What makes DDP so confident in his TDD this time around?

[Unheralded Truth]

Not saying he shouldn't believe in himself, it's all good - but after Till, Brunson and Whittaker successively took him down it's been two years of fighting
strikers only, and there he just had to defend one takedown attempt from Adesanya who tried to prove some point, after he got taken down himself.

This is what strikes me as odd, that now when not spending any time on this in the octagon for a while, he wants to give a percentage of his purse
to his next opponent for any landed TD - a guy who has proven to be a far better wrestler than Till, Brunson and Whittaker.

What outside of him successfully denying Izzy once could have made him this confident, in that area of the game? It makes you wonder if they
truly have grinded wrestling non-stop for two years while accepting fights with strikers? What's your take here, does it all make sense to you?

 

[GluttonforPunishment]

Probably because he trains and fights for a living.

 

[bng]

What makes DDP so confident in his TDD this time around?

cartoon physics and plot armor

 

[usernamee]

He has said himself that he expects to get taken down but he also expects to get back up and keep making Chimmy work

 

[Qays Stetkevich]

A fighter at his age, his place in his career (defending champ on a great streak), with his kind of gym and training regimen and coaching. . . .can improve on whatever areas they want and need to. This shouldn't be surprising. It's not 1996.

 

[Harlekin]

His trainer says that Khamzat is terrible and has no chance all the time.
Seems like a yes man.
Not good.

Khamzat improved his standup a lot lately. Let's see where his cardio is at.

 

[Unheralded Truth]

His trainer says that Khamzat is terrible and has no chance all the time.
Seems like a yes man.
Not good.

Khamzat improved his standup a lot lately. Let's see where his cardio is at.

Could be - and if so, he would be far from alone out of those who reached the top, or those just on the outskirts.

It's strange though when it's the same coaches that would be critical and honest, to improve their guy. Then being all about making their guy pleased afterwards.