Just curious, would you rather see Cody vs Dillashaw or a rematch with Cruz?
I would Literlly Love to see either one...either one would be one of my most nticipated fights of 2017
but I'd probably favor Cruz/Cody II and the only reason is because of the level of respect I have for Cruz...
I would love to see the adjustments Cruz would make in a rematch...
I really think Cruz got stumped during the fight, I think by the end of the first round Cruz knew he was in trouble and knew the fight wasn't going like he thought...and I'm sure he tried making adjustments during The fight and Desperately tried to figure Cody out, but he simply couldn't, it finally got to the point where he realized he had to take chances, and try to win the fight with volume which led to Awful 3rd and 4th rounds where he was hurt many times..
I'm not sure exactly what Cruz could do differently except to go in with a Wrestling heavy gameplan in the rematch....but I'm not sure thats doable, Cody wrestling Is damn good and his takedown defense looked great...
I'm not sure Cruz's can beat Cody, but that's why I want to see it, IMO Cruz's Fight IQ is either the best In MMA or one of the best, If anyone could figure it out and make the adjustments its Cruz's
for example if TJ fought Cody and Cody beat him the same exact way he beat Cruz's...I wouldn't be excited for a rematch, there wouldn't be anything there that would give me confidence a rematch would look any different, But Cruz's Mind, fight IQ, and ability to breakdown fighters, makes me want to see a rematch, 90 % of the time when something like this happens its a changing of the guard...
when TJ beat Baroa, It was clear TJ was just better, they had the rematch but TJ way better and Baroa made no adjustments and probably wasn't capable of making the adjustents
Cody vs Cruz looked similar...It looks like Cody is just better....But IMO Cruz's is special, and if anyone could make the adjustments, and come back and shock people, IMO its Cruz's
3 of the 5 rounds were close...Rounds 1,2 and 5...kind of could have gone either way....Cody clearly won, I had him winning 3-2...but it wasn't a blowout, 2 rounds were a blowout, rounds 3 and 4 were HUGE for Cody, but the other 3 rounds were damn close...I could see Cruz's making adjustments and coming back in the rematch and giving Cody problems
Yeah, half-way through the fight, I'm already totally won over with No Love, and then afterwards he's SUPER respectful and then how cool was it to put his belt on that cancer-survivor kid? Honestly, I was just starting to get annoyed with Conor's ego again and now I'm like, THIS, this is how I wish Conor would carry himself...
ya Cody did everything right..
I disagree about Conor....I get sick of the Money talk and him bragging about his numbers...
But Conor amazes most after his fights...He's shockingly respectful to his opponents...The interview he gave at the post fight presser at UFC 194 after beating Aldo was incredible, He literally gave Aldo nothing but respect...
after UFC 205, He gave Eddie nothing but respect
and My GOD, the way he handled the Diaz lose was Legendary, from the second it was over, he never said every wrong, Immediately gave Nate Credit, never made a single accuse, immediately dissected what went wrong and it was 100% his fault for being inefficient with his energy and misjudging how to fight a bigger opponent, just masterful in defeat, lol Nate on the other Literally couldn't even get out of the cage with making excuses, Literally in The cage during the Rogan interview, the first thing he said was, "I was injured, I came into the fight with Injuries, and I got the Injuries on tape so you know I'm not lying"...lololololololol
IMO you couldn't ask for better sportsmanship form a fighter than Conor AFTER FIGHTS...win or lose he's all class and shockingly respectful toward the fighter he just fought....Before the fight, completely different, He's in a tornado of trying to sell the fight and trying to mentally break his opponent, so he says and does things that can get extremely annoying, some of it is literally Genius, some of it is Painfully annoying...
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sunquake-1
8 years ago
Cruz felt off to me. Maybe Cody was just that good, but Cruz looked slower. I couldn't tell how bad that headbutt was, but that might have contributed.
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TitoVicandJoey
8 years ago
That was just Joe making excuses. Even in the replay they barely rubbed heads and Cody had a cut on his eye too. The head butt couldn't have made Cody faster. Cruz was off cuz he under estimated Codys abilities. Cody hit harder than Cruz in the exchanges, Cruz is notorious for the pillow punches. Codys head movement was phenomenal. Cruz looked exactly how he always fought. Cody just showed him how it was really done. All that extra movement was unnecessary. Cody just stood there and watched him do his dance pattern til he was close enough to hit the he bombed on Cruz every time he threw a punch close enough. Cody was more than wiling to exchange punches cuz he knew he hit harder. Cruz was wearing his self out with those extra dance moves and Cody was faster avoiding punches, moving his head and even dancing. Cruz thought he could fight Cody with his hands down and avoid punches but was wrong.Cruz was so so wrong in his game plan for this fight.
