Blaine Henry looks at Islam Makhachev's sensational knockout of Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 294 and the subtle read from their first fight that made it possible.
. He put a definitive stamp on a matchup that was oh, so close in the first fight. With a spectacular left high kick, Makhachev made quick work of Volkanovski and can now cast his eyes on the future. In today’s Aftermath, we will be looking at the left round kick from UFC 294, beginning with the read from the first fight.Makhachev’s read on the left high kick was a fantastic diamond in the rough.
Let’s rewind to the first fight. Makhachev had to deal with the switch from southpaw to orthodox and vice versa from Volkanovski all night. When he did manage to find the kick, it was when Volkanovski was in orthodox. He would either step back and Makhachev would find the kick during the switch or when Volkanovski was inching in to set up the switch.In frame one of our first look from fight one, we are looking at a mirrored stance with Volkanovski being the orthodox fighter.
Before the knockout, we have to establish a few changes from both Makhachev and Volkanovski in fight two. Volkanovski didn’t switch to southpaw once. He started slow like the first time, but he didn’t give Makhachev that uncertainty from the first fight with different looks. It was clear that Volkanovski simplified his approach to the puzzle this time around.Makhachev used the push kick as well, something brought up in Beforemath, and planned to intercept Volkanovski on the switch.
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