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storyteller said:
I'd LOVE to see Aldo commit heavy on the boxing, his handspeed is some of the best in MMA as it is and he naturally conserves energy in most fights (though his gas tank has always been questionable).
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Mikey was grossly holding back. This is the real match does not go past two rounds. Having said that Aldo seems to have great balance and overall good ring generalship. But I prefer MMA guys to be anime guys and use the kicks and takedowns. Why limit it to one discipline?
 
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morris said:
Mikey was grossly holding back. This is the real match does not go past two rounds. Having said that Aldo seems to have great balance and overall good ring generalship. But I prefer MMA guys to be anime guys and use the kicks and takedowns. Why limit it to one discipline?
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I'm not commenting on the sparring session at all here, just skillset. Aldo has really nice handspeed, hair trigger counters and at his peak dominance, there was some hate on him for being content to win rounds rather than spend his gas tank going for a finish. He's got the right mentality to really pick up boxing skills and translate them as MMA tools. Hell I'm now intrigued to see if McGregor starts using a jab now. There are a handful of MMA names that I'd LOVE to see put more time in boxing gyms to tighten up weaknesses. Luke Rockhold comes to mind. Dude's hands are lazy a lot of times, he throws lazily and doesn't get his hands up even when he's not firing...lo and behold he was lazy against Bisping and got KO'ed, over a flaw that should have been fixed a long time ago. So many fighters focus on Muay Thai, but I'd like to see more go this Aldo route and shift gears. I think Conor's move called attention to it, but MMA has been moving more toward well rounded skillsets on a boxing base lately with champs like Cody and Stipe both having that background to go with wrestling.
 
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storyteller said:
I'm not commenting on the sparring session at all here, just skillset. Aldo has really nice handspeed, hair trigger counters and at his peak dominance, there was some hate on him for being content to win rounds rather than spend his gas tank going for a finish. He's got the right mentality to really pick up boxing skills and translate them as MMA tools. Hell I'm now intrigued to see if McGregor starts using a jab now. There are a handful of MMA names that I'd LOVE to see put more time in boxing gyms to tighten up weaknesses. Luke Rockhold comes to mind. Dude's hands are lazy a lot of times, he throws lazily and doesn't get his hands up even when he's not firing...lo and behold he was lazy against Bisping and got KO'ed, over a flaw that should have been fixed a long time ago. So many fighters focus on Muay Thai, but I'd like to see more go this Aldo route and shift gears. I think Conor's move called attention to it, but MMA has been moving more toward well rounded skillsets on a boxing base lately with champs like Cody and Stipe both having that background to go with wrestling.
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Luke's put a lot of time in at boxing gyms. He was training at Mayweathers gym years ago. At the end of the day in a unconstrained sport like MMA, guys are gonna do what comes easy to them.
 
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Skeety Wonder said:
Yeah, I think he took gold last year in Rio.

Where do you go to watch judo matches?
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In my country dstv cable broadcast's the Olympics and common wealth games. Not the world champs though it seems.
Absolutely no idea where to catch bjj either apart from highlights
 
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