Alistair is one of the best fighters to ever do MMA or kickboxing, I think we all agree on that.
But his striking, I don’t know what’s about it, but I never liked his technique. It was efficient no doubt, but he’s always looked very awkward at medium and long ranges. His low kicks are great but punches are strange looking. His main tactic has always been: Swarm, clinch, overwhelm with size.
Look at his last fight with Badr. He is effective, but, he does not extend somehow like for example McGregor, whose fighting style is beautiful, the same with Ngannou.
No, his striking technique is pretty damn far from the worst in MMA. Overeem’s real problem was that he was a glass cannon - amazing power but with an off button that could be touched at any point with a decent punch.
The Reem at his best can beat almost any Elite HW and at the same time at his worst he can lose to much worse fighters than himself. He’s just inconsistent and has an unreal amount of miles on his body and chin but his 2 Sport decorated Resume has some of the best and most impressive highlights we’ve seen
McGregors striking was far from beautiful, flashy yes, beautiful absolutely not, over extended on most of his shots, pathetic leg kicks, chin up in the air far too often , palms pointing to the ceiling when he’d open up with flurries.
