Quote Originally Posted by gillpad
I think Andrei felt intimidated after the initial tie up with Silvia -- his attempt to take him down then was in vain, totally. Beyond that, it seemed every time he led with a leg or a punch, Silvia would nail him -- because Andrei leads with his head, he turns his head away, and when he comes across with his right, he lowers his head -- all very bad habits in boxing, and something no professional would do. The limited boxing skills of the vast majority of UFC fighters is surprising -- lots of them, including Arlovksky and most notably Ludell, are great brawlers who know how to land punches in flurries -- but this really isn't the same as being a good, technical boxer. And stopping someone's one-two punch routine that is so repetitive its nauseating, is no harder than stopping someone's leg shots. Anyone with any skill can do it.
AMEN, brotha!!!! CC.


I could see Arlovski's bad habits in the last fight they had. EVERY TIME he threw a big right he dropped his left. Ane eventually it cost him the fight.

Not enough UFC "brawlers" know how to utilize the jab. They just look for the big O shot which is extremely dangerous when two guys are just throwing haymakers with 4oz gloves on. It's almost a coin toss at that point as to who will win. No boxing savvy whatsoever in the UFC.