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54 minutes ago, BurdineBandit said:

Yep, especially since he had him in a crucifix in like 3 different rounds. How he didn't rain down elbows and strikes on him is beyond me. He throw a hundred little short baby punches to the corner of DDP's head, but he never seemed to try and put him away with actual aggression. Normally I'd have been bored of it, but I was actually entertained watching a defending champion just get absolutely manhandled and able to do nothing to stop it. 25 seconds each round and he was a ragdoll. 

 

It is a bit funny to hear DDP claim hell be back to get his belt back. But even if he improves significantly, what does that mean? He stuffs 3 takedowns and lasts an average of 50 seconds on his feet before spending the rest of the fight on his back next time? That would be a huge improvement. 

Its a game of marginal positions. DDP was bridging and shrimping/bucking pretty well. Thats probably why Khamzat didnt want to posture up for bigger strikes and risk an escape. Dricus’ strength kept Khamzat from advancing further. 

It also likely explains Dricus’ gameplan: dont bite on level-change feints to preserve his own striking threat, out of the belief that he can escape from the ground and wear khamzat out. Problem was that came in the 5th instead of the 2nd or 3rd. 

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6 hours ago, BurdineBandit said:

Normally I'd have been bored of it, but I was actually entertained watching a defending champion just get absolutely manhandled and able to do nothing to stop it. 25 seconds each round and he was a ragdoll.

 

I too found it captivating. Both men have interesting paths. Khamzat has seemed near retirement a couple of times due to various issues. In other fights he's chosen to bang, almost to his detriment. But it was wild to see him put a champion in a crucifix multiple times, and it was interesting to see if DDP would break. He kind of did, he kind of didn't. I was entertained.

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