Shogun's Striking

[Minimal Payne]

He really needs to start changing things up.I saw him throw basically 3 strikes the whole fight.Leaping left hook,overhand right, or the occasional leg kick.If he really wants to get that belt he needs to mix things up a lot more.

 

[FlowWithTheGo23]

He just doesn't throw combos anymore...always swings for the fences.

 

[brasilmma]

Shogun's training camp is just ridiculous.

All we can see is his talent... no game plan, technical improvement or physical conditioning.

 

[MisterFists]

TS and first 2 responses nailed it.

Either he gets to a real camp, or he should hang them up. I dunno if his knees can carry him forward (pun intended) or not, but if he wants to try it, he needs to try a real camp.

 

[calliupinbc]

dont give gustaffson any credit or anything..

 

[Texan6533]

Yep, Gus was able to dodge about ten sloppily thrown overhand rights tonight.

 

[L0ki]

He nailed Gus hard several times.

Gus landed more.

Shogun landed harder.

 

[William Cummings]

needs to get a new camp

 

[Mooner]

He hasn't been kicking since the second Machida fight where he coincidentally suffered a third ACL knee injury.

Put the two together and you have a brawling Shogun.



I'll leave this for those of us that remembered the killer Shogun. This was back in the Liddell/Machida time.

 

[weedreference]

Among the most predictable I've ever seen... Shogun ain't the sharpest tool in the shed.

 

[DrPerry]

dont give gustaffson any credit or anything..

of course but the last 3 shogun fights were the same...

 

[Minimal Payne]

And i fear at this rate he will suffer brain damage like his brother

 

[sprucelees]

among other things. As you get older you need to rely more on game planning, conditioning than your athleticism.

 

[lockon]

sad to say shogun may never get a ts if he keeps up with this performance. and it isnt bec of Gus and his style. shogun was just throwing some wild punches

 

[Bulsebub**]

The body punches he was trowing was terrible, just terrible. Hope he stops doing them

 

[ElKarlo]

He nailed Gus hard several times.

Gus landed more.

Shogun landed harder.

He didn't throw a combo, nor did he set up that right hand. His striking looks worse and worse now.

 

[BLACKLAC**]

He can't throw a strait punch to save his life.

 

[Prodigal Son]

His striking has appeared to regress, he never learned to set things up with a jab, but now he is just throwing overhands not mixing in his kicks as much, repeatedly backing up in a straight line...I just don't get it. Still has great durability, experience, well-rounded skillset. I don't think he is done but he needs to make changes.

 

[GoldenSugar]

He was trying to time Gus witht he overhand right because Gus was leading with the uppercut. Not a bad strategy really and a fighter with a weaker chin would've been KOd

 

[Fists of Fire]

Def. Not what it used to be. Shogun is my all time favorite fighter but i hope he changes things up bigtime.