i don’t think tony looked as bad as a lot of people are saying, rewatching fight right now. sure, it’s not younger 12 fight win streak tony, he’s old you guys. yeah he took a ridiculous amount of damage in the gaethje fight which i’m sure slowed him down a bit but, he was beating chandler in that first round without a doubt which is really surprising/admirable against a #5 lightweight who damn near ko’d the current champ (yes he’s still the champ, fuck a stripped belt for .5 lbs and i do think he beats islam). i don’t think he would’ve won regardless but, if he didn’t shoot for takedown, which his corner told him to do, and kept it on the feet i think this very well could have gone 5 rounds. he landed some good strikes on nate & you have to remember that he split his shin wide open within the first minute which i’m sure affected his movement throughout the fight.