Fighters with good boxing but no KO power
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jvillain said:
Nick Diaz
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.....should not be on this list because he has 12 T/KOs.
KO power, to me at least, isn't necessarily being able to just turn someone off with one punch. Its being able to hit someone hard enough to make them not want to or unable to continue.
TheLethalLefty said:
jvillain said:
Nick Diaz
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.....should not be on this list because he has 12 T/KOs.
KO power, to me at least, isn't necessarily being able to just turn someone off with one punch. Its being able to hit someone hard enough to make them not want to or unable to continue.
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yeah lol! im a huge diaz fan! n i dont mind ppl hating (not that i think your hating)
but i do gotta make a point, havent u seen this guys last few fights? he has some pretty fun tkos! and the ko over lawler was tight too..
watch him agains marius z!
Biggs said:
Did you not see that three piece that Cain put on Big Nog? There isn't a HW out there that would still be standing after getting hit with that except for MAYBE Cabbage.
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Besides the KO of big nog, Cain has not shown he has big power n his hands. The lesnar fight, sure he TKOed him but lesnar was completely gassed and look at how much damage lesnars iron chin took and he was still standing. Had lesnar not gassed most likely cain would have grinded him in the latter rounds.
EGROJ said:
corn_smoker said:
Velasquez
DISSCUSS!!!
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serious bro? look at his last 2 fights! look at his entire record!
his only fight that went to dec was his decisive win over kongo where he almost pounded him into a tko at the end of round 3
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While it was a dominant UD for velasquez. He never came close to finishing kongo and everytime kongo touched cain he had him doing the stanky leg am i right?
corn_smoker said:
Biggs said:
Did you not see that three piece that Cain put on Big Nog? There isn't a HW out there that would still be standing after getting hit with that except for MAYBE Cabbage.
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Besides the KO of big nog, Cain has not shown he has big power n his hands. The lesnar fight, sure he TKOed him but lesnar was completely gassed and look at how much damage lesnars iron chin took and he was still standing. Had lesnar not gassed most likely cain would have grinded him in the latter rounds.
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Lesnar didn't gas, he got a beating put on him plain and simple. Cain's punching power was measured on sports science at 2230lbs - that is a freakin' HUGE amount of force. To put that into some perspective the bite of a crocodile (which is one of, if not the most powerful weapon in the animal kingdom) has a force of 5000lbs per square inch. A Hyena, which has the strongest bite of any mammal, generates a force of 1000lbs per square inch; and a Great White Shark generates a bite force of 400lbs per square inch.
I don't know if Cain's figures represent his total force or force per square inch (I'd guess the former) but it still demonstrates VERY impressive power.
I think the fact that Cain doesn't seem to knock too many guys out with one punch has more to do with his striking accuracy than his KO power. Cain just swarms on guys, he doesn't really care where he connects on someones face so long as he connects - that strategy beats guys up, it doesn't necessarily knock them out cold regardless of power.
Compare that to Anderson Silva, who I would bet my bottom dollar has less punching power than Cain, but always aims for his opponents jaw or temple (which are the human 'off switches' for want of a better phrase) and you'll see that accuracy can be just as important to KOing people as power.