@@mitch6962He seemed to mostly manage to get out of the way, looked like a glancing blow off the face to me. You can see that Sean's punch grazed and then connected with the brow of the dudes headgear, almost lifting it off him. I think he was just reacting to the exchange and close call.
@@mitch6962 He absolutely slipped it. Sean would not have that kind of expression for a near miss uppercut that didn't land flush. It would have rocked him for sure if he had connected, Sean has an easy 20lbs on this kid. Plus, you can clearly see it's a slip if you slow the video down, no need to bs in the comments.
What I love about Sean is that he does not belittle his opponents by going easy on them. Imagine what it does to a fighter mentally, if he is doing his best, only to discover that he is unable to harm his opponent, while his opponent picks him apart effortlessly. Sean always makes it a fight. He damages the body short term, but makes the other fighter stronger mentally long term. If you were locked in a cage with a prime Sean, fought back and stayed on your feet, you know you have a fighter spirit in you.
I love how so many criticize Sean and how many holes in his game he has, yet he still stands toe-to-toe with anybody in the top of his division. Someone explain how you can be ranked in top 10 so long but people say you suck? People dont realize how hard that is
It's not that he sucks, how's defense and stamina are elite! It's just against the "mixed martial artist", anyone who is has 2 or 3 high level skill sets he looks bad. His Usman fight was so one sided he went up in weight. He lost his a decision to Cannoneer because he threw the same 3 strokes over and over Again, Dricus, who has a third or less of the the experience as Strickland figured out mid fight, spam the overhand and threaten takedown to beat him. Let's not mention what 🗿did. He's right to avoid the Whitaker fight, I think his pace changes would near hell for him, he's have to fall back on stamina. Liked his boy Curtis he need to add another dimension to his game to work towards the that time generational fighter in his division status
I feel like Sean’s success comes from the fact that he never loses focus of his opponent. He doesn’t close his eyes or turns away. ALWAYS keep your eyes on your enemy.
It helps that his style is very unique, makes it hard to train for and approach. Like a modern rocky marciano, hard to game plan for because nobody fights like him.
@@kennydiaz2301 its the consistency hes talking about, everyone loses focus on whats truly important intermittently, jiri said the same thing about why poatan is so good, unwavering focus
Anpo definitely landed a ton body shots , overhands , and showed off awesome footwork and reactions to the measuring. Sean is comfortable because once you get good with it, Philly shell is LEGIT
@@TheLastOG88 you didn’t even make a point lmao. I said he landed a ton of body shots. YOU brought in a new dimension to the comparison which no one previously mentioned in this instance. Seek help lmao
Sean himself said on IG that he’s about 220 here on week two of his vacation, blown up from the weight cut on the last fight. While I agree it’d be nice to see him spar someone closer to his weight it’s not like he had a lot of options on a random social media post in Japan 😂not a lot of 200 pound fighters I’d imagine willing to fight out there
The funny part is that the more in shape smaller man was the one tired. You can see Sean has a little belly on him and this dude did some really good body work. Didnt slow out of shape Sean down for a second lol. Impressive.
@@user-hz4rh7py9k Remember, the Japanese guy is a K1 fighter, he's sparring 50% here without his kicks. Sean is a phenomenal boxer but that's 90% of what he has.
@@user-hz4rh7py9k That's kind of what happens when you have a 20-40 lbs weight advantage. Watch Sean spar Tom Aspinall and let's see him not break a sweat while trying to not get knocked the fuck out.
People kept saying in many places how DeSean was "beating some poor rando" in Japan. Took me 3 secs to find his wiki and his fighting CV, then watched some highlights on TH-cam. 😳 When you're a K-1 champion and finalist in another category that says "world class."
@@SuacoRVactually Anpo said in the last part of his video that he thought he didn’t lose by technique but the weight difference between him and Sean, what an arrogant statement.
Sean has by far one of the best defenses in MMA, but no one on the planet can stand with Pereira. So Sean asked to go train with him. Now that defense is even better.
Actually Rukiya's guys asked for THREE. Sean asked for TEN. They settled on SEVEN. The Peoples' Champ got it done in FIVE... LET'S GO!!! Respect to both FIGHTERS... (After the sparring, Sean actually demonstrated to Anpo his Touch-Touch-🔥 approach). Always appreciate the content 🙏
Take away a kick boxers ability to kick, put them in a pretty small cage with an opponent taller, heavier, and with a better reach, you’re handicapping the kick boxer by a lot. It still wouldn’t change the end result imo, but it definitely stacks the deck.
It's easier to retain and build muscle and strengh at a higher bmi you can only stay shreden for a short time with out losing muscle unless your on alot of peds
@@davidr5087he is a natural 220, maybe he could live at 200 year round but that lifestyle takes some hardcore discipline on the diet and unless you are on some weird samurai vibe it's not worth it. Coming from someone who used to be shreded year round
This makes me think of the boxing coach I train with. One of his favorite drills is "Speed, Power, Touch". Where you switch between fast combinations to touch, consecutive power shots to touch and occasionally between speed and power every minute. It's fantastic for conditioning as it requires you to pace yourself accordingly to the output but I think of the practicality of doing touch combinations while I'm doing it. This looks like the sort of practical benefit you get from something like that... keeping the intensity up while being able to switch between touching for distance and the regular combinations and power hits.
