I think he could have won a belt in boxing at one point, they have some scrubs that hold some of those belts.He's one of the best LW standup fighters of all time and his standup style is... boxing. Nobody thinks Poirier is going to win a belt in professional boxing.
He got pieced up and finished in the first fight, he got beat soundly in a pure boxing round until the leg kicks sunk in in the 2nd, and the third was weird cause mcgregor wasn’t fighting normally and initiated grapplingCause he outboxed Conor and Max….
/threadCause he outboxed Conor and Max….
he is a good mma striker, dont get me wrong
but people here talk about him like he's some great boxer when all he does is blitzes throwing looping hooks
he also has old fedor levels of head hunting, cant throw a body shot to save his life
Whys that sir?Edit that bruh
Sorry, wrong post.Whys that sir?
big mistake the pants are actually the source of his powersbecasuse he is. Give him pants that dont keep falling off and he'd be invincible.
There was no pure boxing round in Conor vs Dustin 2, but plenty of boxing exchanges. In rd 1 Poirier was kicking in the first 30 sec and landed a td after like one minute of the fight, then they spent a good chunk of time on the cage. In the early boxing exchanges tho Conor looked great and landed more and cleaner, but Dustin also landed check hooks and jabs and was getting more effective as he began to figure out the timing cus of Conor’s one-dimensional approach in that fight, all before Conor’s leg was compromised by the kicks. Fair to say Conor won the early boxing exchanges but not dramatically like vs Nate before gassing and getting boxed up. Conor’s mistake in the fight was coming in w an exclusively boxing style as he was prepping for a boxing match at that time iirc and it cost him cus he wasn’t prepared for the leg kicks.He got pieced up and finished in the first fight, he got beat soundly in a pure boxing round until the leg kicks sunk in in the 2nd, and the third was weird cause mcgregor wasn’t fighting normally and initiated grappling
man vs boy, max on 6 weeks notice with love handles, poirier gassed and pushed max against the fence to save himself from getting finished
Bruh they been callin dustin a legend
ah man that’s an easy one - it’s cus he is one in terms of adapting and applying a boxing-centric style for MMA. Great defense in 4oz gloves and the ability to counter off of slips/rolls, efficient straight left from distance w unique timing and little windup, good check hook, multi-punch combos, ability to prod and rangefind w his lead hand w/o being too reckless, the ability to stance switch mid combo, really good accuracy while still delivering big power instead of sacrificing too much in either direction.
Think you gotta judge skills as they relate to the sport the athlete has spent their life preparing for.
What mma fighters would you consider good boxers, if any in your opinion? Conor, Max? Cus those experiments have been run
the third was weird cause mcgregor wasn’t fighting normally and initiated grappling
what's up with the transphobiashow us how it's done TS
I don't people mean it in the sense he'd do well as an actual boxer, just that by MMA standards he's got some pretty solid hands.he is a good mma striker, dont get me wrong
but people here talk about him like he's some great boxer when all he does is blitzes throwing looping hooks
he also has old fedor levels of head hunting, cant throw a body shot to save his life