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| Nick Diaz |
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1 | 3.57% |
| Chuck Liddell |
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5 | 17.86% |
| Matt Serra |
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0 | 0% |
| Matt Serra |
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2 | 7.14% |
| Matt Serra |
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0 | 0% |
| Oh no you said his name three times |
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8 | 28.57% |
| Run |
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1 | 3.57% |
| RUN |
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11 | 39.29% |
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Most of the opinions I've encountered online seem to really like Volkanovski's chances this weekend. I just rewatched the first fight, and I feel that Makhachev has the easier adjustments to make. What's more, Volk's best successes came as a result of his fitness and pace in later rounds, neither of which can be helped by his recent surgery nor the short notice. It's MMA so it's hard to be too sure, but I'm having a hard time picturing the Volkanovski win so many others seem to be. Volk's got a lot of intangibles and seems like a cool guy, but I feel like the fight is going to be noticeably less competitive than the first.
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CommonShore posted:The way I encourage people to think about it is that the fastest NFL running backs are some of the fastest people in the world, but they're not winning Olympic gold in the 100m. I remember when Conor fought Floyd that Conor's footwork would often end up with him behind Floyd, which, in an MMA ruleset, is a very advantageous position to be in. In boxing this is basically useless since there aren't a lot of legal attacks you can launch from directly behind somebody. Not needing to calculate for kicking range, takedowns, and elbow range etc would just naturally change your concept of footwork and pacing. Even if your punching and guard are technically correct from all your serious boxing training, learning where to move and when it is or isn't your turn to go would be the kind of thing experience is the best teacher for. Positions and postures and timing which are safe in one discipline are dangerous in the other, and that is something you need to be subconsciously aware of rather than merely trained to recognize. I think being at heavyweight here helps; the timing windows are bigger due to the fighters being slower, the positional rules are simpler due to the targets and openings being physically larger, and the rewards for landing successfully are more obvious and granular due to the greater power per punch.
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