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A lot of people are confuse by these issues.
Lyoto ran from Dan Henderson. He avoid the action at all costs and took whatever long range attacks he could to steel rounds. I don't care. Dan should be able to deal with this. He is experienced enough but that doesnt change the fact Machida ran from him. I am a fan of both. That fight sucked and both are to blame. Machida far more though. If Dan was so predictable he should have been able to work off of it and do damage.
Carlos Condit ran from Nick Diaz. He refused to engage and sprinted at times to avoid engaging. He would explode with action once every 5 minutes to make nice little highlight and gifs to steel the round.
on the other hand
Stipe Miocic fought someone equally as devastating as Hendo or Diaz and picked apart his style and landed a crazy amount of shots. He didnt back pedal and wait for openings to land a leg kick and back pedal more. He dissected Roy's entire style. He threw the first punch slipped Roy's counter and then countered off of it. He clearly destroyed Nelson making his face look like sloth. This is solid and effective game planning in action. He was ready for everything Nelson was going to try and had counters ready for it. He put in his work and it paid off for him. That turned out to be a mismatch on that night.
Forrest Griffin fought Rampage who he knew was much stronger and had 1 shot KO power. He circled correctly and walked Rampage into Head kicks breaking down his arms so he couldn't throw power shots latter in the fight. He broke down his legs and actually had Rampage in a situation where he didnt throw a single punch for an entire round. He used his striking which wasnt as good to set up his grappling which is at the time his strongest weapon. He did so by using strikes that would pay off in a 5 round fight. Rampage is tough and it was a close fight but Forrest used his skill set to get a win against an opponent he was out gunned agianst. he never turned his back and ran. Although he wasnt able to truly dominate him he did expose parts of Rampages game.
Avoiding action (regardless of how effective) isnt game planning. Its running. It might win you fights but it isnt a game plan or a strategy.
Lyoto ran from Dan Henderson. He avoid the action at all costs and took whatever long range attacks he could to steel rounds. I don't care. Dan should be able to deal with this. He is experienced enough but that doesnt change the fact Machida ran from him. I am a fan of both. That fight sucked and both are to blame. Machida far more though. If Dan was so predictable he should have been able to work off of it and do damage.
Carlos Condit ran from Nick Diaz. He refused to engage and sprinted at times to avoid engaging. He would explode with action once every 5 minutes to make nice little highlight and gifs to steel the round.
on the other hand
Stipe Miocic fought someone equally as devastating as Hendo or Diaz and picked apart his style and landed a crazy amount of shots. He didnt back pedal and wait for openings to land a leg kick and back pedal more. He dissected Roy's entire style. He threw the first punch slipped Roy's counter and then countered off of it. He clearly destroyed Nelson making his face look like sloth. This is solid and effective game planning in action. He was ready for everything Nelson was going to try and had counters ready for it. He put in his work and it paid off for him. That turned out to be a mismatch on that night.
Forrest Griffin fought Rampage who he knew was much stronger and had 1 shot KO power. He circled correctly and walked Rampage into Head kicks breaking down his arms so he couldn't throw power shots latter in the fight. He broke down his legs and actually had Rampage in a situation where he didnt throw a single punch for an entire round. He used his striking which wasnt as good to set up his grappling which is at the time his strongest weapon. He did so by using strikes that would pay off in a 5 round fight. Rampage is tough and it was a close fight but Forrest used his skill set to get a win against an opponent he was out gunned agianst. he never turned his back and ran. Although he wasnt able to truly dominate him he did expose parts of Rampages game.
Avoiding action (regardless of how effective) isnt game planning. Its running. It might win you fights but it isnt a game plan or a strategy.
