Paid Members Egg Shen Posted September 16, 2021 Paid Members Posted September 16, 2021 Schmo gets a dressing down by Sean Strickland: Quote
Moderators neil Posted September 17, 2021 Moderators Posted September 17, 2021 Strickland moving into Covington territory as far as fighting skill vs personality. Quote
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted September 17, 2021 Paid Members Posted September 17, 2021 Is Strickland conciously putting on act though? its hard to tell. I think thats just how he is. Quote
Moderators neil Posted September 18, 2021 Moderators Posted September 18, 2021 On 9/17/2021 at 3:54 PM, Egg Shen said: Is Strickland conciously putting on act though? its hard to tell. I think thats just how he is. Whether it's an act or not doesn't really concern me. Just think, much like Colby, I want to be a fan based on fighting ability and style but the personality is nauseating. Quote
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted September 18, 2021 Paid Members Posted September 18, 2021 (edited) i dont disagree, but maybe just watch the fights then and avoid everything else? If Strickland keeps winning and keeps getting exposure, its gonna get messy. Edited September 18, 2021 by Egg Shen Quote
David Posted September 24, 2021 Posted September 24, 2021 On 9/18/2021 at 9:40 PM, Egg Shen said: If Strickland keeps winning and keeps getting exposure, its gonna get messy. He's not going to keep winning though. Don't get me wrong, he's an entertaining watch, but he doesn't have the fighting style to burn through opponents the way the likes of Covington and Usman do. He'll come undone when he's faced with top 5-7 fighters I think. Quote
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted September 24, 2021 Paid Members Posted September 24, 2021 3 hours ago, David said: but he doesn't have the fighting style to burn through opponents the way the likes of Covington and Usman do. Strickland is a Middleweight. He's #7 in the division, Rockhold is unranked but beating him will elevate him. Given the state of Middleweight, if Strickland wins next and then fights and beats one top 5 opponent theres a pretty good chance he'll get a shot at Izzy. Quote
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted September 24, 2021 Paid Members Posted September 24, 2021 scary ass KO ? i think thats the bareknuckle promotion Artem Lobov recently fought in. Quote
David Posted September 25, 2021 Posted September 25, 2021 22 hours ago, Egg Shen said: Strickland is a Middleweight. He's #7 in the division, Rockhold is unranked but beating him will elevate him. Given the state of Middleweight, if Strickland wins next and then fights and beats one top 5 opponent theres a pretty good chance he'll get a shot at Izzy. I know that, I'm not talking about him being in the same division as Covington or Usman, I'm talking about the style of fighter. Usman and Covington have that unique style that tends to give guys a better chance of winning. Decent on the feet, but mostly known for their energy and sheer pressure, and top notch grappling skills. Strickland is tough, and he keeps walking forward, but a halfway decent grappler will outpoint him. In the past few years he's not really beaten anyone of note, has he? Nordine Taleb? Jack Marshman? Brendan Allen? Krzysztof Jotko? Uriah Hall? All decent fighters, but not anywhere near the top of the division. Sling him in there with someone like Kelvin Gastelum, Jack Hermansson, Marvin Vettori or a Derek Brunson. That would be a good gauge of where he's at. And that's before we start looking at the Cannoniers, Costa's, Whittakers and Izzy's of the division. You're right though, he could get a title shot in two fights, but that wouldn't constitute him keeping on winning. That just tells you how much of the division Izzy has sent packing. He hasn't got a style that suggests he can go on a four or five fight winning streak, in my opinion anyway. Quote
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted September 25, 2021 Paid Members Posted September 25, 2021 got you, and i agree. Quote
Moderators neil Posted September 25, 2021 Moderators Posted September 25, 2021 20 hours ago, Egg Shen said: scary ass KO ? i think thats the bareknuckle promotion Artem Lobov recently fought in. Thank God that lad came in and lifted his legs up. Saved his life didn't he. Quote
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