Lee looks like he has no idea what the fuck to do when he has a guy down. Just the worst kind of wrestlefucker. He had RDA's back TWICE in that round and did zero with it.
Fights like this and seeing Sages skull just makes me understand how shitty being a fighter would be. Just the worst.
He's only 26 thoughGoing forward Lee is a gatekeeper fighter who gets younger guys over.
Am I crazy for thinking Lee should've kept the fight in stand up?
Am I crazy for thinking Lee should've kept the fight in stand up?
Lee needs a 160 division. He's good, very good, but can't put it together. He looks like young Liddell where you can tell the talent was there and so much better but he couldn't combine it all. At this time RDA will never sniff a titleshot because he's a tweener.
Lee is good all-round, if he could put it all together he could be a real problem for a lot of guysYeah, you're right. I guess I'm saying he's lost quite a bit of luster.
He spent two minutes of round one in the clinch burning energy. The explosion was a bad idea, but if he had paced himself in the stand up instead of going for the clinch I think he could've won that fight.He was exhausted, which is why he spent most of the fight going for desperation take downs and grapples after round 1.
He spent two minutes of round one in the clinch burning energy. The explosion was a bad idea, but if he had paced himself in the stand up instead of going for the clinch I think he could've won that fight.
Skill, athleticism, size, technique, etc. its good enough to get you to the top 10, but those last 5 fighters on the top have something else, something almost no other human in the world has. You need the intelligence and the heart to combine everything and be able to go for the jugular and win.
If Lee had a better coach and/or fight IQ he would be a killer at 55 but he's notoriously undisciplined. Everyone can clearly see his physical talents are ridiculously above his opponents but he just cannot put the whole thing together. He should be champ now with a better camp and it's sad to see. Luckily he's still young but he needs a real coach. His shortcomings should've been coached out of him by now. I'll stand by it and say RDA didn't look "good" tonight, he just looked so much "better" and "smarter" if that makes sense.Lee is good all-round, if he could put it all together he could be a real problem for a lot of guys
but his gas tanks sucks, he has no fight IQ and struggles in scrambles against the experienced guys like Ferguson and RDA
Dude has a lot to learn
I know he's only 26, but I don't see him improving. His poor gas tank and fight iq was exposed again. He totally froze when RDA stuffed that final takedown.