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sunquake-1
8 years ago
I guess that is my point. When have you ever seen Cruz hit that much? I thought he looked slower than usual.
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TitoVicandJoey
8 years ago
More like Cody showed divercity and ruz drank his own kool aid really. Yeah he does bang but hee from Alpha Male so its to be expected his wrestling should be on point. Maybe not even par with his colleages but you know theres a pedigree. Turns out his wheels are way beter than Cruz and his head movement is on point in synch with his counters(if you watch some of his fights this is showcased in bow he dodges the first shot then counters hard, head movement). Cody had no respect for Cruz punching power and practically dared him to punch straight up either slipping the punch or making Cruz hit him on the top of the head. Cruz did his same robotic moves then when he tried to shoot Cody out classed him there too. You saw that crazy scrambble where Cody reversed, took Cruz back, rolled with him to counter Cruz reversal then kneed him going out? That was clean. Pretty slick. If I didnt know any better I say that looked like a catch and release. If he anounces it was I wont argue. That was some slick sh!t.
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billbrown7071
8 years ago
That was just Joe making excuses. Even in the replay they barely rubbed heads and Cody had a cut on his eye too. The head butt couldn't have made Cody faster. Cruz was off cuz he under estimated Codys abilities
could not agree more with this...
going into this fight, It was 1000% clear Cruz thought Cody was a one trick pony and did not have the overall game to beat him...Cruz Literally said in every interview, and if you listened to him, He believed it and even sold people on it, Most everyone thought Cody ONLY had a punchers chance against Cruz and Cruz had a lot to do with that with his interviews...
the other thing that had a HUGE Effect on this fight and Cruz was...
Cody simply fooled Cruz and Everyone else, Cody acted extremely anger and Wild during the build up for the fight...He made everyone including Cruz think he was going to come out and go wild looking for the Knock out....and My God Cody just did the exact opposite, He was incredibly patient, He was Counter Striking almost the entire fight and he MADE Cruz come to him...it was just A masterful CON JOB by Cody....somewhere in the 2nd round, Reality must have been hitting Cruz and I'm sure he was shocked That Cody tricked it, I think thats even why Cruz was doing some of the talking during the fight, he realized Cody wasn't Wild or over aggressive like he thought and was trying to get him angry so he would start getting sloppy and aggressive...
Cruz did try to make adjustments after round 1, but nothing was working, eventually it got to the point were Cruz knew he was losing and things weren't working and thats when he finally tried to win With Volume....which lead to him getting beat badly in the 3rd and 4th round, Cruz was forced to try and get in the pocket and land strikes in volume and it resulted in him getting caught and hurt multiple times...
Cody was just Special, he beat Cruz in everyway and showed ALOT of different Skills that Most and especially Cruz didn't know or think he had.
I am curious though why Cruz didn't try to wrestle more...he only had like 1 takedown attempt the entire fight....I'm not entirely sure Cruz could have got Cody down, but it does seem odd to me that he didn't even try, I'm thinking something might have been wrong, maybe an injury and Cruz didn't have confidence in his wrestling...
IMO that is the ONLY adjustment Cruz could makes in a rematch that would chance the outcome, of course Cruz could make a lot of adjustments, but I'm not sure any would work well enough to to change the outcome except Wrestling...Cruz would have to come into the rematch with a Wrestling heavy gameplan and perfectly execute it to win the rematch IMO
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TitoVicandJoey
8 years ago
Did you see this fight? Did you see Codys take down? That was out of a video game lightning quick. He like jumped back fodged a punch(I think Id have to look at it avain)pou ced forward and vot like the cleanest takedown Ive seen on a high level opponent. Perfectly times yet a reaction to Cruz action. I dont think Cruz wana wrestle tbat guy. Did tou see bim catch Cruz kicks and tbrow bim around? Eaisly.
No I dont think Cody was playing a role. It seemed more like Cody was genuinely insulted that Cruz thought so little of his game. He couldnt wait to prove him wrong. Cody was fighting emotionaly. You can see it in his little break dance moves he didnt just wana beat him, he wanted to humiliate him every way he could. He had Cruz plotted out so bad he had all the time in the world. He kept it in check to not make mistakes but you can tell. That guys a rager.
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sunquake-1
8 years ago
Cruz had an equally impressive takedown in the first round I think.
I think Cruz thought he was so much better on the feet so he didn't bother with the wrestling which might have been equal or not much of an advantage.
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TitoVicandJoey
8 years ago
You mean that takedown that Cody easily reversed then rolled with Cruz while keeping his bac then kneed Cruz clean on the break?
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