I like diaz in this one. If it goes to the ground I think diaz has got the skills to finish condit. If it stays on the feet diaz must use his reach and his punches in bunches style to dictate the pace of the fight and to keep condit from landing that one big shot that could ko diaz.
A bit of a toss up but im giving the edge to diaz in this one. Great fight overall.
I think the winner of this fight will boil down to which fighter decides to fight smart and not stray from his strategy as opposed to fight with pride and try to prove a point that he can beat his opponent anywhere….which is why I can see Condit taking this. No doubt, Diaz may land a higher volume of strikes on the feet but Condit is technical enough to avoid being sucked into the mistakes made by BJ Penn and giving Diaz a stationary target to hit. Not only that he has IMO more KO power than Diaz and has the conditioning and ability to capitalize on a hurt Diaz more than Paul Daley was able to in his fight against Nick. On the ground is where Condit has to be super careful as Nick simply has a higher proven pedigree in BJJ. A smart strategy for Condit is to avoid the ground game with Diaz and a smart game plan for Diaz is to avoid 5 rounds of slinging leather with Carlos…but given the type of fighter Diaz is, his gameness might cost him…I can see Condit being the benefactor and winning a 5 round decision after a real bloody war.
I think the winner of this fight will boil down to which fighter decides to fight smart and not stray from his strategy as opposed to fight with pride and try to prove a point that he can beat his opponent anywhere….which is why I can see Condit taking this. No doubt, Diaz may land a higher volume of strikes on the feet but Condit is technical enough to avoid being sucked into the mistakes made by BJ Penn and giving Diaz a stationary target to hit. Not only that he has IMO more KO power than Diaz and has the conditioning and ability to capitalize on a hurt Diaz more than Paul Daley was able to in his fight against Nick. On the ground is where Condit has to be super careful as Nick simply has a higher proven pedigree in BJJ. A smart strategy for Condit is to avoid the ground game with Diaz and a smart game plan for Diaz is to avoid 5 rounds of slinging leather with Carlos…but given the type of fighter Diaz is, his gameness might cost him…I can see Condit being the benefactor and winning a 5 round decision after a real bloody war.
I see Nick. His ground game is better then Condits and his striking is way more technical. The only way i see Condit coming out on to is by catching Nick with something crazy like the knee against DHK. I think its a harder fight for both of them then GSP would have been.
