UFC's business model post-Brock / Honda / Conor has been to build up cheap fighters and convince us they are the best. It's a promotion ($$$), not an amateur athletics association.
Look at any undercard lately. Gone are amateur wrestlers from the U.S. Gone are crossover recruits from boxing and...
I don't know if I've ever posted anything this negative about a fighter, but that was a pathetic showing by Matthews. He was getting pieced up in a fight that, for Morales, was at the pace of a sparring match. He had no Plan B. No applying pressure, no kicks, no clinching, no takedowns. No...
The UFC business model is increasingly to sign cheap fighters from out of the U.S. and then build them up and convince us they're the best. If you don't think there are guys in M-1, Rizin, etc who could beat ranked fighters in the UFC, then you haven't been paying attention. Plenty of guys in...
You don't need half points. You already have a scale that gives judges ten points to use for each fighter. They don't need 20. They just need to use the existing options.
A typical round should be 10-8. A one-sided round should be 10-7. A dominant round / near stoppage should be 10-6. Only very...
I disagree with this whole premise. For example, Leon Edwards had four straight decisions heading into the first Usman fight. It's hard to finish the top guys.
Yeah the problem with being a counterstriker is that it requires an opening. Sean left no opening, and Izzy didn't mix it up. It's hard to blame Izzy since he has been so successful in MMA, but in hindsight, maybe he should have trained a few other options. No grappling, no clinch game, no...
He's not skilled. That was ironically the worst thing about the eye pokes and nut kicks -- they were unintentional. He's not a dirty fighter, just literally doesn't have the skill and is throwing shit out there.
I like Mike, but yeah Laura is doing very well. It sounds like the mic is too close to her mouth and she sounds "boomy." Kind of a weird little thing you would think they would have fixed. Or maybe it's just me.
It's kind of funny in an Orwellian way, because the truth is literally the opposite: "Upon review, the referee did not call a stop to the fight at 4:49 of the third round."
I'm with you guys. He struggled when he was hit and had a hard time putting away a guy who is nowhere near a top ten fighter. His work rate was low and he struggled with cardio when the pace picked up. The top guys are going to hit him and push the action. Those are big red flags.
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