Explain Max's Magic to Me. Doesn't Wow With Kicking or Grappling; What Makes Him So Good?

[Leonard Haid]

I get that he's elite. His record and his champ status make that obvious. I don't quite get what the IT is, the IT that makes him a cut above everybody else. Thoughts?

 

[Leinster Rugby]

Footwork, movement, control of distance, puts combos together very nicely

 

[Agmkreptile]

Hawaii

 

[binny]

He punches people in the face till they go down. Good movement and cardio to back up all that face punching.

 

[Street Fighter 2]

KO'd a few midgets now he's pumped up.

 

[Verace]

He has a modular game

Go ask Luke Thomas

Plus, he has a special move which consists of pointing to the octagon ground and planting his feet then throwing bombs, which grants him extra strength, stamina and speed points for the remainder of the round

 

[The Schmoop]

His chin allows him to get a away with a lot. Great cardio and suffocating volume.

 

[Rovert]

I get that he's elite. His record and his champ status make that obvious. I don't quite get what the IT is, the IT that makes him a cut above everybody else. Thoughts?

He punches your face more then you punch his .

 

[Workaholic]

Distance management and pace

Two things that aren't flashy and can be hard to catch on initial watchings but which are absolutely crucial building blocks for an elite MMA game in 2018

Being long and tough as fuck to augment that doesn't hurt either

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Fighting spirit, something that the metros with shaved eyebrows and man-buns that pretend to be fighters lack.

 

[MayhemMonkey]

his punching is pretty good

 

[Cowboy Cerroliveira]

Crazy good chin and stupidly good accuracy with his punches. Aldo was bobbing and weaving his ass off in their fght but Max's punches were always finding their target.

 

[capnlarge]

He wins because he's the best boxer at 145.

 

[masfonos]

Fighting spirit, something that the metros with shaved eyebrows and man-buns that pretend to be fighters lack.

Ohhh, so this is why Mike Perry has been losing?

 

[eclectocrat]

Mindset

 

[Soul On Ice]

Fight IQ
Hands
Cardio

 

[Ballsaque]

I get that he's elite. His record and his champ status make that obvious. I don't quite get what the IT is, the IT that makes him a cut above everybody else. Thoughts?

He has a process he goes through every time he fights. Simple as that.

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Ohhh, so this is why Mike Perry has been losing?

I blame Horseface for that

 

[Iron ghost]

Fight IQ
Hands
Cardio

This. Plus chin, plus the pace he puts on his opponents, and his time/cardio management- ramping it up as the rounds go on.
Has an exhausting effect on opponents, both mentally & physically.

 

[HunterAcosta]

He's Hawaiian, so the reason is.........

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