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Originally Posted by R3D D3ViL
I agree. I also think Nog vs. Barnett 1 and Nog vs. Barnett 2 are like day and night as well. The way Nog improved his wrestling for his rematch with Barnett was unreal. Nog is always improving. Its crazy.
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i would agree totally as well. i think he improved practically all of his weaknesses that Barnett took advantage of in the first fight by the second fight with the main areas being his gameplan and his clinch. he did a great job in the first fight making it exciting, trying to get dominant position and sub Barnett but he wasn't winning the submission match. In the second fight he changed it up used his much better ground control to pound on Barnett. he landed way more ground and pound and didn't focus on passing or submitting. He also improved his clinch a whole lot. Barnett was dominating in the clinch with knees in the first fight, and Nog was handling him with the Thai clinch in the second fight and he even landed good kicks. That made his already better boxing way more effective. He fought jiujutsu vs catchwrestling the first match saw that Barnett almost sub'd him, and humbly he approached the second fight as a striker-wrestler and dominated. Nog is incredibly smart with his training and unparalleled at overcoming adversity.