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when i first saw the fight i thought weidman would have to pull a chael and basically be looking for the TD at all times. if weidman couldnt get anderson down he would be ko'd. I expected weidman to win the first round (can check my post history) but in the second round when he failed to get anderson down he was in big trouble and it was a matter of time before he got decimated. not getting anderson down meant that weidman was gassing and he couldnt get anderson down. weidman was in trouble and it was just a matter of time til he got lit up
***NEW PERSPECTIVE
andersons walk to the cage was a new level of caulky. you can see him stop to manipulate the camera crew etc. you could just tell that he had also placed god-like status on himself. he really was acting like he thought of himself as someone really special. you need to leave that sort of thing to others imo.
ego can be a huge flaw. anderson like so many people let his ego get the best of him. when things werent going his way he tried to act like hes above it all. the taunting and talking in between rounds. who does that? seriously? imagine someone on the undercard doing that? ego. then anderson is on the feet in round 2 with weidman and isnt landing anything. as wiedman lands the odd jab andersons ego gets more and more bent out of shape like wtf im anderson silva and you cant get the better of me. the taunting gets worse. i think this is a natural ego reaction. we have seen it a million times when a striker thinks theyre better than their opponent and they get tagged the next thing you know their hands are down and theyre taunting. maynard vs guida is a good example of frustration-handsdown-tagged badly. jones even started for a second at the start of the gus fight but caught himself. anderson took it to an whole new level and imo it was because his ego had reached a whole new level
Anyways heres the new perspective that i found the most ineresting
what if weidman didnt have the chael gameplan of get the fight to the ground at all costs? what if weidmans plan was a little more complex?
lets look at a smart gameplan that factors in andersons weaopons
-anderson has great cardio
-anderson had looked impossible to tko or gnp out
-anderson is a counter striker
-you need to either sub anderson or win a decision
-wiedman dominated the first round but if you notice he dove for an ankle instead of playing it safe and trying to punch anderson in the face for the rest of the round. he wasnt looking to pound anderson out even though he was landing big shots
-round 2 weidmans takedown attempts were half-assed. this is the key to people being mislead imo. weidman was planning for a 5 round fight. if you re watch it with this in mind you see that weidman didnt want to burn himself out battling for TD's in the wrong spot. while standing weidman was fighting a counter striker very smart. he didnt really fall for any bait and expose himself he threw the odd jab out there and was cautious of adersons counters. this is what frustrated anderson. weidman was basically looking to score the odd jab, conserve energy, and wait for the TD opening and not gas himself trying to force it. it wasnt at all a case of weidman being too gassed to take anderson down. he was executing a game plan to win a 5 round fight
rewatching the fight with this perspective you can actually see that weidman executed a perfect gameplan and was actually in control the whole fight. he was never fading or out of his comfort zone. yes anderson got ko'd by acting like an idiot but make no mistake about it, nothing anderson was doing for a round and a half was working.
anderson landed a couple leg kicks and acted like he was better than weidman but in reality he got completely dominated in the first and shut down on the feet also which made his giant ego get the best of him causing him to act like a fool
TLDR
long post made short after rewatching the fight my opinion that weidman was fading in the second round completely changed. i now think that weidman is a very smart fighter and he was executing a very smart gameplan that didnt have him panicking and gassing himself out early in a 5 round fight. weidman was actually comfortable the whole time
***NEW PERSPECTIVE
andersons walk to the cage was a new level of caulky. you can see him stop to manipulate the camera crew etc. you could just tell that he had also placed god-like status on himself. he really was acting like he thought of himself as someone really special. you need to leave that sort of thing to others imo.
ego can be a huge flaw. anderson like so many people let his ego get the best of him. when things werent going his way he tried to act like hes above it all. the taunting and talking in between rounds. who does that? seriously? imagine someone on the undercard doing that? ego. then anderson is on the feet in round 2 with weidman and isnt landing anything. as wiedman lands the odd jab andersons ego gets more and more bent out of shape like wtf im anderson silva and you cant get the better of me. the taunting gets worse. i think this is a natural ego reaction. we have seen it a million times when a striker thinks theyre better than their opponent and they get tagged the next thing you know their hands are down and theyre taunting. maynard vs guida is a good example of frustration-handsdown-tagged badly. jones even started for a second at the start of the gus fight but caught himself. anderson took it to an whole new level and imo it was because his ego had reached a whole new level
Anyways heres the new perspective that i found the most ineresting
what if weidman didnt have the chael gameplan of get the fight to the ground at all costs? what if weidmans plan was a little more complex?
lets look at a smart gameplan that factors in andersons weaopons
-anderson has great cardio
-anderson had looked impossible to tko or gnp out
-anderson is a counter striker
-you need to either sub anderson or win a decision
-wiedman dominated the first round but if you notice he dove for an ankle instead of playing it safe and trying to punch anderson in the face for the rest of the round. he wasnt looking to pound anderson out even though he was landing big shots
-round 2 weidmans takedown attempts were half-assed. this is the key to people being mislead imo. weidman was planning for a 5 round fight. if you re watch it with this in mind you see that weidman didnt want to burn himself out battling for TD's in the wrong spot. while standing weidman was fighting a counter striker very smart. he didnt really fall for any bait and expose himself he threw the odd jab out there and was cautious of adersons counters. this is what frustrated anderson. weidman was basically looking to score the odd jab, conserve energy, and wait for the TD opening and not gas himself trying to force it. it wasnt at all a case of weidman being too gassed to take anderson down. he was executing a game plan to win a 5 round fight
rewatching the fight with this perspective you can actually see that weidman executed a perfect gameplan and was actually in control the whole fight. he was never fading or out of his comfort zone. yes anderson got ko'd by acting like an idiot but make no mistake about it, nothing anderson was doing for a round and a half was working.
anderson landed a couple leg kicks and acted like he was better than weidman but in reality he got completely dominated in the first and shut down on the feet also which made his giant ego get the best of him causing him to act like a fool
TLDR
long post made short after rewatching the fight my opinion that weidman was fading in the second round completely changed. i now think that weidman is a very smart fighter and he was executing a very smart gameplan that didnt have him panicking and gassing himself out early in a 5 round fight. weidman was actually comfortable the whole time
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