@@bigheadrhino its ideal against ppl with no fight iq. Ive seen muay thai fights where heavy punchers got their arms broken from taking too many kicks on their guard. That shell will break.
@@peopleschampiii584 there aren’t really any kickers like that at MW in the UFC. Obviously he can be beaten, but he shouldn’t be overlooked either, he’s proven himself more than enough times to show his style is effective.
saw him in miyagi a week ago, he said he's more than 100kg's right now. i guess he was here on a vacation with his gf i asked him if he will spar inoue he said somthing like "i'm not sparring no little men"😂w
ey W for Sean for going out of the country and living life. Hope he could talk about his experience or maybe get some vlog footage Edit: So turns out theres a youtube video of seans mini vlog compilation of him going around Japan and its what y'all would expect lol th-cam.com/video/bYMGqjmpbJw/w-d-xo.html
I love how Strickland focuses on his technique. He does his best to not overcommit on his shots, to minimize when and how often he exposes himself! This was fun to watch haha. Thanks for covering this, Mighty. Great commentary
@@mr.purple250 ros basic boxing in a world with flashy styles and mayweathers characters, a basic boxer solid fundamentals is very weird and in mma? is like an equalizer
All the people that will talk crap about Sean, are all the people that have no idea about the science of fighting. What Sean did was impressive. He put those hands on him without even really trying. Amazing!
People don't give him enough credit and label him a boring fighter. They don't realize he has pretty much cleaned out the division and GSP was considered a boring fighter as well but I think it worked out for him.
I’m pretty sure Sean asked for 10 rounds at first. The Japanese fighter said he has a fight coming up and he can do seven rounds. Sean said we’ll do seven
22:20 such awesome advice: analyze why you're not connecting in sparring & don't try to hit him - but rather getting in position to hit and if the opportunity opens up, planted and ready to go
Mouse... give the Japanese guy SOME credit. We know who Sean is, no disrespect. But he got touched a few times in the first round and you didn't even acknowledge it. Not like it did major damage but the Japanese guys ability to close the gap in even those few instances is better than A LOT of people. Respect is due. 💯
Sean's posture is a key to why he's to fight so well at this range. That posture allows for good shoulder rotation to extend his punches, and also gives him a lot of room to pull back for defensive purposes. It's pretty basic stuff, but as DJ said here, Sean has mastered it.
The thing is Sean asked for a guy over 180lbs. This Japanese dude is more like 170-175. I'm 160 and he's bigger than me+ in fighting shape, so he really got more like 20 pounds on me which is 180. Which is what Sean asked for. Dudes not 150, idiot.
You guys have to understand that ANPO the kickboxer was about 20kg lighter than Sean. This means that there’s so much pressure you could put on ANPO. So I felt that the technique side of the boxing ANPO was slightly above.
20kg lighter and still gassed out and marched down and counter punched every round don’t get me wrong ANPO is a a DOG but if your technique can’t be implemented can it really be labeled as “above “
Mighty, as incredible as you are in the ring, I speak for the online community in saying that your ability to do this commentary thing is on par with your incredible in the ring talent... I am grateful to be able to witness your breakdown of pugilistic events.. thank you thank you thank you
Guys, remember…Sean called out Japanese fighters OVER 180. This means he walks around over 180, he’s not significantly smaller, he just has the type of physic that can cut down to light weight and Sean doesn’t. Sean’s a little heavier but these guys are similar in size and it’s not much of a factor here when you consider the full context
@@НиколайТобиас they are in the same range, of course Sean’s bigger but this difference means much less between these two at the weights they stand in this video. Now maybe if he was leaned out to 135, then I can see it making a big difference of course but you guys don’t get that 180 is much more similar to 200ish than it is to 135
@@koo1770 says you? I’ll go by the challenge that Sean Strickland publically made leading up to this for a Japanese fighter over 180, so my point is made, it has evidence and yours is delusion at best. Have fun
Anpo was around 180 by his own account. Strickland himself said he's around 220 while on vacation in Japan. Sean is also decent amount taller and longer reach. All of that really adds up, and if both were of equal skill Sean would have a huge advantage. That being said, it was evident that Sean has much better boxing. From his cardio to his style, he's just hard for anyone to fight honestly. If you can't KO him he will just impose his awkward style and make it his fight, like he did here. TBH, Sean was being very respectful in the first few rounds and only turned up the heat after Anpo did first. Most likely Sean could have stopped the smaller man in 1-2 rounds at max if he had wanted to.
@@zoroverse8358 they're just boxing and the other guy is most definitely wearing shoes. it's a completely different feeling having your toes stepped on with and w/o shoes pretty self explanatory! :)
@@billybob-wx2re I think Sean would find the shoes annoying as he isn’t used to them. Also no one stepped on the other’s feet. Does every mma fighter look like they woke up in the night to fight off an intruder cause none have any shoes when fighting.
Bro watching Sean in slow motion his literally has reaction and distant management of mayweather. It’s so crazy i rewatched every shot that look like it landed on Sean and it’s crazy he just doesn’t get hit cleanly except for when you you feint a liver shot then throw the hook like peireira. Honestly think a low left feint and hook to head is just Sean’s counter style and happens to be peireira is a master at that deceptive left hook
My guy, that emoji should only be used by females. That's a money desperate, eyes rolled in the back of the head ready to give suck with tongue out to money itself or those that have it because they are so desperate for it emoji.
