Thread: Anthony Johnson vs Nick Diaz
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Old 05-20-2008, 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Afro View Post
He didnt stand with Gomi, and Lawler has no chin.. thats what makes it different.
To be fair, he did stand with Gomi, just not until Gomi had gassed and his hands were low. I also think that same fight would be stopped today due to that cut. It probably would have been stopped in CA even then.

I don't know that Lawler has "no" chin, I just think it was one of those lightning in a bottle moments where timing and placement align perfectly. NOTE: This does NOT make it a "lucky" punch. I like Nick's heart, but I don't think he'd beat either of them again. Lawler has also shown improvement since their fight...Nick still needs better take downs and all around defense, standing and TDD.

The sad part is that it's all stuff Nick can learn, but he just...hasn't. You can't teach heart and you can't teach chin, and he's got them...but I'd like to see him add more dimension to his game. There's a lot of fighters that frustrate me in the same way.

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