Never was there a night of fights that displayed the true nature of the cage then EliteXC’s Heat card for October 4th live on CBS primetime.
In the nights showcased fights we saw Gina Carano use the cage to her advantage and avoid the aggressive takedown attempts from Kelly Kobold all night. She was able to use her size, strength and balance on the fence to avoid all but 1 throwdown. The on going effort of Kobold weakened her over the course of the fight and opened her up to effective strikes from Carano leading her to an easy decision victory.
We witnessed a lack of cage knowledge from title contender Paul Daley who decided not to use the fence as a way to stand-up from the WW champion and BJJ expert Jake Shields. In full top mount and being rained down on from Shields, Daley’s only way out was to wiggle and turn ever so slightly and begin to push his way up the fence to get to his stand-up advantage. Daley never having fought an opponent with ground game such as Shields it appeared he had no answer or counter plans. Daley tapped only seconds later as he had no where to go.
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