I think Nicco will surprise a lot of people here.
not dying?
I think Nicco will surprise a lot of people here.
Nicco needs to believe in herself, she's 5-0 against the UFC's top 15, while Val is 0-1.
Well you're ignoring Nicco's wins against Murphy, Honchak and DelaRosa ..... Sure those are classed as exhibitions, but only because the results aren't published immediately, otherwise they're fought under the auspices of the NSAC, like any other Vegas fights.
Meanwhile Val's mma record could easily be considered as 5-3 if you ignore wins over unknowns in Central Asia and South America.
Btw Montano is officially 4-2 not 3-2 as a pro and has been competing in mma for coming up to 5 years.
To add to your points:Fighters do not change overnight. Let's take Rose for example, she was at about the same place Nicco is now when she lost her TUF Finale fight to Esparza. As in shitty footwork, poor balance, can't throw combos without tripping over her own feet. It took her until the Karolina fight before she could throw a combo without breaking her stance, that's what, 2 years and 4 fights before she got her basics sorted out and I'd argue that she was a more talented fighter at the start of her career than Nicco is. She's also at the same gym that Condit started out at so I doubt fundamentals are something that's heavily emphasized there, and she needs them, badly.
As for Valentina's fight against Kaufman, that fight was only close because one of the judges was the lovechild of Adelaide Byrde and Cecil Peoples, either that or he was as dumb as you are. And the Carmouche fight was a questionable cut stoppage.
Where I did insult you?As for Valentina's fight against Kaufman, that fight was only close because one of the judges was the lovechild of Adelaide Byrde and Cecil Peoples, either that or he was as dumb as you are. And the Carmouche fight was a questionable cut stoppage.
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Yeah, cause I forgot Valentina is such a killernot dying?
Yeah, cause I forgot Valentina is such a killer
Easy to beat on someone when they are on one leg. Ask RDA when he fought LawlerCachoeira agrees with you
Fighters do not change overnight. Let's take Rose for example, she was at about the same place Nicco is now when she lost her TUF Finale fight to Esparza. As in shitty footwork, poor balance, can't throw combos without tripping over her own feet. It took her until the Karolina fight before she could throw a combo without breaking her stance, that's what, 2 years and 4 fights before she got her basics sorted out and I'd argue that she was a more talented fighter at the start of her career than Nicco is. She's also at the same gym that Condit started out at so I doubt fundamentals are something that's heavily emphasized there, and she needs them, badly.
As for Valentina's fight against Kaufman, that fight was only close because one of the judges was the lovechild of Adelaide Byrde and Cecil Peoples, either that or he was as dumb as you are. And the Carmouche fight was a questionable cut stoppage.
To add to your points:
-Namajunas' boxing improved as a result of getting more training in with Trevor Wittman, who happens to come from boxing. She's definitely improved by leaps and bounds, though she still needs improvement in the clinch and her cardio, both of which got exposed in the Karolina fight.
-Carmouche did an illegal upkick against Shevchenko which resulted in a cut and the doctor stopped the fight after examining it.
You're going full retard here. This is like saying let's ignore Nicco's entire career because she hasnt fought anyone and call her 0-0
Val beat the only person (holm) who has given cyborg a fight (to an extent), Val with a bit less naivety would be 135lb champ, at 125 she will not be beaten, I have never been so sure in my life
I feel like she could fight cyborg and it go to a decision, she is that good
So did Meisha
So did Germaine
And it could be argued that both Pennington and Reneau deserved to beat holm as well.
And let us not forget to mention (I know you are aware) that Shevchenko was on vacation in Bali and took the Kaufman fight on eight days notice. And when comparing Nicco to Sarah, some people seem to forget the size difference.
Name a fighter who wouldn't have a hard time fighting with a broken bone in their foot.Nicco has hardly beaten late replacement Roxanne TheNerdyMMASoundsCoolLetsTryItNotHotGirlNextDoor Modafferi. Anyone thinking Nicco will win this is either trolling or an complete idiot. Even white belts shouldn't be so dumb.
Esparza was the favourite because no one knew how good Claudia was back then. They saw Joanna get a clean decision over Lima (decent journeyman fighter) then struggle in a close fight against Claudia where she got taken down a bunch of times. The assumption was that Carla had better wrestling than Claudia, and would thus be able to grind out Joanna and take the win. However, it was pointed out by people who actually understand wrestling that Carla is actually a shit wrestler compared to Claudia, and the smart folks were not surprised at all when Esparza got wrecked.
Not to mention, Gadelha comes in with a big size/strength advantage over most of the division after making a big weight cut, compared to Esparza who is small for the division and keeps her weight very close to fighting weight.Part of the reason Esparza was the favorite is that Joanna's TDD improved astronomically between fights, which no one knew. She went from being easily taken down by Lima to put up a fight against Claudia's takedown attempts to deny all but one from Carla in just 3 fights.
I wouldn't say she is a shit wrestler. She is a weaker and less efficient wrestler than Gadelha, but so is 90% of that division. If you put a non-elite fighter in front of her like Lima, Moroz or Rawlings she will be persistent with her wrestling, which is also not the christmas of technique, and eventually mop the floor with them