He also has underrated head movement and ability to roll with shots - and is a master of using the 1-2 as well as hitting angles (at least in an mma sense).People dont understand how skilled Max is at striking. He purpousley stands in the fire because of his skill and ability to take shots. Guess what? It works.
Its definitley calculated risk on his part and not slop.
Lmao whiteknight Max’s movement, combinations and use of angles were on a different level than any wmma fighter ever.Yeah by a pretty significant margin as well.
Insecure men will say otherwise but to the educated unbiased eye Shevchenko and Joanna showed a much more technical and versatile striking game and put on an absolute masterful performance.
Max was incredible as well but as usual he takes a lot of damage and relies on his chin and cardio more so than his skill (defensive wise at least). Both were phenomenal fights.
Yes ortega/hollaway was far more exciting. But in terms of defense, stragety and control...they made the guys look like 2 brawlers
really? wow i didnt see joanna/shevchenko as evenly contestedThey were both very technical affairs, but Ortega/Holloway was a technical one sided beating, whereas Joanna/Shevchenko was more evenly contested.
Technical =/= lack of aggression though, make no mistake about it Holloway was putting on a master class
really? wow i didnt see joanna/shevchenko as evenly contested
the one hard hit that joanna landed on shev was that head kick. that's all i can remember, shev outclassed JJ in every way
ortega vs max was definitely also one-sided but ortega was still throwing bombs and some of them landed, he even rocked max during the 3rd
There's like 1 fighter in WMMA outside of Nunes and Cyborg who can actually hurt people, Andarade.More technical, yes. Much more boring, also yes. The problem with WMMA is the girls too often don't look like they can hurt one another. Shev/Joanna was 5 rounds of wash and repeat. Even with Holloway beating Ortega's head in, it wasn't till the 4th round that you finally realized Ortega had no chance to do something.
Brawler. What Max was doing was light years ahead of what ever Valentina or Joanna did the way he was switching stand in the middle of throwing combination cutting corners, recognizing that Brian left was right there for the counter and switching footwork pattern to avoid itYes ortega/hollaway was far more exciting. But in terms of defense, stragety and control...they made the guys look like 2 brawlers
There's like 1 fighter in WMMA outside of Nunes and Cyborg who can actually hurt people, Andarade.