Its the weight cut...
Hes taken too long to reach the top with his massive cuts...i would recommend he moves up , its not gunna get easier or better from this point on...the body eventually has enough of the big cutting and your performances start to drop off over time...it works for younger bodies that are more resilient but at some point it drops off...
If he was my fighter i would sit him down and ask him if he's willing to move up and fight at his bodies natural threshold...
185lbs or even 205lbs $ince hes 6'3 could yield some interesting results
i thought that after he got slept by Nico Price. i don't care how hard someone hits you shouldn't get slept like that.
No he is one of those fighters who wins some then loses some. With some hard work he can become a Magny type player.
Yeah, I feel he did enough to win against Turman, but he was a touch short of my expectations. I'm wondering if maybe he focused a bit too much on his grappling and was a little rusty on the feet. His timing just seemed a little off, though out-grappling Turman, albeit in a mostly uneventful fight, is nothing to sneeze at. I'll be interested to see how he looks in his next outing.His performance against Turman was not inspiring at all. We may be witnessing his decline. Where is the fighter who finished Warley and cowboy?
Magny has done well because he is ok everywhere but nowhere exceptional.Magny's done as well as he has for so long because of his cardio, but even that seems to be declining a lot now.
Brown doesn't have that sort of longevity at all.
I kinda like this idea. He has a big enough frame and strong enough of a grappling backbone to depend on. He's a little thicker than Magny -- 170 may be the problem.I agree... it was a sneaky shot and could of been one of those freaky things u dont expect and K.Os you like Holland K.Oing Jacare....
But generally speaking, and from what ive seen these kind of K.Os seem to be attributed to peoples resiliency level after big weight cuts...the body responds differently depending on hydration levels and stress factors...
I would like to see him fight higher up ... It would be interesting and his only 32 which is perfectly fine for the heavier weight classes...Hell he'd be a baby at HW lol