Not really. Its minimalist and interesting to see him make it happen from a conceptual standpoint... but sitting down to watch him do it for 25 minutes straight is not fun. He's only interesting if his opponent is able to bring it to him- otherwise he's happy to just do light sparring.
If there was an award 4 most improved fighter of the year, it would be Sean Strickland..Past two years he's been on fire with fighting and video content
@@saberdxebec I mean sean is an average sized middleweight whereas Alex is a big light heavyweight so.. Also alex is getting ready for a big fight coming up soon, Sean is just chillin Also alex and the heavyweight were very light sparring. Sean and this guy were sparring pretty hard Also the guy sean was sparring had head gear on. Basically the situations are totally different
You already do. that's how he fights. lol. did you see du plesis face? He got himself a strickland face lift, So did adasanya. He hits harder than you think.
"This is why the opponent's tired because he constantly has to go left or right, he can't back up, so now he's tense, he's super tense. Because now Sean's gonna unload on him because Sean has walked him down. Look how close Sean is and he hasn't thrown a hard shot yet." "Each time you can tell when the opponent's going to attack because he comes forward. If he just came forward all the time, then I wouldn't know when he's going to attack. "The difference is, Sean will walk across the void he touches (light-med strikes) across it, once Sean touches him and sees him get in his shell then he unloads. The opposite, the opponent he tries to hit across the void, he tries to hit Sean, he doesn't touch-touch-touch then hit Sean." "Basically you want to touch to get a response to see what defense your opponent's going to do." "Don't try to hit him, try to get in a better position where if you do get the opportunity to hit him you're planted and ready to go." "What made Sean a world champion, he puts on a pressure on people, walks them down, not try to hit them, just touch-touch-touch, if they run Sean will let them run away, and then Sean will walk back to the edge of the void and go touch-touch-touch. If they don't move then he unloads, if they run he lets you run and goes after you.(walks back to the edge of the void)"
I considered Sean a brawler not a fighter. I just thought he was one of those guys that would get locked in and just try and move whatever mountain is in front of him. And that is likely from my own ignorance in trying to reduce his fight style through your breakdown I’ve realized how great his fight IQ is. Only moving when he needs to and knowing his distance incredibly well. You’ve helped me appreciate a fighter that I likely wouldn’t have appreciated until he was gone. Thank M.M.
Everybody talking about the weight this dude asked for people to spar and anpo stepped up if Sean goes in there and goes super light and he gets hit with a bunch of shots nobody’s gonna be talking about the weight difference just have Sean gets his ah beat he had no choice, but to go pretty hard in this dude as a sign of respect to his opponent and his image remember that
@@blues05 oh yeah? What about Izzy? DDP? Costa? Grab some clown shoes on the way out. You act like I can't just pull footage of him doing this same thing to nearly everyone he fights 🤣
@@lucast.6474 yeah Poatan's power is like kryptonite to his style. You can't apply as much pressure to a guy like that because one light hit will change your world. He was at least a LHW fighting at MID also... I can pull about 20 minutes plus of footage of him shutting down other world class kick boxers tho🤣 Him getting knocked out doesn't negate his skill set LMFAO... Poatan is a bit different.
@@Ethy911 What the... 😂 You don't know anything about fighting let alone combat sports if you think Sean has a chance at prime K1 or Pride. He beat Israel yes but remember style makes fight. Sean would get demolished by Badr Hari, Wei Rui, Rico Verhoeven, Superbon, etc in a pure Kickboxing fight.
@@Atimo133 yeah I have a homie that cuts 50 pounds and another that just can’t, they are the same size, similar to this situation. Anpo has the ability to cut. In this video Sean called out Japanese fighters over 180, so he is clearly over 180 here and he even looks it, what I’m saying is this isn’t as big of a size difference as you are making it out to be
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Hello DJ, can you teach me how to close the void with my gf?
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😂😂😂🎉🎉
Jon Jones got more experience with that
You hit her with a jab first, then when she's blinded you throw an uppercut and good night.
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7:25 sean looked happy that the guy took it to him, then after the guy slipped seans uppercut right after he was really impressed
In the ring they speak the same language
He didn't slip the uppercut, it caught him on the tip of the chin. Sean was impressed with his own work there.
@@mitch6962ok
@@mitch6962He seemed to mostly manage to get out of the way, looked like a glancing blow off the face to me. You can see that Sean's punch grazed and then connected with the brow of the dudes headgear, almost lifting it off him. I think he was just reacting to the exchange and close call.
@@mitch6962 He absolutely slipped it. Sean would not have that kind of expression for a near miss uppercut that didn't land flush. It would have rocked him for sure if he had connected, Sean has an easy 20lbs on this kid. Plus, you can clearly see it's a slip if you slow the video down, no need to bs in the comments.
the guy still did better than costa
Debatable. But also yes
@@benjaminyoung9694That is no debate, Costa wasn’t fighting back until round 3
Got a good point here
Dude is a champion. Costa isn't
@@phoenixo7133yeah he’s also retired and significantly smaller.
Rukiya Anpo held his own. Much respect.
Held like a punching bag
What I love about Sean is that he does not belittle his opponents by going easy on them. Imagine what it does to a fighter mentally, if he is doing his best, only to discover that he is unable to harm his opponent, while his opponent picks him apart effortlessly.
Sean always makes it a fight. He damages the body short term, but makes the other fighter stronger mentally long term. If you were locked in a cage with a prime Sean, fought back and stayed on your feet, you know you have a fighter spirit in you.
