Jiri looked terrible tonight

[Natural Order]

Jiri almost always does this. Reyes almost KO'd him early, and Jiri himself said he thought he briefly went out. Rakic made him look very bad in that 1st round. He was outclassing him by a larger degree than the Rountree rounds. And it's not a new thing. Maybe not every fight but even back in his Rizin days he had fights like that. Watch the Albrektsson fight. He was in deep trouble early from the g&p. Poatan is the only guy he hasn't been able to implement his hardware against in the last decade.

100%. I'm blown away at this guy's win percentage given how he fights and how, as you've shown, a lot of his fights start.

Clearly he's the kind of guy who almost NEEDS to be losing in order to find the will to win. Strange fighter but entertaining as fuck and I'll keep watching whenever he's on!

 

[HHJ]

100%. I'm blown away at this guy's win percentage given how he fights and how, as you've shown, a lot of his fights start.

Clearly he's the kind of guy who almost NEEDS to be losing in order to find the will to win. Strange fighter but entertaining as fuck and I'll keep watching whenever he's on!

He's a pressure fighter.

Pressure fighter's got to have epic chins and gonna take some hits as they work.

But his approach is so unorthodox, that he really is just winging it out there sometimes.

But he seems comfortable, like he thrives in the fighting space. You have to have insane self belief to fight like this. He fights like he knows the KO is coming eventually, that there's no way the guy can beat him and victory is assured, and he's right 99% of the time.

 

[Tokoloko]

100%. I'm blown away at this guy's win percentage given how he fights and how, as you've shown, a lot of his fights start.

Clearly he's the kind of guy who almost NEEDS to be losing in order to find the will to win. Strange fighter but entertaining as fuck and I'll keep watching whenever he's on!

Jiri followed gameplan. The gameplan was counterstriking and using reach as advantage, dont risk anything. It just did not work out well since Khalil had basically same plan and was faster at start. Thats why Jiri was primarily using jab only. After round 2 coaches told Jiri to go all in and finish fight no matter what...

+ ground was extremely slippery, which did not help to Jiri which likes to jump around and change stances.

 

[Natural Order]

He's a pressure fighter.

Pressure fighter's got to have epic chins and gonna take some hits as they work.

But his approach is so unorthodox, that he really is just winging it out there sometimes.

But he seems comfortable, like he thrives in the fighting space. You have to have insane self belief to fight like this. He fights like he knows the KO is coming eventually, that there's no way the guy can beat him and victory is assured, and he's right 99% of the time.

Spot on. At first I worried about it, now I just enjoy it

 

[jeff7b9]

ok so you acknowledge getting hit alot is ok
atleast you acknowledge it
basicaly a brawler right

If that's as much as you can take away from what I have posted then I get a clear picture of your limited grasp of the situation.

 

[Kyojiro Kagenuma]

Not sure what his problem is, but he wasn’t in the same shape as usual and his footwork was weird he kept falling over the place. Glad he got the W but that version of Jiri has no chance against periera. Jiri already looks washed

Lmao Jiri looks washed? After winning by knockout? You are a silly silly man. He started off tough but he found his groove, and when you end every fight with a Korean it doesn't really matter cause judges aren't in the question

 

[jeff7b9]

He's a pressure fighter.

Pressure fighter's got to have epic chins and gonna take some hits as they work.

But his approach is so unorthodox, that he really is just winging it out there sometimes.

But he seems comfortable, like he thrives in the fighting space. You have to have insane self belief to fight like this. He fights like he knows the KO is coming eventually, that there's no way the guy can beat him and victory is assured, and he's right 99% of the time.

Kind of amazing to me on a forum full of "fight fans" how it is seemingly an extreme minority which grasp what a pressure fighter is.

 

[jeff7b9]

Since his dick never left your hand. I agree with most of it but tone it down for the children.

If you read my post and your takeaway was dicks in hands that's a you thing guy

 

[xentreos]

not enough hate is being thrown khalils way, his last two fights were very winnable fights but he is gassing. Against alex it was more understandable because he had to work very hard to control the pace of that fight. in the fight against Jiri he had total control of the momentum of the fight until about 45 seconds left of round 2, all the sudden his energy plummeted. comes out for round 3 almost totally gassed.

idk if its just his age, but gassing out like that back to back with so much on the line is a problem. Credit to Jiri for being the ultimate zombie killer, man is a gift to humanity, but Khalil needs to figure out this cardio thing, and really after losing to two champions back to back that time to fix these problems may have passed as far as world title aspirations, hes gonna have to climb back and at his age thats not looking good.

