We dodged a CC bullet, boys

[Nobru]

Honestly, I didnt think he would win. Still, its great that he didnt.

 

[linvillegorge]

We're currently hanging from a Leon Edwards noose though. WW has a problem in that the top guys in the division are snoozefests. Who is buying an Edwards vs. Muhammad PPV? That fight would have to be a co-main on a PPV.

 

[Romulas]

atleast hes entertaining. whats leons draw?

Now we get Edwards vs Belal.. 0 entertainment 0 draw. We're in a lose/lose title situation.

 

[stav]

atleast hes entertaining. whats leons draw?

Don't know about you brother, but I come to watch the fights, not the drama.
Happy for CC to carry on like a pork chop as long as he comes to fight, but the dude rocked up for a paycheck not to fight.
Not interested in seeing garbage fights just b/c dudes can run their mouths.

 

[Paolo Delutis]

Another low testosterone beta male can’t handle real men like Colby and Strickland. Go back to Reddit or watch cuckold porn, whatever you left wing snowflakes like to do

LOL REAL MEN?

Colby who talked all that shit and then did nothing? Real man? Lol

Strickland..the guy who played victim after calling people out for their sexuality hahaha cuz his childhood was brought up ..


Ya real men indeed..



Naw ...Real men handle business and that's what leon did..stayed calm and professional and handle BIZZZZNASS


And still....Good riddance to the Colby bullshit hour

 

[Xanzito]

We're currently hanging from a Leon Edwards noose though. WW has a problem in that the top guys in the division are snoozefests. Who is buying an Edwards vs. Muhammad PPV? That fight would have to be a co-main on a PPV.

Id think twice about watching on a FN free card.

 

[CPH]

atleast hes entertaining. whats leons draw?

You thought that his performance last night was entertaining?

Leon’s draw is that he wins big fights. I think that this is still a thing among fight fans.

 

[Substance Abuse]

Colby fans are in shambles, clinging to any branch they can find, no matter how asinine it is.

 

[Strijfy]

Says some rando twitter warrior. lmfao

those truth bombs always hurt

 

[AfroBanana]

Colby is annoying to those that don't like him. For those that are neutral or fans, at least we could enjoy the trolling he did on you guys.

Leon is boring for anyone involved, save British fans. He wins convincingly in the sense that his opponents never do much against him, but he also doesn't do much. How many good shots did Leon land in the first 2 rounds of Colby? 2-3? He out sig struck him like 13-10 and 18-13. But almost none of those "significant" strikes were damaging or exciting. The entire 5 rounds I think he landed 3-5 nice shots that were damaging, and they weren't combos -- one at a time.

It's effective. It's also boring as FUCK. every fight so far except the Usman 1 fight has been Silva/Maia or Silva/Leites

Colby (decision, won 4 rounds)
Usman (decision)
Usman (KO, lost first 4 rounds)
2021 Nate Diaz (decision, nearly got KO'ed in 5th round, won the other 4)
Belal (NC)
2019 RDA (decision)
Gunnar Nelson (decision)
2018 Donald Cerrone (decision)
Peter Sobotta (TKO) (who???)
Bryan Barberena (decision)
2017 Luque (decision)
Tumenov (decision)
2016 Waters (decision)

Leon won the first round against Usman in the fight he got the headkick KO (officially on all three scorecards dude). That’s the round he took Usman down and looked fantastic making it seem like the fight would be exciting. He faded and lost the following rounds then got the HK KO. It wasn’t a complete shutout. Fight was at elevation and he wasn’t the only fighter that faded. Usmans conditioning was insane so was Merab.

 

[Savagewolf]

atleast hes entertaining. whats leons draw?

He's not entertaining, unless you are a mongoloid who still laughs at fart jokes. He's the cheap rip-off version of Chael, who did it better and more creatively.

 

[chickenlip]

We definitely didn’t dodge a bullet. At least Colby can sell fights, unlike Leon. Leon is an actual PR nightmare and it seems like the only people that are happy he won are people that hate Colby.

 

[jnes]

Colby fans in tears hahaha too funny. Most overrated fighter in the past 5 years, will always be remembered as Usman's bitch.

 

[MMA Maine-iac]

atleast hes entertaining. whats leons draw?

Each to their own but I can't imagine Colby being entertaining to anyone out of high school.

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

atleast hes entertaining. whats leons draw?

