Hi there fellow sherbros, in the past few days i have been analyzing both fighters and since this world welterweight championship is the fight that i`m the most excited and looking foward to i decided to share with you my thoughts on it and the way i see this thing going. It`s going to be a long read so in4 didn`t read comments that some you have ready to post ya goofs.
-Tyron Woodley is an absolute animal and in my opinion, the worst style to Stephen to deal with. Not only he is a very powerful striker, he has the confort to stand because he has also a very good wrestling base which makes him dangerous in the 2 dimensions were a fight can take place: standing and on the ground.
1) Setting up that brutal right hand and covering distance
-In all his fights, when the bell rings Woodley immediately backs up and gives up the center of the octagon to his opponent so in that way he can set him up and deliver his typical and signature move: the right hand.
How he does it? He way faster than the 99% of his opponents and so, he can close distances in a unique way that when his opponent is coming foward he trows 2 to 3 jabs to keep that false sense of distance and boom, closes in and gets in range quickly to deliver a BOMB on you.
But that`s only his first move. In the first gif you can see that Koscheck realized that and barely escaped that right hand but Woodley wasn`t done yet, he lunges foward and because in his first attempt he didn`t have success he needs to trick you into that power shot again, how? Fainting the level change.
He pumps the jab, faints the takedown and comes up with the uppercut followed by over hand right. The speed in those combos is so impressive, you simply cannot escape when he gets in range.
Speed, agility, explosiveness...That`s why Tyron can close on you like no other fighter, from there he has options, he can go full ofensive like i showed or he can implement his wrestling, which i believe will be is gameplan against Wonderboy, or at least try it.
- The problem for him is that Wonderboy is not that type of fighter, he fights on that karaté side stance and doesn`t charge foward or gets in a basic, stiff position in the center of the octagon. In fact, all the points i talked about Woodley so far might be is downfall because in my opinion, plays right into Thompson`s counter striking game.
-Woodley`s right hand bomb has it`s flaws. To him being able to deliver with that power and speed he has to over commit, place all the strength to deliver in his lead leg and lunging forward to the attack. That leaves him vulnerable to the precision, timming and space manipulation of Wonderboy, great example is the first GIF that i will show you.
-And this makes me go to my next point which is another flaw in Woodley`s game. When his opponents shut down his offensive (Rory did it brilliantly) he tends to get hesitant, backs up in a very stationary way which gives an opportunity to his opponent to get in and make him pay
- He shows no moviment or ability to get out of this alley and reset. So how does Stephen deals with this? Let`s compare:
Defensively
-When he presented with pressure and his opponent closing in, he is fast to recognize it and create the space to get a window to be out.
Hendricks is already to close, so what are we gonna do? Balance and lateral movement, he doesn`t even give Hendricks the opportunity to think about it because he is just so good in reading it and antecipating it.
-Here he trows the 1\2 just to get enough space to find that window and escape. He is also excelent in fighting while backing up and has that sense of what is around him and were is his safe zone, the footwork is the key for him in this matter.
Footwork, control the space and reset.
Offensively
-Now Wonderboy`s offensive is a thing of beauty, like i already said previously this is Anderson Silva level of striking. Let`s see how Wonderboy attacked when presented with a similar situation with a fighter backed up against the fence in a stiff, stationary way
-Did you notice how Hendricks was put on the fence in the first place? He lunged foward and over commited on an over hand...Hummmm where did i see this before??
-if Woodley gets in range or trys to get into stand up battle Wonderboy will put on a clinic on him. Precision, timing, balance, angles, footwork, In & Out(manipulating and creating the so called dead space),dexterity this man has it all has showed in the next and final GIF`s.
Prediction: Stephen Thompson by RD 3 TKO
Thank you for the patient and i hope you had a good reading, if you guys like it i`m considering doing a breakdown of Weidman vs Romero which is the other fight that is such an excelent and intriguing match up, i will analyze that fight and see if i can find any path for each fighter to win it because i have no idea who takes that one.
threadHi there fellow sherbros, in the past few days i have been analyzing both fighters and since this world welterweight championship is the fight that i`m the most excited and looking foward to i decided to share with you my thoughts on it and the way i see this thing going. It`s going to be a long read so in4 didn`t read comments that some you have ready to post ya goofs.
