Dontevenguess93
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I know it's hip around here to knock the chins of pro fighters, Barboza is at the forefront of these kinds of discussions. What I want to know is how you guys can think his chin is that bad?
Barboza ate as many if not more shots from Pearson than did Sanchez yet Edson was never hurt or in trouble let alone dropped. He was hurt against Castillo but to be fair Castillo decapitated his next opponent with the same punch and had almost finished Johnson by strikes as well. Varner speaks for himself in that he's rocked everyone he's fought in the UFC with his punches.
Do you guys ever stop to think about things situationally? I know it's hip to say this guys chin sucks or that guys chin sucks but you have to look at it on a case by case basis. In my opinion as a fan, not a fighter, how hard the punch is itself isn't as important as when the punch lands. Cerrone's jab is the epitome of that as it caught him coming in and still it wasn't like he was brutally KO'd.
All in all, the guy has one KO/TKO loss on his record of 15 fights, and has only been dropped twice in his career. Do you really think his chin is garbage? Or could he just need a lot of work on his defense?
Barboza ate as many if not more shots from Pearson than did Sanchez yet Edson was never hurt or in trouble let alone dropped. He was hurt against Castillo but to be fair Castillo decapitated his next opponent with the same punch and had almost finished Johnson by strikes as well. Varner speaks for himself in that he's rocked everyone he's fought in the UFC with his punches.
Do you guys ever stop to think about things situationally? I know it's hip to say this guys chin sucks or that guys chin sucks but you have to look at it on a case by case basis. In my opinion as a fan, not a fighter, how hard the punch is itself isn't as important as when the punch lands. Cerrone's jab is the epitome of that as it caught him coming in and still it wasn't like he was brutally KO'd.
All in all, the guy has one KO/TKO loss on his record of 15 fights, and has only been dropped twice in his career. Do you really think his chin is garbage? Or could he just need a lot of work on his defense?