Hot Take Paddy looked AWFUL and completely outclassed

paddy looked what he is
 
You guys shitting on paddy are funny. He was tough as nails taking some hard shots that put most guys down. Is he going to be able to win a stand up fight against a guy like ilia or max? No they are more technical and fast than he is and he will get picked apart. But because of his heart and ability to not get ko’d easily, and his under rated stamina and his striking isn’t bad I think he belongs in top 10 of the toughest division in the sport. But ilia make no mistake about it would ko him within two rounds. Definitely would catch him and he finishes guys quickly when they’re hurt. I have no doubt about that. But got to respect paddy he deserves his top 10 ranking. Just not the best. No shame.
 
FrankDux said:
Conditioning looked terrible. REAL bad. That's the worst I've ever seen his conditioning look. He looked slow. He still can't learn to keep his chin down. He needs a tennis ball under his chin. His striking was even sloppier than it's normal sloppiness (didn't even think that was even possible). Terrible fight IQ too. When it was apparent he couldn't match his standup, he should've went for more level changes but still chose to stand.
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He said post fight that he got cracked in the chest in the 1st and it really fucked him up. I wouldn't say his conditioning was 'terrible' given that he was still throwing in the 5th despite getting the piss beat out of him. I think Justin just caused a ton of damage. Paddy looked done multiple times.

Agreed that Paddy's game plan was terrible. While he was enjoying pockets of success, with his kicks in particular, it is baffling that there was no urgency to get the fight to the ground. If this more reckless version of Justin with almost pure boxing beat him up, imagine if we got the more methodical, technical Justin that we have gotten used to seeing in his later years. He would almost certainly have finished Paddy.
 
I don't know what you all are smoking?
For a fighter, power is the last to go.
At 37, brawling or whatever, Justin still puts lights out.
Paddy survived shots that would end most fighters in that division.
He tried to fight intelligently the first few rounds, landing good leg kicks and exchanging blows with a legend.
Anyone can talk shit, until he gets punched in the face.
Most guys would not survive the chaos that came at him.
Give him credit for the chin and the heart.
 
He was tough and had moments of resilience; coming back during the middle of the fight was credit to him. He took two eye pokes and a questionable groin shot and kept fighting.

One thing I hadn’t noticed before was how much he slaps with his right hand (particularly round 1).
 
Just seemed like there was no snappy quickness in Paddy's offense. Seemed slow in terms of punches and kicks
 
xhaydenx said:
His conditioning is fine.
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Yes, I was impressed with both of their conditioning, despite the sloppiness of the fight. It's not easy to go at that pace, take that much damage, and throw so many wild strikes, flying knees, etc. and survive 5 rounds. I'd say conditioning was his second best strength in that fight, behind toughness.
 
MassDistortion said:
Lmfao. You bet the house on this fight? You u seem really confident.
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No, but I was one of the 38% of people picking Gaethje, haven't bet on fights since the scandal involving fight fixing in the UFC.

Not sure when I'll bet again to be honest.

But I've been saying for months that Paddy isn't very good, and is an industry plant who wouldn't be a real top 10-15 fighter if he had to fight the competition others had to.
 
Paddy has amazing grappling and great striking everything else he does is ass...

Head movement sucks defence sucks...
He couldn't get gaethje down...

He wasn't going to win on the feet but my gosh his head is made of titanium and diamonds.
 
cburm said:
Paddy has amazing grappling and great striking everything else he does is ass...

Head movement sucks defence sucks...
He couldn't get gaethje down...

He wasn't going to win on the feet but my gosh his head is made of titanium and diamonds.
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if he had amazing grapplign he wouldn't have gotten completely outgrappled by Gordon lol.

DOn't let some grappling against a few washed up cans fool you. He wasn't doing shit against Justin on the mat.
 
I was impressed with the toughness of Paddy. He's definitely lacking the power to compete with the top 5 at LW.
Always fun watching him fight. Dude has my respect
 
I mean, fight could have went either way tbh.. rds 3 and 5 Paddy, 2 and 4 Gaethje and in rd 1 Paddy landed more but Gaethje got the KD. I think Gaethje winning was the right call but just barely, Paddy getting rd 1 would not be out of the question.
 
Paddy was on his way in RD 1 but got hurt early. Had Paddy avoided getting hurt quite so much he could have won it.

That is not saying a lot because he wasn't fighting prime Justin though power is one on the last things to go.
 
I have a unique betting streak when it comes to Paddy fights. I have had a bet on ever Paddy fight since the one fight before the Jared Gordon fight. I have lost EVERY single bet I have put on a Paddy fight. Today was the very first time I backed Paddy......you know the outcome....lol.
 
FrankDux said:
Conditioning looked terrible. REAL bad. That's the worst I've ever seen his conditioning look. He looked slow. He still can't learn to keep his chin down. He needs a tennis ball under his chin. His striking was even sloppier than it's normal sloppiness (didn't even think that was even possible). Terrible fight IQ too. When it was apparent he couldn't match his standup, he should've went for more level changes but still chose to stand.
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Getting kicked in the solar plexus and poked in the eye will do that to you.
 
Yeah, I mean it's easy to talk smack about a fighter when they lose, but Paddy literally got grappled by Gaethje of all people like wtf

Super sluggish and sloppy striking, nothing about his performance that fight made it look like he belonged in a title fight, idk how Gaethje didn't finish him on that knockdown sequence earlier on
 
AstralPanda said:
His striking was mixed

On the one hand, it was very sloppy at times, especially that overhand right, one of the worst ive ever seen.

But then hed have moments where he'd throw nice jabs, left hooks, even a straight right with good form when thrown in a combination.

He would have moments as well where he slipped / rolled and moved his head very well, very defensively responsible, then other moments where he'd be sloppy and let low hanging fruit punches get through.

Bit of a mixed bag of everything.

Overall, considering its his 2nd big fight at the highest level, it wasn't too bad though.

Standing 5 rounds with Gaethje and holding his own is impressive in itself. Especially since most expected him to have his success in the grappling.

If he continues improving, and is able to stabilize / tap into that more technical and defensively sound version of himself on a more consistent basis, he's still someone to watch as a future contender.
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Yea, people are really going too far with the exaggerations of how bad he looked. Paddy gave justin a tough fight and landed a lot.
 
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