Hot Take Does Vettori always freeze in fights?

[Rhood]

Everyone gives him credit for having a great chin, but there's an obvious & glaring tell-tale sign that he's been rocked when he completely stops striking.
It seems like when he gets rocked a few times, he stops throwing and just starts dancing around the cage.
He's done this in his past 5 fights, with the exception of the Brendan Allen fight.
I think the first time I really noticed this was when he fought Costa.

It seems like people are so mystified by Vettori's steel chin, that they completely forget how he's not throwing any strikes.
Have you noticed this too?

 

[HHJ]

Everyone gives him credit for having a great chin, but there's an obvious & glaring tell-tale sign that he's been rocked when he completely stops striking.
It seems like when he gets rocked a few times, he stops throwing and starts dancing around the cage.
He's done this in his past 5 fights, with the exception of the Brendan Allen fight.
I think the first time I really noticed it was when he fought Costa.

It seems like people are so mystified by Vettori's steel chin, that they completely forget how he's not throwing any strikes.
Have you noticed this too?

Him not throwing doesnt invalidate his chin

 

[spinup]

Hard to fight when you keep wondering if you put your pants the right way.

 

[Get To Da Choppa]

He also froze up when asked to pose for a UFC photoshoot

 

[RockyLockridge]

i think it's all mental for him he may need sports psychology

 

[Popocatepetl]

i think it's all mental for him he may need sports psychology

More than likely just needs to get better at fighting.
He hasn't evolved at all, same zombie walking forward that lacks the power to bust a grape.

 

[arcadeperfect]

He's just not that good. When has he ever had a performance that blew people away?

 

[BigTruck]

i think it's all mental for him he may need sports psychology

90% of this sport is half mental.

 

[Portland8242]

He's just not that good. When has he ever had a performance that blew people away?

Maybe his W over Costa where he out-gritted him over 5 rounds?

 

[BigTruck]

Everyone gives him credit for having a great chin, but there's an obvious & glaring tell-tale sign that he's been rocked when he completely stops striking.
It seems like when he gets rocked a few times, he stops throwing and just starts dancing around the cage.
He's done this in his past 5 fights, with the exception of the Brendan Allen fight.
I think the first time I really noticed this was when he fought Costa.

It seems like people are so mystified by Vettori's steel chin, that they completely forget how he's not throwing any strikes.
Have you noticed this too?

Everyone has noticed he doesn't throw and he lacks power but none of that takes away his iron chin, it will get cracked one day and I believe Rob could have stopped him had he gone after him harder when he rocked him.

Imo he lost that costs fight and I was rooting for him bc of the bs costa pulled but he for sure stopped throwing and should have lost.

 

[Luthien]

Not a fan

 

[BigTruck]

Maybe his W over Costa where he out-gritted him over 5 rounds?

I honestly thought he should have lost that fight.

 

[arcadeperfect]

Maybe his W over Costa where he out-gritted him over 5 rounds?

The fact that you're asking that in the form of a question and it's a grinding performance pretty much validates my point. That's the best win of his career no doubt, but hardly a mind-blowing performance. When's the last time Vettori actually finished a fight?

 

[VAfan]

he's another one with just terrible head movement, and pretty bad striking defense in general. he gets hit so much it's hard to tell if he's ever rocked or not, he's always half in zombie mode.

 

[HHJ]

He's just not that good. When has he ever had a performance that blew people away?

His style aint pretty to look at, but I still thought his fight w Costa showed alot of heart

 

[Hellowhosthat]

I think he's trained at too many places at this point and doesn't seem to know how he wants to approach a fight anymore

 

[arcadeperfect]

I think he's trained at too many places at this point and doesn't seem to know how he wants to approach a fight anymore

Aside from his durability, he doesn't have any particular skill that he excels at.

 

[Blond]

He used to have the legit skillset and be a somewhat of a contender - back when he relied on his wrestling. At some point he decided to become a striker and his game fell apart completely. His decline in some way reminds of Rashad Evans', who was obviously more skilled

 

[Trabaho]

He fought 30 fights and knocked out 2 people. Maybe he could try to be more of a grappler ? He keeps it standing and doesn´t have much talent there, compared to other UFC level fighters. Perhaps wrestle ?

 

[Portland8242]

He used to have the legit skillset and be a somewhat of a contender - back when he relied on his wrestling. At some point he decided to become a striker and his game fell apart completely. His decline in some way reminds of Rashad Evans', who was obviously more skilled

Shoulda went to Dagestan and learned how to chain wrestle.