Originally Posted by alnorth:
I think I'll rely on the wisdom of the masses. Out of the dozens of independent viewers, no one but you (that I've seen) is pointing at round 1. I will say most think round 2 was the closest, so mine wasn't the majority opinion.
I'm not pointing at any round. Dillashaw dominated that fight, round 3 being one of his more dominant rounds. How you say that Soto might have won that round is mind boggling. He landed a couple jabs and that's about it. [Reply]
Originally Posted by jd1020:
I'm not pointing at any round. Dillashaw dominated that fight, round 3 being one of his more dominant rounds. How you say that Soto might have won that round is mind boggling. He landed a couple jabs and that's about it.
I guess I just don't value takedowns where you don't accomplish much and the other guy gets up in a reasonably quick amount of time as highly as you do. I recognize that takedowns are hard and impressive, but if you don't do damage, don't hold him down, and don't get a sub attempt in, thats only about as valuable as a decent punch to me.
As far as it being mind-boggling, I don't get that since judging by the stats its probably going to be at least Soto's 2nd-best round. It certainly wasn't the 1st, 4th, or 5th, so we're only left with the 2nd or 3rd. I imagine if I watched it again I'd change my mind to the 2nd round being the closest, but I'd probably still call the 3rd round the 2nd-closest. There might be a temptation to think he did better than he really did in the 1st simply because the expectation was that this fight would end quickly and not be close. [Reply]
This Friday night fight card is pretty stacked. Better fighters and fights than some of the PPV's they've put on. Rothwell knocked Overeem the fuck out quick. Mittrione also with the quick KO. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy:
This Friday night fight card is pretty stacked. Better fighters and fights than some of the PPV's they've put on. Rothwell knocked Overeem the **** out quick. Mittrione also with the quick KO.
Incredible how the card looks better than 177 and 178 [Reply]
UFC 178 and 179 both have only a couple of watchable fights on each card. I don't get the whole strategy of putting on these thin cards and then completely stacking up UFC 181. Weidman/Belfort Pettis/Melendez and Brown/Schaub all on the same card. [Reply]
