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The right cross Fedor lands in the opening sequence was insanely fast and Fedor swiftly secures an underhook and steers Nog down and as Nog was falling Fedor sneaks in a left hook which was equally as fast and both shots landed flush and the sound of these shots is so loud. The transitional speed here is unreal. Nog was badly rocked from these punches and I believe these shots set the tone for the fight and Nog never fully recovered from them.
On the ground Nogueira is hurt but is still using an offensive open guard with double wrist control. This approach worked for him in other fights and allowed him to set up armlocks and triangles but in this particular situation it was a big mistake because he was still hurt and Fedors atheltic posture was so strong that he just sat up and powered out of Nogs double wrist control and bounced Nog's head off the mat with GnP like it was a basketball.
The sound of Fedors punches on the ground sounds like gunshots are going off and it was so brutal to watch that one of the guest female commentators in the Japanese commentary booth was literally crying. The speed and power of Fedors GnP was something to behold. No one has ever done it like this before him and no one has done it like this after him even 19 years later.
Don't get me wrong there have been impressive GnPers. Jon Jones from 2011-2013 comes to mind but most of the damage he did was done by elbows and of course the LW GOAT Khabib comes to mind. When it comes to GnP with the hands no one has surpassed Fedors GnP in 19 and its overlooked how impressive that is. Fedor was an absolute machine and I don't see anyone fighting like this today and I don't see any HWs today who could take these shots and keep coming. Ngannou had top control on Gane and couldn't land one meaningful shot minus that knee against the cage and Gane isn't half the grappler Nog was.
As for Nogueira, you can't say enough about the toughness of this gladiator. Those shots were brutal and someone like Derrick Lewis would roll over and die if he was pounded on like this. Minotauro is hands down one of the toughest men to ever live for not only surviving but still mounting some offense from his back and even reversing Fedor after taking all of that damage. Much respect to Minotauro.
The second time they fought Big Nog made the necessary adjustments and when Fedor was in his guard Big Nog used a defensive approach and kept his guard closed and instead if trying to control Fedors wrists he hugged him tight and controlled him much better and it was clear that these adjustments made it difficult for Fedor to GnP.
Fedor collected the data from these adjustments Nog made and made his own adjustments for the third fight and used his Judo to throw Nog around used his stand up and clinch prowess to sprawl and brawl and keep Nogueira out of rhythm and guesing. I'll be covering that fight and the techniques used in it in my next post.
Let's take this time to appreciate another classic performance during the era of the best HWs we have ever seen.
Emelianenko and Minotauro bless.
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