@@HD-fc4dsNo, he did well especially considering he was so much lighter.
@@HD-fc4dsYou held like a no mom loser
@@roboform100get off your knees bro
He’s measuring the *V O I D*
😂
Major goku tfs dbz moment.
Didnt come to my mind but i spoke in the same voice as goku reading in my head🤣
I love how so many criticize Sean and how many holes in his game he has, yet he still stands toe-to-toe with anybody in the top of his division. Someone explain how you can be ranked in top 10 so long but people say you suck? People dont realize how hard that is
Exactly. The ONLY person to beat sean at middleweight in my opinion was alex pereira. I had sean winning both the cannonier and the dricus fight.
It's not that he sucks, how's defense and stamina are elite! It's just against the "mixed martial artist", anyone who is has 2 or 3 high level skill sets he looks bad. His Usman fight was so one sided he went up in weight. He lost his a decision to Cannoneer because he threw the same 3 strokes over and over Again, Dricus, who has a third or less of the the experience as Strickland figured out mid fight, spam the overhand and threaten takedown to beat him. Let's not mention what 🗿did. He's right to avoid the Whitaker fight, I think his pace changes would near hell for him, he's have to fall back on stamina. Liked his boy Curtis he need to add another dimension to his game to work towards the that time generational fighter in his division status
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Cant really say dricus “figured him out” when he busted Dricus face up bad and most people think dricus lost the fight
😂😂😂an average person don't know sh*t about fighting
I also love boring split decisions
I feel like Sean’s success comes from the fact that he never loses focus of his opponent. He doesn’t close his eyes or turns away. ALWAYS keep your eyes on your enemy.
It helps that his style is very unique, makes it hard to train for and approach. Like a modern rocky marciano, hard to game plan for because nobody fights like him.
every fighter does this lmao
@@kennydiaz2301 its the consistency hes talking about, everyone loses focus on whats truly important intermittently, jiri said the same thing about why poatan is so good, unwavering focus
@@kennydiaz2301 not every fighter does this. Lmao
@@kennydiaz2301 no
Anpo definitely landed a ton body shots , overhands , and showed off awesome footwork and reactions to the measuring. Sean is comfortable because once you get good with it, Philly shell is LEGIT
It 100% is. Problem is everyone thinks they become Mayweather within 3 weeks 😂
What are you watching lol. Landing punches VS landing effective punches are two different things.
@@TheLastOG88 ok pal
@@TheLastOG88 you didn’t even make a point lmao. I said he landed a ton of body shots. YOU brought in a new dimension to the comparison which no one previously mentioned in this instance. Seek help lmao
@@kimalibennett9468😂
The fact that Sean Strickland was able to tweak the Philly Shell defense/style, so it works in MMA, deserves FAR more credit.
It doesn't work in MMA at all. Pereira proved that it doesn't by using a simple left hook to chin Strickland.
@@WardenOfTerramate the fuck you talking
@@WardenOfTerra that's not a philly shell problem that's a Sean Strickland just walking down Alex problem
Wait, what? I thought Philly Shell was one of the prime candidates for a guard in MMA. Am I missing something?
@@WardenOfTerrayou can’t cherry pick loses to prove your point he beat Izzy to become champ 💀
Sean himself said on IG that he’s about 220 here on week two of his vacation, blown up from the weight cut on the last fight. While I agree it’d be nice to see him spar someone closer to his weight it’s not like he had a lot of options on a random social media post in Japan 😂not a lot of 200 pound fighters I’d imagine willing to fight out there
Bigger body bigger bussy
The funny part is that the more in shape smaller man was the one tired. You can see Sean has a little belly on him and this dude did some really good body work. Didnt slow out of shape Sean down for a second lol. Impressive.
@@thefaceless8796 The Japanese guy had exaggerated movements since the beginning of the fight. Sean was barely trying
@@user-hz4rh7py9k Remember, the Japanese guy is a K1 fighter, he's sparring 50% here without his kicks. Sean is a phenomenal boxer but that's 90% of what he has.
@@user-hz4rh7py9k That's kind of what happens when you have a 20-40 lbs weight advantage. Watch Sean spar Tom Aspinall and let's see him not break a sweat while trying to not get knocked the fuck out.
Anpo is a serious k1 champ with flashy kos, he has just switched to rizin and is going to fight many pacquiao in a few weeks
People kept saying in many places how DeSean was "beating some poor rando" in Japan. Took me 3 secs to find his wiki and his fighting CV, then watched some highlights on TH-cam. 😳
When you're a K-1 champion and finalist in another category that says "world class."
I think that fight got canceled
But both k1 and rizin are lower level organisations tho. Its like saying andrew tate was a serious kickboxig champ.
Let's hope Manny doesn't not try to impregnate him. We know how they roll in Mexico 🇲🇽
@@SuacoRVactually Anpo said in the last part of his video that he thought he didn’t lose by technique but the weight difference between him and Sean, what an arrogant statement.
FYI anpo is around 154lb. Huge weight difference so Strickland was holding back a bit.
He weight 81kg/178 lb When fight Sean not 154 dumbass it his weight in when fight
He fights at 154 but a lot bigger here. Probably 185
@@jacktherabbit2375Sean probably 210 here too
The bigger man with much better stamina too. Makes it hard
Sean fights as relaxed as I play video games lol..
its like those street fighter pros that hold the block button and block everything lol
I enjoyed this. Thanks for the analysis
Sean has by far one of the best defenses in MMA, but no one on the planet can stand with Pereira. So Sean asked to go train with him. Now that defense is even better.
