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Old 01-07-2009, 12:51 PM   #1 (permalink)

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Is there any truth...

to what Freddie Roach is saying about Fedor or is he hyping up his boy Arlovski? Personally i think Fedor stand up is good, but i never really analized it like Roach is saying he did. So what do you guys think, How is Fedor stand up? IMO he beats Arlovski pretty easily.
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Old 01-07-2009, 12:56 PM   #2 (permalink)

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boxing is boxing, mma is mma.
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All Roach knows is pure boxing. Roach is right that Fedor's striking isn't textbook boxing, but it isn't supposed to be. It's different, but I think he's wrong about it being "predictable" and full of holes or whatever it was he said. If it was, i'm sure somebody would have exploited that by now. It's just different from what Roach teaches.

For instance, Fedor throws every single strike he throws with bad intentions, and he doesn't bother throwing jabs or feeling anyone out or anything, which will obviously cause a boxing enthusiast to find problems with him.

The point is, Fedor doesn't have good textbook boxing because he doesn't try to. He's not a boxer. He has a ridiculously aggressive, powerful striking game that he uses to overwhelm his opponents. It's every bit as effective (if not more so) than typical boxing in MMA, but Roach doesn't know anything about MMA.
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I think Fedor will KO AA. AA just isn't what he used to be.
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Old 01-07-2009, 12:57 PM   #5 (permalink)
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What he should of said of Fedor's boxing is it's unconventional... not that he has "no technique".
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Old 01-07-2009, 12:57 PM   #6 (permalink)
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fedor's technical striking is horrible. he just wildy swings much like chuck
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Of course Freddy is right about their boxing skills but this is an mma fight and Fedor is the better mma fighter, period.
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fedor's technical striking is horrible. he just wildy swings much like chuck
not even close. you just outed yourself as a dumb ass with this post.
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Old 01-07-2009, 01:00 PM   #9 (permalink)

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fedor throws the same way igor used to... its russian style boxing. the fists land on the side of the hand, thus looking like wild looping punches, but really, he is throwing everything from his hips. watch the combo that dropped sylvia... beautiful hip rotation in every single punch.

believe me, its very calculated... just not western boxing.
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fedor's technical striking is horrible. he just wildy swings much like chuck
It's not horrible, and it's not really very similar to chuck at all.
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