"He should 'just fight'" - examples?

[SkinnyClaw]

They often say this when a guy is getting pieced up and out-skilled, meaning he should just start marching forward and go for broke/ make it an ugly fight to make up for the skill discrepancy. How many guys have actually done this and turned the fight around? I dont mean just a comeback, I mean guys who beat up a clearly more skilled opponent by just 'out-dogging' them?

I think of Cejudo Vs Moraes, but other than that I can't think of good examples, and Cejudo did use skill, he just switched his style up

 

[Mike]

They often say this when a guy is getting pieced up and out-skilled, meaning he should just start marching forward and go for broke/ make it an ugly fight to make up for the skill discrepancy. How many guys have actually done this and turned the fight around? I dont mean just a comeback, I mean guys who beat up a clearly more skilled opponent by just 'out-dogging' them?

I think of Cejudo Vs Moraes, but other than that I can't think of good examples, and Cejudo did use skill, he just switched his style up

Tim Boetsch was the first one to come to mind.

 

[7 others]

Not an example but a could have been

Chito was super gun shy against Sean and when Chito did try to attack, he bloodied Sean's nose and had success

 

[RonDante]

Mike breeden vs anshul jubli lol

 

[usernamee]

Mike breeden vs anshul jubli lol

I was literally thinking about starting a thread about this fight today, just to make sure we don't forget how ridiculous it was.

That guy had handily lost the entire fight and then starts barking and that Indian fella immediately starts looking shell shocked and gets beat up until he gets stopped.

Never seen anyone so shook lmao.

 

[ryun253]

Yellow cards with salary deductions, let's go. Fat Canadian/NDN wrestler got DQ'd for not wanting to bang

 

[Shaolin Alan]

Many will point to Leon Edwards vs Usman 1; but the reality is, Edwards fought the 5th round just like the previous 4 (losing decisively). He was fortunate to land the KO kick.

 

[MaulingMyClown]

I said that after Conor won both of his titles. But it never happened

 

[theincognito]

Lawler - Rory

Black Beast - Volkov

Boetsch - Okami

 

[Koro_11]

Well Rockhold was on his way to getting steamrolled by Costa, but he made it respectable and almost competitive by digging in and being stubborn.

 

[HatKick]

Cejudo vs Moraes is a bad example. Moraes just ran out of steam after 7 minutes as always. Very overrated win.

Tony Ferguson got his dog on after getting dropped by Pettis.
So did Volk after getting pieced up initially by Yair. He was like "Okay, enough of this shit" and just leapt forward and cracked him.

 

[fortheo]

Dricus's whole career kind of looks like that, although I'd argue that it's less him being at a skill disadvantage and moreso his style being misunderstood.

Gaethje vs. Barboza and MJ kind of looked liked that.

Matt brown vs. Eric silva.

 

[Objectively Correct]

Well Rockhold was on his way to getting steamrolled by Costa, but he made it respectable and almost competitive by digging in and being stubborn.

That was real life Rocky 1, for real. An old man just giving his all, leaving it out there, managing to get the fight to a decision and then having the moral victory afterwards.

 

[HHJ]

Nog was trying to avoid Mirko and dive for tds from far out and he was getting busted the fuck up In rd1. On rd 2 he said fuck it came forward and committed on that td and got it. That was the end of Mirko and it saved nogs life.

 

[Alpha_T83]

Not an example but a could have been

Chito was super gun shy against Sean and when Chito did try to attack, he bloodied Sean's nose and had success

It was obvious from round 1 that Sean had better footwork, speed, and accuracy. Standing on the outside and trying to out-snipe O'Malley was a bad idea. His corner should have found a way to have him non-stop attacking starting from round 2. Would have been a different fight.

 

[HHJ]

It was obvious from round 1 that Sean had better footwork, speed, and accuracy. Standing on the outside and trying to out-snipe O'Malley was a bad idea. His corner should have found a way to have him non-stop attacking starting from round 2. Would have been a different fight.

He might still have lost but when you see that crushing bodyshot he landed he obviously could have given more than he did.

 

[Norcim]

Does Leben fit in this group? He always seemed to be a few steps behind his opponent and losing until he either got rocked and went zombie mode or just said fuck it and started swinging haymakers.

 

[GrantB13]

Mike breeden vs anshul jubli lol

That guy straight up got scared. I don't know how a pro fighter gets so intimidated by an opponent he's clearly beating up for almost 3 rounds. I'd like to know his thought process because it was baffling.

 

[marvinparsons]

Mayce Barber pretty much did that last week.

 

[marvinparsons]

It was obvious from round 1 that Sean had better footwork, speed, and accuracy. Standing on the outside and trying to out-snipe O'Malley was a bad idea. His corner should have found a way to have him non-stop attacking starting from round 2. Would have been a different fight.

It was an all-time choke job. I can't see how Chito even gives himself a chance to win based on how he fought. Didn't push the pace, didnt conserve energy for a big power shot, didn't put in work on Sean's legs. Didn't try to grapple. He basically Kalib Starnes a title fight.