Big Bad Blog Video Theater-JJ Aldrich vs Danielle Taylor

Here's the match video of JJ Aldrich vs Danielle Taylor from last night's UFC show in St. Louis. This aired on the UFC Fight Pass prelims. Both fighters came to the UFC as late replacements. JJ Is an Invicta veteran. She trains with Rose Namajunas in Colorado. She's OK but nothing special. Danielle is a former King Of The Cage champ who supposedly has punching power. But she hasn't done that in the UFC. She has won a couple of fights with a keep away strategy. She does this because at five feet tall, she is always going to be at a height disadvantage. Fortunately, JJ was prepared for this and she basically outpunched Danielle for three rounds. By the third round, JJ was daring Danielle to engage with her. She wouldn't do it. She would not change her strategy even if it wasn't working. Of course JJ won by unanimous decision. And props to Rose, Trevor Wittman and the rest of her camp for having a plan to combat this keep away crap. I never thought it would work against a half decent fighter. So now Danielle has to figure out a new strategy. Some fans have suggested that maybe she should drop to Atomweight and fight for Invicta. But all of Danielle's fights have been at Strawweight. She's very muscular so I don't know if she could make Atomweight. Her strategy was doomed to fail because it's designed to win close decisions. Well, that cuts both ways. Check out the fight for yourself.