Sean figured him out he can beat him now guaranteed. Alex is old snd done real soon watch kid
@derekcarruthers2197 hahaha he's not going to be done soon. He has the belt. I see him going to atleast 40 years old, so 4 more years
@@derekcarruthers2197lol that head kick last night to Jiri says something different lol
He lost to a few guys tho, by KO too.
@@derekcarruthers2197 i love Sean but your statement is really dumb.
Eyes always on his opponent and relaxed calm in the storm . So underrated as far as how smart he fights
Actually Rukiya's guys asked for THREE. Sean asked for TEN. They settled on SEVEN. The Peoples' Champ got it done in FIVE... LET'S GO!!!
Respect to both FIGHTERS...
(After the sparring, Sean actually demonstrated to Anpo his Touch-Touch-🔥 approach).
Always appreciate the content 🙏
Sean Strickland’s ptsd country bum azz is not the people’s champ 😂😂😂😂
Take away a kick boxers ability to kick, put them in a pretty small cage with an opponent taller, heavier, and with a better reach, you’re handicapping the kick boxer by a lot. It still wouldn’t change the end result imo, but it definitely stacks the deck.
You acting like sean also didn’t have his moveset limited in a strictly boxing spar…
the fact he has headgear on show the focus was on sean being offensive
wasnt real sparring
@@BlackSun90LMAO Sean barely kicks clown, all he does a little teep. The K1 kickboxer would scissor kick Sean to the head if kicks were allowed 😂
@@nalsra0they should do an mma match then💀
Adesanya was 75-5 kickboxing and had 3 inches on him. His style frustrates fighters.
Sean always looks like he is having a good time
Its weird seeing tubby strickland. He is always crazy cut when he fights. I like Sean cus he will fight anyone anywhere just for the fun of it lol
He always gets out of shape when he's not in camp
It's easier to retain and build muscle and strengh at a higher bmi you can only stay shreden for a short time with out losing muscle unless your on alot of peds
@@davidr5087 Sean could be leaner without losing muscle mass or performance but he's enjoying himself
@@davidr5087he is a natural 220, maybe he could live at 200 year round but that lifestyle takes some hardcore discipline on the diet and unless you are on some weird samurai vibe it's not worth it. Coming from someone who used to be shreded year round
@@Zendvious
"vibe" - XX Chromosomes and rainbows
Thanks for showing this @Mighty
This makes me think of the boxing coach I train with. One of his favorite drills is "Speed, Power, Touch". Where you switch between fast combinations to touch, consecutive power shots to touch and occasionally between speed and power every minute. It's fantastic for conditioning as it requires you to pace yourself accordingly to the output but I think of the practicality of doing touch combinations while I'm doing it.
This looks like the sort of practical benefit you get from something like that... keeping the intensity up while being able to switch between touching for distance and the regular combinations and power hits.
Never stop slowing down when you say "void" - gets me every time!
Sean Strickland is the real Michael Meyers. He will walk you down where ever you go.
Against cannoneir and ddp he was backpedaling
Absolutely
@@devilkazumi578not every fight is has the same outcome… because every fighter is different… Sean has one hell of a resume
@@devilkazumi578that’s just simply untrue. He beat both of them comfortably and got brutally robbed because the ufc hates him.
@@JoshuaSmith-no9mn I never said who won....did you watch the fight? Sean was walking backwards the entire fight
Izzy got shut down because he kept trying to throw naked leg kicks without setting them up with punches so sean checked them easy
His style is ideal against counterstrikers
@@bigheadrhino Izzy doesn't do well against brawlers. Sean tries to turn every fight into a brawl.
@@bigheadrhino its ideal against ppl with no fight iq. Ive seen muay thai fights where heavy punchers got their arms broken from taking too many kicks on their guard. That shell will break.
@@talemwakaheru5831 I wouldn’t call Sean a Brawler. Costa is a Brawler, Sean is a Pressure fighter.
@@peopleschampiii584 there aren’t really any kickers like that at MW in the UFC. Obviously he can be beaten, but he shouldn’t be overlooked either, he’s proven himself more than enough times to show his style is effective.
saw him in miyagi a week ago, he said he's more than 100kg's right now.
i guess he was here on a vacation with his gf
i asked him if he will spar inoue he said somthing like "i'm not sparring no little men"😂w
ey W for Sean for going out of the country and living life. Hope he could talk about his experience or maybe get some vlog footage
Edit: So turns out theres a youtube video of seans mini vlog compilation of him going around Japan and its what y'all would expect lol th-cam.com/video/bYMGqjmpbJw/w-d-xo.html
@@pcabanban25 true, gotta respect him if he wishes to stay away from cameras for a couple of weeks though
inoue is almost half his weight, and japanese fighters don't know what light sparring is so i wonder how that'd go lol
he's like 30 pounds over the guy he's sparring in this video?????
@@mr.absolute8556input can’t even spar the top fighters from 135-140 he’ll most definitely get hurt
I love how Strickland focuses on his technique. He does his best to not overcommit on his shots, to minimize when and how often he exposes himself! This was fun to watch haha. Thanks for covering this, Mighty. Great commentary
I like watching Sean spar. He's not the most entertaining fighter from a gladiator aspect, but I love his fundamentals and how he controls the neutch.
