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when u don't have power
when u have textbook shots, can put ur shots together, work head and body an u don't put someone down or hurt them; u probably lack punching/striking power.
the reason i came up w/this was in discussing two fighters one in mma, one in boxing; the mma guy was guy mezger. Someone who at this time in mma was one of the better strategical and technical strikers all the way up until his retirement; he had good positioning, put strikes together, used the full range leg/mid/high kicks, hooks/cross/uppercot/jab, knees. An eff put his shots together..an set them up. Yet he had a low ko count in mma; which i explained was a lack of power, to land so many shots that were setup well, put together well and mixed w/a range..he should have put many guys around. But did not stp leinenger-arona-sak-noguiera-ortiz and many others he fought; he rocked them but never put them down. Esp leinenger who he totally opened up on
Same goes for PBF-in all his most recent fights he lands many clean, textbook, fast shots, combinations and excellently set up w/him in great position. Yet he has had a hard time stopping people judah/mitchell/corley/baldomir/castillo/ and even the guys he stopped it took extensive timeframes.
now a ko is a ko; but when u are text book and have good or great physical ability and execution and u can't stop someone when landing numerous clean/crisp shots, to me that shows a lack of power. Because u are landing the best u have in the best manner possible, not just on or two clean shots but many...
if u have ko power u ko people when u land one or two clean shots, u don't take 15-20 to get that effect unless the guy u face has a great chin and most of the guys mezger/pbf faced had ok chins... an yet they weren't capable of stopping any of them. Now in mma its a little diff..but power is power and if u unload w/15-20 hard clean shots and u don't stop a non striker i have to wonder. An when u have guys w/power who land they stop people compare what silva did to sak w/one shot or liddel did w/one shot or belfort did to silva or cro cop or henderson did or even what ramapage did..all guys who were a step below guy tech.
same thing w/pbf- castillo has been hurt and stopped by lesser boxers-same w/judah and w/sharmba mitchell or baldo and so on.
im not saying someone can't punch but when u have that crisp tech and skillset off/def and ur not putting people away..it makes me question ur power... it could be that ur opp has that good a chin; but i think its a matter of u not being able to punch, an of course if u land enough u can and will stop someone. But i think that is a matter of volume and quantity not power.
example griffin v bonnar neither guy can really punch, an their chins were overrated by that fight; people thought they could take such a shot, when in fact u had to avg punchers unloading on each other..
seeing that bonnar has been stopped by a guy w/above avg power and griffin was as well; lends credence to that fact in that in both fight they took fewer shots but lasted a shorter time.
an other fights have shown that they lack a bit of pop in their shots
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