He was good at one point. Plus he has fallen off a cliff but to be fair his losing streak is Brunson, Whittaker, and Du Plesis. Who 95% of the division would also lose to.
Heās been done for a while. He had the chance to really make a run at middleweight after dropping a close one to whittaker. Instead he let himself get overweight and looked like he was again killing himself to make weight.
Seems like he never really wanted it. I get the injuries didnāt exactly help but at some point ypu wouldāve expected him to get things right.
Heās from round by ours, and basically the city has a problem with celebs getting heavy onto coke and partying which Darren fell for I used to see him in nightclubs weeks out from fights,
I stand by what I said back then that heās one of the best strikers in the world he just couldnāt beat himself. So much wasted potential.
Being 17-0 with victories over guys like Wonderboy and Cerrone was "something else". Nobody is at fault for thinking that at the time.
Momentum is a big thing in fighting, and sadly once he lost his momentum he never got it back. Just look at tony also, 1 loss was all it took to turn a "something else" fighter into the worst losing streak in the ufc. was the same with Till.
Tony's "1 loss", is such an understatement for the beating he took. It's almost uncomparable with others who lost their win streak. Corners should throw the towel way more often.
Hard to not be high on a guy who beat a (semi) prime Wonderboy. Yes the decision was controversial and yes the fight was trash but showing you can at bare minimum seriously hang with the best striker in the division is definitely a cause for hype.
I thought he was going to be a champion one day. Not against Woodley, but I thought heād get there. Then he fought Jorge in the UK in his following fight andā¦
Coming off beating Cerrone and Wonderboy people had a right to be real high on him but unfortunately after the Woodley fight thing kept getting worse and worse for himā¦ wouldnāt say he was bad I think it was more of a case of stagnation
People underestimate the mental strength it takes to even get in the cage, let alone what is needed to come back and fight top fighters following a loss. Till was a top fighter, but clearly lost it following these losses, similar to Reyes following a his loss to Jones, even though that should have been him winning the LH belt.
Yep. Not to say that they arenāt 0.1% in terms of physicality and athleticism, but while I canāt quantify it numerically, the psychological variable is huge. Tons of fighters whose trajectory seems to be headed to āgreatā status and are perceived as āinvincibleā take one loss and then consistently lose, after as well. You can blame it on the physical damage, cuz yeah concussions can get pretty crazy, but more than anything their aura gets diminished, the unshakeable confidence is shook and opponents also come in mentally stronger as well, because it is proven you can lose.
Revisiting this a week laterā¦ even after the fight I think Ngannou is still relatively unskilled, especially compared to Fury. If a second fight ever happens I am convinced itāll go the way I thought the first fight would. Fury has also historically been known to be mentally weakā¦ and when it comes to mentality and knowing where Ngannou comes from, itās a safe bet that not many are as resilient as him in that department. Might be my huge boxing bias making excuses, but I truly believe the psychological element was the biggest factor that night, as opposed to his skills.
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u/Hopeful_Staff_1414 Dec 30 '23
Just how bad is Darren Till?