Black Beast’s base when loading up bombs

[FIGHTING TALK]

Derrick Lewis might be the hardest, most clinical one punch KO artist in UFC history.
Part of the reason for this is his low centre of gravity, which enables him to deliver so much force on his strikes.

The question is, at what point is a fighter like Lewis going beyond the optimal range of power, and basing too wide?

Two or three times during the fight we saw Lewis, possibly frustrated, adopting an extremely wide base and loading up on kill shots. None of them landed and it didn’t look pretty, Lewis was having trouble with his balance due to how wide his stance was. Then for the KO he lands a short uppercut from a normal, roughly shoulder width apart stance, proving that he doesn’t need to overdo the low Centre of gravity concept which makes him so powerful.
Can anyone remember a fighter basing as wide or wider, and have they had success? Or is it just a completely diminished point of return once you are hindering your own balance?

 

[thehighking]

Takedowns probably had something to do with the wide stance. Derrick was well capable of stuffing single leg attempts but he knew if Curtis could wrap his arms around both legs he's going down.

 

[kenji goh]

Conor in the past, when he was a dedicated athlete, was lighter on his feet and used his own kind of lowkick (front sidekick above opponent's knee) in order to keep them busy together with various other kicks. Offence is sometimes a good defence. Maybe that also might had helped him with the low kicks.

Later he changed his style to more aggressive come forward counter punching.
I think Alvarez kicked him a little with great success as well, but afterwards abandoned the low kick for no reason at all in their fight.

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

Travis Browne in the 2nd half of his career when he was with Edmond. he had a really wide stance. people said it was because Edmond was pushing boxing into Browne's skill set, but it looked odd. boxers don't stand wide the way Travis was.

when Browne first came, he was more loose and wild but he was way more effective and had much better movement and footwork back before Edmund and especially before he blew his knee out vs Bigfoot Silva.

 

[Woldog]

Derrick Lewis might be the hardest, most clinical one punch KO artist in UFC history.
Part of the reason for this is his low centre of gravity, which enables him to deliver so much force on his strikes.

The question is, at what point is a fighter like Lewis going beyond the optimal range of power, and basing too wide?

Two or three times during the fight we saw Lewis, possibly frustrated, adopting an extremely wide base and loading up on kill shots. None of them landed and it didn’t look pretty, Lewis was having trouble with his balance due to how wide his stance was. Then for the KO he lands a short uppercut from a normal, roughly shoulder width apart stance, proving that he doesn’t need to overdo the low Centre of gravity concept which makes him so powerful.
Can anyone remember a fighter basing as wide or wider, and have they had success? Or is it just a completely diminished point of return once you are hindering your own balance?

Mark Hunt wants a word.