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Wow!!! What a card. I was surprised that I got 3 out of my 5 predictions right.  Fight of the night was unquestionably Melendez/Sanchez. I didn't really enjoy watching the Velasquez/Dos Santos fight. It was just too brutal and one sided. I really thought it should have been stopped in the second or third round. I just read an article that said Dos Santos couldn't remember giving his post fight interview and thought the fight had ended in the second round. That's worrying.  In general though while the fights were very competitive, I felt quite uncomfortable watching this event. Too much head punching and not enough jiu jitsu for my taste. For for the next fight night on 26the my predictions are: Munoz V. Machida - Munoz Pearson V. Guillard - Pearson Manuwa V. Jimmo - Manuwa Parke V. Tuck - Parke Prelims Barnatt V. Craig - Barnatt |
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27th October 2013, 22:38
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I think your right though, I think Japan still has the most appreciative crowd in terms of all the aspects of an MMA bout. |
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27th October 2013, 23:25
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Yeah Pad, I think all grappling fans got spoiled by that Shields/Maia bout but 166 was still an amazing card, ridiculous fights on there man.
Kyoji Horiguchi/Dustin Pague - Powerful little guy that Horiguchi, I was surprised at how well he dealt with what seemed a significant disadvantage in size/weight in regards to the clinchgame/groundgame. As for his handskills, well, his fists spoke for themselves that night  Andre Fili/Jeremy Larsen - Hilarious nickname, Andre "touchy" Fili LOL!! He looked good though, especially after a severe weight cut like that. Tony Ferguson/Mike Rio - Here was a bit of matwork for you Pad, that was a nice sub by Ferguson, looked good after a long layoff. Adlan Amagov/T.J. Waldburger - Holy Shit! Amagov is f#@king scary, that dude actually looked the part of the "world-beater" title people like to throw around so much. He and his teammate, Nurmaghomedov both are looking like future challengers if not titleholders. K.J. Noons/George Sotiropoulos - You know I never knew until recently that Sotiropoulos had a worldclass ground game. He always looked so effective on his feet I just assumed he was a striker. Though it wasn't enough to get the win I think he still put on a good performance. Noons...yeah you got the W but that was an almost McDonald vs Ellenberger like performance. Maybe he was injured or something, I dont know but I've seen him look better. Jessica Eye/Sarah Kaufman - I was very impressed by Eye's performance, some good, technical boxing but I think Sarah should have got the nod in this one. Hector Lombard/Nate Marquardt - I thought this would be a fight of the night candidate but...nope!! Lol!! Lombard just patiently stalked him down and then *bang* *bang*, thats all she wrote. Tim Boetsch/C.B. Dollaway - This was a weird one, Dollaway did look good though, better than I remember seeing in a while but man those eyepokes! Hope to see 'em both back soon. John Dodson/Darrell Montague - I think Dana was right, he said Montague was one of those fighters that's too tough for his own good. Dodson is indeed a magician. That left was pretty, sooooo pretty and you could see how he aimed it, he had his eye on target the whole time and drove that baby home...wow! Still give the edge to DJ in their, seemingly inevitable, rematch though. Gabriel Gonzaga/Shawn Jordan - I'm not gonna lie, Please I said I agreed with your prediction for a Gonzaga win but in the back of my mind I was thinking of what Jordan did to Pat Barry and it I just thought...maaannn it's gonna happen again. Nope. Gonzaga is a beast. Very nice handwork, reminded me a bit of Teixiera's work on Bader. Gilbert Melendez/Diego Sanchez - Nuts, this fight was NUTS. I thought "if Diego shows up it'll be a war, if he doesn't, Gilbert will make short work of him" and boy was I right. Diego showed up and, and...DAMN!! Man those doctors must have been paid to keep quiet or something 'cause they just let every fight go no matter how bad. Glad they did though (the fan in me is glad anyway, the rest of me hopes those guys are all ok) because they put on a show... wow.Daniel Cormier/Roy Nelson - This wa a no brainer. If Roy keeps this trend of getting his weight/cardio up to snuff though, instead of relying on a knockout blow, he should begin to put his wins together again. Looking forward to seeing Cormier at 205. Cain Velasquez/Junior dos Santos - This, this was so dissapointing. Not to take anything away from Cain because he is seriousley dangerous in the octagon but I just feel like Junior can beat him. Juniors wrestling was much improved, kudos to him and his team but he made the same damn mistake he did last fight, he waited for Cain to slow down and give him room/time to get his hands going. Why? Why Junior? Cain is not going to slow, not going to relent. They should have known that, they should have been working the clinch game as well as the wrestling. With Junior's heavy hands, if he was working some good dirty boxing all that while Cain was clinching...dammit. It seemed to me sometimes Junior even walked back to the damn cage in anticipation of Cain shooting. And why the hell didn't he press the attack in the opening round when he had Cain rocked?!?!  I think this is a thing like what Henderson has with Pettis, just some kind of strange, Jedi mind trick/hypnosis/kryptonite kind of thing. Ahh well. Not sure who they have in heavy weight now that can really challenge Cain. Well Please, we got a few of 'em right  Gotto read up on this stuff you guys are saying about Dos Santos, hope he's okay man, he's too damn good to go out like that. Didn't even realize Fight Night 30 had happened. I thought it was gonna be another wednesday night fight. Gotta check that out ASAP. Till then fight fans. |
