Yesterday i checked out Jan Blachowicz who are facing R.Sokoudjou at KSW Mar 19. For those of us that have followed Sokoudjous carrier knows that it started quite well back in pride with a flash KO over lil nog, but havent been that impressive ever since.
He has always had problem with people that puts pressure on him, cardio, but the real hole in his game, is his ground game.
Jan Blachowicz (12-2) is a well rounded guy that have spent the most of his carrier in Poland in KSW. His best qualities is his submission game, but he isnt that bad of a striker either. He often takes people to the ground for bjjwork, and when someone reverses him, he is constantly going for submissions and while he is underneath his opponents he is able to take more or less no damage before locking in a sub, or getting up to the feet.
At KSW 13 (may ,2010), he met Julio brutus, a brazilian fighter that was 5-0 and had finished all his fight be KO within the first 3 minutes, he showed that he also had standup skills after serving brutus a right cross followed by a had kick that was so devastating Brutus felt with his head between his own knees. Since that he have submitted two opponents and Knocked out Daniel Tabera riding a 9 fight winning streak. Daniel Tabera is a good fighter that have only lost to relative quality opposition, for instance ricco rodrigues and Jared Hess.
My conclusion: Jan blachowicz is as far as i can se the better all round fighter, quicker, stronger, higher fight iq than sokodjou. I will eat my hat, if Sokodjou is able to win over Jan by anything other than a lucky punch as KSW send out their best man to give their promotion some recognition with a win over an washed up ufc vet.
Maro Parek : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7xezpt0lJ8
Julio Brutus :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP5O3_7Kdk8
Daniel Tabera :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfuRgSFFJws
He has always had problem with people that puts pressure on him, cardio, but the real hole in his game, is his ground game.
Jan Blachowicz (12-2) is a well rounded guy that have spent the most of his carrier in Poland in KSW. His best qualities is his submission game, but he isnt that bad of a striker either. He often takes people to the ground for bjjwork, and when someone reverses him, he is constantly going for submissions and while he is underneath his opponents he is able to take more or less no damage before locking in a sub, or getting up to the feet.
At KSW 13 (may ,2010), he met Julio brutus, a brazilian fighter that was 5-0 and had finished all his fight be KO within the first 3 minutes, he showed that he also had standup skills after serving brutus a right cross followed by a had kick that was so devastating Brutus felt with his head between his own knees. Since that he have submitted two opponents and Knocked out Daniel Tabera riding a 9 fight winning streak. Daniel Tabera is a good fighter that have only lost to relative quality opposition, for instance ricco rodrigues and Jared Hess.
My conclusion: Jan blachowicz is as far as i can se the better all round fighter, quicker, stronger, higher fight iq than sokodjou. I will eat my hat, if Sokodjou is able to win over Jan by anything other than a lucky punch as KSW send out their best man to give their promotion some recognition with a win over an washed up ufc vet.
Maro Parek : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7xezpt0lJ8
Julio Brutus :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP5O3_7Kdk8
Daniel Tabera :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfuRgSFFJws