Why was Costa constantly back peddling

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We saw what happened. Strickland brought tremendous pressure like he always does, but Costa can crack, I don’t know why he didn’t just stand his ground in the middle bite down on the mouth piece and swing.


I think Costa needs some new coaches. He’s always with some little tiny dude with sunglasses who I think is the head coach? But he doesn’t seem to be coaching or even game planning very well for Borrachina

Great performance by Sean - his style is formidable, but these guys treat him like he’s Poatan. Someone needs to stand their ground and just swing at him
 
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That's what I was saying. He needed to stand his ground, press forward and start throwing bombs. It's what won the fight for DDP. I honestly don't really understand why so many guys want to back peddle with Sean. It's playing into his style and just makes them weaker while he gets stronger. That being said I think if Sean ends up fighting Vettori at some point I think that will be the worst stylistic match up possible for him. Vettori doesn't give any fucks and will absorb everything Sean throws and keep going forward.
 
It's easier said than done when Costa is a brawler who tends to swing wildly, and every time he tries to get/stay in range he gets hit by 2-3 jabs/front kicks.

It throws you off your rhythm and balance, and especially for the jabs causes you to strike blindly, which affects accuracy a lot.

For Poatan this obviously wasn't a problem since he's got high level striking, AND massive power at his disposal.
 
CatchtheseHands said:
That's what I was saying. He needed to stand his ground, press forward and start throwing bombs. It's what won the fight for DDP. I honestly don't really understand why so many guys want to back peddle with Sean. It's playing into his style and just makes them weaker while he gets stronger. That being said I think if Sean ends up fighting Vettori at some point I think that will be the worst stylistic match up possible for him. Vettori doesn't give any fucks and will absorb everything Sean throws and keep going forward.
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Once you stand still or move forward is when Sean puts the volume on you. I would argue moving forward plays into his style too.
 
backlight said:
It's easier said than done when Costa is a brawler who tends to swing wildly, and every time he tries to get/stay in range he gets hit by 2-3 jabs/front kicks.

It throws you off your rhythm and balance, and especially for the jabs causes you to strike blindly, which affects accuracy a lot.

For Poatan this obviously wasn't a problem since he's got high level striking, AND massive power at his disposal.
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that's the answer. There's a big difference between watching a fight on TV and being the person eating jabs/teeps every time you get in range.

TS can go spar with DeSean and upload the videos since he knows so much about it
 
Portland8242 said:
Because you guys way underestimate Strickland's power, maybe his opponents back up because he's not exactly as pillow fisted as everyone thinks.
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Force = Mass x Acceleration. You can see that Strickland isn’t throwing bombs he’s about volume. You have to be willing to take one of his jabs or teeps to the body and make him pay for it. No one should be that successful with something their opponent knows they’re going to do
 
Thepaintbucket said:
It's a lack of confidence more than anything. If you ignore his win over Luke rockhold, his last win was back in 2019 against Yoel. But honestly he has some of the worst fight IQ on top of his poor game plan. Costa really needs better coaches on his side
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Poor coaching imo. Guys lose all the time I think it’s down to the coaches to adequately prepare their fighter physically and mentally, but Costa picks his coach
 
Costa should have started to stretch out with the fingers <JonesDXSuckIt><JonesLaugh> That's how you counter that <bringit> xD
 
RampageFaction said:
Once you stand still or move forward is when Sean puts the volume on you. I would argue moving forward plays into his style too.
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Yeah but Sean doesn't have fuck you KO power that would make one hesitant to want to move forward or stand in front of him. As long as you have the ability to absorb damage and are able to disrupt Sean's rhythm the fight becomes much harder for him.
 
Guy has negative fight IQ and he knew he wouldn't be able to match Sean's cardio if he went strike for strike
 
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Marko Polo said:
We saw what happened. Strickland brought tremendous pressure like he always does, but Costa can crack, I don’t know why he didn’t just stand his ground in the middle bite down on the mouth piece and swing.


I think Costa needs some new coaches. He’s always with some little tiny dude with sunglasses who I think is the head coach? But he doesn’t seem to be coaching or even game planning very plan for Borrachina

Great performance by Sean - his style is formidable, but these guys treat him like he’s Poatan. Someone needs to stand their ground and just swing at him
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Damn, were you and I hanging out last night? I said the same shit.

Sean is a constant pillow fisted defense boxer...and costa is backing up.

After 2 rounds of that embarrassment, the coaches shouldve told him to commit to his strikes and eat whatever jabs are coming cuz sean has no power, costa is tough, and sean is slightly more tired than in the 1st.

My god, I'm not a fighter or a coach, but time after time, it baffles my mind that these guys cant get it together. Sean did EXACTLY what anyone that watches him would do. Did costa and his team not watch his fights? Gameplan was to back up, hardly strike, and...wait for sean to get tired???
 
The whole time he hasn't made up his mind whether to attack or just drop dead.
 
I like Sean has mastered the use of the front kick

Its a weapon that can be used the way Sean uses it to not only frustrate his opponents and make them fight differently, it can chip away at the gas tank and bring the guard down as well

He shows you “boxing” up close, and the moment you extend an arm a front-kick is getting shot under your punch, like continuously. Then he just follows up with punches until your guard is high again then “Bam” another front-kick to the mid-section

The kick doesn't leave you out of position like a round kick can expose your back a bit if missed. It keeps you squared to your opponent and keeps your eyes where they need to be, looking right in front of you

It also happens that when yoh are “chambered” for a front-kick, you are basically in “leg-checking” position making it easier to nullify leg-kicks coming at you since your lead-leg is usually raising off the ground, taking weight off of it. Leg kicks do maximum damage when you have all you body-weight on the leg being kicked


Sean found a “hack” in striking and I like it a lot
 
I mean, DDP did stand and bang. And his face looked like shit for doing it.
And Sean had many opportunities to land the right hand but wouldn't let go in that one.
 
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