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Sorry, I meant standing up.He had decent GnP.
Pounded out Joe Charles and Oleg Taktarov.
Sorry, I meant standing up.He had decent GnP.
Pounded out Joe Charles and Oleg Taktarov.
GSP didn't have much power in his punches, but he was actually a very technical boxer. More so than most MMA fighters.Yeah I always hear people saying GSP has good boxing when he mostly throw jabs and superman punches
I agree with you, that Shields is top 5. But, the Okami win especially, has a serious asterisk next to it.Wins over:
Damian Maia- Fought for 2 UFC belts
Tyron Woodley- UFC champ
Dan Henderson-UFC tourney champ, 2 division PRIDE champ, SF champ
Robbie Lawler- UFC champ, ICON champ, EliteXC champ
Paul Daley- Fought for SF title, fought in UFC title eliminator
Mayhem Miller (at his best)- ICON champ, fought for DREAM & SF titles
Carlos Condit- UFC champ
Yushin Okami- Fought for UFC title
Dave Menne- UFC champ
Hyato Sakurai- SHOOTO champ, fought for both PRIDE & UFC titles
I don't see how you can possibly argue that Shields is not a WW top 5 of all time.
I'm not talking about his power.
I'm talking about his fluidity, his footwork, his head movement, his combinations, his angles, his technique on his punches, etc.
His boxing skills are weak sauce.
Conorkhabib and jake shields for example
I actually didnt really like it, even back in the days.. A total physical mismatch, and it was the 1st, and maybe the last, time I really feared for the guy´s safety.O
That slam made me fall in love with MMA and you are right.
Honourable mention to
Royce Gracie
Rhonda Rousey
does this mean you dont need boxing to be successful mma fighter?
He was taking more punches from DC then the first fight. What specifically about his boxing looked better?I think he did a great progress in his boxing for his last fight
Even me, as non-educated in boxing, could notice it, so I think it's a thing.
Dave Menne- UFC champ
k1 hughes was GOAT though.I love Matt Hughes but he might also qualify for terrible boxing. And he was the WW GOAT before GSP took it to the next level.
Jones had pretty below average boxing. He was just tall, had good kicks and good cardio.