Actually signing to fight people and having at least a sneeze's chance of finishing, unlike Colby. Does that help?

 

[welcometohavoc]

Some thoughts
Can you imagine how insufferable Colby would have been as Champion? If you think he’s cringe now, I can’t imagine what he would be like with the belt
Then they would have made the rematch
Ugh
So Leon did all of us a favor
Strickland and Colby as champs, that’s a PR nightmare
I think Colby lost his edge when he did that dad thing with Edwards, he apologized at the face off, and that’s unusual - but he didn’t look good at all to me in the fight, had no killer in him. so maybe his age in that weight class is a factor too
But knowing it was his last shot, I thought he would fight differently, with more urgency, he seemed to be trying to survive instead of win

Calling out a older version of wonder boy,post fight , who’s a pure striker is weird too
He is in a weird place with his career now
Js

You guys bitch about Covington but the reality is I saw more engagement regarding last night's PPV than I've seen probably since Conor lost fought

The dude is selling fights and it's obviously working. That's why he gets a dozen threads a day

 

[Shaun K]

Colby is annoying to those that don't like him. For those that are neutral or fans, at least we could enjoy the trolling he did on you guys.

Leon is boring for anyone involved, save British fans. He wins convincingly in the sense that his opponents never do much against him, but he also doesn't do much. How many good shots did Leon land in the first 2 rounds of Colby? 2-3? He out sig struck him like 13-10 and 18-13. But almost none of those "significant" strikes were damaging or exciting. The entire 5 rounds I think he landed 3-5 nice shots that were damaging, and they weren't combos -- one at a time.

It's effective. It's also boring as FUCK. every fight so far except the Usman 1 fight has been Silva/Maia or Silva/Leites

Colby (decision, won 4 rounds)
Usman (decision)
Usman (KO, lost first 4 rounds)
2021 Nate Diaz (decision, nearly got KO'ed in 5th round, won the other 4)
Belal (NC)
2019 RDA (decision)
Gunnar Nelson (decision)
2018 Donald Cerrone (decision)
Peter Sobotta (TKO) (who???)
Bryan Barberena (decision)
2017 Luque (decision)
Tumenov (decision)
2016 Waters (decision)

I dont disagree with the rest of your post, but Leon was on his way to tko'ing belal. He started really piecing him up before the stoppage.

 

[KoreanZawmbie]

Some thoughts
Can you imagine how insufferable Colby would have been as Champion? If you think he’s cringe now, I can’t imagine what he would be like with the belt
Then they would have made the rematch
Ugh
So Leon did all of us a favor
Strickland and Colby as champs, that’s a PR nightmare
I think Colby lost his edge when he did that dad thing with Edwards, he apologized at the face off, and that’s unusual - but he didn’t look good at all to me in the fight, had no killer in him. so maybe his age in that weight class is a factor too
But knowing it was his last shot, I thought he would fight differently, with more urgency, he seemed to be trying to survive instead of win

Calling out a older version of wonder boy,post fight , who’s a pure striker is weird too
He is in a weird place with his career now
Js

He wouldn't have held on to that belt for long. He's 35 years old, past his prime. Looked old, and is old.

 

[Kuggk]

damn lol

 

[Poatan Power]

I dont disagree with the rest of your post, but Leon was on his way to tko'ing belal. He started really piecing him up before the stoppage.

That's fair.

Belal and him could fight for the opposite of the BMF title. Like the Jon Fitch title.

Leon won the first round against Usman in the fight he got the headkick KO (officially on all three scorecards dude). That’s the round he took Usman down and looked fantastic making it seem like the fight would be exciting. He faded and lost the following rounds then got the HK KO. It wasn’t a complete shutout. Fight was at elevation and he wasn’t the only fighter that faded. Usmans conditioning was insane so was Merab.

For some reason I don't remember it that way, but I may be conflating the two fights in some ways. I suppose then he won the 1st round, lost the next 3, and was handily losing the 5th before the KO. Maybe that's what twisted me up.

As far as the fight being at elevation -- did that fight look all that different than his fight against, say, Nate Diaz? He was more dominant and ahead on points that entire fight, but was never sniffing a finish or putting Diaz in danger (from my recollection).

I'm not trying to be pedantic but I think if we were to try to argue about how exciting the fights of Leon's streak have been it'd be an uphill battle to say any of them were exciting. Not taking away from his finish of Usman, it was stupendous and I ate it up.