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DDP's performance was overshadowed by Strickland's incredible durability.

GluttonforPunishment said:
It's fishy to get decked by an Alex Pereira left hook? Go to bed.
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Fishy for a competent grappler on a 6 fight win streak to not shoot a single takedown on a 1 dimensional striker who the UFC was desperate to fast track to a title shot against a champion he had a storied history against? Yes.

It's not like he got flash KO'd in 10 seconds.... it's pretty obvious that Strickland was not even attempting to get this fight to the ground which reminds me of something... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EliteXC:_Heat

Funny how a KO loss can change the fortunes of a fighter who got passed over for a title shot while on a 6 fight win streak...

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If you look at both fights, i still think ddp got the worse beating of the two.

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Facts is just facts.
 
Think Sean has been exposed as never being that good anyways and should probably just retire.
 
lol all of these excuses for Sean. The score was 50-45. This is really a stretch.

Nothing "overshadowed" a dominant win for DDP.

lol the idea Alex wouldn't have knocked him out just like he did in their first fight.

Sean was not unfazed at all by the damage he took.
 
Yeah the fact he fought with a broken nose is impressive. It fucked him up at first with all the blood, he must've not been able to breathe properly. Not sure but I think he corrected his breathing when he snapped it back in place.
 
heohanwuoc said:
DDP landed so many big shots that would have knocked out or at least knocked down most middleweights, such as full-power spinning fists, spinning elbows, and right hands. He also landed left high kicks to the head and body all day. But because Strickland was unfazed (until the huge right hand that broke his nose), people think this fight was boring. Even Pereira’s fights would have looked boring and unimpressive if he had faced someone who could absorb all of his shots.


Bisping's esque:
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Except Pereira did face Strickland and put him on his ass in short order.

That said I agree, Sean can definitely take a shot and has a good poker face.
 
Strickland' chin/durability are mainly due to always backing up when his opponent fires and shelling up. He runs away and most shots are partially blocked because he turtles instead of countering. Once the exchange is over he goes back to jabbing. He didn't get hit with a ton of big shots tonight, mainly just the one to his nose.

It's like saying Kalib Starnes showed great durability/chin against Nate Quarry.
 
Strickland's durable but it did not overshadow anything
 
MMA said:
DDP landed that one shot that really took away any chance of Strick winning the D but outside of that, Strick landed the cleaner harder shots.

I think the strike breakdown was 11-8 ratio of sig strikes, but 66% of DDPs were kicks which he never landed a clean hard kick, no buckling leg kick or bad body shot or clean headkick. Strick was like 75% punches and most of the punches he landed he landed way cleaner both to body and head.

Stricklands style in these fights has been super non judge friendly, he loses fights like a Diaz bro, he sorta handles all the offense and keeps himself rolling with shots and taking shots in okay places, then lands clean precise shots, then wonders why he loses the decision to the rabid wolverine guys.

DDP deserved it for the big shots in rd 4 but I mean outside of that
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Are you trying to say Strickland won last night?
 
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FreddieRoachsVoice said:
Fishy for a competent grappler on a 6 fight win streak to not shoot a single takedown on a 1 dimensional striker who the UFC was desperate to fast track to a title shot against a champion he had a storied history against? Yes.

It's not like he got flash KO'd in 10 seconds.... it's pretty obvious that Strickland was not even attempting to get this fight to the ground which reminds me of something... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EliteXC:_Heat

Funny how a KO loss can change the fortunes of a fighter who got passed over for a title shot while on a 6 fight win streak...

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Strickland the "competent grappler" who, on that 6 fight win streak, only shot takedowns in 2 of them, once against Allen and 6 against Hall, but even Hall, who was also obviously a striker with limited grappling, Sean didn't shoot until round 2. But Alex knocked out Sean in less than 3 minutes. So I guess Sean was going full EliteXC against Uriah too. Man, the fix has been in for a while
 
Mohawk Banditó said:
Strickland the "competent grappler" who, on that 6 fight win streak, only shot takedowns in 2 of them, once against Allen and 6 against Hall, but even Hall, who was also obviously a striker with limited grappling, Sean didn't shoot until round 2. But Alex knocked out Sean in less than 3 minutes. So I guess Sean was going full EliteXC against Uriah too. Man, the fix has been in for a while
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Defensivley he is a competent grappler.

Also Just because he doesnt shoot takedowns doesnt mean he cant
 
Wth you talking about he fought and fights like an absolute pussy, he takes no risks and is overly defensive. In fact he's probably the most defensive fighter in the UFC we've ever seen.
 
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