You aren’t wrong, the KD was def hype, but kinda emptied it in the first round for me.
It’s so depressing, I actually really like Strickland’s weird standing straight plodding style. His rolls and hand fighting/parrying is insanely effective, and his whole plan is incredibly calm with his ability to reduce people to just spar with him (barring Pereira lmao). I thought the odds were insane before the fight since I knew it was going to be somewhat to his style with Adesanya but i REALLY wasn’t expecting Adesanya to fall into it so hard like other fighters. I feel like Adesanya usually adjusts really well mid fight but he was truly owned.
Unfortunately Strickland is such an unrelenting trash person that any self respecting human basically has to hope he gets smacked around lol. Love his style but dear god I wish a more likeable guy was utilizing it.
But yeah you aren’t wrong, it wasnt a horrible fight, but it def wasn’t a bloodbath. Strickland just that good at making people fight his sparring pace.
You aren’t wrong, the KD was def hype, but kinda emptied it in the first round for me.
It’s so depressing, I actually really like Strickland’s weird standing straight plodding style. His rolls and hand fighting/parrying is insanely effective, and his whole plan is incredibly calm with his ability to reduce people to just spar with him (barring Pereira lmao). I thought the odds were insane before the fight since I knew it was going to be somewhat to his style with Adesanya but i REALLY wasn’t expecting Adesanya to fall into it so hard like other fighters. I feel like Adesanya usually adjusts really well mid fight but he was truly owned.
Unfortunately Strickland is such an unrelenting trash person that any self respecting human basically has to hope he gets smacked around lol. Love his style but dear god I wish a more likeable guy was utilizing it.
But yeah you aren’t wrong, it wasnt a horrible fight, but it def wasn’t a bloodbath. Strickland just that good at making people fight his sparring pace.