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Originally Posted by RedNeckRaider
I am still new to MMA and I have yet to see any MMA fighter with great stand up. I wrestled and boxed and did some kick boxing. It was a very raw version of what these guys are doing now. Lesnar seemed very quick for a guy his size and I thought he might get away with bulldoging until his stand up developed. It has become clear I missed my judgement on him~
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Well great stand up in MMA might look different than what you think it might. Because a stand up guy still has to be aware of the shoot, so he can't just stand straight up and bang. Second, guys are generally a combination of boxing and kickboxing so they sort of develop their own style of stand up with those disciplines.
But there are tons of guys with great stand up so maybe you need to just watch more. Rampage, Shogun, A. Silva, etc. It's a shame that Arlovski just can't take a punch anymore because in his prime his hands were unreal. Fun to watch because for a 245 pound guy he was super fast with his strikes and very technically proficient.
Poor Andrei. Dude has to retire. 4 losses and all with him getting his ass beat.