Poor Performances from Late Replacement fights

[biscuitsbrah]

Khabib/Iaquinta
Cormier/Anderson
Dillashaw/Soto (Did well in the end)
Jones/OSP
Rockhold/Bisping 2 (lmao)


All of these replacements are tough and good don’t get me wrong, but they were supposed to get absolutely destroyed. I don’t think it’s fair to judge fighters on their performances for these type of fights.

Post more examples or opposite examples if you like.
Opposite would be something like Khabib/Horcher or Cormier/Cummins

 

[CroCopsLHK]

Condit vs Oliveira

 

[biscuitsbrah]

Condit vs Oliveira

Who was Condit supposed to fight? Don’t think it counts either because it’s supposed to be a mismatch. That’s why I didn’t post something like Edgar/Ortega or Mcgregor/Mendes

 

[DS66]

Who was Condit supposed to fight? Don’t think it counts either because it’s supposed to be a mismatch. That’s why I didn’t post something like Edgar/Ortega or Mcgregor/Mendes

He was supposed to fight Matt Brown.

But yes, gameplanning for a specific fighter is a huge part of certain fighter's games. You can't generally expect a dominant performance against a last minute replacement.

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Charlie Brennemen vs. Rick Story

 

[lostdog000]

cote vs tito
royce vs tokoro

 

[Dragon Punch]

Mousasi v Latifi

 

[nanika]

 

[GODZILLA213]

Charlie Brennemen vs. Rick Story

Rick was probably a fight or two away from a title shit at the time too. That guy still gets no love.

 

[Gladiatorz]

cote vs tito
royce vs tokoro

Cote vs Anderson Silva lol

 

[Jorge Luis Borges]

Yep. Prime example. Also, Conor TKOing Mendes. Also, Leben vs Akiyama.

Basically, when it comes to last minute replacement fights, I expect a low quality fight.

 

[A.S. Deep]

Khabib/Iaquinta
Cormier/Anderson
Dillashaw/Soto (Did well in the end)
Jones/OSP
Rockhold/Bisping 2 (lmao)


All of these replacements are tough and good don’t get me wrong, but they were supposed to get absolutely destroyed. I don’t think it’s fair to judge fighters on their performances for these type of fights.

Post more examples or opposite examples if you like.
Opposite would be something like Khabib/Horcher or Cormier/Cummins

Agreed except with Jones/OSP. Jones seemed bored with winning a boring fight instead of giving it his all. As he implied in the post fight interview, he didn't view the fight as anything more as a waste of time.

 

[Spacelord13]

Are you talking about a shitty fight ? Or a poor performance from one of the guys or what ?

Because the fights listed seem to fall into two, or even three different categories here.

 

[xterm11]

cote vs tito
royce vs tokoro

Cote managed to drop Tito in that fight which is a pretty big deal. A regional guy coming in and dropping one of the best low of the time? I’d say that’s a pretty soldier performance.

 

[CalvilloRay]

Rick was probably a fight or two away from a title shit at the time too. That guy still gets no love.

I take title shits all the time