakness is that he hasn't fought in the UFC yet.

 

[Kophens**]

take it from a racism specialist the op was a tad bit racist

 

[Bolshevik***]

he should take some hammer-fist lessons from shogun.

 

[TX Fighter]

Agreed - good post.



btw - I dont think he will be able to make the cut to 205 with his history of weight cuts.

I think most people misunderstand his history of weight cuts. I an assuming he has trouble cutting a lot of water weight, not fat. He could easily drop another 20 pounds off in fat, then he would be 5'10" and 210. A 5 point cut of water weight should be easy for him.

He could easily lose 20 lbs of fat in 6 months.

I think with his history, he would not be able to weigh 225 and cut 20 pounds of water weight like some other fighters

 

[rondog6669]

It's not a technique flaw, it's innate. At 5'10", he's so thick at 230-240 that he can't control some of these guys when he has their back. He's got short thick arms and a donkey kong chest, which limits his back control ability and greatly reduces his ability to RNC. What I was glad to see, was that he adjusted his technique and switched it from a control game that he nearly lost a couple extra times, into a GNP battle. He's gonna have to master the GNP and that will be his ufc bread n butter. War Cormier

I would say that its his ego. He believes his own hype

 

[Mike01010101a]

I saw almost every fight of Cormier and I didn't see the problem of his body type.
He can handle taller and smaller fighter as well.

 

[oscerthegrouch]

It's not a technique flaw, it's innate. At 5'10", he's so thick at 230-240 that he can't control some of these guys when he has their back. He's got short thick arms and a donkey kong chest, which limits his back control ability and greatly reduces his ability to RNC. What I was glad to see, was that he adjusted his technique and switched it from a control game that he nearly lost a couple extra times, into a GNP battle. He's gonna have to master the GNP and that will be his ufc bread n butter. War Cormier

please add needs better gas tank for UFC , add he needs way better stand up with those short arms....:icon_evil