It's simple guys...he got Diaz'd

[TheComebackKid]

Conor got classically Diaz'd...plan and simple. He displayed terrible fight IQ and gameplan for this fight whichis forgivable considering it was short noticed. But still every fighter should know at this point...you don't go in there looking to "stand and bang" with the Diaz bros. More times than not you end up drowning under their swarm of long, pitter pat punches.

This is how the Diaz style works. The fight starts and they begin pressuring you like so:

Because they keep pressuring you if forces you to either use footwork and get out of the way like Condit is doing....or it forces you to attack like Conor and so many others have:

But here's where the trap comes in. Initially you start of doing well because the Diaz bros are so easy to hit. And the more you swing the more you land. They cut easy, they get rocked, they get floored...it tempts you to keep going.

So after a round of you loading up and swinging on these guys you start to get tired, need a breather. It's at this point they got you. That's when they start to pour it on and pitter pat you into a living death:

It's at this point you can decide to either stand there and suffer death by a thousand pitter pats...or panic wrestle and get submitted:

The blueprint for beating a Diaz brother is fairly simple if you are a skilled enough fighter. But if you are not skilled enough or if you fight their fight they will eat you alive. That's what happened to Conor. Instead of using footwork, conserving his energy, fighting smart...he was out there going for broke and doing spinning shit. Next thing he knew he was panic wrestling.

 

[bjjHERRERA]

never sleep on the diaz bros- REMEMBER that.

 

[waldywaldy]

Excellent post.

Would like twice if possible.

 

[Th3Sav4ge]

Conor got classically Diaz'd...plan and simple. He displayed terrible fight IQ and gameplan for this fight whichis forgivable considering it was short noticed. But still every fighter should know at this point...you don't go in there looking to "stand and bang" with the Diaz bros. More times than not you end up drowning under their swarm of long, pitter pat punches.

This is how the Diaz style works. The fight starts and they begin pressuring you like so:

Because they keep pressuring you if forces you to either use footwork and get out of the way like Condit is doing....or it forces you to attack like Conor and so many others have:

But here's where the trap comes in. Initially you start of doing well because the Diaz bros are so easy to hit. And the more you swing the more you land. They cut easy, they get rocked, they get floored...it tempts you to keep going.

So after a round of you loading up and swinging on these guys you start to get tired, need a breather. It's at this point they got you. That's when they start to pour it on and pitter pat you into a living death:

It's at this point you can decide to either stand there and suffer death by a thousand pitter pats...or panic wrestle and get submitted:

The blueprint for beating a Diaz brother is fairly simple if you are a skilled enough fighter. But if you are not skilled enough or if you fight their fight they will eat you alive. That's what happened to Conor. Instead of using footwork, conserving his energy, fighting smart...he was out there going for broke and doing spinning shit. Next thing he knew he was panic wrestling.

its crazy how their style makes people go full retard.

 

[QcChopper]

Yes, anyone who knows anything about the Diaz bros. knows you don't get into a brawl with them, or you get slapped silly.

Conor had an horrible gameplan.

 

[alexxx]

 

[Drunken Bobby]

Excellent post.

Would like twice if possible.

Sorry its not possible to post twice, just tried but to many images

 

[7th]

that fight was like a mirror image of Nick vs Gomi

 

[Higgins2Waite]

Lel. Too bad they are chumps that have done next to nothing in the UFC.

It works if you are poorly prepared. Every other time they look like whiny sooks that get battered for 95% of the fight.

Win a title then we can talk about their shit gameplan.

 

[Delmrus]

Conor couldn't handle the kind of pressure and gritty fight that Nate brings. I could see him wilting long before he even got submitted.

Before the fight i wasn't sure if Nate could handle Conor's power, but he did and just broke conor's spirit.

 

[barillas]

Conor rode his own hype, fought dumb and lost (still not on the level of dumbness of Anderson), he should've been more careful when moved weight classes. Good post.

 

[Dorch]

Well played. Good thread.

 

[GODZILLA213]

Excellent post TS.

*Off to watch the Daley v Diaz fight for the 50th time

 

[MikeHolmes]

Good points

I still got to give McGregor credit for how much he was outclassing Diaz until he got rocked. I expected it to be more competitive since the Diaz brothers usually never get outboxed.

 

[ocean size]

Yes, anyone who knows anything about the Diaz bros. knows you don't get into a brawl with them, or you get slapped silly.

Conor had an horrible gameplan.

I am not totally convinced, he knew he could land on him with power shots and thought he could put him out early, which would prevent it from going into later rounds at which point Diaz would get more and more favor. Obviously in hindsight it didn't work due a number of reasons including Diaz' chin, but it seemed like a decent gameplan/clearest path to winning at the time.

 

[Dionysian]

"The blueprint for beating a Diaz brother is fairly simple if you are a skilled enough fighter"

So what is the simple blueprint though? Hopefully simple enough that it can be explained without using the most misused/overused/meaningless word on Sherdog... "footwork."

 

[Th3Sav4ge]

Lel. Too bad they are chumps that have done next to nothing in the UFC.

It works if you are poorly prepared. Every other time they look like whiny sooks that get battered for 95% of the fight.

Win a title then we can talk about their shit gameplan.

hahahahaha. nates beat conor, gomi, cowboy,michael johnson, your boyfriend, jim miller. Go cry else were

 

[ocean size]

Good points

I still got to give McGregor credit for how much he was outclassing Diaz until he got rocked. I expected it to be more competitive since the Diaz brothers usually never get outboxed.

I think Nate was kind of inviting it, step two of the plan. He definitely wasn't fighting as tight as he did in his last fight. Besides gassing the opponent seeing how ineffective the shots are has to be incredibly demoralizing.

Also, he was pounding Nate but at what energetic cost? I could outrun the world record marathoner for the first 100 yds.

 

[Croo67]

Diaz danced for him on the ground.

He could not control that movement.

 

[QcChopper]

I am not totally convinced, he knew he could land on him with power shots and thought he could put him out early, which would prevent it from going into later rounds at which point Diaz would get more and more favor. Obviously in hindsight it didn't work due a number of reasons including Diaz' chin, but it seemed like a decent gameplan/clearest path to winning at the time.

That's the point TS was making, the Diaz bros. lure you into a sense of confidence because they are very hittable, and don't hit that hard at first. Most people end up shooting their wad because they are so durable, and Conor walked into it like a fly into a Venus flytrap.