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There's nothing that says Max will dominate Kattar

jeff7b9 said:
It’s not just the age, it is the mileage. Max has had a bunch of WARS in which he has taken a lot of heavy punches.

Also the lower weight classes are much more dependent on speed and as such guys peak sooner and fall of sooner.

mid 20’s is the peak for 145 and under. You don’t see many champs in their 30s at those lower weight classes.
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This is all true. Max should currently be champ, imo.
 
I do see Max with his short arms having big problems with a very good powerful striker his height, heavier in the cage and with a 3inch reach advantage.

Closest thing to that would be Poirier, but he is a southpaw and Cater is 2 inches taller. Kattar is more of a sniper, Poirier has success with combinations.

Max looked good against
Edgar - 5'6
Aldo - 5'7
T City - 5'9 bad striking back then
Pettis - declined
Lamas 5'8
Stephens 5'9
Small guys

Bad against
Conor: Great striker
Poirier: Great striker
Volk 5'6 and Bermudez 5'6: Good strikers with takedown thread and kicks

Holloway made a career out of beating guys shorter than him, to make up for his short arms.
He is so thin that he can throw more punches than everyone. Volk also! beat him, by threatening and slowing the fight down to his pace.

He can beat Kattar in the later rounds with volume. But he will be swolen and cut by then.
 
fortheo said:
And what entry would that be? I've seen him set his jab up with at least five different set ups, and that's just the jab.
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Lead hand jab (or faint) with a deep step in, a fully extended 2 followed but a shovel punch to the head or body. He executes it extremely well with small variations (like rear elbow instead of the 2) but elite strikers are hip to these kinds of sequences and won’t let him get going. Even Ige knew what he was trying to do which is why he was able to smash Kattars nose with counters. He just wasn’t at the level height or skill wise to keep Kattar off him the whole fight.
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Kattar definitely has a great jab but if youre implying that he’s gonna beat max by jabbing him i think you should watch some tape. Kalvin is smart and very athletic so i expect to see some new wrinkles in his game but he’s fighting and absolute master in there.

WAR HOLLOWAY
 
Ajax41 said:
Lead hand jab (or faint) with a deep step in, a fully extended 2 followed but a shovel punch to the head or body. He executes it extremely well with small variations (like rear elbow instead of the 2) but elite strikers are hip to these kinds of sequences and won’t let him get going. Even Ige knew what he was trying to do which is why he was able to smash Kattars nose with counters. He just wasn’t at the level height or skill wise to keep Kattar off him the whole fight.
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Kattar definitely has a great jab but if youre implying that he’s gonna beat max by jabbing him i think you should watch some tape. Kalvin is smart and very athletic so i expect to see some new wrinkles in his game but he’s fighting and absolute master in there.

WAR HOLLOWAY
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Lol, every body knows his 1-2 is his bread and butter, but to say he has one entry is just flat out wrong. He'll feint a 3 before the jab, he'll step with the jab, he'll stutter step then jab on the off beat, he'll feint the jab then go with a leg kick, he'll fire straight rights to the body, he throws the front kick a lot, he threw a 3-2 that finished lamas, 3-4-5 against Stephens, entered the pocket with an elbow against Stephens (not a jab), he'll skip the jab and go 2-3, he's also one of the few guys that will begin a combinations with uppercuts, he'll leg kick into a stance switch followed by a cross. I could go on and on.

The most dangerous thing about kattar is that it's hard to tell what he's going to throw because he makes the set up look so similar to eachother.

So yeah, definitely not one entry.
 
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fortheo said:
Lol, every body knows his 1-2 is his bread and butter, but to say he has one entry is just flat out wrong. He'll feint a 3 before the jab, he'll step with the jab, he'll stutter step then jab on the off beat, he'll feint the jab then go with a leg kick, he'll fire straight rights to the body, he throws the front kick a lot, he threw a 3-2 that finished lamas, entered the pocket with an elbow against Stephens (not a jab), he's also one of the few guys that will begin a combination with uppercuts, He'll leg kick into a stance switch followed by a cross. I could go on and on.

The most dangerous thing about kattar is that it's hard to tell what he's going to throw because he makes the set up look so similar to eachother.

So yeah, definitely not one entry.
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Same basic footwork small variations in which punches he throws. He’s working the same angle the whole time. Stephens is actually a perfect example. He threw that 1-2-3 combo successfully twice before then on the third he fainted the jab allowing him to close a ton of distance and threw the elbow instead. Very tactful ko of the year shit but it exactly the type of thing you’d expect stephens to get hit with.
 
Im not counting either out. Max took out Aldo impressively twice, no easy feat. And this fight should take place in each others comfort zone.

Kattar is on a roll and isnt a small 45’er by no means meaning he is gonna touch Max up. With the way Porier had success out boxing Max I see Kattar doung the same here.
 
Ajax41 said:
Same basic footwork small variations in which punches he throws. He’s working the same angle the whole time. Stephens is actually a perfect example. He threw that 1-2-3 combo successfully twice before then on the third he fainted the jab allowing him to close a ton of distance and threw the elbow instead. Very tactful ko of the year shit but it exactly the type of thing you’d expect stephens to get hit with.
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You said he had one entry. I just listed off like ten.

Have a 1-1-4- shovel 3 followed by a 6-3-4

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I'm not trying to be a dick, but you're just wrong here
 
Willek said:
I thought Holloway looked fantastic in the 2nd Volkanovski fight and won easily.

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See Silva/Griffin or Conor/Aldo for examples of fighters winning easily. Max/Volk 2 was a close competitive fight. How is that easy lol
 
I really feel like a lot of people are sleeping on this fight, with both of their styles it honestly has the potential to be a FOTY candidate
 
Yeah I think this is thebworst possible matchup for Max and unless he surprises me and goes for a takedown then I think he will lose. Kattar can absolutely win a striking battle with Max just like Porier did.
 
bc of experience and the fact we know he can take the champ to the edge. a safe bet. esp with kattars last performance where he didnt look like the killer he looked against stephens
 
ali ali said:
Maybe by decision but Max has never been Knocked Out even Conor could not knock out Max that is such a crazy thing
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Max does have a chin, but he has taken quite some damage over the years. I remember Dustin hurt him pretty bad last year. All that accumulates, his chin may crack against Kattar.
 
fortheo said:
You said he had one entry. I just listed off like ten.

Have a 1-1-4- shovel 3 followed by a 6-3-4

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I'm not trying to be a dick, but you're just wrong here
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It’s the same angle . High level strikers don’t break things down just by punch number.
 
Ajax41 said:
It’s the same angle . High level strikers don’t break things down just by punch number.
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I said with small variations. Throwing two or even 3 jabs or a lead on the same step is still a small variation if the footwork is the same.
 
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