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Ngannour picks Fedor apart with technical boxing, avoids the looping punches, and gets the late KO in the third round.
This technical boxing?
Ngannour picks Fedor apart with technical boxing, avoids the looping punches, and gets the late KO in the third round.
Haha yeah I’m sure that can play a role too. Wasn’t it the Santos fight that Jones was “pulsing” (insert eye roll here) for and they moved venues for him—and he still didn’t look good?You cannot think of another reason as to why he had a huge drop off in performance other than age?
Francis would end up like Zulu it's not even funny...
This technical boxing?
This technical boxing?
c'mon, his gnp is way inflated because of one fight where nog played an open guard in their first fight. cro-cop took little damage on the ground for half the fight.Fedor was overrated. The Pride fights were fixed. The competition just wasn't that good.
It's actually funny how this has become accepted history for a lot of people just because it somehow became cool to say it. The fact is that Fedor was a monster at all phases of the game. His trips were fucking artwork and he had the best gnp in the history of the game. Period. He generated more torque with punches in his opponents guard than anyone I've ever seen. He didn't need to pass. Francis his hard. Really hard. But Prime Fedor badly exposes holes in his game and takes him down and pounds him out.
Francis successfully got in close enough to put Rozenstruick off balance, negated any power behind the counters by taking the momentum out of them, and then still generated his own power enough to KO him at that same distance.
You don't have to think it's pretty to recognize its effective.
This is of course without getting into any of his other fights where he displays great striking. He and his team admitted they planned to bumrush Roz precisely because they knew he was going to back straight up off balance given his tendencies. When they need to be technical they are. They didn't here.
What makes Ngannou too special to take down? Fedor had judo good enough to win nationals and sambo good enough to win worlds. Ngannou too heavy and big? Fedor took big dudes down in his prime, and past his prime.Fedor doesn't have the wrestling to take him down. He doesn't have the boxing to stand with him. Ngannou KOs him in under 30 seconds.
Ask Heath and TK.c'mon, his gnp is way inflated because of one fight where nog played an open guard in their first fight. cro-cop took little damage on the ground for half the fight.
What makes Ngannou too special to take down? Fedor had judo good enough to win nationals and sambo good enough to win worlds. Ngannou too heavy and big? Fedor took big dudes down in his prime, and past his prime.
the idea he didn't need to pass herring is absurd. almost none of the damage against herring was from full guard.Ask Heath and TK..
all three are relatively easy to take down. rogers in particular had horrendous balance.What makes Ngannou too special to take down? Fedor had judo good enough to win nationals and sambo good enough to win worlds. Ngannou too heavy and big? Fedor took big dudes down in his prime, and past his prime.
the idea he didn't need to pass herring is absurd. almost none of the damage against herring was from full guard.
Fedor had issues with Brett Rogers