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Yesterday's card really drove home something that's really been frustrating me for a while in WMMA - fighters will do like 90% of the work to get out of a bad position, and when they're almost out they'll either get stalled out because they don't know how to do the last little bit or just plain give up and get stuck again. And then they have to do the whole escape sequence from the start only to get stuck again at the last part. For example, someone getting clinched on the fence will fight hard to defend takedowns and get underhooks in and all she has left to do is step around and spin off the fence, but instead she just keeps hugging on the fence and gets leaned on for the rest of the round. The hard work was done but they just don't get over the last little hump, some needed more skills, others just a bit more effort.
I'm just depressed from the title fight, it made me dumberer since it was a perfect example of the above plus a healthy dose of poor fight IQ. I'd probably have a drinking habit if we didn't have legal cannabis up here.
I'm just depressed from the title fight, it made me dumberer since it was a perfect example of the above plus a healthy dose of poor fight IQ. I'd probably have a drinking habit if we didn't have legal cannabis up here.