Quote Originally Posted by CFH View Post
I hate to say this, but this is the outcome I expected. Mack has never shown that he is able to deal with pressure fighters. I didn't see the fight, but I thought it would take longer than it did. I expected stamina to be the main problem facing Mack, but it sounds like Johnson just overwhelmed him. He'll be back though, he's still a very solid fighter.
Mack started the fight off nicely, using his speed and finding lots of openings. He was landing his right/overhand right at will for a while. His left snapping in first to set it up. Johnson keep pressuring and was jabbing non stop. And it was a very stiff jab. It looked like that along with body shots that he started to throw were beginning to wear on Mack by the 4th. Mack's output went down and he seemed to glide and I expected he was savin energy to come out hard. Johnson kept the same game plan, pressuring and it was tellingly wearing. And when Mack tried to open up and fire it was wild hooks. It came unglued then and he got caught throwing them and the end was not far off. The 2nd KD he was hurt and Johnson was not going to back off that obv.

I think Mack tried to fight way too close. He really needed more mobility and in and out against a guy like this. The distance this fight was fought was in Johnson's favor, imo. He had a target to hit for too long. Mack had better speed I believe, but needed to use it more effectively. But who knows. Is an easy game from the bleachers.

Sux, I really wanted to see Yusaf win this.