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Like I said, I think he can knock people out, because anyone who is in the HW division has enough weight behind their strikes to take anyone else out, but he never really commits to his power shots and like I said in my earlier post he chooses to use his cardio more than anything. But he'll most likely never KO an elite HW in the 1st rd with 1 punch.
The last time I saw him throw a punch with real heat behind it was against Nogueira with the counter left hook he caught him with and the subsequent follow up punches.
I also think Cain will never really be good defensively because his style lends itself to being hyper aggressive the entire fight, and he's a HW, they aren't really known for being extremely coordinated and nimble. Most HWs don't have good defense, unless you consider being able to take a huge amount of punishment a defensive style.
Cain has landed power shots on Bigfoot, JDS and Nog in the 1st rounds, granted you could argue they aren't the hardest targets ever but the threat is clearly there.
I'd argue that back in Pride HW actually had a lot of guys with excellent defence, Fedor, Nog(back when he had handspeed/reaction time), Crocop, Sergei etc.
I do think JDS has a bit of a Liddell situation going on at HW today, not to the same degree but if he was in a division not just with Fedor and Crocop but also with Sergei, Aleks, Semmy and a younger quicker Hunt whilst fighting in a ring he'd have had his defencive problems exposed far more.
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