LOL great line by Lee. Became a fan of his at that moment
What's this from?30 fights, lost half of em. Hasn’t killed a motherfucka yet
What's this from?
30 fights, lost half of em. Hasn’t killed a motherfucka yet
He cant deal with prolonged grappling exchanges. There have been quite a lot of guys with similar weakness (Thiago Alves, Swanson, Daley, Rumble etc.) and unfortunately none of them have been able to overcome that problem. He might not be done, but he'll continue losing fights on regular basis.
Nate was in the zone in that fight.He can’t deal with prolonged striking either.
He’s faster and stronger than Nate Diaz, won the first round, and then struggled for the next two, losing the fight. It wasn’t because of cardio, he just didn’t have 15 minutes of concentration in him.
Back when I first got into the sport, at the beginning of 2014 or so, I remember watching MJ put on a masterful performance against Barboza and thought to myself "This guy's a beast!" since then though, he's only gotten his hand raised once. Yes, he did get robbed against Dariush, and he hasn't taken easy fights, but man, it feels as though he fell off a cliff performance wise.
He's still fast and powerful, but he seems to revert into brawling as soon as his opponent touches him up, ditching his kicks in favor of an exchange in the pocket of which he usually gets the worst off. His grappling is still as mediocre as it has ever been, and his fight IQ is truly that of a palsy patient.
I'm still a big fan though, and I think he'll put Fili down in the second, but I can't count anyone out against Johnson anymore, which is sad imo.
Johnson kicking was actually his downfall in the Elkins fight. Elkins took him down off a kick I believe. But that is where the poor fight IQ came in. Also kept clinching with Gaethje whenever he had him hurt. Was so frustrating to watch.
He can’t deal with prolonged striking either.
He’s faster and stronger than Nate Diaz, won the first round, and then struggled for the next two, losing the fight. It wasn’t because of cardio, he just didn’t have 15 minutes of concentration in him.
He also abandoned low kicks after round one against diaz and got suckered into a diaz brawl.