Yea I'm no expert at all. Just looked smooth as shit to me. I think what was more impressive was that Cruz's footwork just looked like a show that Cody was impressed by. No matter how much Cruz moved, Cody was always in a position to counter easily.
Don’t disagree there. Like the guy above stated, he has altered the style to play more to his strengths.
The point is flying over your head. Of course he will look like other karate fighters because that is his background. My point is he didn’t copy a particular mma fighter’s style and used it as his own. If I’m wrong, please post the name of the fighter whose style he copied.
That’s true. I would need to rewatch the fight but I mainly remember him ducking and using head movement to set up his countershots. Not to mention he was much faster than Cruz.
They don't fight anything alike. They move similarly outside of engagement range but when they are actually fighting they are very very different fighters.
Tj is significantly more dangerous. He uses way more tools than Cruz.
You sir are a wordsmith of the purest variety. Keep doing you
Yea I don't have the expertise to dissect it all.
True but I mean isn’t that more positioning ? Obvs I know they tie in together because you need good footwork to advance to advantageous positions
agree with every single word, TJ is number 1 regardless of all the people that are gonna say he copied Cruz, I’m talking about execution and efficiency in moving and position using footwork. Not where they learned it from, TJ Moves his feet in ways that footballers cannot
