For me, when I try playing fighting games, its not even about getting perfected every game, its that when I am struggling the uphill battle of getting a single hit in, I cant hit confirm into a combo to get damage in because I am bad.
So every match consists of losing hard, or getting 2 hits in, dropping the combo and eating shit for it.
The only real way to fix that is sitting in training mode for hours building muscle memory. No fucking wonder people dont play this genre.