In the top 5% of UFC fighters. The guy needs to work on his footwork though.
Above or below Anderson. Be more specific. Also, try to explain your reasoning.
Nick Diaz needs to work on alot of things btw. Not just his footwork.
In the top 5% of UFC fighters. The guy needs to work on his footwork though.
Forrest and Yushin's hands are both average at best. Anderson rang rings around them yes, but it wasn't as amazing a feat as some like to make it out to be.
In the top 5% of UFC fighters.
Above or below Anderson. Be more specific. Also, try to explain your reasoning.
Diaz overrated boxing, he has poor footwork, no head movement, loves to keep his hands low, what he does is throw a lot of punches. His punches for the most part are straight and tend to have some "snap" to them, but overall his boxing isn't good. He has good punching but definitely not good boxing.
Sonnen sure did outstrike the shit out of him.
All that does is really you how poor the standard of boxing in MMA really is
Yes, remember what happened to Toney in mma? It would be the same for a lot of mma guys making the crossover to boxing. Of course a few of the top guys could hang, like the fighters named in this thread.
No, what "threw" JDS off was the fact that Cain was quicker and faster than JDS was. Cain was able to land on JDS all night and was doing it consistently with fast and crisp punches, JDS' "boxing" and speed was horribly overrated on Sherdog for quite some time because for some strange reason a place filled with posters that despise Boxing, actually believe they are good judges of what does/doesn't make a good "boxer" in MMA.
Probably below. Lacks the power and accuracy that Anderson possesses, also his head movement and footwork is considerably less impressive.
That being said, their boxing styles are wildly different, so it's a little hard to compare them objectively.
So are you gonna tell me then that Sonnen is the best striker in MMA? You can't really be that stupid.
Traditional boxing aint worth a damn in an MMA fight.
The basic principles, headmovement, angles, punches that dont look like they're thrown by an angry 4 year old can work well in MMA.
Silva's got the best striking game period. And yes, it is above Jose Aldo.
How old was Toney though? 42, He's not really indicative of a boxer in MMA. He still managed to KO a former UFC HW Champ though...
So...Cains wrestling didn't impact the fight at all then? Throwing in takedowns with your strikes is the best way to throw off a striker and thats what Cain did.
Ah. MMMath doesn't work when Anderson is included.. No. Just saying Sonnen beat the shit out of him and supposedly Anderson has the best boxing in MMA...
Toney has a KO In MMA?
Did Cain's wrestling impact the first fight? Did Gonzaga, Carwin or Nelson's wrestling impact their fights against JDS? Let me guess, wrestling only impacts a fight vs. JDS when JDS loses the standup battle, but when he's winning them the impact isn't there.
I think any fighter who fights using a traditional boxing stance in mma is just begging to be taken down.
I think it was obvious yesterday that JDS' boxing is not the best in MMA... I think Anderson has that title now. Who do you think?
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You needed this fight to tell you that Anderson had the best hands?
He's always had the best hands TS. It's not even close.