UFC / MMA
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Good effort from Rountree. He was quicker than I thought. AP was brutal in that 4th round
Yeah he was a worthy opponent.
But man he got battered in the 4th.
Pennington was gipped IMHO. She smashed Pena.
Harrison had to work for it but will come back better.
Buckley v Wonderboy was a great watch.
Great win for Spann
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Finally caught up on this. Some odd score cards in the earlier matches. I'd be curious how judges get judged, surely that position is ripe for dodgy betting syndicates to get certain decisions made.
Unfortunate for Pennington but that first round could have gone either way so I think the decision fair even though she did more in the last 2 than Pena did in the first 3.
Really didn't enjoy the 4th round beating of Rountree. The guy has a lot of talent, could be an absolute star but surely this fight was too soon for him, just seemed like padding for Periera's record knowing he wasn't going to test the champs ground game. Seemed like a lot of really unnecessary punishment once it was obvious he was already out on his feet and wasn't going to be a threat. Do corner's throw the towel in these days?
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Big weekend
UFC 308
From the bottom (winner first)
PRELIMS
Fakhretdinov v Leal
Silva v Naurdiev
Basharat v Hugo
Barnett v Nzechukwu (that's a hope not a confident prediction)
Ferreira v Magomedov
Orolbai v Rebecki
Neal v Anjos
Aslan v CerqueiraMAIN CARD
Magomedov v Petrosyan
Ige v Murphy
Ankalaev v Rakic
Whittaker v Chimaev (that's a hope not a confident prediction)
Holloway v Topuria (that's a hope not a confident prediction) -
Had to avoid the internet to not get this one spoiled by the time I caught up. What an absolute cracker of an event. Easily the best since 300..might have even enjoyed it more due to actually knowing a few of the fighters and their history now than I did back then.
From the ones I remember:
Leal was robbed, such a rough start to the pre-lims, I don't know what causes these extremely bad judging calls thankfully it wasn't indicative of the rest of the day.Basharat was awesome still taking that match despite Hugo appearing to not even try to make weight.
First time I've seen Barnett, damn he looks like fun..a shame the fight ended the way I would have expected from such a physique.
Gutted the Orolbai lost, hell of a fight, I wonder if he could actually see out of that eye? Something so likeable about him, looks like Gengus Khan reincarnated.
Aslan looks like a monster, hopefully see him on some main events now.
Magomedov's double spinning backfist was incredible. The dude looks like a hell of a Bond villain, one eye?
Thought Murphy might have been fortunate on the decision but it was close enough to not be a concern.
So weird Rakic's corner telling him he was 2 rounds up coming into the 3rd when he was clearly at least 1 down if not 2..final scoring showed that, could have made for a hell of a 3rd round if he'd tried to outscore or put Ankalaev away.
I now get the hype about Chimaev...feels like it just a matter of time before he is defending the title from the rest of todays current contenders.
So gutted that Holloway went down, become a huge fan of his since 300. Thought he was well on top of Tuporia in that first round, clearly outboxing him..but damn once Tuporia got his timing right that power was not to be denied. Showed some class after the win which was great to see after all the dumb shit he'd been drumming up of the last few months.
309 is going to be a huge let down after this one.
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@Rembrandt said in UFC / MMA:
Had to avoid the internet to not get this one spoiled by the time I caught up. What an absolute cracker of an event. Easily the best since 300..might have even enjoyed it more due to actually knowing a few of the fighters and their history now than I did back then.
From the ones I remember:
Leal was robbed, such a rough start to the pre-lims, I don't know what causes these extremely bad judging calls thankfully it wasn't indicative of the rest of the day.Basharat was awesome still taking that match despite Hugo appearing to not even try to make weight.
First time I've seen Barnett, damn he looks like fun..a shame the fight ended the way I would have expected from such a physique.
Gutted the Orolbai lost, hell of a fight, I wonder if he could actually see out of that eye? Something so likeable about him, looks like Gengus Khan reincarnated.
Aslan looks like a monster, hopefully see him on some main events now.
Magomedov's double spinning backfist was incredible. The dude looks like a hell of a Bond villain, one eye?
Thought Murphy might have been fortunate on the decision but it was close enough to not be a concern.
So weird Rakic's corner telling him he was 2 rounds up coming into the 3rd when he was clearly at least 1 down if not 2..final scoring showed that, could have made for a hell of a 3rd round if he'd tried to outscore or put Ankalaev away.
I now get the hype about Chimaev...feels like it just a matter of time before he is defending the title from the rest of todays current contenders.
So gutted that Holloway went down, become a huge fan of his since 300. Thought he was well on top of Tuporia in that first round, clearly outboxing him..but damn once Tuporia got his timing right that power was not to be denied. Showed some class after the win which was great to see after all the dumb shit he'd been drumming up of the last few months.
309 is going to be a huge let down after this one.
Yes to all that