-Tyron Woodley is an absolute animal and in my opinion, the worst style to Stephen to deal with. Not only he is a very powerful striker, he has the confort to stand because he has also a very good wrestling base which makes him dangerous in the 2 dimensions were a fight can take place: standing and on the ground.
1) Setting up that brutal right hand and covering distance
-In all his fights, when the bell rings Woodley immediately backs up and gives up the center of the octagon to his opponent so in that way he can set him up and deliver his typical and signature move: the right hand.
How he does it? He way faster than the 99% of his opponents and so, he can close distances in a unique way that when his opponent is coming foward he trows 2 to 3 jabs to keep that false sense of distance and boom, closes in and gets in range quickly to deliver a BOMB on you.
But that`s only his first move. In the first gif you can see that Koscheck realized that and barely escaped that right hand but Woodley wasn`t done yet, he lunges foward and because in his first attempt he didn`t have success he needs to trick you into that power shot again, how? Fainting the level change.
He pumps the jab, faints the takedown and comes up with the uppercut followed by over hand right. The speed in those combos is so impressive, you simply cannot escape when he gets in range.
Speed, agility, explosiveness...That`s why Tyron can close on you like no other fighter, from there he has options, he can go full ofensive like i showed or he can implement his wrestling, which i believe will be is gameplan against Wonderboy, or at least try it.
- The problem for him is that Wonderboy is not that type of fighter, he fights on that karaté side stance and doesn`t charge foward or gets in a basic, stiff position in the center of the octagon. In fact, all the points i talked about Woodley so far might be is downfall because in my opinion, plays right into Thompson`s counter striking game.
-Woodley`s right hand bomb has it`s flaws. To him being able to deliver with that power and speed he has to over commit, place all the strength to deliver in his lead leg and lunging forward to the attack. That leaves him vulnerable to the precision, timming and space manipulation of Wonderboy, great example is the first GIF that i will show you.
-And this makes me go to my next point which is another flaw in Woodley`s game. When his opponents shut down his offensive (Rory did it brilliantly) he tends to get hesitant, backs up in a very stationary way which gives an opportunity to his opponent to get in and make him pay
- He shows no moviment or ability to get out of this alley and reset. So how does Stephen deals with this? Let`s compare:
Defensively
-When he presented with pressure and his opponent closing in, he is fast to recognize it and create the space to get a window to be out.
Hendricks is already to close, so what are we gonna do? Balance and lateral movement, he doesn`t even give Hendricks the opportunity to think about it because he is just so good in reading it and antecipating it.
-Here he trows the 1\2 just to get enough space to find that window and escape. He is also excelent in fighting while backing up and has that sense of what is around him and were is his safe zone, the footwork is the key for him in this matter.
Footwork, control the space and reset.
Offensively
-Now Wonderboy`s offensive is a thing of beauty, like i already said previously this is Anderson Silva level of striking. Let`s see how Wonderboy attacked when presented with a similar situation with a fighter backed up against the fence in a stiff, stationary way
-Did you notice how Hendricks was put on the fence in the first place? He lunged foward and over commited on an over hand...Hummmm where did i see this before??
-if Woodley gets in range or trys to get into stand up battle Wonderboy will put on a clinic on him. Precision, timing, balance, angles, footwork, In & Out(manipulating and creating the so called dead space),dexterity this man has it all has showed in the next and final GIF`s.
Prediction: Stephen Thompson by RD 3 TKO
Thank you for the patient and i hope you had a good reading, if you guys like it i`m considering doing a breakdown of Weidman vs Romero which is the other fight that is such an excelent and intriguing match up, i will analyze that fight and see if i can find any path for each fighter to win it because i have no idea who takes that one.
Woodley brought in Sage Northcutt to mimic Wonderboy and is even claiming Sage's a better version of Wonderboy lol. If he's having problems with Sage, then he's gonna get completely destroyed by Wonderboy. Woodley should be using Pettis, why in the world would he be using Northcutt lmao..
