Don’t know what experts you’re listening to 😅. The path to victory for Gaethje was to turn it into a brawl.
Guys like Aaron Bronsteter even wrote it clearly lol.
Could Ilia have won that type of fight? Sure. But he fought on Gaethje’s terms counting out his durability
I love how all the experts are now saying trying to out dog Gaethje was a bad move when prior to the fight everyone said Gaethje needs to avoid the punch ups because he will get exposed and knocked out.
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Trying to out-dog Gaethje was possibly the worst approach Topuria could take, but that’s the price of hubris.
Gaethje looked phenomenal and disciplined though, that jab was naaaaaasssty.
Cold game and you got to think if that’s one of those beatdowns that changes Ilia forever
This the Arkham combat system lol. They formed a circle around him like how the Arkham goons would in the game, saying one liners like “it’s the Bat” 😭
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The pain stemming from a bitter Finals loss permeated a typically colorful Spurs locker room, but a playoff postmortem — and the agony of second place — will sting for a long, long time.
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Season 7 Chef-nanigans.
Often imitated, never replicated, seldom given credit for the sauce, but day ones know who the king of the Chef Curry system is 👨🍳
This series was a defensive masterclass from Mike Brown man. So happy for him after that Sacramento nonsense.
Big congrats to the Knicks on an epic playoff run and the chip!
I complain as a guy who’s been one of Fox’s biggest supporters with the Kings, and as someone that’s recognized he had to take these early in the series.
But season on the line this shouldn’t be the offense 😭