Robbie Lawler vs Rory Macdonald II

[Jimmy Jazz]

What do you guys think of this fight? It seemed like Rory was leaning forward and getting jabbed in the face alot. I don't know the technical way to explain it. Was what he was doing too front foot heavy and essentially giving his face up. Can anyone give me some insight into this ?

 

[PivotPunch]

I think Firas Zahabi said in one of his videos how he teaches a "MMA jab" that is longer than a boxing jab. GSP did the same lunging super long jab. I think it's a Zahabi thing.

COuld be wrong though it's been a long time since I saw it but I seem to remember that he said something like that in one of his standup videos on youtube froma few years ago.

 

[The Don]

What do you guys think of this fight? It seemed like Rory was leaning forward and getting jabbed in the face alot. I don't know the technical way to explain it. Was what he was doing too front foot heavy and essentially giving his face up. Can anyone give me some insight into this ?

I need to watch the whole fight again, but I remember Lawler being very precise and sharp that night. He wasn't throwing wide looping punches and his jab-straight combinations just looked very quick and sharp. And very..er..straight.

If I remember correctly, this might be also be the last fight before Lawler changed his striking coach.

 

[MaxMMA]

If I remember right Mcdonald has always fought a little front foot heavy no?

 

[biscuitsbrah]

I definitely think Rory's head placement was way too close to give him any time to react to jabs and straights. If you watch him vs Wonderboy I'm pretty sure he changed his stance and posture. Probably learned from the Lawler fight

 

[Samuel Reynoso]

I remember a thread about this after the fight.

 

[CamMan14]

Seems to be quite heavy on the front leg with quite open and loose arms and not much head movement.
In the first GIF you can see that when Robbie lands the 1-2, Rory has his hands around nipple height.
I think Rory maybe could have taken less damage if he leaned back slightly more, posted his hands up to block the direct path from Robbie's left hand to his face or moved his head a lot more.