was he?
Nick relies heavily on his intrinsic muscles, it seems. This gives him the
appearence of moving slower, and in fact it is slower than movement with
the extrinsic muscles. He relies more on positioning and timing to get
the job done.
I thought the same thing, he seemed extremely slow.
its called ring rust or octagon rust.
I watched his fight with Drew Fickett today and it's amazing the difference.
WEED reflex.
someone buy him that rolling stoned shirt.
he was in the spirit world ass hole...
He did seem to be moving quite slow, his quick twitch muscle fibers need a tune up with all marathon type workouts hes been doing. Hopefully it was just ring rust, he did JUST enough to win.
Props to his opponent Iron Mike, he looked game as hell.
It's a combination of the lay-off, and Nick's striking style. His hands never looked particularly fast or powerful. The hook that flatened Lawler didn't seem that fast or hard, just on the button. Nick is active and accurate with his hands.
Also, remember he broke his orbital against Gomi, so he probably wasn't sparing as much as he normally does, to avoid being hit in the face.
Slow-mo can be good
"he was in the spirit world ass hole... "
Hahahaha that made me laugh. I could here this being said in the deep stoned ass voice! Love that movie!
~TIN