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Man, look at the guys Cowboy has lost to. Dynamic strikers that have caught him with wicked body shots. Brown is a good fighter, but he's about the farthest thing from a dynamic striker there is. He moves forward sure, but it's in a straight line and he leaves himself extremely open to being hit. A lot of his wins have been him just weathering the storm while his opponents gas themselves out trying to finish him. These days, if you come directly at Cerrone like that he either starches you or hits a TD.
Story moves straight forward like Brown does and looks to clinch up and dirty box. He was target practice for Cowboy. Do I think Cowboy is just the better fighter? Yeah, for sure. But more than that the style of Brown is tailor made for the current version of Cerrone. He's gonna come at Cerrone and either get lit up or taken down (where Cerrone is better than he is on the mat) or he's gonna stay at distance (unlikely) and get pieced up by Cowboy's Muy Thai.
I'll keep watching tape trying to find a path to victory for Brown. So far after watching his fights with Silva and Lawler I see nothing showing me a realistic chance for him to win. Obviously in this sport stuff happens, but so far I'm capping Cowboy closer to -400. Have to also take into account Brown's style has put him in wars and he was blasted in his last fight. He didn't treat his body well when he was younger either (heroin addict, etc.). He's been very durable but he could be more shopworn than people realize too.
Sorry, realized my original post was the wrong thread and changed my post, so I'm moving the discussion back to the right one. Anyway....
I don't see how you can say that Brown isn't dynamic on the feet. He has leg kicks, head kicks, body kicks, power in both hands to go with solid punching technique, excellent knees, every elbow (including the under-used straight elbows) in his arsenal, awesome sweeps from the clinch... whereas Story is a straight brawler with only hands, and not technically sound hands at that (Brown, as Bruce Buffer says when he announces him, is a technical brawler). What Brown doesn't have is dynamic movement, but neither do Diaz and RDA. Forward is the best direction to go against Cerrone.
That said, with all this going forward I'm very concerned about the grappling.