For me the Izzy v Costa fight. Thought it would be a close contest and at times thought Costa may even take it. Couldn’t believe how things played out.
McGregor v Aldo was another.
How so? He hands the belt back and it’s see you later. If he wins his next fight that is. I suspect if he wins he will get what he is asking for. If he loses they will leverage that against him.
Watched one of Dustin’s interviews post fight and he says Conor never landed a kick on his calf. All that training and he couldn’t land a calf kick and instead has snapped his own leg… Is Dustin just really good at checking kicks or does Conor have really poor technique when it comes to leg...
It’s the same for every fighter who is a counter striker. Silva and Wonderboy who are elite strikers have had some really boring fights where not much seems to happen because their opponent doesn’t engage first.
He has the same weaknesses all throughout his career, boxing stance, heavy on lead leg which gets kicked to oblivion by his opponent. Lack of kicks and wrestling…
In contrast you get fighters whose weakness is exposed and they work to rectify it. Not sure how much is Nate or how much is his...
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