Who won if the Diaz/Condit fight kept going until someone was stopped?

For me, at the end of the 5th Diaz had slowed right down. His explosiveness was badly diminished, his workrate had dropped, he wasn't landing anything, and he was getting tagged easier and easier.

Condit, on the other hand, was still moving easily, didn't appear gassed, and was starting to sit down on his strikes more.

With the exception of the late takedown, Diaz really didn't appear to have a plan B.

So what happens if there's a 5th round, a 6th round, a 7th round?

Which of them gets worn down and eventually stopped?

Discuss.

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Yes I considered this, obviously, and in most fights obviously it doesn't work at all. But in this fight it is far more applicable than most.

What's Diaz going to do? Something other than stalk Condit and try to get in his face and break him down with volume punching and cardio?

What's Condit going to do? Something other than avoid a toe-to-toe brawl or a submission battle, preferring to keep his range, take away Diaz's legs and pick him apart piece by piece?

Condit was getting more aggressive as the fight went on. And Diaz always looks for the stoppage, just turns out he had no plan B.

All the people who call Condit a coward for his performance, IMO Diaz was a lot further down the road of getting beaten up and stopped than Carlos was. :bart

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For God's sake man, I know it's not realistic and not going to happen.

If you want, you can just rephrase it as follows.

Who was further down the road to getting worn down and stopped?

IMO it was Diaz.

Condit looked a lot fresher, was moving a lot easier, was landing cleaner, and was getting more aggressive.

He wasn't holding out for the final bell at all. He looked like he could have happily continued to land on a more and more sluggish Diaz for another round, or two, or three.

Diaz's face was all marked up - Condit's was fine.

Diaz's legs were bruised and slow - Condit's movement was fine.

Diaz's aggression was ineffective - Condit was landing whenever he chose to throw strikes.

I KNOW that the fight plans would have changed if there was no round limit. OBVIOUSLY.

I'm merely pointing out that Diaz was the one who was getting hit more. Diaz was the one whose workrate and explosiveness had slowed. Diaz was the one with the bruised and swollen face. And Condit was the one who was landing the harder strikes.

Carlos was pulling away in the fight. Diaz always threatens with submissions, but Condit was great at neutralizing Diaz's offense. IMO, if that fight was allowed to keep going past its 5 round limit, it would have been Diaz who would have been worn down and stopped.

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Yeah and he looked in big trouble didn't he. Diaz surprised Condit for the first time in the fight, got his back and couldn't do anything with it.

Look, I have made the point very clear. It's very easy to see what I am saying. And it's legitimate - for someone who apparently is a coward and ran the whole night, Condit inflicted more damage and slowed Diaz down more than Diaz did anything to Condit. Personally, I see that pattern continuing, with Diaz getting less and less effective and Condit finding it easier and easier to land powerful strikes.

If you don't think it's worthy of comment, then here's an idea. Don't comment. :good

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