Aldo has better fundamentals, but mcgregor is more creative and I'll say a little more fluid
McGregor is more open with his style, it's more free form. He doesn't confine himself to one particular style of striking and blends Boxing, Kickboxing (Karate & TKD) and some Capoeira into it. As for saying he's a "little more fluid", he's a lot more fluid. A simple eyeball test alone will tell you this much. Aldo's movement is a bit choppy and he lacks tempo changes with his striking, particularly his punching. He's always looking to explode while Conor will mix up the speed/tempo of his strikes and punches to throw off his opponent's timing of them.
I'll always favor a guy with a boxing base over a MT base. As this sport evolves, boxing will become more and more important. Boxers have a unique understanding of how to fight in the pocket because boxing is the most evolved of all combat sports.
Same here.
It's an interesting match up because Aldo's best weapon isn't leg kicks, it's the jab. His jab will be negated because Conor is a southpaw who can control distance.
Unless Aldo can consistently get on the inside with it (take a dominant inside angle) and/or hook off of his jab. But, this would leave him closer to Conor's power hand (his left) and that left straight for him is money.
Aldo has been very hittable lately and Conor has special power. Watch how guys like Brimage, Holloway and Poirier wilted when they felt that power.
You mean this type of reaction? :icon_lol:
After he tasted his power, he looked like the hunted worse than he did even before that.
A hard leg kick to thr inside of the leg is worse than to the outside imo. Also increases the chance of taking him off his feet.
What Steve08 is saying is that it's harder to low kick a southpaw if you're an orthodox, which is the case here (and jabbing too, which he also mentioned). This is why most guys wanting to employ a leg kicking stategy (see: RDA vs. Nate Diaz) will mirror their opponent's stance so that their rear leg is lined up with their opponent's lead leg for battering it with powerful kicks. A rear leg low kick is slower, as he said, and more telegraphed because it has a farther distance to travel. You also need the proper angle toward their lead leg to use it well, and then you have to maintain that angle to consistently use it. Aldo will want to get his lead foot outside of Conor's lead foot, so there's less distance to travel, making the kick faster, and so he isn't tripping himself up while trying to throw it with force. Have someone stand directly across from you in the southpaw stance, and stay orthodox, have your lead foot lined up with theirs neutrally and you'll see what he (and I) are talking about. Lead leg low kicks, which he mentioned, can work but you won't have nearly as much power with it in comparison to the rear leg (Dustin Poirier used his lead leg to land some leg kicks against Conor but they were quite weak).
