And Conor definitely fell in love with his own power. You don't decide to just spam overhand lefts against a dude with a chin like Diaz, gotta be smarter than that. Near the end of the first when I saw what he was doing I told all my boys Nate got the fight wrapped up, all he had to do was look out for the left and he got this dude.
If he cleans up his tdd and jui jitsu though he can still do his thing at 145, those dudes wouldn't have been able to handle the kinda shots Nate was eating.
Conor was landing it at will though. My boy (a boxer) was explaining to me he was using the overhand to set up the uppercut and it kept connecting. He was like Conor should keep doing that until it stops working. Nate wasn't timing it up, he was eating them.
That's where his chin comes into play.
If your boy is a boxer, he should also know that it's wise to set up those power shots with jabs. And just mix it up period. Hooks can be mixed in. Throwing the same 2 punches over and over again with the same hand against a seasoned boxer is probably not the best recipe for success.
I feel like he didn't really mix in his kicks as well as he could have either.
And just because punches land doesn't mean someone is "eating them". Even the slightest movement can lessen the impact/effect the location of a blow.
He's not an effective kicker though? That's somewhat questionable. Overall Conor seemed to have one intention in mind with his uppercuts and overhands and not really looking to take the fight into later roundsMy point is that people are saying that Conor should have utilized leg kicks more which may be true but what good is it if you're not an effective kicker to begin with.
Half his **** are spinning wheel kicks used to create the illusions of chaos
100pure truth
for what? he need to catch that fade with frankie before anything
Conor's body kicks are a thing of beauty. He just decided to spam roundhouse last night for some reason. Spinspinspin.
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