"I just remember that he was extremely explosive," Florian said. "He finishes guys very quickly. I just remember being very impressed. I didn’t know much about him, but I just liked the way that he fought. He was exciting. Anyone who’s willing to try flying knees, acrobatic kicks and finish the fight the way he did — I’m always a fan of those kind of fighters, and Aldo is that guy."
He thinks they match up pretty evenly:
"I think he’s going to be one of my toughest fights or the toughest fight of my career," the Dover native said of Aldo. "He comes in with a lot of the different assets than other fighters I’ve faced. He has tremendous stand-up, tremendous jiujitsu and we’re even on the wrestling. That makes it an awesome fight."
And banging with him is the way to wear him down, apparently:
"I think the key is being able to compete with Jose Aldo on the stand-up," Florian said. "If you can do that, you can start to take away his confidence. That’s what I plan to do: Really challenge him with his stand-up and give him hell there."
Is that solid strategy for Florian? I tend to disagree with Kenny on this, believing that he actually has the better wrestling and could possibly work that sort of game against Aldo. But who am I to question one of the better tacticians in the sport?
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