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The point is that Overeem was a world champion level kickboxing striker. He gets knocked out all the time by bum level strikers in MMA. Travis Browne is a better striker than kickboxing world champions. The level of ability, skill, athleticism, and talent in MMA is simply in a different universe than kickboxing and it's because MMA fighters make a lot more money.
EG -- Ex-NFL level athletes don't go "I wanna do kickboxing to make some money". They try MMA because there's money there. But when they do try kickboxing, they KO the GOATs in their absolute primes with no training. Bob Sapp > Prime Ernesto Hoost
when chess players play checkers......they loose.
there was a tiny size/strength difference between hoost vs sapp, i know the difference is so minor that its probably not even worth mentioning
back on topic....the squared stance being beneficial for MT is quite simple really, it "takes away" the leg kick. yeah your open in the middle, thats why we catch the teeps/kicks. IMO the squared stance is the best stance for MT. for mma no, for boxing no, for kickboxing no, for MT yes.
the fightips guy does a good job of going over it