Would you consider his stand up to be ahead of modern MMA?

[ShackleMeNot]

His stand-up is terrible. He just fights a guy for an arranged period of time. I didn't hear a single good joke

Nicely done

 

[So Fresh]

what a weird question.. Canadian kickboxing is not the creme de la creme of international kickboxing

so at least compare it to real elite level

 

[Dan155]

Here are the two greatest Muay Thai fighters of our generation, for reference. No one in MMA is remotely close (even Rambaa Somdet, who was an accomplished and well-known Thai boxer, was nowhere near these guys' level).

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[ostlerrage]

great striking. highlights vid tho. you can't compare kickboxing striking and mma. He's a little guy as well. compare him vs aldo.

 

[Arne Rud]

Hes ok

 

[thx113x]

After reading the title I was expecting another god awful McGregor thread

 

[Ogata]

great striking. highlights vid tho. you can't compare kickboxing striking and mma. He's a little guy as well. compare him vs aldo.

Bro, Blake is a big dude!


He is around GSPs size!

 

[HDKIKR]

Then compare it to an elite international-level kickboxer, like Petrosyan, Holzken, or Saki, not some miscellaneous Canadian-circuit TKD fighter. And the answer is no, of course not. How would people who have to commit tremendous time training for grappling exchanges be able to compete in pure standup against people who commit 100% of their training time to standup?

Aaaaaand thank you!