Depends what you mean by Taekwondo fighter I guess
Best fighter who uses Taekwondo? Because no
Best fighter with a background in taekwondo? Maybe, I suspect not though, but definitely the best female
Best fighter who uses kicks similar to those in taekwondo? Absolutely not
She´s awesome, best woman fighter i have ever seen. In 135 she was facing much bigger oponents. Yet she was able to beat Holly holm who is 19 times boxing champion. Gave Amanda Nunes hard fights.
About the TWD thing, i disagree as the style she shows in the cage is Muay Thai stance. Kicks are very similar in many kicking arts. She does shows great Judo skills in her takedowns. Shes a Judo black belt i heard. Never seen (at least do´t remember) she going for a single leg or double leg , only using her hips, trips, and taking advantage of an unbalanced oponnent.
Her technique is not perfect. She doesn’t get enough power on her spinning attacks. She shot her spinning back kick too high, and her knee placement took away some of the power. Edson Barboza has better kicking technique. Only one doing spinning shit right. And siver. I haven’t really looked at Yair’s form enough.She is better than pettis with her technique and more crisp and alert and elusive, she has some of the best crispy striking technique she makes it look so pretty, like out of a movie she also has great movement, ring IQ, she is very talented when she retires she would make an amazing coach and will make many champions.
Did you forget Yair? I’m not even a fan of his but his TKD skills are sick.
She's spent more time competing in kickboxing and muay thai than Taekwondo, she's also a judo black belt so labelling her a taekwondo fighter is misleading.
About the TWD thing, i disagree as the style she shows in the cage is Muay Thai stance. Kicks are very similar in many kicking arts. She does shows great Judo skills in her takedowns. Shes a Judo black belt i heard. Never seen (at least do´t remember) she going for a single leg or double leg , only using her hips, trips, and taking advantage of an unbalanced oponnent
Biology has nothing to do with skill or mastery of a technique. We're not saying she could beat any of these men, just that she executes the moves the best.
exactly! This is the key point -- we're not saying "she'd win a fight against a man at equivalent weight" (althought she might well...) the premise of this thread is simply talking about Taekwando technique. That's it.