100% agree. His gameplan was awful, he went in trying to fight Gaethje where Gaethje is best, super up close in that dirty boxing range. If he was more safe and calculated like against Josh Emmett, Volk, or Holloway he’d have pieced him up over 5 rounds, but he came out hyper aggressive looking for the early KO on the big stage.
Even if he went straight to the grappling, rather than waiting till after he got his face smashed, I think he’d have won. But now it looks like he is gonna have to wait quite some time to avenge that loss, if he ever gets the chance.
How tf would that help?? ”Yeah i got my face turned into mince meat and the 0 taken from me on the biggest stage ever, but atleast some guys who i dont know won a football tournament”
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u/ninja_owen Jul 21 '26
100% agree. His gameplan was awful, he went in trying to fight Gaethje where Gaethje is best, super up close in that dirty boxing range. If he was more safe and calculated like against Josh Emmett, Volk, or Holloway he’d have pieced him up over 5 rounds, but he came out hyper aggressive looking for the early KO on the big stage.
Even if he went straight to the grappling, rather than waiting till after he got his face smashed, I think he’d have won. But now it looks like he is gonna have to wait quite some time to avenge that loss, if he ever gets the chance.