Exploring Rising MMA Star Archie Colgan's Winning Strategy

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00:00let me ask you about a fighter that i'm super impressed with it's kind of flying under the

00:05radar that potentially could have some really really big things ahead of him we're talking

00:10about archie colgan uh now 13 and oh he's got the wrestling background um and listen we had

00:17um we had his opponent uh jj wilson on the program and you know this jimmy jj's a tough ass dude

00:24like he's a tough ass dude and jj told me i don't think his striking is that good he thinks his

00:31striking is good i don't think his striking is that good i think his striking is pretty damn good

00:36like for a dude with a wrestling background i think that's the difference that that archie's not

00:41afraid to to bang with you and he can mix in the takedowns as well 13 and oh is 13 and oh you are

00:48what your record says you are and he's beating some tough guys right now seems to me like the

00:54sky's the limit for archie yeah and what i like about that is too many guys learn a jab cross

01:00hook and think they're sugar ray leonard right or they learn one or two things and suddenly think

01:05man i'm a great striker what i like about colgan is to your point he's picked up enough that he's

01:10solid he has a good one too he has good power punches his striking is pretty basic he uses it to

01:16set up the rest of his game too many fighters especially when they get one knockout they fall in

01:21love with that feeling of a knockout they want it again they think they're great strikers and they're

01:24not hogan's not gonna tell you he's he's competent he's good he can catch you he can put you down if

01:30you get careless he keeps you honest with your hands and you look at the jj wilson fight you know

01:35wilson could never really unload because the takedown was always waiting for him he couldn't make any

01:39mistakes on the feet because colgan does have hard punches especially with the right hand he he's aware

01:44of what his level is and where it is and it's his ability to mix everything in well i think that's

01:50his strength also there's no bad build for mma it's fighting for your build colgan fights for his

01:57build stocky strong explosive uses everything in his advantage in that way

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