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                    <p>In a recent interview with Sherdog, perennial Coach of the Year Greg Jackson, lays out and defends the strategy Carlos Condit used to defeat Nick Diaz Saturday night at UFC&nbsp;143 for the Wleterweight Interim title.</p>

"That was the game plan," said Jackson. "When you are fighting a guy like Nick who is so amazing and he does things so well, the last thing you want to do is sit kind of flat footed and get in a face punching contest with him.

"And so 'm sorry there's flack going around the Internet, but If you don't appreciate the way Muhammad Ali or Sugar Ray Leonard or some of these great guys that do their sticking and moving, I don't know what to tell you.

"I am not going to tell my guy to do what the other guy is really really good at. and then throw the dice and win It seems to me the smart thing to do would be to hit him a lot and then not get hit.

"I'm no rocket scientist, but hitting a lot and not getting hit … sounds like a good idea."

"Part of our game plan was the body attack, with the legs and the body. That attack came to fruition. It is kind of like investing in a bank - you are putting your money in in the early rounds, and then you start slowing down and start to take over.

"At that crucial time, at that pivotal third round, when Nick started to slow down, Carlos started to speed up. So sometimes you can go and use, you can stay away from someone's strengths. Certainly we did that ..."

"In addition to that, you can go after someone's strengths. Nick's strength is pace, and so we wanted to slow down that pace a lot, and let Carlos dictate that."






 

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 Lots of fans seem to hate it, but I get the impression all the fighters that keep on picking up win bonuses and moving further and further up the rankings ladders thanks to Jackson/Winklejohn's strategies are probably pretty happy with the coaching!

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Donald Cerrone, test subject.

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Ali and Leonard did stick and move but they finished fights ( except for Hagler lol ). They had a killer instinct in them that Jackson seems to be removing from mma Phone Post

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Great statement from Jackson. There isn't a single REAL fight fan bitching about this outcome. It's all nuthuggers and and WWF converts that think pro fighters should be dumb enough to stand toe to toe in every bout.

If I'm a fighter...I say FUCK THE FANS that don't like watching intelligent fights, FUCK THE FANS that just want to see two guys duke it out with reckless abandon, and FUCK THE FANS that have a problem with guys WINNING! Go back to that fake wrasslin BS that you grew up on, and let us grown folk enjoy the competition.

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It makes perfect sense.

If you know Werdum is great on the ground and you are Carwin, are you going to get the fight to the ground or keep it standing?

You will keep it standing.

They viewed Diaz as a threat on the ground and also didn't want to stand still and do a Toughman thing.

It wasn't pretty but you win the thing today and worry about looking good tomorrow.

Look what happened to Sonnen.

Had he kept playing his game, he is the champ.

He didn't.

Condit nearly ended up the same way.

Proves the smarter man.

Go get you some wins, Jackson fighters.

Let the Sean McCorkles of the world who will never win a title talk about who they feel won. Phone Post

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"I'm no rocket scientist, but hitting a lot and not getting hit … sounds like a good idea."

It is a good idea, shame Condit couldn't do it, he got hit over 100 times.

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I love how Condit doesn't finish one fight, against a guy who's notoriously difficult to finish, and people are acting like he's suddenly a decision machine. No one remembers his last few fights?

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Tad Ghostal - "I'm no rocket scientist, but hitting a lot and not getting hit … sounds like a good idea."

It is a good idea, shame Condit couldn't do it, he got hit over 100 times.


Diaz still got hit a lot more...he's talking about the strategy...it's execution was somewhat flawed but

"getting hit less than your opponent" still sounds pretty good to me.

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Fail.... GSP utilizes good movement in and out of striking distance. Shogun/Machida was a great example of good movement by both guys. Aldo's leg kick and combination follow ups against Florian. Florian/Guid...Even Jackson's cornering of Guillard/Stephens was good, etc... I'm not against good movment whether it be circling or in/out..

This was bullshit though. He spent too much time not engaging in a fight. I'm not talking about Chris Lytle... I'm not a fan of his and I hate stand/wang. This ring control should count every bit as much as a takedown. So many wrestlers get a non slamming takedown at the end of rounds and end up winning the round... They've got to figure out what the hell is ring control/agression and be consistent.

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 The kicks to the legs and the body are great in the early rounds but you have to do more to capitalize on that investment in the later rounds... Carlos certianly won but im sure everyone will agree that it was still a very close fight to call... too close - which means He didnt fully capitalize on his early investments. 



Nick diaz didnt have alot left in the later rounds...  Even though carlos won the 4th round convincingly he could have stepped it up even more in the 5th.



Shogun made the same mistake and he lost the decision... luckily for Condit the judges got it right but to rely on the judging in such a close fight is foolish.... especially when you've broken the guy.

  

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JeffersonDArcyChoke - It makes perfect sense.

If you know Werdum is great on the ground and you are Carwin, are you going to get the fight to the ground or keep it standing?

You will keep it standing.

They viewed Diaz as a threat on the ground and also didn't want to stand still and do a Toughman thing.

It wasn't pretty but you win the thing today and worry about looking good tomorrow.

Look what happened to Sonnen.

Had he kept playing his game, he is the champ.

He didn't.

Condit nearly ended up the same way.

Proves the smarter man.

Go get you some wins, Jackson fighters.

Let the Sean McCorkles of the world who will never win a title talk about who they feel won. Phone Post

QFT Phone Post

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ElFeroz -  Ali and Leonard did stick and move but they finished fights ( except for Hagler lol ). They had a killer instinct in them that Jackson seems to be removing from mma Phone Post


 that^

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to me it was a great and close fight.

it's a shame that people can't just appreciate that nobody completely dominated...both executed the strategies they walked in with varying degrees of success.

this time condit got the win.

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ElFeroz -  Ali and Leonard did stick and move but they finished fights ( except for Hagler lol ). They had a killer instinct in them that Jackson seems to be removing from mma Phone Post


 Condit only has 3 decisions in his entire career...  As a percentage it is lower than Ali's and Leanords.



People need to wake up.

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Tad Ghostal - "I'm no rocket scientist, but hitting a lot and not getting hit … sounds like a good idea."



It is a good idea, shame Condit couldn't do it, he got hit over 100 times.
By Nick Diaz standards, that's not a lot.



Diaz hit Condit with 105 significant strikes in five rounds.

Penn 178 in three rounds.

Daley 44 in less than one round.

Cyborg 104 in less than two rounds.

Zarmoskis 94 in less than one round.



Knowing that Diaz does most of his damage through accumulating smaller punches and not big shots, I'd say Condit was successful.

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octowussy - The only reason there's flack anywhere is because his opponent was Nick Diaz. Diaz's schtick appeals to the lowest common denominator MMA fan, and they're the ones that are going to complain the loudest (and ugliest).


 Yep....and even some fighters.....however I think most were upset that they don't get to see GSP vs Diaz after all the drama of past few months

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 Greg Jackson, please leave the sport.

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 condit turned his back and ran more times in 1 fight then the above mentioned did combined

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 in boxing he would have been warned and eventually have points deducted for turning his back to the action..