I don't follow this backpack stuff... He backpacked Fitch, which was lovely, but besides that it was just a bunch of guys who would give him their backs to try not being taken down.
Then he just gets into backpack mode, where's hard to win the fight, totally cool to earn the round and stupid as fuck to let it go just to make the fight flow a little more.
I know it might sound like I'm trying to make him look good, and I really am, I like him a lot, but most of the time he backpacked was because the other fighter was really stupid to let himself in that position, but not stupid enough to let Maia conclude the forthcoming RNC. It's not everyday where you get a fine lad like Matt Brown to give you his back and let you RNC him as you please.