UFC / MMA
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UFC Fight Night 129
EARLY PRELIMS
Puelles v Silva
One of the great comebacks in quite some time for Puelles
Took a licking but kept on kicking
Submission win by knee bar for his first UFC victoryPRELIMS
Bandenay v Benitez
WOW!
Benitez went fast and early. Knocked down Bandena then got caught in an arm bar
Lifted and slammed Bandenay and then knocked him out in the clinchBotelho v Kondo
Tha action comes thick and fast
Cracking body kick from Botelho buckled Kondo, then Botelho swarmed in for the KO finishMoreno v Pantoja
What an undercard
Non-stop action for 3 rounds
Pantoja with the dominant win
Two very tough bastardsCummings v Prazeres
Prazeres too aggressive and strong for Cummings in the split decisionMAIN CARD
Laprise v Luque
The hits keep on coming
Precision from Luque's left puts Laprise on the canvas and then ground & pound for the finishMacedo v Lee
Ding dong battle with Lee getting the unanimous decision on her debutRivas v Cannetti
No quarter given, no quarter asked
Cannetti with the decisionReyes v Cannonier
Reyes dominant with the KO in first round
Looked like Goddard called it early but did Cannonier a favour IMHOGrasso v Suarez
Great rear naked choke from Suarez to finish it in the firstMaia v Usman
Usman too strong and too fast for Maia for the unanimous decision after going 5 rounds
A passing of the guardGreat card
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There's an interesting fight involving a kiwi later today. Israel Adesanya (Nigerian kiwi, moved here at 10) vs Brad Tavares
It's not a ppv, it's on regular sky ~4:45pmThis is the first decent opposition he's had in the UFC. His striking has looked great so far but the question has been about his ground game.. he doesn't need to become a great wrestler he just needs to copy a guy like Bisping and become proficient and getting back to his feet. His kickboxing is quality.
It's a smaller octagon on this card. That'll make it harder to avoid the take down
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@duluth He's at risk of getting caught with all the antics. I enjoy his swagger and some of his skills are very advanced, more so than just about any other striker I have seen recently. Hes almost 30 and needs to make a name for himself and quickly. But I don't want to see another Anderson Silva/Weidman situation because he didn't pay his enough respect to the other guys abilities.
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So Adesanya pretty much just picked Tavares into tiny pieces.
Looked much better than his last time out. Not exactly convinced that he has the knock out power to worry top ten guys but against a conventional striker who stands in front of him he looks the goods. A good wrestler will trouble him but that being said, his TD and clinch defence were very good in this one. Even showed a little bit of skill on the ground.
His ability to effectively set the pace is interesting and a little frustrating. I would have loved to see him light Tavares up when he had him hurt but he just dropped straight back into his rhthym. On the other hand he clearly new how he wanted the fight to progress so kudos for being able to keep to the plan.
Pretty damn impressive.
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So Adesanya pretty much just picked Tavares into tiny pieces.
Looked much better than his last time out. Not exactly convinced that he has the knock out power to worry top ten guys but against a conventional striker who stands in front of him he looks the goods. A good wrestler will trouble him but that being said, his TD and clinch defence were very good in this one. Even showed a little bit of skill on the ground.
His ability to effectively set the pace is interesting and a little frustrating. I would have loved to see him light Tavares up when he had him hurt but he just dropped straight back into his rhthym. On the other hand he clearly new how he wanted the fight to progress so kudos for being able to keep to the plan.
Pretty damn impressive.
Spot on.
Devloping his all round skills 'on the job' against a Top 10 veteran and coming away with the emphatic decision was very impressive.
Much like Till, the swagger will get you noticed and higher ranking opponents, but as you climb the ladder the skills will do the talking.
Good card. Good Ultimate Fighter Series and deserved winners on the night.
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Had 10 of my closest jiu-jitsu friends around for beer and fights today. Top moments from UFC 226:
DC KOs Stipe. Fantastic. Feel great for the guy after all the bullshit with Jones and PEDs etc
Insta-promo with Brock Lesnar. DC calls out Lesnar, Lesnar pushes him, calls everyone a piece of shit. A lot of people hate the WWE style theatrics in MMA but I love the hype as long as it end in a real fight. DC set the scene for Lesnar and Lesnar knew what to do. So much fun.
Dan Hooker by KO. He’s a goddam ninja
Dan Hooker bitches out the UFC matchmakers “you’re getting these boys hurt, gimme someone on my level”
No one bothers to interview either fighter after Ngannou and Lewis. If you want to serve up that shit then just fuck right off.
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Hooker was fantastic. Nails. Deserves a tough Top 10 fight
Millender worked out Griffen, who was disappointing
Klose was cool and collected
Assuncao too strong. Good fight.
Jabbing Masterclass from Hall, but Costa lit him up. Great fight
Wow Rountree Jr. Dynamite
Chiesa's a mongrel, but skillful. Great win for Pettis. So good off his back.
Felder v Perry was a Classic. Granite v Nails. Great refereeing. Loved it. Almost needs a rematch. Perry humble because he knew he'd been in a war
Shithouse. Trying to forget it already. The mystique of Ngannou gone.
Big John will always be No. 1 but Goddard is my favourite ref at the moment
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That first knockdown was something else. Even after watching it a few times I’m strughling to process it. His counter landed almost as soon as the other guy even thought about the overhand right.Totally agree. I listened to an interview with Hooker after and he said the guy must have been dehydrated from the weight cut because those shots shouldn't have been knocking him down.
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Holy shit see old mate win that fight from his back with the hammer fists? Brutal
Justifies all those fights i tried to win laying on my back...
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@mariner4life said in UFC:
Holy shit see old mate win that fight from his back with the hammer fists? Brutal
Justifies all those fights i tried to win laying on my back...
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@mariner4life said in UFC:
Holy shit see old mate win that fight from his back with the hammer fists? Brutal
Justifies all those fights i tried to win laying on my back...
Wow! Who was that?
Niko Price. Great finish.
Trapped the head in the crook of his ankle, foot, calf then slammed him. -
Volkanovski showed he was legit on debut, with a unanimous decision over 10th ranked Elkins.
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@mikethesnow said in UFC:
@mariner4life said in UFC:
Holy shit see old mate win that fight from his back with the hammer fists? Brutal
Justifies all those fights i tried to win laying on my back...
Wow! Who was that?
Niko Price. Great finish.
Trapped the head in the crook of his ankle, foot, calf then slammed him.I guess you can't blame the ref because no one was expecting it, but I think the guy was knocked out after the first hammer fist, so copped quite a few extra.
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@mikethesnow said in UFC:
@mariner4life said in UFC:
Holy shit see old mate win that fight from his back with the hammer fists? Brutal
Justifies all those fights i tried to win laying on my back...
Wow! Who was that?
Niko Price. Great finish.
Trapped the head in the crook of his ankle, foot, calf then slammed him.I guess you can't blame the ref because no one was expecting it, but I think the guy was knocked out after the first hammer fist, so copped quite a few extra.
Yeah. Maybe the second.
Creative finish though as Price was getting roughed up prior to this
