I dont have spike or cable so thats why i dont watch the TuFs.
Dos Santos deserves all the glory he can get right now, he has had the most difficult road to the Belt. I mean, i dont think they ever intended to give it to him like they gave all those title shots to the other recent champs. He was just steamrolling everyone in the division until there's noone left but him. the SF Hws were still with SF so they had no choice. Gave him Roy Nelson, beats him for no 1 contender spot. Cain gets injured, JDS chose not to sit out and was willing to take on Brock. He could've said no, but he did. Brock gets injured, they call up the dude who brutalized Brock to replace him. JDS dominates him for 3 rounds and finally gets the title shot.
I think almost every american fighter in their predictions voted against JDS. The brazilians of course chose JDS not because of his skill but nationality. But skillwise almost everyone had Cain winning. JDS goes in there and knocks him out in 60 seconds.
And there are people still going around saying "Cain would have won 9/10"
Come on, was it JDS's fault Cain came in with a "bad" gameplan? Next, what did they expect Cain to do? Shoot for takedowns halfway across the cage against someone known for his uppercuts? Cain was trying to set up his TDs with strikes, and trying to set up his striking utilizing the takedown threat against JDS. And on top of that he was using pretty good legkicks to try and slow JDS down. Cain wasnt able to get any real luck having JDS open up for a good TD shot, so thats why he decided not to shoot. JDS's footwork was preventing that as well, as hes using sideways movement and not plodding forward. Then JDS comes in with a left straight, Cain tries to counter with a right hook, JDS happened to throw the left straight as a feint and used the momentum to smash a huge-overhand right straight into Cains temple. And the fight was as good as over, Cain's body isnt responding as well as it could and JDS comes in and swarms him.
Cain's gameplan was not bad, he didnt choose to strike with JDS, he chose to try and setup actual GOOD takedown attempts WITH his strikes. Remember this was a minute into the fight, everyones expecting him to shoot 5 takedowns that JDS could see a mile away within 60 seconds. Come on guys, be serious. Cain maybe didnt pressure enough, by not clinching and etc, but that doesnt mean JDS still cant land a big shot on Cain, hes landed a big shot on every single other person in his fights. JDS didnt get lucky, he was the better man that night with the better game plan.
And and heres a nice fact i found out, the left straight feint and overhand right took .433 seconds to happen. Thats how fast JDS was.
Am i calling JDS GOAT? no im not, but all im saying is JDS is easily on par with Cain, Brock and Overeem. I cant stand bums thinking JDS's skillset is poor compared to the rest.
