If you have seen any of Lineker's fights you know you dont put your back against the cage and brawl with the little dude. That is up there with Zigano/Rousey game planning.
I can't tell whether it's just an insanely low fight IQ for a lot of MMA fighters, their head going after they get hit by him and then panicking and resorting to the brawl or what. Lineker is great at what he does, but I don't know where to put the success in that solely down to his ability to pressure fighters to get their back against the cage and trap them to create these exchanges or poor fight IQ. Most fighters he's faced are quite a bit bigger than him and have a good few inches of reach advantage on him, which is exacerbated given that Lineker only really throws hooks. There seems a clear gameplan to potentially beat him on the feet which is footwork and throwing straight punches. Everybody just engages him in a phone booth brawl though and I can't understand it. It's got to be a mix of adrenaline and not listening to their corners because they should be spending the entirety of their camp on avoiding those exchanges. If you're not going to try and plant him on his back and want to stand with him, make use of angles and throwing jabs and straight rights and if you find yourself with your back against the cage giving him a chance to plant himself and unload a flurry, don't get involved and cut a corner to get out of there. Alternatively clinch with him if you can't get out of there and try to plant him on his back where he's nowhere near as good.
Not knocking Lineker because he's looked great, but like I said I can't work out how much of that is due to poor fight IQ of his opponents/possibly their camp. It could be that macho thing you get in MMA where people engage to try to beat their opponent at their own game and show their tougher or what, but it's not smart.
If Lineker gets a fight against Dillashaw or Cruz it'll be interesting to see what the odds are because I'd be all over both of them. Neither of them (Cruz especially) will let themselves get stuck against the cage for too long and I don't think either would just engage in the brawl.
How you feeling sham?! I managed to get 4.5 hours sleep before I went to work so feel ok now..
Ah bet you'll sleep well tonight lolFucked mate just having a gym session will be interesting! Forgot i was on client visits today so was able to leave a bit later so got 2 hrs sleep!
Cool I went there earlier in the year to watch Bisping/silva. Loved it but god damn it was long.. Got there 4.30 and left 11.30.
Lol tell me about it, it was a fucking stampede to the tube! Never seen anything like it.Worth it though. That said, even after leaving the o2 it was another 40 minutes before we managed to get on the tube, given how heaving it was getting out.
I can't tell whether it's just an insanely low fight IQ for a lot of MMA fighters, their head going after they get hit by him and then panicking and resorting to the brawl or what. Lineker is great at what he does, but I don't know where to put the success in that solely down to his ability to pressure fighters to get their back against the cage and trap them to create these exchanges or poor fight IQ. Most fighters he's faced are quite a bit bigger than him and have a good few inches of reach advantage on him, which is exacerbated given that Lineker only really throws hooks. There seems a clear gameplan to potentially beat him on the feet which is footwork and throwing straight punches. Everybody just engages him in a phone booth brawl though and I can't understand it. It's got to be a mix of adrenaline and not listening to their corners because they should be spending the entirety of their camp on avoiding those exchanges. If you're not going to try and plant him on his back and want to stand with him, make use of angles and throwing jabs and straight rights and if you find yourself with your back against the cage giving him a chance to plant himself and unload a flurry, don't get involved and cut a corner to get out of there. Alternatively clinch with him if you can't get out of there and try to plant him on his back where he's nowhere near as good.
Not knocking Lineker because he's looked great, but like I said I can't work out how much of that is due to poor fight IQ of his opponents/possibly their camp. It could be that macho thing you get in MMA where people engage to try to beat their opponent at their own game and show their tougher or what, but it's not smart.
If Lineker gets a fight against Dillashaw or Cruz it'll be interesting to see what the odds are because I'd be all over both of them. Neither of them (Cruz especially) will let themselves get stuck against the cage for too long and I don't think either would just engage in the brawl.