 

[HHJ]

not enough hate is being thrown khalils way

I dont see a reason why you should hate him for that. He def is too tight and tense, and it's dangerous enough for him to win rounds, esp when it's a three round fight, but it costs him in the third and onward. It's an exploitable flaw for guys like Jiri and Poatan who can constantly feint and pressure him with dangerous strikes of their own.

I dont hate him for having an exploitable flaw though, everyone's got that.

But if he can't fix this, he aint gonna be able to crack the elites. He was a sitting duck in that third round against Jiri.

 

[fortheo]

not enough hate is being thrown khalils way, his last two fights were very winnable fights but he is gassing. Against alex it was more understandable because he had to work very hard to control the pace of that fight. in the fight against Jiri he had total control of the momentum of the fight until about 45 seconds left of round 2, all the sudden his energy plummeted. comes out for round 3 almost totally gassed.

idk if its just his age, but gassing out like that back to back with so much on the line is a problem. Credit to Jiri for being the ultimate zombie killer, man is a gift to humanity, but Khalil needs to figure out this cardio thing, and really after losing to two champions back to back that time to fix these problems may have passed as far as world title aspirations, hes gonna have to climb back and at his age thats not looking good.

You realize he went 5 rounds with Hill in his last fight, right? He gassed against Jiri and poatan because they kept him thinking and working the whole time.

 

[HHJ]

You realize he went 5 rounds with Hill in his last fight, right? He gassed against Jiri and poatan because they kept him thinking and working the whole time.

Yep.

Jiri likes to stick his head out to bait strikes, and he's so unpredictable in his movements, like lifting his knee or jumping straight up in the air, and we've all seen the Reyes knockout, so the whole time Khalil is on edge, cos Jiri constantly movin, even if he isnt always emphatically throwing strikes, which is what Khalil wants him to do, so he can counter.

Jiri doesnt fight like a normal person and Khalil was worried about that.

 

[HHJ]

Like when Khalil fought Poatan, he got pressured but he at least could understand what a kickboxer was doing. Jiri is a space alien bro.

 

[fzoid4454]

he certainly didn't in round 3 which is what ultimately matters?

Don't think the claim was that he didn't win the fight. Looking much less than his former self, despite winning, was the point being made about him.

 

[HHJ]

My friend who doesnt watch MMA, was amazed by this fight.

I kept telling him, this dude NEVER goes the distance, dude thought for sure Jiri would lose a dec going into rd 3, and when Jiri's corner told him to knock him out and he went out there and did just that, he couldnt believe it lol

 

[snaportap21]

Not sure what his problem is, but he wasn’t in the same shape as usual and his footwork was weird he kept falling over the place. Glad he got the W but that version of Jiri has no chance against periera. Jiri already looks washed

Did Jiri look much different in the Rakic fight? He often loses the early exchanges to a more technical fighter but then wins on durability, cardio, aggression, and power with a later stoppage.

 

[xentreos]

You realize he went 5 rounds with Hill in his last fight, right? He gassed against Jiri and poatan because they kept him thinking and working the whole time.

Ahh yess I forget about that fight, good call good call!

 

[Ladron4sherdog]

he always looks terrible, it's part of his charm. and then he knocks someone's head off in the third round and winds up with the win anyway. he's possibly my favorite fighter to watch, absolutely has no interest in points fighting whatsoever.

Yeah but he's getting some big damage in the meantime. There's a shelf life for fighters and Jiri isn't going to last that long if he keeps accumulating that much damage in each fight.

 

[Tokoloko]

Did Jiri look much different in the Rakic fight? He often loses the early exchanges to a more technical fighter but then wins on durability, cardio, aggression, and power with a later stoppage.

It was different actually. In Rountree fight Jiri went in with gameplan which did not work due to many reasons, but he still folowed it. He was basically supposed to be "toreador" baiting bull into reach and piece him out without getting into his "pocket" and later on finish him...but it didnt work out due to many reasons. So after Jiri lost two rounds coaches told him before 3rd to go for "brawl" and finish his opponent no matter what.

With Rakič there was no thinking about plan. Jiri literally wanted to show Rakič that he cannot be "moved" by him. That Rakič is "too weak" to Knockout him, etc... It was like pure ego ride.

 

[Stixx]

You just don't hit your A-game every time, and often your opponent can royally screw up whatever you have on your mind, especially if he's a great striker like Rountree. Jiri's performance was probably a mixture of both. Then he went samurai!