The reason Pantoja gets "disrespect" from the fans is because he lay-and-prays too much. Royval would argue Pantoja's opponents avoid making mistakes when Pantoja's on their back or in the guard, but then it's on Pantoja to risk the position to find a finish, and he doesn't. It's funny that Pantoja might be the most talented fighter in the division by a mile, and yet his fights tend to be full of stalling for time. Reminds me of Demetrius Johnson being super talented, but his fighting style nearly getting the division canned.
Your sentence of pantoja decision to finish the fight or not is sooooo true for many other fighters like MERAB and belal. No wonder they get hated so much because they just want to play it safe and not go for the finish immediately. They don’t want to take the risk of getting a highlight.
@@sprinkeddonuticedlatte Yep. Financially speaking, it's smart to just get the win, no-matter how boring. So, it falls on the ref to force the action, like Herb Dean recently did, but then the commentators moan about how unfair it is to the fighter in the dominant position. The fans need to put pressure on the broadcast teams to stop defending the boring fighter, and the fighters will adapt.
The reason Pantoja gets "disrespect" from the fans is because he lay-and-prays too much. Royval would argue Pantoja's opponents avoid making mistakes when Pantoja's on their back or in the guard, but then it's on Pantoja to risk the position to find a finish, and he doesn't. It's funny that Pantoja might be the most talented fighter in the division by a mile, and yet his fights tend to be full of stalling for time. Reminds me of Demetrius Johnson being super talented, but his fighting style nearly getting the division canned.
Your sentence of pantoja decision to finish the fight or not is sooooo true for many other fighters like MERAB and belal. No wonder they get hated so much because they just want to play it safe and not go for the finish immediately. They don’t want to take the risk of getting a highlight.
@@sprinkeddonuticedlatte Yep. Financially speaking, it's smart to just get the win, no-matter how boring. So, it falls on the ref to force the action, like Herb Dean recently did, but then the commentators moan about how unfair it is to the fighter in the dominant position. The fans need to put pressure on the broadcast teams to stop defending the boring fighter, and the fighters will adapt.