How good has Strickland's win over Imavov aged?

[wrb]

Its absurd to call for Khamzat and say you are dodging Strickland. That is stupid at face value.

Nobody wants the Strickland rematch because he's got a habit of putting on split stinkers. We all know he's going to point fight - he'll jab and teep kick over and over, never take risks and it'll be a fight nobody will want to watch twice.

But DDP does not care about that, he is champ so the longer he stays champ the better it is for his career. No champ really wants "to not put on stinkers" if in reality its an easier fight. DDP vs SEan 1 was the hardest fight DDP has had in the UFC by a huge margin and watching it so many times (some rounds in slomo) I don't think he won that fight. Also the guy that just ended Izzy's carreer was beaten by SEan who took the fight on short notice. Look I have no idea who will win the rematch but I do know that people don't want to fight Sean because he is really hard to hit and not because they thihk it will be a boring fight for the fans. For the record I think DDP will probably win the rematch.

 

[ejazahmednit]

It has aged well
But fighters change and improve

 

[BjPenn2017]

Du Plessis will beat them both.

Du plessis fights like he just came back from a party at diddys n didn’t shower off the baby oil

 

[Clark Rogers]

Tbh who cares how it aged? It's the past, nothing changes the result.

Will a rematch go differently? Maybe, maybe not, but I don't see how that has any impact on what already happened.

 

[Edward Henry Greb]

Where in Strickland's style do you possibly see less cardio being good for him? Strickland doesn't need extra size, nobody overpowers him at MW anyway.

Hey, um, idiot: Alex Pereira bodied Strickland, in less than one round, @ MW.

So please sit down and shaddap.

Thanks.

 

[KhabibPink]

Bloatmaxxing Christmas Dinner Strickland is a Mythical Fighter

 

[188912345]

Tbh who cares how it aged? It's the past, nothing changes the result.

Will a rematch go differently? Maybe, maybe not, but I don't see how that has any impact on what already happened.

Imavov weighed in at 194, Strickland cut down to 204. Obviously an advantage to outweigh the opponent massively plus no time to train for Stricklands awkward style.

He would be harder to wrestle and take a punch better being heavier and he's always in the gym, so his cardio was probably still very decent even though he carried some more fat.

Given their respective ages, I would bet on Imavov in a rematch with a full camp at 185 lbs.

 

[Portland8242]

Imavov weighed in at 194, Strickland cut down to 204. Obviously an advantage to outweigh the opponent massively plus no time to train for Stricklands awkward style.

He would be harder to wrestle and take a punch better being heavier and he's always in the gym, so his cardio was probably still very decent even though he carried some more fat.

Given their respective ages, I would bet on Imavov in a rematch with a full camp at 185 lbs.

It's actually incredible how dumb you need to be thinking that coming in fatter and more out of shape is some kind of advantage. Yeah I'm sure fat Rampage Jackson was a far better version of himself than his prime!

Like holy fuck.

 

[188912345]

It's actually incredible how dumb you need to be thinking that coming in fatter and more out of shape is some kind of advantage. Yeah I'm sure fat Rampage Jackson was a far better version of himself than his prime!

Like holy fuck.

A reasonably big MW who stays in shape with training, but comes in 5-10 lbs heavier than usual due to not knowing he has a fight coming up, against a small MW. 215-220ish vs 195 on fight night, yeah how could that ever have any kind of advantage, right?

It's not black and white, it's not 100% advantage or 100% advantage to his opponent.
Cardio-wise? Disadvantage, but he already has great cardio in general. Power/chin? Advantage. Defending takedowns, defending in the clinch? Advantage.

Strickland used it to his advantage, Tyson Fury-style, to lean against Imavov against the fence for 4+ minutes during their fight.

And the short-notice works both ways, neither had time to do much specific game-planning, but Strickland usually just has the same style regardless.

Not sure where Rampage fits in to this topic?

Strickland literally had a (5-round-)fight vs Cannonier 4 weeks prior. How out of shape can you get in less than a month, if your name isn't Paddy Pimblett?

Rampage was out 15 months and was 41 years old.

 

[Poirierfan]

We all got yellows now, WTF is wrong with the tech guys? I'm convinced they're all retarded at this point.

 

[swizztony]

We all got yellows now, WTF is wrong with the tech guys? I'm convinced they're all retarded at this point.

Looking at the current site layout, we should’ve automatically assumed they were retarded

 

[188912345]

Strickland on short notice thoroughly cucked Imavov… taunted and chirped at him the whole fight while slapping him around.


Gotta give Strickland his credit, his striking is tailored for MMA.

Not true at all. There wasn't any visible taunting or talking and it was way closer than you remember it. Strickland won by volume, especially rounds 3 and 4. Round 1 also quite close, and round 5 a clear round for Imavov.

Strickland clinched and leaned against Imavov for 4+ minutes of control time, and he took quite a lot of damage. Especially in round 5 (which Imavov won) he was really channeling Mario Bautista with all the stalling and looked to be in big trouble. Imavov started to hit him with some good elbows and knees.

Not outrageous at all to favor the younger, less experienced Imavov in a potential rematch, especially after the way he finished Izzy.

Also, a slightly older Strickland (with more wear and tear) who will probably start to see a decline in reflexes, and he would have to cut down to 185 instead of 205, so wouldn't stall him in the clinch as easily. He probably wouldn't eat all the shots as easily with the bigger weightcut either.