as examples of how the low kick can be utilized against Thompson’s side-on, karate stance. Holland beat the legs up better than all three with a 44 of 50 connection rate. The problem is that Holland didn’t utilize the damage done properly. When it came time for the takedown after the accumulation of damage, Holland was too hurt, too tired to take Thompson down.
Ever the stubborn fighter, Holland stuck to what he wanted to do which was to the fans delight and to his undoing this weekend. He was insistent on not grappling and stood up when he did take Thompson down. But, the first two takedowns were quite slick and took advantage of Thompson’s style to get the fight down.Thompson fights out of both southpaw and orthodox. His blitzing style has him taking both the inside angles and the outside foot advantage while in southpaw.
Unfortunately for Holland, 39-year-old “Wonderboy” was too fast and he was just a hair behind all night. Thompson manage to break the hand ofand took away the power punch of Holland that hurt him in the first. Holland intended to rely on his straight punching to beat Thompson at UFC Orlando. We saw him use this when he stunned Thompson in the first round.
Thompson was super smart using Holland’s tendencies against him. While Holland had success hopping in and pressing Thompson, muffling his striking and keeping him on the back foot, Thompson settled in and started to get some work in. Holland loves to use the shoulder roll when he’s on the defensive. Thompson used Holland’s leaning, which had him out of position, and blitzed Holland to push him back and keep him from being in the pocket with the position to strike.
With the threat of the takedown presented by Holland on the step in that we talked about earlier, Thompson adjusted on the fly and dealt with the threat well. As he stepped in, Thompson would make sure to pivot away and under the attempt at the collar tie from Holland, or he would switch from southpaw to orthodox off of a kick as to be in the pocket while still having Holland try to defend what was the southpaw attack.
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