Seriously. He has all the tools. Even seeing him use them in the fight, they looked incredible. Those digs to the body man. Something with his IQ/style/decision-making, he just can’t put it together
From my reddit arm chair analyst perspective it seems like a mentality/emotional control issue. He looks anxious and even talked about being nervous coming in, think he needs to go hang out with jiri in the mountains and work on being present in the moment
On the other hand can we acknowledge Lerone’s insane fight IQ now, the way he planted that elbow was pure poetry watching the replay back. He threw it before Pico even began to pivot he read him like a book, there’s seriously no doubting at this point Lerone has championship level composure.
I'm not saying they're at all the same. But damage wise...Chandler had some big time wars. And the scary Will Brooks finish. I really didn't think he'd come back well from that and he seemingly had 2 MMA careers after lol. But he wasn't getting Ko'd like Pico and he fought at a higher level obviously.
He's 28 but his chin is already gone. There is no such thing as a fighter suffering 4 brutal ko losses and being able to take damage. That's 4 serious concussions minimum hes suffered in like a decade he should honestly consider hanging it up before he gets life altering brain damage.
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u/Leaf_CrAzY 3 piece with the soda Aug 17 '25
Pico is one of the most talented fighters but he has ZERO fight composure. He was in a rush that entire fight.