he knew what cain was going to do and he was quite effectively prepared for it. the problem is he probably thought cain would get dispirited and sloppy when he was thwarted on those takedowns and cain did not.
in fact, cain adjusted very well. but it is a clear case, in my view, of junior believing as long as he could stuff the takedowns, he would win the fight- which many of us thought as well. but cain has good striking in his own right and once cain landed the right shot, cain was able to assert the grappling that was being easily shrugged off early on.
At least he's not blaming it on an injury
I made a thread about that, he should have relaxed an not fought off the takes downs so hard, that drained all his energy. He should have fought from his back for a while relaxed and conserve his energy.
Off course he did! He had a plan for it and that strategy was WRONG!
u know sometimes a plan can be wrong right?
I made a thread about that, he should have relaxed an not fought off the downs so hard, that drained all his energy. He should have fought from his back for a while relaxed and conserve his energy. when standing He should have also kept his hands up and boxed instead of keeping his hands down to defend the take downs.
what i thought,JDS spent tremendous amount of energy resisting Cain's TDs,and they were many,which led to him being depleted and without power in his striking game .
You don't relax when Cain is on top of you, even in full guard. Cain is much like Fedor in that he can do serious damage even from guard and it requires a very good, active guard to neutralize Cain while he's on top. At this point I would guess that only maybe Werdum has that level of talent to handle Cain from the bottom positon. Maybe Mir, but we've seen Mir crumble to aggressive, strong GnP in the past.
JR's guard is not going to win him a fight against Cain. Landing the kill shot punch is the only way Jr can win that fight so he has to learn how to land it while moving backwards, or laterally, when Cain commits.
Off course he did! He had a plan for it and that strategy was WRONG!
u know sometimes a plan can be wrong right?
I made a thread about that, he should have relaxed an not fought off the takes downs so hard, that drained all his energy. He should have fought from his back for a while relaxed and conserve his energy. when standing He should have also kept his hands up and boxed instead of keeping his hands down to defend the take downs.
He's not saying he didn't use the strategy they had planned for the match but that the strategy they came up with was the wrong one!
You don't relax when Cain is on top of you, even in full guard. Cain is much like Fedor in that he can do serious damage even from guard and it requires a very good, active guard to neutralize Cain while he's on top. At this point I would guess that only maybe Werdum has that level of talent to handle Cain from the bottom positon. Maybe Mir, but we've seen Mir crumble to aggressive, strong GnP in the past.
JR's guard is not going to win him a fight against Cain. Landing the kill shot punch is the only way Jr can win that fight so he has to learn how to land it while moving backwards, or laterally, when Cain commits.
I agree with you some what, I don't think he would have won on his back, I just think he shouldn't have tried to get up constantly, that's what killed him. Defend your self while on your back, make sure to keep you hips active so he has to focus on positioning and doesn't donkey Kong punch you then and get up when an easier opportunity comes.
Do what Kongo did vs Cain but better and smarter. he does that he wins, Otherwise he has no other chance!