There is this idea that Maldonado got tired after the first round, which is why he was very passive in the 2nd and 3rd round.
Am I the only one that sees flaws in that theory?
I've seen fighters that are either out of gas or whose muscles are too tired. When out of gas, they tend to breathe very heavily (check Fedor in the 3rd round as he started gasping for air with his mouth). When their muscles get extremely tired, their punches slow down substantially (check many boxing matches in the HW division - where fighters begin to operate in slow motion in the later rounds).
Maldonado - whenever he did choose to act in the 2nd and 3rd rounds, showed the same speed as in the 1st round, and his breathing remained constant.
I'm not going to speculate on why he became passive (one of my threads is already in the wasteland), but again, am I the only one that sees flaws in the 'he became tired/ran out of gas' theory?
Am I the only one that sees flaws in that theory?
I've seen fighters that are either out of gas or whose muscles are too tired. When out of gas, they tend to breathe very heavily (check Fedor in the 3rd round as he started gasping for air with his mouth). When their muscles get extremely tired, their punches slow down substantially (check many boxing matches in the HW division - where fighters begin to operate in slow motion in the later rounds).
Maldonado - whenever he did choose to act in the 2nd and 3rd rounds, showed the same speed as in the 1st round, and his breathing remained constant.
I'm not going to speculate on why he became passive (one of my threads is already in the wasteland), but again, am I the only one that sees flaws in the 'he became tired/ran out of gas' theory?