He has interesting fundamentals
Hope you like mayweather then since he does it even better
@@mr.purple250 ros basic boxing in a world with flashy styles and mayweathers characters, a basic boxer solid fundamentals is very weird and in mma? is like an equalizer
@@blackmetalcumbia he throws a jab like a hammer fist
@@mr.purple250 and with that beat Word clases fighters
your fight analysis is awesome Mr Mighty ! Love your content.
Massive balls to spar with Sean. Sean was taking it easy until the end, he could have ended that very early.
Credit to the Japanese guy for standing and throwing unlike track star Costa and Izzy..
And for fighting in a tiny cage that benefits Sean's style a ton, basically fighting back to the cage the whole time.
@@keion_arknights yeah that ring doesnt allow any running away. Favours aggression.t looks the same size as the cage in street beefs scrap yard
Sean "It's Free Realestate" Strickland
All the people that will talk crap about Sean, are all the people that have no idea about the science of fighting. What Sean did was impressive. He put those hands on him without even really trying. Amazing!
Facts so effective an efficient. Call it boring if you want but that’s mastering the are right there
Art
To be fair, Anpo is only 154lbs
Not disregarding how good Strickland is, but they're weight classes apart
People don't give him enough credit and label him a boring fighter. They don't realize he has pretty much cleaned out the division and GSP was considered a boring fighter as well but I think it worked out for him.
He’s labelled boring because his sparring footage is more exciting than any fight he has been in
@@Frisketheboyyou shouldn’t expose yourself like this on the internet bro, casual.
@@Frisketheboyif you think his fights are boring you’re just not an mma fan
I mean, that's sort of fair but GSP had 12 title defences lol.
@@rogerteaminski6351 GSP never got robbed out of his belt
I love to see Strickland fight. He walks towards you like he's the bouncer about to ask you for your ticket
a treat to watch this sparring session and even more so to have you break it down! thanks DJ!
I’m pretty sure Sean asked for 10 rounds at first. The Japanese fighter said he has a fight coming up and he can do seven rounds. Sean said we’ll do seven
and they ended up doing 5 because the Japanese fighter used all his energy
Im so happy DJ finally learned the frame by frame keyboard shortcuts for youtube. That was only thing missing from his otherwise great presentations
Sean’s striking is so good, that Philly Shell is so good.
22:20 such awesome advice: analyze why you're not connecting in sparring & don't try to hit him - but rather getting in position to hit and if the opportunity opens up, planted and ready to go
That was awesome!
Mouse... give the Japanese guy SOME credit.
We know who Sean is, no disrespect.
But he got touched a few times in the first round and you didn't even acknowledge it.
Not like it did major damage but the Japanese guys ability to close the gap in even those few instances is better than A LOT of people.
Respect is due. 💯
Goddamn he got Rukiya Anpo? I love his style, probably one of the best fighters in k-1 right now
I love your breakdowns DJ when you chuckle he cracks me up keep it up brother we love you over here in Arizona
"I call this the penguin punch" 😭
Sean's posture is a key to why he's to fight so well at this range. That posture allows for good shoulder rotation to extend his punches, and also gives him a lot of room to pull back for defensive purposes. It's pretty basic stuff, but as DJ said here, Sean has mastered it.
when you fighting next? never watched you live & really want to. can’t wait fir the next fight
Thanks man. This might help me survive long enough until the cops get there if I ever get into a fight with Sean Strickland.
The only thing no one is pointing out is this guy fights at 150lbs while strickling fight at 185.
that's why he had a head guard .-.
Hence the head gear and big gloves. Boxers spar well above and below their weight classes all the time.
The thing is Sean asked for a guy over 180lbs. This Japanese dude is more like 170-175. I'm 160 and he's bigger than me+ in fighting shape, so he really got more like 20 pounds on me which is 180. Which is what Sean asked for. Dudes not 150, idiot.
Great video Migthy
You guys have to understand that ANPO the kickboxer was about 20kg lighter than Sean. This means that there’s so much pressure you could put on ANPO. So I felt that the technique side of the boxing ANPO was slightly above.
20kg lighter and still gassed out and marched down and counter punched every round don’t get me wrong ANPO is a a DOG but if your technique can’t be implemented can it really be labeled as “above “
Mighty, as incredible as you are in the ring, I speak for the online community in saying that your ability to do this commentary thing is on par with your incredible in the ring talent... I am grateful to be able to witness your breakdown of pugilistic events.. thank you thank you thank you
Strickland on a sushi diet 🗿
Dope bro 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Appreciate who you are and how your views as both a human and a fighter translate to your videos. Thank you sir. Keep it up please!
