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Originally Posted by v3xi

He won the first round didn't he? I like how he threw that uppercut when he knew he was going to get shot on, more people should do that to wrestlers but then I guess that leaves you open for a fake take down overhead right KO if your not careful.

That's why boxing teaches you to cover with the left when you throw the right and vice versa

Originally Posted by v3xi

I disagree 100%. First off it is straight up retarded to give the 1st round to your opponent in a 3 round fight when anything can happen in MMA. Secondly its not a common tactic, its an excuse fighters with big egos make to justify a crappy round. This isn't Ali vs Foreman; there are no 12 rounds. There is not much room for a feeling out process unless you call the first 90 seconds of a MMA fight a feeling out process.

Aldo's mental weaknesses are already showing just by how he talks in interviews lately and I don't care if everyone on here disagrees with me. Hes not top 15 P4P, he is a talented fighter with miles of road still ahead of him and he is already talking in ways that Fedor / GSP / A Silva NEVER do but have earned the right to if they so choose. I was a big Aldo fan and I still enjoy his fights but I am going to stay clear of the bandwagon before it incinerates, just like I did with Machida.

There are a ton of fighters that use the 1st round as a feeling out round in 5 round fights. It's not necessarily "giving" the round away. They may still end up winning the round, but they are only feeling out the other fighter. Fighters do this all of the time.

What "mental weakness" have you noticed in his interviews? The only weakness I have seen from him is the division he fights in.