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It looks like he has some pretty bad habits. Most of the time hes so damn good he can overcome them, but they are pretty obvious.I am looking to bet on the rematch so ive been doing some more home work.... I cant help but notice a lot of very bad tendencies that stipe has displayed. In fact DC even called his shot because of this.
lunging in with his hands down.
hands low coming out of the clinch (DC called this Knockout)
puts his left hand in his pocket after the jab instead of keeping it high
arms extended, backing straight up and eats a shot.
Rock em sock em robot striking and eats a shot.
walks in hands down and gets dropped.
overextends and eats a shot.
this time he put his right hand in his pocket instead of back up to his chin.
comes in hands low again eats a shot.
hands low again and overly aggressive. he didnt get hurt here but he was wide open again to a counter right hook.
supper aggressive, hands down and six right hands in a row.
left hand low leaving the clinch and hands down moving backwards.
backs out with both hands low.
Some other things i saw,
- he often times relies too much on his ability to parry punches. I saw him try to parry body shots quite a few times vs JDS leaving his chin wide open.
- when he thinks someone is hurt he goes for it hands down guns blazing. That has worked for him so far but its not always the best thing.
- He doesn't really check kicks when they land (he doesn't deal with them often)
- In the heat of the moment he can throw the game plan out the window and "just bang" very similar to Cody Garbrandt.
I actually saw more of this, i just don't make gifs so these are just the ones that i was able to find. He is a FANTASTIC fighter and i love stipe.. but im wondering if we aren't over looking some of his defensive flaws. In some of these cases he has the fighter hurt so maybe that's why hes so aggressive, but its pretty much a common thing. Someone like DC that can go skill for skill, heart for heart, has a chin, and packs power, is going to give him trouble until he cleans some of this up. I got DC by KO in round 2. Am I looking too much into this or is there something to this?
lunging in with his hands down.
hands low coming out of the clinch (DC called this Knockout)
puts his left hand in his pocket after the jab instead of keeping it high
arms extended, backing straight up and eats a shot.
Rock em sock em robot striking and eats a shot.
walks in hands down and gets dropped.
overextends and eats a shot.
this time he put his right hand in his pocket instead of back up to his chin.
comes in hands low again eats a shot.
hands low again and overly aggressive. he didnt get hurt here but he was wide open again to a counter right hook.
supper aggressive, hands down and six right hands in a row.
left hand low leaving the clinch and hands down moving backwards.
backs out with both hands low.
Some other things i saw,
- he often times relies too much on his ability to parry punches. I saw him try to parry body shots quite a few times vs JDS leaving his chin wide open.
- when he thinks someone is hurt he goes for it hands down guns blazing. That has worked for him so far but its not always the best thing.
- He doesn't really check kicks when they land (he doesn't deal with them often)
- In the heat of the moment he can throw the game plan out the window and "just bang" very similar to Cody Garbrandt.
I actually saw more of this, i just don't make gifs so these are just the ones that i was able to find. He is a FANTASTIC fighter and i love stipe.. but im wondering if we aren't over looking some of his defensive flaws. In some of these cases he has the fighter hurt so maybe that's why hes so aggressive, but its pretty much a common thing. Someone like DC that can go skill for skill, heart for heart, has a chin, and packs power, is going to give him trouble until he cleans some of this up. I got DC by KO in round 2. Am I looking too much into this or is there something to this?
