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Originally Posted by AJL416AZ Cro Cop was definitely beating the hell out of Kongo that first round before the "broken rib" or whatever it is that left him so gunshy that all he could do is throw one punch or kick and move away.
Cro Cop threw the left consistently because it was his power shot. you dont trade combos when you are a counter fighter, and you dont trade combos with a guy who is trying to take you down, especially if its Noguiera and you have no ground game
thats why Gomi got taken down, he committed to combinations standing, trying to knock Aurelio out, and got taken down. |
Man, I have been a huge CC fan since back in the day, but come on. He may have won the first round on points, but he was not "beating the hell out of Kongo". In fact, go back and watch it again. Although Kongo was backing up, he landed more shots than CC from the feet. It was CCs "aggression" and takedown / GnP that helped him take the first round.
You saying CC was "beating the hell out of Kongo" in round one is either a CC fan still in denial, or you overlooking and or bending what happened in order to make a supporting point in an argument.
And I understand the concept of counter fighting very well. But power shots or not, you still need to change it up. being one dimensional and/or predictable can end you in MMA.
Barnett, Wandy and Aleks were on the right path, trying to back CC up. They came right at him though. Fedor got it right, and then GG took a page out of Fedor's strategy and circled to CC's right and again, it made him uncomfortable, taking him out of his game plan.
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