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This sucks. They should just cancel it anyway. Sports without live fans is not nearly as entertaining.
Khabib/ferg is arguably the best fight in ufc history but gaethje/ferg is arguably the most entertainingThis sucks. They should just cancel it anyway. Sports without live fans is not nearly as entertaining.
Khabib/ferg is arguably the best fight in ufc history but gaethje/ferg is arguably the most entertaining
Tony Ferguson got Destroyed by Justin Gaethje
Dominate performance out of Gaethje.
Gaethje vs Khabib... probably in August - assuming he is let out.
No idea what Ferguson was trying to do with that strategy. Should have taken it to the mat.
I haven't been watching for a few years, so I don't even know who that kid is. He looks fun to watch though.
Thanks for sharing.
Agreed. Most Khabib fights are somewhat boring, TBH.
I think he thought he could out strike him with his unorthodox ways and he also probably thought that if it went to the ground, he would be laid and prayed or GnP from his back since Gaethje is a wrestler.
Ferguson was punch Gaethjes thigh like 15-20 times throughout the fight (maybe more). Instead of kicking, he felt punching the thigh from the top would be effective. Ferguson was slow and stupid in this fight. Had he attempted to place those shots on the body or face, they might have done something. I kept seeing that thinking 'wth is he doing, does he think that will slow or hurt Gaethje?' - a punch can't generate nearly as much force as a kick and the fact that these were practically jabs, there isn't much power behind them and you are attacking probably the strongest muscle in the body. Could it have been a scheme to get him to lower his hands? I doubt it, if it isn't hurting or an issue, why change. Mini rant about something stupid.
I kept thinking he was punching the legs so he could throw something unorthodox from that position later. I thought he was using it as a set up, but it never amounted to anything. He hit Gaethje in the 2nd round with that big uppercut and maybe he was going to see if it was there again.
I thought Tony's game plan was the one he typically goes in with. Overwhelm his opponent with sheer volume and cardio. Tony's got good power, but he wears you down which makes you make mistakes. The problem for Tony was that Gaethje wasn't giving an inch and because his boxing was so much cleaner was able to avoid a lot of Tony's strikes. The only cardio issue for Justin then was that he didn't gas himself out.
That's my guess.