Do you guys feel like Shavkat's hands have gotten exponentially better?

[BluntForceTrama]

I definitely noticed some additional Newtons in the straight right as well as the hooks both left and right. He seemed more snappier, deliberate and polished in the standup. Everything he was throwing seemed like game enders.

Was I seeing things or was he vastly improved last night in the standup game?

 

[nostradumbass]

His striking is fine. It's not especially fast or high volume, but he has pretty good timing, which he's needed because his TDs aren't that great.

 

[BluntForceTrama]

His striking is fine. It's not especially fast or high volume, but he has pretty good timing, which he's needed because his TDs aren't that great.

Thing is when I thought of his standup previously I found it very very average.
last night seemed different. He got Garry once in the early rounds that shot his head back badly to which Garry smiled in acknowledgement...if the timing was better it would've wobbled him for sure.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

He's sh*t

The internet after beating another undefeated contender.

 

[rjmbrd]

He looked sharp and decidedly smart to avoid getting out pointed.

Garry is now well understood to be a point fighter, ask MVP how it feels. Now Garry understands how it is to be on the other side of it. He got casually bullied against the cage and his offense nullified.

Shavkat mentioned an injury via translator in his post fight speech, not sure how that factored here. In any event what we saw was fight IQ.

 

[swizztony]

He’s very slow twitch, but his hands look alright

 

[MySDName]

Yes, 1.020x¹⁰⁻²% more snappier.

 

[nostradumbass]

Thing is when I thought of his standup previously I found it very very average.
last night seemed different. He got Garry once in the early rounds that shot his head back badly to which Garry smiled in acknowledgement...if the timing was better it would've wobbled him for sure.

His standup is pretty stiff, but it works because his opponents are too focused on not getting taken down, and looked like Garry focused almost entirely on grappling defense and didn't offer much at all in the standup. He outstruck wonderboy and Neal for the same reason.

 

[FraudGoat]

Yeah, he has gotten more explosive and has more snaps in his punches. He was touching Garry's up when he throw, but he kept insistent on trying to take Garry down from the clinch

 

[Qays Stetkevich]

I definitely noticed some additional Newtons in the straight right as well as the hooks both left and right. He seemed more snappier, deliberate and polished in the standup. Everything he was throwing seemed like game enders.

Was I seeing things or was he vastly improved last night in the standup game?

Not sure I'm agreeing with most of the takes I'm reading here, but I'm pretty much with you.
I though Shavkat's striking looked more powerful/with ill intent, and that his timing was great. Not only that, but c'mon people. MVP couldn't touch Ian, and neither has anyone else been able to. Meanwhile Shavkat touched him plenty and pretty much bullied him. It takes two to tango of course, but I thought Nomad looked in control almost the entire fight. And I had no idea how it was going to go going into the fight.