Hi there fellow sherbros, in the past few days i have been analyzing both fighters and since this world welterweight championship is the fight that i`m the most excited and looking foward to i decided to share with you my thoughts on it and the way i see this thing going. It`s going to be a long read so in4 didn`t read comments that some you have ready to post ya goofs.
-Tyron Woodley is an absolute animal and in my opinion, the worst style to Stephen to deal with. Not only he is a very powerful striker, he has the confort to stand because he has also a very good wrestling base which makes him dangerous in the 2 dimensions were a fight can take place: standing and on the ground.
1) Setting up that brutal right hand and covering distance
-In all his fights, when the bell rings Woodley immediately backs up and gives up the center of the octagon to his opponent so in that way he can set him up and deliver his typical and signature move: the right hand.
How he does it? He way faster than the 99% of his opponents and so, he can close distances in a unique way that when his opponent is coming foward he trows 2 to 3 jabs to keep that false sense of distance and boom, closes in and gets in range quickly to deliver a BOMB on you.
But that`s only his first move. In the first gif you can see that Koscheck realized that and barely escaped that right hand but Woodley wasn`t done yet, he lunges foward and because in his first attempt he didn`t have success he needs to trick you into that power shot again, how? Fainting the level change.
He pumps the jab, faints the takedown and comes up with the uppercut followed by over hand right. The speed in those combos is so impressive, you simply cannot escape when he gets in range.
Speed, agility, explosiveness...That`s why Tyron can close on you like no other fighter, from there he has options, he can go full ofensive like i showed or he can implement his wrestling, which i believe will be is gameplan against Wonderboy, or at least try it.
- The problem for him is that Wonderboy is not that type of fighter, he fights on that karaté side stance and doesn`t charge foward or gets in a basic, stiff position in the center of the octagon. In fact, all the points i talked about Woodley so far might be is downfall because in my opinion, plays right into Thompson`s counter striking game.
-Woodley`s right hand bomb has it`s flaws. To him being able to deliver with that power and speed he has to over commit, place all the strength to deliver in his lead leg and lunging forward to the attack. That leaves him vulnerable to the precision, timming and space manipulation of Wonderboy, great example is the first GIF that i will show you.
-And this makes me go to my next point which is another flaw in Woodley`s game. When his opponents shut down his offensive (Rory did it brilliantly) he tends to get hesitant, backs up in a very stationary way which gives an opportunity to his opponent to get in and make him pay
- He shows no moviment or ability to get out of this alley and reset. So how does Stephen deals with this? Let`s compare:
Defensively
-When he presented with pressure and his opponent closing in, he is fast to recognize it and create the space to get a window to be out.
Hendricks is already to close, so what are we gonna do? Balance and lateral movement, he doesn`t even give Hendricks the opportunity to think about it because he is just so good in reading it and antecipating it.
-Here he trows the 1\2 just to get enough space to find that window and escape. He is also excelent in fighting while backing up and has that sense of what is around him and were is his safe zone, the footwork is the key for him in this matter.
Footwork, control the space and reset.
Offensively
-Now Wonderboy`s offensive is a thing of beauty, like i already said previously this is Anderson Silva level of striking. Let`s see how Wonderboy attacked when presented with a similar situation with a fighter backed up against the fence in a stiff, stationary way
-Did you notice how Hendricks was put on the fence in the first place? He lunged foward and over commited on an over hand...Hummmm where did i see this before??
-if Woodley gets in range or trys to get into stand up battle Wonderboy will put on a clinic on him. Precision, timing, balance, angles, footwork, In & Out(manipulating and creating the so called dead space),dexterity this man has it all has showed in the next and final GIF`s.
Prediction: Stephen Thompson by RD 3 TKO
Thank you for the patient and i hope you had a good reading, if you guys like it i`m considering doing a breakdown of Weidman vs Romero which is the other fight that is such an excelent and intriguing match up, i will analyze that fight and see if i can find any path for each fighter to win it because i have no idea who takes that one.
