GDT: UFC on Fox: Holm vs. Shevchenko
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well done !
i felt that Valentina won in points ... but was not dangerous ... unlike holly !
but that doesn't count ... in UFC. Pitty.
i am still happy .... i was in favour of Valentina.
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Definitely ... she never could use here superior power ... . Very experienced fight by Valentina. for sure.
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Seriously, Aside from her kicks, Holly Holm is pretty terrible power striker. Holm is strong, but when it comes to transferring power to her hand strikes as a lead striker, she's more a poorer version of Michael Bisping.
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Finished watching the Holly Holm vs Valentina fight
The thing i've picked up in that fight is that Holly Holm is really a robotic striker, not form-wise, but creativity-wise as she seems to have a set of striking combinations and she didn't seem to ever deviate from her "playbook". Holly kept throwing and chaining her combinations even when Valentina was way out of range. As a result, Holly really just showed her entire hand and patterns to her opponent. Schevchenko, who lives and dies by the counter (seriously, she never leads.... EVER), had the easiest night countering Holly's predictability
The thing i've picked up in that fight is that Holly Holm is really a robotic striker, not form-wise, but creativity-wise as she seems to have a set of striking combinations and she didn't seem to ever deviate from her "playbook". Holly kept throwing and chaining her combinations even when Valentina was way out of range. As a result, Holly really just showed her entire hand and patterns to her opponent. Schevchenko, who lives and dies by the counter (seriously, she never leads.... EVER), had the easiest night countering Holly's predictability
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Watch the Marion Reneau fight and you'll see the same thing.. The fight prior to RR.
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Seriously, Aside from her kicks, Holly Holm is pretty terrible power striker. Holm is strong, but when it comes to transferring power to her hand strikes as a lead striker, she's more a poorer version of Michael Bisping.
Valentina wasn't dangerous apart of 2 spin fists she tried to deliver. Type like a moskito is biting you here and there. She was very timely and accurate with an impressive technique ! no doubt but she was far from being able to finish before the end. On the ground she was inoffensive. She brought here to the ground several times ... that was very good.
This fight could have ended up with a KO or TKO for Holm. Some powerful hits flew around Valentina. (without reaching here) While Holly praised here team's work for the game plan, i would not agree with that ... here team knew that Valentina was a counter-striker ... and you almost never ko someone on the first hit ... so you work on serials where the first hits are delivered while well protected and then you unleash ! Which never happened ... credit to Valentina again .. she managed that as well, counter-striking and stepping swiftly out of reach.
I don't see Valentina beat a Rousey ! or a Zingano.
And i am in favour of Valentina ! she is the one i would like to have the belt ...
You may see it differently ... i respect that. (factually Valentina touched Holly way more than inverse ... therefore she won the fight by a fair margin) ... but i do not appreciate the fights with that perspective ... . We westerners see the winner by ko or by the points, i like the view of the winner by ko or imagining the fight continues until their is a ko if it wasn't reached during the time. (where we Westerners take the points as yardstick)
Holm's corner was imploring her to get in and get busy. Especially when they knew she was losing the fight. You could hear them yelling, "let your hands go". But Holly, unable to find the range and timing against the counterstriker, and being fatigued, was unwilling to wade into danger, cause Valentina countered so well.
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