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Originally Posted by Lavos
Barnett puzzles me sometimes...
He's obviously very good at submissions, but despite showing good striking and wrestling sometimes he gets tooled at both quite often.
At the start of the Yoshida fight, Yoshida lands strikes flush on Barnett's chin and he just freezes. Had it been someone other than Yoshida, I suspect it would have been quite dangerous for Barnett even with his solid chin.
His wrestling is always been a bit suspect, the guy is a self proclaimed wrestler but he's had trouble having the dominant position in many of his most recent fights. It's a mystery.
Regardless, I'm as big a Barnett fan you'll find on here and I'm pulling for him to win but Rizzo always has a puncher's chance.
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I think the difference in his wrestling is the style of wrestling he does. From what I understand he is a pro wrestler that has adapted to fighting. This is different from collegiate wrestling. The pro wresters I have seen have been based on more throws and "big" moves whereas the collegiate guys have a lot different control base. Having said that I am very sure someone knows better than I the differences in these styles. I dont know much myself but my thoughts are the impressions given to me through watching the fighters. Havent seen a lot of barnetts stuff though