Guys, remember…Sean called out Japanese fighters OVER 180. This means he walks around over 180, he’s not significantly smaller, he just has the type of physic that can cut down to light weight and Sean doesn’t. Sean’s a little heavier but these guys are similar in size and it’s not much of a factor here when you consider the full context
You can clearly see they arent similar in size
@@НиколайТобиас they are in the same range, of course Sean’s bigger but this difference means much less between these two at the weights they stand in this video. Now maybe if he was leaned out to 135, then I can see it making a big difference of course but you guys don’t get that 180 is much more similar to 200ish than it is to 135
Anpo's not 180 in this video
@@koo1770 says you? I’ll go by the challenge that Sean Strickland publically made leading up to this for a Japanese fighter over 180, so my point is made, it has evidence and yours is delusion at best. Have fun
Anpo was around 180 by his own account. Strickland himself said he's around 220 while on vacation in Japan. Sean is also decent amount taller and longer reach. All of that really adds up, and if both were of equal skill Sean would have a huge advantage. That being said, it was evident that Sean has much better boxing. From his cardio to his style, he's just hard for anyone to fight honestly. If you can't KO him he will just impose his awkward style and make it his fight, like he did here. TBH, Sean was being very respectful in the first few rounds and only turned up the heat after Anpo did first. Most likely Sean could have stopped the smaller man in 1-2 rounds at max if he had wanted to.
Wicked Dj made me laugh out loud on a couple of your breakdowns cheers bud.😂
No they asked for 3 rounds, Sean said 10 and they agreed on 7 and ended up doing 5 rounds.
Very valuable insight champ, thank you.
sean looks like he just woke up in the night to fight off an intruder
dude ain't even wearing shoes
You don’t wear shoes in mma. He is an mma fighter. I think it is pretty self explanatory
@@zoroverse8358 they're just boxing and the other guy is most definitely wearing shoes. it's a completely different feeling having your toes stepped on with and w/o shoes
pretty self explanatory! :)
@@billybob-wx2re I think Sean would find the shoes annoying as he isn’t used to them. Also no one stepped on the other’s feet.
Does every mma fighter look like they woke up in the night to fight off an intruder cause none have any shoes when fighting.
I learn so much watching you analyze all these fights. Thank you for breaking down these fights ❤👍
You asked us to give the Japanese guy a follow but dont provide a link in the Description. Producer goofing up right now
I know I’m not the only person checking my notifs when the discord sound goes off😂 mighty the 🐐
Your head is shining😅😅
This was super fun to watch it looked like they were both having a blast
My nigga really said "super Saiyan gen 2" 😂
Das how they say it that’s y it’s called ssj
Couldn't even pronounce "kamehameha" or "toriyama" 😂😂😂 Its cool though Mighty gets a pass for being the goat lol
@@aiyachristian he pronounced kamehameha like how they say it when they use it... not like the actual name i dont see whats wrong with that
Yeah thats the Japanese pronunciation
DJ.... Love your show. Super knowagable and articulate!!🏆
Sean be like: jab, jab, jab, jab.... jab, jab... jab, jab... and follow it up with a jab
You have to try and come up with you own jokes and opinions like an adult 💀
@@seanmy3884 sean keeps a snickers bar in his freezer so he can suck on it while thinking about shadowboxing his next opponent for 5 rounds
@@seanmy3884 sean cares so little about winning the belt that hes dodging rob whittaker to wait on a izzy ddp announcment
What’s wrong with that if it’s working and the opponent can’t break through, why would he have to change it? Are you stupid?
Sean haters be like: “let me close my eyes and completely ignore everything else Sean does”
Bro watching Sean in slow motion his literally has reaction and distant management of mayweather. It’s so crazy i rewatched every shot that look like it landed on Sean and it’s crazy he just doesn’t get hit cleanly except for when you you feint a liver shot then throw the hook like peireira. Honestly think a low left feint and hook to head is just Sean’s counter style and happens to be peireira is a master at that deceptive left hook
Gosh imagine Sean used his teeps😂 he wouldn't get hit at all haha
Yeah I found that weird that he used it like what twice in the first round against dricus that never really used it again.
@greuju im glad sean fixed that against costa
@@greujucouldn’t teep against ddp cause of ddps pressure
@@MmaSwitzerland untrue. He just stopped. Fighters aren't smart.
Good insights, learning a lot.
Mighty your UFC picks will help me out this weekend at 303 🤑
My guy, that emoji should only be used by females. That's a money desperate, eyes rolled in the back of the head ready to give suck with tongue out to money itself or those that have it because they are so desperate for it emoji.
Shawn's a fighter, it's evident in his technique experience plus spirit
Sean has such a fun style man
Not really. Its minimalist and interesting to see him make it happen from a conceptual standpoint... but sitting down to watch him do it for 25 minutes straight is not fun. He's only interesting if his opponent is able to bring it to him- otherwise he's happy to just do light sparring.
@@MatthewNguyen-zx3de Are YOU actually telling ME what I enjoy, Matthew?
Are you really doing that right now?
@@SubjectiveFunny No? I'm just telling you what I think of his style lol.
If there was an award 4 most improved fighter of the year, it would be Sean Strickland..Past two years he's been on fire with fighting and video content
Could you put the orginal video link In the description
Search Marxero
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“His marching” 🤣🤣
i literally saw this footage the other day and the man dj posts the breakdown. sweeet. anpo is so technical and stricklands just like LETS GO BRO LOL
Does mighty mouse dream about the void?
Sean does the most to the opponent while flashing the least. That’s why I find it so interesting
Strickland will make America great again
Strickland for president 😂
"Here's the thing about being President you guys...."
Man, I would love to see Sean interacting with the locals in Japan.
Y’all seen Alex P sparing a 6’6 heavyweight?
Alex P is basically a Heavyweight that fights in Light Heavyweight. Dude can easily put on that weight comfortably.
Yep zheili zhang
I’d prefer to watch Alex spar a super heavy weight than to watch Strickland curl into a philly shell with a smaller opponent.
