You are viewing a single comment's thread from:
RE: UFC219: Holm offers some Hope in the Women's Featherweight Division
Holly can beat Nunes although I would favour the champ. But a title shot to a fighter who 1-4 in her five last fights?? Well, in todays UFC all is possible I guess.
I was wondering if Cris could KO Holly, I have never seen Holly get KOd in MMA, submitted yes but not KOd. (in boxing she was had 1 TKO and 1 KO) http://www.punditarena.com/boxing/jmurphy/watch-holly-holms-ko-loss-genuinely-tough-watch/
I thought that Cyborg could take her down from the clinch and then GNP until the referee thinks it is enough. And when the the fight will be a stand up battle, then the second best female boxer of all time (?) and a successful kickboxer will make her skills matter. But it was the opposite. Holly was quite successful in the clinch (bar those beautiful knees by Cyborg) and lost the stand-up. And no wonder she lost. If you only spam the very same combination for the entire duration of the fight, you should lose to a good counterstriker. Every time holly mixed it up, she had success. But noooo, stick to the gameplan that worked so well against Shevchenko and de Randamie: right-left-highkick the entire night. Yeah, I'm bitter :)