The Art Of War
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Okay i dont know if its just me or does anyone think the same. A few examples of this for me are pearson vs barboza, edgar vs henderson 2 & nick vs condit(please dont hijack thread and turn it into another condit ran thread).
okay with pearson,edgar and nick i felt that they were pushing foward, controlling the centre of the octagon, establishing the jab landing more shots that mattered and i think were striking more effectively and not wasting any shots personally they where the winners in my eyes. I think stuff like barboza/condit/henderson more "diverse striking" and flashy spinny kicks that dont even land properly or seem to do much damage sway the judges and fans but if you look who is getting hit flush on the face rather than omg did you see what he just did when it didnt even land propely like, when henderson did that weird capoiera looking kick and hit frankie in his neck did it damage frankie no but because its a thing we dont see often in the octagon and looks flashy fans will see that and think no way he just did that to him.
dont get me wrong i believe all three fights were close but im not the type who takes flashy into account probs why im more of a fan of boxer/wrestlers that just keep it simple,technical and effective rather than guys who do spinny kicks spinning back fists that rarely land. henderson,condit ,barboza still did a good job of keeping it more in kicking range when there opponents where more boxerish barboza/henderson didnt land as often but sometimes landed the harder shots of the round so i guess that may effect some peoples judging but in my opinion all three fighters where backing up all three fighters were being punched in the face quite often.
even if you dont agree with the fighters i picked if you agree that you think flashiness steals rounds or have any good/better examples feel free to provide them im not trying to bash bendo/edson or condit there just three close fights where i think the more flashier striker was rewarded maybe the fact that i watch alot of boxing/k1 effects the way i judge mma hey what do i know
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P.S The more diverse striker isnt always the most effective E.g our heavyweight champion himself
okay with pearson,edgar and nick i felt that they were pushing foward, controlling the centre of the octagon, establishing the jab landing more shots that mattered and i think were striking more effectively and not wasting any shots personally they where the winners in my eyes. I think stuff like barboza/condit/henderson more "diverse striking" and flashy spinny kicks that dont even land properly or seem to do much damage sway the judges and fans but if you look who is getting hit flush on the face rather than omg did you see what he just did when it didnt even land propely like, when henderson did that weird capoiera looking kick and hit frankie in his neck did it damage frankie no but because its a thing we dont see often in the octagon and looks flashy fans will see that and think no way he just did that to him.
dont get me wrong i believe all three fights were close but im not the type who takes flashy into account probs why im more of a fan of boxer/wrestlers that just keep it simple,technical and effective rather than guys who do spinny kicks spinning back fists that rarely land. henderson,condit ,barboza still did a good job of keeping it more in kicking range when there opponents where more boxerish barboza/henderson didnt land as often but sometimes landed the harder shots of the round so i guess that may effect some peoples judging but in my opinion all three fighters where backing up all three fighters were being punched in the face quite often.
even if you dont agree with the fighters i picked if you agree that you think flashiness steals rounds or have any good/better examples feel free to provide them im not trying to bash bendo/edson or condit there just three close fights where i think the more flashier striker was rewarded maybe the fact that i watch alot of boxing/k1 effects the way i judge mma hey what do i know

P.S The more diverse striker isnt always the most effective E.g our heavyweight champion himself

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