Originally Posted by raybec 4:
Poirer/Alvarez 1 was a really good fight until the illegal knee. It should be a good rematch. I think the Diamond beats The Underground King by TKO in round 4.
Greg Hardy is fighting again next Tuesday. Also, we have a PPV thats not too bad but only die-hard MMA fans will probably pay for.
Thursday
7pm TV - (5pm Facebook/7pm NBCSN) - PFL 5, 2018 Regular Season
PFL has been entertaining so far and I like the concept. Some more guys will make the playoffs or be eliminated on Thursday.
Saturday
7pm TV - (5:30pm Fightpass/7pm FX/9pm PPV) - UFC 227, Dillashaw vs. Garbrandt 2
The prelims for this PPV are pretty bad. Out of the 7 prelim fights I'm looking at, I really care about...... nobody. I'll probably still watch because why not. In the main card, only the last 3 fights are worth a damn, but we do have two championship fights. God help this PPV if something happens to the main event.
It really feels like Dana White and the UFC just checked a box for this one like, "gee, we need a PPV for August so we'lll go with..... that, ok meeting over, moving on".
2am Sunday - (Fightpass) - Pancrase 298
Its Pancrase, as usual the talent level is very low and its in the middle of the night, so.... no thanks, I'm good.
Tuesday
7pm - (Fightpass) - Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series
This is the last one for this season, and the controversial ex-NFL player Greg Hardy will be fighting in this one. [Reply]
Nate Diaz vs. Dustin Poirier is set for UFC 230 at Madison Square Garden, multiple sources say. The fight is expected to be officially announced at tomorrow’s press conference. First reported by @latimespugmire.
Everyone made weight. At this point, the only thing that could plausibly go wrong would be kidneys shutting down this evening, or a loss vs the almighty bathtub. [Reply]
That was an interesting decision to give Cejudo that win, imo. Cejudo scored a lot of takedowns but there was only one time I can recall where he actually did anything with it as far as trying to land punches or work for a submission and that was at the end of round 4, I think, where he got to half and started landing some punches. [Reply]
Originally Posted by jd1020:
That was an interesting decision to give Cejudo that win, imo. Cejudo scored a lot of takedowns but there was only one time I can recall where he actually did anything with it as far as trying to land punches or work for a submission and that was at the end of round 4, I think, where he got to half and started landing some punches.
I gave DJ 1, 2, and 3, and I gave Cejudo 4 and 5. 1, 3, and 4 were clear so definitely 2-1 DJ, but 2 and 5 were close. 2 judges gave both rounds to Cejudo. [Reply]
Both against Cruz and in his first fight with Dillishaw (which, if anyone remembers, TJ was totally saved by the bell at the end of round 1 and Cody was outclassing him completely. Cody used his vastly superior boxing to the round. His footwork was better, but most importantly his punches were tighter, quicker, and in combinations. Against TJ in fight 1 he was just hot dogging too much because he felt like he was in control.
Fast forward to this fight, and Cody is tossing those haymaker punches instead of the crisp tight shots he was throwing in the first fight. Instead it was TJ who had the quicker tighter shots, and he was winning the exchanges.
All Cody had to do was tone down the hot dogging, and instead it's like he decided to fight more like TJ.. with those kinda whingeing wide punches.
I don't get it. Looks like losing to TJ caused him to change up what was making him successful. Guys often over-correct after losses, and sometimes they never rediscover what made them successful in the first place. [Reply]
