How does a fighter beat himself?

With his hand.

Lotion optional.

 

This would come down to luck. Momentum, "lucky" punches, and other chaotic factors would win or lose this fight.

I also doubt either of them could adequately plan for the other, since they'd create an "I know you know I know" situation with no clear solution. Best idea would probably be to randomize which strategy they'd pick if they have more than one viable one. A game theorist could probably tell you more on that angle.

 

:scaredas:

 

On second thought, this.

 

stop stealing cross_trainer's thread ideas

 

say it dont spray it, breh

 

Actually, this thread raises a more interesting question than it first appears to.

When you're trying to come up with a fight strategy, how do you second-guess your opponent -- especially when they're similar to you? So many fighters have lost because they went in with the wrong gameplan, yet few people pay attention to strategy. They just assume that the fighters in a fantasy matchup will follow their own style, and that will be that.

This thread breaks you out of that trap. Here, you can't win by following your "natural style" and hoping for the best. Your opponent can do the same thing, which leaves you with a 50/50 chance.

Only a good fight plan can win this.


...So how do you -- as a trainer -- pick a fight plan when you know your opponent has seen the same tapes you did, and will try to anticipate your approach?

 

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dxPO_Z57xg[/ame]

 

You can beat yourself by

Over training
Under training
Taking the cheap, bad route in terms of your corner (Case and point : G-man)
Looking past your opponent (Khan is a nice recent example)

 

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