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He has amazing power but he no doubt needs to add something to his game to compete consistently well with fighters in the LW division.
With his current skill set which on the elite level he is very one dimensional, he really needs to add something to his game. Like I think he has a shot at beating any lightweight on any given night with his power alone but unless he gets extremely lucky and lands clean shots consistently whilst avoiding the cage and ground then it's not possible to have a consistent win streak at the higher division as there's the many variables and situations he will be faced with. Even at the lighter weight he big troubles with a wrestler and was only able to stay in it due to that wrestler gassing.
He had chosen to focus on his movement which is very beneficial in avoiding the take down and going in and out with his power left, it works great when he has the reach advantage but as shown against Diaz when you're forced to work your way in and stand and trade that time spent is mostly wasted. In the fight against Diaz we saw that he stood there with his hands down and spammed the upper cut, as time went on they came slower, drained his energy and all while he was eating shots.
With this in mind, and his current skill sets I see that for him to win he needs to land early and hard. People have said he gassed himself which he did but against the rangier boxer and his limited skill he needs to push the pace early and hope to land cleaning. As such he needs to present a high volume approach which isn't always going to work out for him. Against Diaz if not this approach then what? With his current skill set all I can think of is for him to adopt a points based game plan.. but can he outpoint Diaz? Can he outpoint the other rangier fighters?
Lets say he goes up against a wrestler, what are his options with his current skill set? Go all out and risk getting tired again in the 1st, which is the last thing you want to do against a wrestler. Or does he play the point fighting approach and look to take it into the later rounds thus giving the wrestler more opportunities to take him down.
Apart from the kicks to the body (which he will want to avoid against wrestlers) his kicks aren't that great, he doesn't have a good traditional kick. So his only real threat is power left hand. This is a great asset to have no doubt but he needs to add something more trialed and tested like wrestling / bjj / kick boxing. Does he have enough time?
With his current skill set which on the elite level he is very one dimensional, he really needs to add something to his game. Like I think he has a shot at beating any lightweight on any given night with his power alone but unless he gets extremely lucky and lands clean shots consistently whilst avoiding the cage and ground then it's not possible to have a consistent win streak at the higher division as there's the many variables and situations he will be faced with. Even at the lighter weight he big troubles with a wrestler and was only able to stay in it due to that wrestler gassing.
He had chosen to focus on his movement which is very beneficial in avoiding the take down and going in and out with his power left, it works great when he has the reach advantage but as shown against Diaz when you're forced to work your way in and stand and trade that time spent is mostly wasted. In the fight against Diaz we saw that he stood there with his hands down and spammed the upper cut, as time went on they came slower, drained his energy and all while he was eating shots.
With this in mind, and his current skill sets I see that for him to win he needs to land early and hard. People have said he gassed himself which he did but against the rangier boxer and his limited skill he needs to push the pace early and hope to land cleaning. As such he needs to present a high volume approach which isn't always going to work out for him. Against Diaz if not this approach then what? With his current skill set all I can think of is for him to adopt a points based game plan.. but can he outpoint Diaz? Can he outpoint the other rangier fighters?
Lets say he goes up against a wrestler, what are his options with his current skill set? Go all out and risk getting tired again in the 1st, which is the last thing you want to do against a wrestler. Or does he play the point fighting approach and look to take it into the later rounds thus giving the wrestler more opportunities to take him down.
Apart from the kicks to the body (which he will want to avoid against wrestlers) his kicks aren't that great, he doesn't have a good traditional kick. So his only real threat is power left hand. This is a great asset to have no doubt but he needs to add something more trialed and tested like wrestling / bjj / kick boxing. Does he have enough time?
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