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Post #381 » by **Duke4life831** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 4:54 am

REDDzone wrote:Lol Lee is straight up SMASH passing. Double understand. Old school style. How often do you see that in MMA now?

This is like watching an old Matt Hughes fight. Take the guy down, beat him up for 10-15 seconds, pass guard beat him up again for another 10-15 seconds and adjust position again. Basically that just rinse and repeat for the whole round.

Barboza might need to really start to work on his ability to work off his back.

Post #382 » by **Duke4life831** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 4:54 am

REDDzone wrote:Lol Lee is straight up SMASH passing. Double understand. Old school style. How often do you see that in MMA now?

Double post.

Post #383 » by **Prez** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 4:54 am

Good god. I need to see Lee vs. Khabib.

Post #384 » by **Duke4life831** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 4:57 am

Prez wrote:Good god. I need to see Lee vs. Khabib.

Wish saw Lee vs Tony with Lee not dealing with a nasty staff injection.

REDDzone · Post #385 » by **REDDzone** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 4:58 am

I think it's refreshing to see guys like Lee and Khabib lead the way with the idea that if you are going to bang with bros, you don't have to necessarily bang with bros on the feet, you can bang with bros from top position as well, even more effectively.

Post #386 » by **Duke4life831** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 5:01 am

REDDzone wrote:I think it's refreshing to see guys like Lee and Khabib lead the way with the idea that if you are going to bang with bros, you don't have to necessarily bang with bros on the feet, you can bang with bros from top position as well, even more effectively.

Ya usually when you think of ground and pound guys, you think kind of slow and a little boring fights if guys just grinding out wins. Lee and Khabib use the ground and pound as a way to just dominate their opponent and it's non stop action

Post #387 » by **Duke4life831** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 5:02 am

My God even a gassed Barboza can kick like a freaking mule!

REDDzone · Post #388 » by **REDDzone** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 5:02 am

Lol Barboza wobbles Lee with a headkick just to prove how stupid round breaks are.

Post #389 » by **Duke4life831** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 5:06 am

Lee got cuncussed from that kick. Had no clue what round it was.

REDDzone · Post #390 » by **REDDzone** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 5:08 am

Barboza is just a more explosive Pettis at this point. Clueless about takedown defense. This is why I always said he was a very favorable matchup for Khabib.

Post #391 » by **Duke4life831** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 5:12 am

Barboza looks flat out clueless off his back. Don't see any technique, just him trying to explode to get up and it drains him so quickly.

That eye of his is jacked up.

Repeat 3-peat · Post #392 » by **Repeat 3-peat** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 5:13 am

Was always told that Barboza was a championship level fighter, just no.

Repeat 3-peat · Post #393 » by **Repeat 3-peat** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 5:14 am

The gap between the top 3 LW's to the rest is surprising big.

This is easy work for Khabib, McGregor, Ferguson.

REDDzone · Post #394 » by **REDDzone** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 5:16 am

Duke4life831 wrote:Barboza looks flat out clueless off his back. Don't see any technique, just him trying to explode to get up and it drains him so quickly.

That eye of his is jacked up.

His hips aren't terrible, you can see that in his mount escapes and half guard recovery. I think his biggest flaw is in takedown defense, but yea he's certainly no great guard player.

Post #395 » by **Duke4life831** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 5:16 am

Kevin Lee vs Eddie Alvarez next. I only say this because I assume Conor gets the next title shot and Tony gets the winner of that fight.

REDDzone · Post #396 » by **REDDzone** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 5:19 am

Props to Bern for being on the Lee train the longest of anyone I can think of, at least on this board. He looked really impressive tonight.

REDDzone · Post #397 » by **REDDzone** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 5:19 am

Duke4life831 wrote:Kevin Lee vs Eddie Alvarez next. I only say this because I assume Conor gets the next title shot and Tony gets the winner of that fight.

I feel like Poirier is in this mix. Not sure if Lee's weight misses will be a factor.

Repeat 3-peat · Post #398 » by **Repeat 3-peat** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 5:21 am

Duke4life831 wrote:Kevin Lee vs Eddie Alvarez next. I only say this because I assume Conor gets the next title shot and Tony gets the winner of that fight.

Khabib's team is already in talks with McGregor. I assume that happens sometime around August?

I really want a Ferguson vs Nate Diaz fight.

REDDzone · Post #399 » by **REDDzone** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 5:22 am

Also, I've never seen anyone want to fight anyone as much as Lee wants to fight Khabib. He's been calling him out for YEARS at the same time everyone else has been trying to avoid that fight. I think he believes he would put Khabib on his back early and often.

Post #400 » by **Duke4life831** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 5:23 am

REDDzone wrote:
Duke4life831 wrote:Kevin Lee vs Eddie Alvarez next. I only say this because I assume Conor gets the next title shot and Tony gets the winner of that fight.

I feel like Poirier is in this mix. Not sure if Lee's weight misses will be a factor.

I forgot about Poirier and that was just last week haha. This division is flat out stacked. There are plenty of different fights they can make with this division for sure