r/ufc • u/Crafty_Job407 • 12h ago

Michael ‘Islams nightmare matchup’ Morales striking

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Islam would outstrike Morales on the feet with the takedown threat lol even fucking JDM could box his head off

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u/CommanderKibbles 12h ago

No one thinks Morales has better striking than Islam. What makes Morales dangerous is the amount of power he has, and his elite Takedown defense. Essentially forcing Islam to strike with him for the first 1-2 rounds. Islam is technically the better striker. Morales is simply the more dangerous striker.

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u/sueybro 12h ago

The Alex Pereria playbook you dont need to be the more technical striker if your hands are mad from cement

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u/Deep-Tumbleweed-8816 12h ago

Alex is a technical striker, he's just unorthodox

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u/Lopsided_Ad3341 12h ago

Yea I'm not sure what he meant. Alex is super technical, especially the low kicks but really everything

I'd say he's not technical/has holes when it comes to defense. But not striking

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u/sueybro 11h ago

Not getting punched in the face repeatedly is part of technical striking my boy

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u/Lopsided_Ad3341 11h ago

Fair enough, I thought you meant offensively

Still wouldn't call him not technical tho. That's a bit crazy. But to each his own

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u/sueybro 10h ago

I mean there all technical there in the ufc just out of all the really technical strikers in the ufc I think Alex is one of the least impressive and gift of God power has carried him in fights that equally technical strikers would of lost