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I’m no striker, but looked to me like he was experimenting with some new tools here with his striking. I think the first 5 fights or so he’ll be trying g new techs and strategies, trying to work out what exactly works for him, before zones in on what exactly his ideal style is.
As for the grappling, I agree,he lost position too easy.
Danaher was playing it off like it was s strategy to do ‘cumulative damage’ and that the heel hooks in the beginning led to the RNC at the end. I’m dubious about that tho.
Don’t think the Indian lad had much ill effects from those sub attempts.
Be interesting to see if Garry changes his grappling approach and starts to use a more Damian Maia style conservative position game, or just keeps flat out jumping on subs
The problem with having a sub heavy game in MMA is that subs *don't* do significant damage if they fail. That's why submission oriented fighters tend to be pretty inconsistent, whereas positionally sound grapplers who never lose top once they get it tend to win more consistently. That's not to say you can't go for subs, but you do it from a dominant position that you don't have to forfeit for the attack. Hence Demian Maia was very consistent, but he didn't jump on subs. He passed, stayed on top, took the back, and then attacked the RNC until he got it without every giving up position.