UFCSanAntonio Beforemath: Can Vera Put ‘The Sandman’ to Sleep? via BlaineHenryTFL
was 22-of-24. Vera will want to go to there often, as he’s done in the past—though not at the clip or Dillashaw or Yan. Ratchet up the low leg kicks and Sandhagen will be more available to hit. This is especially true considering that Vera is a significantly harder kicker than Dillashaw and Yan.Once Vera has Sandhagen compromised on the feet, and should he not be able to get to the ground, he can land some elbows in the clinch and even come off the clinch in the center of the cage.
, he will have to shine through. Inability to get Sandhagen to the ground will be the death of him and set him back from his goal of winning a world title.Sean O'Malley The fight with Vera isn’t something where Sandhagen has to plan to his opponent. Vera naturally matches up in Sandhagen’s favor when it comes to style, but Vera tends to rise to the occasion and should Sandhagen have a bad night, he could see his title hopes vanish forever. At 30 years old and the recent run he’s on, he may never see the top of the heap of the crowded and ever-talented bantamweight division.
Vera was quite outclassed against Aldo, and it was apparent by the second round. With impregnable takedown defense, Aldo forced Vera to strike with him. When that happened, Aldo teed off. He utilized the Ecuadorian’s mistakes to punish him. Vera was so befuddled that he found himself overreacting and that was just a snowball effect of Aldo taking advantage.In our next diagram, we see Aldo take advantage of one of those mistakes.
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