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uh huhAs much of a fan I am of his
uh huhAs much of a fan I am of his
Yes he should have taken him down again but when he had him there he needed to commit to inflicting damage too. He was too passive there and also too passive in just letting this guy get back up uncontestedSame as Pereira which was aswell controlled on ground and eaten few elbows...right? If Jiri listened to coach and taken Pereira down again as coach was yelling on him - to stop hunting.... Pereira lost. So dont try to arrange it as some kind of one sided fight.
I dont think this is what happened.then Pereira chopped him down, started to find the range and then put Jiri down.
Jiri simply wanted to knock him out...beat him in his own game. He didnt want to win via grappling....Yes he should have taken him down again but when he had him there he needed to commit to inflicting damage too. He was too passive there and also too passive in just letting this guy get back up uncontested
Fuck that, win at all costs. He could have inflicted heavy damage from the top like he did w GloverJiri simply wanted to knock him out...beat him in his own game. He didnt want to win via grappling....
I dont think he should force it, but its a viable option. The fight was only less than 2 rds though so maybe he would have tried again later.Just trying to force the takedown against Alex I don't see being very effective personally unless your a REALLY good DC level wrestler or your a really great grappler who can hold him down and potential finish him.
Alex seems like he's focused a lot of his anti grappling on making sure people have to work hard, Jan won the first round against him but it was a pyrrhic victory like Cain vs Werdum, he had to work so hard to get Alex down and keep him down that he was tired by the second round.
I think his best chance is honestly to come at Alex full force as early in the fight as possible and finish before he gets the counter or at least hurt Alex enough to take him out of the fight.
Jiri fucking cracks and if he catches Alex, Alex will take a nap, as vice versa. This fight is about who lands the killshot first. I look for Jiri to get Alex out early and if not, Alex gets his reads and finds the target by the 3rd.
i Absolutely agree but my personal opinion is that Jiri wanted to show world that he can beat Pereira everywhere...ego. Mainly in interviews before first fight he was hinting that he wants to win in stand up. + another factor was arm injury. As i said before it was reportedly not healed yet. So who knows how much was Jiri able to grapple. Rematch should be very different tho...Fuck that, win at all costs. He could have inflicted heavy damage from the top like he did w Glover
wow, this is big nogs big books of excuses times a millionJiri's team did not say it and was talking in superlatives about Jiri before first fight, but they were not honest.. - These people are not in USA with Jiri again.Jiri's arm was not healed when he faced Pereira (Jiri personally recently said that he was basically fighting Pereira with one arm). He aswell had staph infection and his preparation was +-1 week long. Still had his moments and was winning until he made mistake. + Fluke stoppage from Goddard
Idealy I'd say he should be drilling some quick trasitions to takedowns rather than depending on forcing them though with just raw power against the cage.I dont think he should force it, but its a viable option. The fight was only less than 2 rds though so maybe he would have tried again later.
He definitely has 1 shot power. Did you see rakic response every time he got hit? Or the 1 punch ko of volkan?Jiri also doesn’t really seem to have one lunch power but more swarming stoppage ability. I don’t think Jiri is THAt dangerous for alex
Jiri should wrestel
I said one lunch power manHe definitely has 1 shot power. Did you see rakic response every time he got hit? Or the 1 punch ko of volkan?
The guy has 13 straight ko's on his record out of 26 stoppages. The dude has serious power