Originally Posted by
SportsPedagogy
Here is a very good write up from an MMA Radio talk show host
Jay Pagliaro By not playing into Diaz's game, Condit DID fight to win. He plays the stand and bang game with Diaz, he is on the wrong side of the decision.
Yes Diaz kept coming forward... However, you will see each time he did, Condit outstruck him. So who really had Octagon control? Perception isn't reality. Perception had Diaz moving forward. Reality had Condit hitting him three or four times then wisely getting out of the way.
Was it a "exciting" game plan? Perhaps not. But in a situation like this, in a title shot scenario, he was fighting with one goal... To win. By fighting as he did last night, he earned the victory.
People often tend to forget, discipline and game planning are as much part of the sport as anything else.