|
niethan posted:It is less probable for me to dominate a dude 10-8 after just having been outworked with two 9-10. Condit vs. MacDonald was exactly this. Two rounds of MacDonald controlling the striking and grappling before Condit took him down in the third and pounded the poo poo out of him on the ground. Granted the ref stopped the fight with like ten seconds to go but if he hadn't it would've been a clear cut 28-28, although I think at least two of the judges didn't score the last round 10-8 meaning it would've been a split for MacDonald.
|
#
¿
Feb 16, 2011 09:10
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ May 13, 2024 11:00 |
|
|
To all the boxing people: Is there a consensual #1 American heavyweight right now? I know of the Klitschkos and David Haye but I've heard literally nothing about any American heavyweight boxers.
|
|
#
¿
Mar 6, 2011 15:15
|
|
|
Sorry yes I meant by consensus, thanks for the answers and the semantics lesson. 
|
|
#
¿
Mar 6, 2011 18:33
|
|
|
ForbiddenWonder posted:the best part was when he was interviewed as part of that first 10 years of pride documentary. he basically said 'wow, that was an ugly face that boy had after that fight. I didn't want that face'. I wish I could find a clip of it, the way he says it is amazing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg4spi1Gwjs&t=455s everyone should watch this documentary
|
|
#
¿
Mar 13, 2011 09:48
|
|
|
Dancing Peasant posted:Has there ever been a knockout with a superman punch? Travis Browne KOing Stefan Struve is probably the best recent example (.gif linked for size)
|
|
#
¿
Mar 27, 2012 17:15
|
|
|
diego lost to myles jury because he ate a bad quail egg and also ricardo arona's entire career
|
|
#
¿
Feb 4, 2015 22:50
|
|
|
 jardine was a treasure
|
|
#
¿
Apr 23, 2015 14:20
|
|
|
EmmyOk posted:Are heel hooks effective in MMA? I thought you could just sit up and blast someone in teh face. rousimar palhares got fired from the UFC because he was winning too quickly with them, and his opponents wouldn't quit whining about it
|
|
#
¿
Jul 7, 2015 15:41
|
|
|
Muttonchips posted:Just saw a video clip where Ronda Rousey is in a grappling session with a male fighter and getting clearly dominated. ronda would get crushed against any remotely good male fighter in her weight class, never mind dj.
|
|
#
¿
Oct 25, 2015 18:33
|
|
|
my favourite BJ Penn Moment was when everyone ridiculed edgar's chances in the rematch and they had a million trailers with BJ going 'I WANT MY BELT BACK, THIS TIME I'M SERIOUS, THE REAL BJ PENN etc.' and then he got leg kicked so hard that he fell down and looked like someone had pulled back his chair when he was about to sit down
|
|
#
¿
Nov 11, 2015 14:12
|
|
|
the time he kicked diego in the head really hard was good too
|
|
#
¿
Nov 11, 2015 14:13
|
|
|
Lid posted:Also this throwing a naked rear uppercut like that is usually a recipe to get countered by whatever but rafael dos anjos (the guy getting loving killed) was a bad striker in 2008 justin gaetje and chad mendes are good at it though, because they mask it with takedowns attempts and get the torque from dipping with the hips instead of dropping their rear hand hand to their waist
|
|
#
¿
Sep 10, 2016 17:04
|
|
|
vainman posted:Hendricks never seemed to be particularly gifted and he was champ of the toughest division hendricks had ko power and speed for days. when he was good he was really dangerous.
|
|
#
¿
Jan 21, 2018 14:30
|
|
|
i can't think of a time when someone has hurt their opponent with a broken hand but i'm sure it's happened.
|
|
#
¿
Jan 30, 2019 14:27
|
|
|
1996 mark coleman with headbutts would be world champion today
|
|
#
¿
Aug 13, 2019 18:56
|
|
|
Torquemada posted:Dober Vs Alves popped up on my Insta stories is why I ask. Alves didn't look totally clueless, but he dropped like a sack of spuds. this is 100% conjecture but because you have to watch out for so many more things in MMA, and defense is so much more primitive, i think MMA fighters are much more likely to be hit mid breath or without bracing. i think that's what happened in dober vs. alves. 95% of the body shot finishes seem to follow the same general pattern - the guy on the defensive tries to move out of range, their back hits the cage, they get murdered while protecting their head and not paying attention to their body.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 20, 2023 17:13
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ May 13, 2024 11:00 |
|
|
Okuteru posted:Jesus, it's been a whole year since there has been a question on this thread. 1) the cards are getting more and more mediocre because they've become content providers for ESPN and make some absurd amount of money from doing X cards per year for them. because the company was bought at what seems like a hugely inflated price, they have to try and squeeze the UFC for all it's worth to make the interest payments / make a profit. this has lead to the creation of dana white's contender series as a way to hire fighters on long contracts for no money. it's also a way for them to filter out anyone whose style they don't like. it's also a way for dana to cosplay as a creepy patriarch of the UFC and father to all its fighters to fill a hole left by some profound insecurity. most good fighters do not come from the contender series, they come from outside organisations. there's a few but overall it's a failure in every sense but the short-term financial. this is not to say that the fights are getting worse. it's actually the opposite, the technical development of high level MMA has hit new peaks in the good divisions (flyweight through lightweight, and the top half of welterweight except for all the old guys who suck) but that's because mma fighters are too in love with the sport, and bound up in the psychotic confidence the sport requires (i.e. if you argue for collecting bargaining power you're admitting you're not good enough to become a mcgregor type star). but the most physically gifted heavyweight champion in the history of the sport asked to have his own sponsors instead of getting paid peanuts to wear the ugly as gently caress UFC sponsored bullshit and they let him go and then called him a cowardly bitch. 2) i think the cards are gonna get worse the more they slide into content provider territory. Foul Fowl fucked around with this message at 16:05 on Apr 3, 2023 |
|
#
¿
Apr 3, 2023 15:58
|
|