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Why hasnt the rest of team alpha male adopted tj. dillashaws style of striking? It seems to be highly effective yet watching other fighters from tam they dont have that kind of movement.
They're tryin'.
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will be very interesting to see if mendes will use the same strategy against aldo
Maybe. I've seen others suggest otherwise, though.
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They're tryin'.
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interdasting...chads hair though lol
Mendes is huge.
T.J. has a slightly different body type than the rest of the high level TAM males fighters. Although they're all pretty heavily muscled, TJ is slimmer in his physique while the rest are bulgy and stocky with their physiques. It's hard to move around like TJ does when you're as stocky as Chad Mendes is. It's like telling Alistair to start moving like Stipe Miocic.
Not everyone can sustain moving that much throughout a fight unless you are Dominick Cruz. He's seemed to master the switching from Orthodox to Southpaw to a T. He can throw about every strike from either stance which makes him extremely hard to prepare for. Combine that with his beast wrestling the dude is nightmare for about anyone.
But TJ did one thing vastly better than Cruz, do all that with power.
I always believed Cruz was going to out box Barao for most of their fight, but Cruz wouldn't hurt him and will make a mistake at somepoint and get finished.
TJ took the best of Cruz but actually had good power. For a Barao fan like myself he is a problem.[/QUO
Very true his power is much better. TJ is a problem for anyone in the division. I'm predicting he'll be champ for quite some time.
They're tryin'.
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Not necessarily. Cruz's footwork is noticeably more effective as a form of defense than as a means of setting up his offense.Dominick Cruz would pretty easily outwork Dillashaw.