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28th October 2013, 10:20
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 You didn't miss much on last weeks fight night. The whole thing was a bit dismal IMO. BT Sport didn't show full prelims so I can't comment on those fights, although they did show a brief clip of Luke Barnatt's win by submission which looked quite tasty. There was really nothing that stirred the blood for me on the main card. The co-main event ended in a no-contest when Guillard split Pearson's forehead with an illegal knee in the first round. I'm not sure why they stopped the fight instead of deducting a point. Compared to the hole in the head Melendez left in Sanchez's eyebrow at UFC 166, Pearson's split forehead was just a shaving cut. It's a pity as I think it had the makings of a great fight and both guys seemed keen to get on with business. Sweet first round KO kick to the head by Machida won him the fight over Munoz, but it was really a non event IMO. Apart from a couple of body kicks there was nothing happening up to the point of the KO. I had the feeling when they met in the centre of the ring neither fighter was really up for it. Anyway, onwards and upwards. Fight Night 31 - Fight For The Troops - on Thursday week. Don't really know much about any of the fighters so I won't go making any predictions. I'll be interested to see how both Tim Kennedy and Liz Carmouche get on. |
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2nd November 2013, 00:02
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Gracie Breakdown Very interesting breakdown featuring the Velasquez/Dos Santos fight, the controversial Roussimar Pallhares leg lock that got him banned from the UFC, and the latest developments in MMA in the animal kindom "Kangaroo-Jitsu". Well worth a watch. |
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3rd November 2013, 23:08
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People don/t give Machida enough credit, he set Munoz up for that head kick starting with that very first body kick. Machida stalked him, avoided the takedown, with some amazingingly fancy/quick footwork I might add, and proceeded to bang on Munoz's body with his shins, practically the same spot each time. Each kick Munoz covered the exact same way so that when the head kick came, he was looking to cover, ready for another body kick but...nope! Machida went high with it and that was all she wrote. Very impressive display of footwork, timing and strategy, Machida was a step, maybe a few steps, ahead the whole time. Machida versus Mousassi is going to be...the thought of this fight has me drooling like Homer Simpson drools for doughnuts I must say the card for the Fight For The Troops 3 looks amazing, some very impressive matchups, the ladies fights look ridiculous and the Bermudez/Siler fight really has my attention. Might have to do a run down on those if I have time. |
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3rd November 2013, 23:44
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Pad, you're the man for this. This was Hi-Freakin'-Larious. Roo-Jitsu, Kang-Fu Hahahahahahaha! This was great. I always enjoy these breakdowns, Rener always has such energy but he outdid himself this time. Till next time fight fans and be sure to watch out or those modified Roo-jitsu rear naked chokes, those things are beastly |
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4th November 2013, 01:45
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On the subject of Pearsons Cut - I saw him interviewed on "Beyond the Octagon" - not sure if you get that or not. Apparently when the doctor examined him he was able to see Pearson's skull.  So maybe it was a lot worse than it looked on camera. I have not doubt that Pearson will be all guns blazing for the rematch. Guillard has a rep for being inconsistant at times but on balance I think the rematch will be a corker. The event I'm drooling over is St. Pierre V. Hendricks at UFC 167. I like both fighters a lot so I'm finding it diffuclt to choose which one I'll be rooting for. As for who will win it - I think its a 50/50 call. I can imagine St. Pierre smothering hendricks the way he did Diaz for a decision victory, but I can just as easily see Hendricks dropping a bomb on St. Pierre's chin for a KO victory. I do think Hendricks will probably be one of St. Pierres biggest challenges. |
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4th November 2013, 22:04
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In view of GSP V. Hendricks at UFC 167 coming up in just two under two weeks, it is probably worth brushing up on your knowledge of GSP skills with these two Gracie Breakdown vids AND |
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