@@saberdxebec
I mean sean is an average sized middleweight whereas Alex is a big light heavyweight so..
Also alex is getting ready for a big fight coming up soon, Sean is just chillin
Also alex and the heavyweight were very light sparring. Sean and this guy were sparring pretty hard
Also the guy sean was sparring had head gear on.
Basically the situations are totally different
@@guy2006Alex P walk in weight is 230 all he has to do is not cut and he could be in heavyweight🤦
Sean’s pressure is on a different level. He just doesn’t stop
Hes touching him he's touching him lol
Sean is my goat. Love his style so much
I mean...is Anpo that hard to pronounce?
That gfuel add was legit.
Where’s all that from Sean when he’s actually fighting 💀
Fr though
You will start to see it when you get better yourself.
You already do. that's how he fights. lol. did you see du plesis face? He got himself a strickland face lift, So did adasanya. He hits harder than you think.
@@mikehawk6120 thats right. He also showed up to a another fight this month while they still in recovery
Look at DDP’s face
There’s your answer
"This is why the opponent's tired because he constantly has to go left or right, he can't back up, so now he's tense, he's super tense. Because now Sean's gonna unload on him because Sean has walked him down. Look how close Sean is and he hasn't thrown a hard shot yet."
"Each time you can tell when the opponent's going to attack because he comes forward. If he just came forward all the time, then I wouldn't know when he's going to attack.
"The difference is, Sean will walk across the void he touches (light-med strikes) across it, once Sean touches him and sees him get in his shell then he unloads. The opposite, the opponent he tries to hit across the void, he tries to hit Sean, he doesn't touch-touch-touch then hit Sean."
"Basically you want to touch to get a response to see what defense your opponent's going to do."
"Don't try to hit him, try to get in a better position where if you do get the opportunity to hit him you're planted and ready to go."
"What made Sean a world champion, he puts on a pressure on people, walks them down, not try to hit them, just touch-touch-touch, if they run Sean will let them run away, and then Sean will walk back to the edge of the void and go touch-touch-touch. If they don't move then he unloads, if they run he lets you run and goes after you.(walks back to the edge of the void)"
Strickland is the best middle weight in the UFC rn
Pffft
Great break down, DJ. Staying objective and on the plan when everyone wants to be salty
2:25 He actually refused to spar Jake Paul.
Yeah he offered to actually fight him in the "streets" but Jake isn't doing that 😂
@@Hades-shadow Why would he?
Strickland is the khabib of striking.
I want royalties on that ❤
So simple, so easy to understand; nothing you can do to defend it, just keeps coming.
Sean just bullies smaller people during sparring. He wouldn't dare try to do that shit with Pereira.
I considered Sean a brawler not a fighter. I just thought he was one of those guys that would get locked in and just try and move whatever mountain is in front of him.
And that is likely from my own ignorance in trying to reduce his fight style through your breakdown I’ve realized how great his fight IQ is. Only moving when he needs to and knowing his distance incredibly well.
You’ve helped me appreciate a fighter that I likely wouldn’t have appreciated until he was gone.
Thank M.M.
Everybody talking about the weight this dude asked for people to spar and anpo stepped up if Sean goes in there and goes super light and he gets hit with a bunch of shots nobody’s gonna be talking about the weight difference just have Sean gets his ah beat he had no choice, but to go pretty hard in this dude as a sign of respect to his opponent and his image remember that
punctuation is your friend,embrace it.
Sean is so good. People need to put respect on his name. His style makes kickboxers have to relearn how to fight.
Well he did get ko'ed against a kickboxer...
The fucked? 😂😂 Sean won't cracked Top 10 in K-1 haydays in his natural weight division. That Kickboxer he spar is 70 KG which is 154 lbs.
@@blues05 oh yeah? What about Izzy? DDP? Costa? Grab some clown shoes on the way out. You act like I can't just pull footage of him doing this same thing to nearly everyone he fights 🤣
@@lucast.6474 yeah Poatan's power is like kryptonite to his style. You can't apply as much pressure to a guy like that because one light hit will change your world. He was at least a LHW fighting at MID also... I can pull about 20 minutes plus of footage of him shutting down other world class kick boxers tho🤣 Him getting knocked out doesn't negate his skill set LMFAO... Poatan is a bit different.
@@Ethy911 What the... 😂 You don't know anything about fighting let alone combat sports if you think Sean has a chance at prime K1 or Pride. He beat Israel yes but remember style makes fight. Sean would get demolished by Badr Hari, Wei Rui, Rico Verhoeven, Superbon, etc in a pure Kickboxing fight.
Anpo is like 35 lbs less than Shawn
Stop making excuses
Dude you’re wrong, Anpo walks around over 180. They are similar enough in size it’s not a factor here
@@michaelparkerdesign he does fight at lightweight though no?
@@Atimo133 yeah I have a homie that cuts 50 pounds and another that just can’t, they are the same size, similar to this situation. Anpo has the ability to cut. In this video Sean called out Japanese fighters over 180, so he is clearly over 180 here and he even looks it, what I’m saying is this isn’t as big of a size difference as you are making it out to be
@@michaelparkerdesign people seem to miss the part about Sean asking for a Japanese man over 180 pounds 😂
Anpo was giving Strickland the business for a minute lol.
Anpo isn't laying there out of breath. He's praying, thanking God he only went 7 rounds instead of the 10 he originally wanted lol.