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Originally Posted by elliot10181
No one can be sure, but there are many similar theories on other forums (mma.tv) I'm certainly not the only one with this point of view.
It's no different to the assumption that he was clowning to impress the crowd or display dominance all of these things are just theories.
Part of my job is as a MMA mindset coach so it's not like I'm coming at this from a position of limited experience.
AS has said himself, it's a part of his gameplan to get emotion out of the guy so he can make mistakes. And then, AS is a theatrical guy, it's a part of him and you won't get any information just for the fact that he does it.
I just felt like someone else said, AS felt a lot faster than Weidman in the 2nd round and he felt it too and got too comfortable. Your point that he realized how serious it was, he would have done the same thing as in the Sonnen fight, he would have tried his best to mount an offense on the feet. Beside, he threw plenty of hard leg kicks, and if he was that worry about getting taken down, he wouldn't have thrown as many. Also, in the first round, after they got up, AS dominated the standup for the rest of the round(a solid 2 min), landing very decent leg kicks, a head kick and some clean shots.
Also, Weidman had one takedown attempt that failed in those 2 mins, and I bet fighters can tell when their opponents strength have gone down a bit, and how secure they're feeling about if they can be taken down or not.
So your point about him feeling that this was very serious doesn't make any sense. AS felt that when he faced Sonnen and it was r3 and Sonnen was taking him down constantly, you could tell by the way he came out and fought the rounds in a very high pace looking for the TKO/KO.
Round 2, first thing AS does is throw a leg kick, that's how worried he is about getting taken down.