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Everyone bought into Rousey's hype and started to make claims about how incredibly strong and skilled she is, while few reasonable voices saw that Holm was far superior striker there and, unlike other fighters, fights smart.
I see this in Nate vs Conor too. While everyone is busy making Conor their idol and pushing silly claims about how good he is in this or that, they are overlooking that Nate is a great boxer, uses his reach effectively and seldom loses in the standup. If we look at Nate's past fights, even when he wasn't as fit as he is now, Nate was winning hand exchanges with RDA before RDA completely chopped his legs into immobility. Conor doesn't have strong leg kicks, mainly using them to be unpredictable and keep a comfortable distance(to the discomfort of shorter fighter who need to leap in), but here that distance is irrelevant as plays into Nate's rather than Conor's favor(Nate being taller and with bigger reach here). Other thing to note is that Nate came not only with improved body, but he had better skillset too recently. Johnson is no slouch and has one of the fastest hands in the division, but Nate handled him and shown, what if especially bad for Conor, that he can effectively lean back away from Johnson straights, what means that Conor will also have little chance reaching him the way he strikes.
Also, Conor always had problem with guys who move around and respect their opponents' hands. Aldo leaped in to Conor, Mendes stood there in front of him unusually inactive, Brandao also was constantly trying to leap into Conor. But then we look at Max Hollaway fight where Max moved around and wasn't near to being put away by Conor, also Siver did an excellent job just by actively moving around and respecting his opponent's hands, this taking into consideration that Conor was nightmare matchup for him when you look the way a much shorter fighter Siver leaves himself open when he strikes.
I see this in Nate vs Conor too. While everyone is busy making Conor their idol and pushing silly claims about how good he is in this or that, they are overlooking that Nate is a great boxer, uses his reach effectively and seldom loses in the standup. If we look at Nate's past fights, even when he wasn't as fit as he is now, Nate was winning hand exchanges with RDA before RDA completely chopped his legs into immobility. Conor doesn't have strong leg kicks, mainly using them to be unpredictable and keep a comfortable distance(to the discomfort of shorter fighter who need to leap in), but here that distance is irrelevant as plays into Nate's rather than Conor's favor(Nate being taller and with bigger reach here). Other thing to note is that Nate came not only with improved body, but he had better skillset too recently. Johnson is no slouch and has one of the fastest hands in the division, but Nate handled him and shown, what if especially bad for Conor, that he can effectively lean back away from Johnson straights, what means that Conor will also have little chance reaching him the way he strikes.
Also, Conor always had problem with guys who move around and respect their opponents' hands. Aldo leaped in to Conor, Mendes stood there in front of him unusually inactive, Brandao also was constantly trying to leap into Conor. But then we look at Max Hollaway fight where Max moved around and wasn't near to being put away by Conor, also Siver did an excellent job just by actively moving around and respecting his opponent's hands, this taking into consideration that Conor was nightmare matchup for him when you look the way a much shorter fighter Siver leaves himself open when he strikes.
