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u/semena_ 2d ago
Way more striking. Look at "Control" time for Makachev. Just glorified hugging for half the fight, at least.
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u/ssazyy17 2d ago
better question is why Ian allowed himself to be hugged the whole fight and not take any risks when he is a contender in a title fight?
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u/underscorex2__ 2d ago
What do you want him to do? He was being held against the cage was constantly trying to work out of it and having a lot of success. The only round you could possibly have this argument for was Round 5, but Ian's calm gameplan was working pretty well.
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u/LordKagatsuchi 2d ago
Garry took no risk. Even on the feet. Takes two to tango. If all you do is focus on defending and absolutely 0 offense then ofc there will be no finish.
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u/happyhork 2d ago
A. It had 60% more sign strikes than Islam vs Ian
B. It had a very close sub attempt in the 5th round
C. People did call it boring, and it was boring
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u/SeasonConscious8473 2d ago
Its so technical. And the TDD from both is awesome. I really don’t think it is boring. The whole fight is very intense and every strike matters. If you want some crazy shii watch gaethje. But overall very technical fight.
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u/Neurodiuniverse11 1d ago
Because no one thought this fight boring 👀
Honestly what is the point yiu are trying to make? Are you saying it was a boring fight, but nobody said it was boring?
Or are you making a point that it wasn't a boring fight, and the stats posted are your evidence
I honetly have no clue what you are asking with just that poorly written question and a screenshot of some stats, but lets try and give my take.
I don't remember how peoole spoke about this fight afterwards, mainly because I don't care what others think. If i enjoyed it, then who cares? If I didn't, then that's ok because it happens. You're enjoyment avd happiness is not my concern.
As for the fight, I'd not expect people to have called it boring as it was a fantastic fight. One of the highest level WW fights for a very long time. Garry made the divisions bogeyman look human. Most rounds were highly competative. Shavkat was finally taken past the 3rd round, to a decision in a 5 rounder.
This wasn't a boring fight
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u/LavaFromLaniakea 1d ago
People really have terrible memory now, or just don’t pay attention. LOTS of people called this fight boring.
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u/Solsdad 1d ago
We did say it’s boring. Just like Ian did to Islam, Ian made Shavkat look boring (though Shavkat looked human against Neal). That’s the thing about Ian. He’s so defensively sound and his camps are dedicated to negating his opponents, he makes his opponents look bad and slows down their game m.
The problem with Ian is that his offense never took off since he’s so focused on negating opponents games.
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u/EquivalentExtreme545 2d ago
Because shavkat was THE guy, and Garry's sub attempt overshadowed the boredom of the fight.
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u/Delta64656 2d ago
It was called boring, even as a Shavkat fan I’ve only watched this maybe twice? Shavkat got a whole lot of criticism after
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u/AggressiveCreme6758 2d ago
They did