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Combat sports
Probably one of the besy days for combat sports fans. First off Glory 25. The leading kickboxing promotion in the world has IMO the best kixkboxing card of the year. 4 man 1 night tourney of course cause they have that every card but honestly thats the thing i'm least looking forward to lol. Varga is defending his FW title on the undercard!
Sittichai vs RVR is gonna be insane! In the main event. Young kid with over 100 thai fights and his style is way better suited for kickboxing. Was a heavy underdog in the last tourney and took out the former champ with a knee, and then destroyed Jauncey with kicks from the outside (who is in the co-main event vs the former #1 LW kickboxer in the world) so excited for that card! It's in italy. Their deal with SPIKE ended so they signed on with ESPN. It will be live on ESPN3 and the watch espn app at 4PM EST. And tape delayed on ESPN2 at 1:30AM EST 10:30 Central. And Bellator145 at 9PM on SPIKE. Pro wrestler Bobby Lashley finally gets his rematch against James Thompson . Pitbull defends his title in a trilogy fight, Will brooks defends his title against polish prodigy Marcin Held. Cant miss fights! |
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Tim Bradley just annihilated Brandon Rios into an early retirement. Wow
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^^Saw it. Meh
So Holly Holm Knocked Ronda Rousey out in Round 2. I find it funny that Holm just used distance and lateral movement to essentially put Ronda right where she wanted her. Great job Holly and Ronda, I like you I really do but, humility can be a beautiful thing.
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Yeah, that was brutal. I'm hardly an expert, and I've only watched both of them fight a couple times each, but as soon as I saw what Holly was doing - making Ronda chase her - and how Ronda was for some reason trying to box her - sloppily - I was like, "This isn't good." Holm was way too big, with way too much reach, for Ronda to outbox her; every time she tried, she dropped her defense and got drilled in the face. And I've never actually seen Ronda get hit, but right away, you could just tell the fact she even got hit that hard even once totally blew up her mental game. Some people really can't handle getting hit, and I could tell she didn't like it much at all. After that she kept wildly attacking and taking big hits, no defense at all. She looked tired and sloppy as soon as she realized it wasn't going to end early.
I think it was a combination of things: the first time Rousey's had real competition mixed with a serious case of overconfidence. The only times I've seen Rousey fight, she usually overwhelms right away and gets the quick win; she looked really, really frustrated when she wasn't able to do that. And I think she figured that Holm would be "surprised" to see her come at her with boxing, and be thrown off her game, but I think that was poor strategy; Holm's just a much better boxer with a huge reach advantage. Didn't look like Rousey had her head in the game at all. It's a shame, you figure everyone loses eventually but that one was brutal. You can bet she wishes she had a mulligan on THAT one. Oof. |
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Ronda got DESTROYED
it was beautiful! Picture perfect fight for Holm. Congrats.
i love joe rogans hype "Rousey is once in a life time, ever." Not like she was really trying to box her. SHE COULDN'T TAKE HER DOWN! Had no choice! Also lets give a shout out to Legend Mark Hunt, defeating Silva in their rematch. |
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If I'm Rousey, I'm going into the rematch with an entirely new game plan. You can't outbox Holm because you don't have the reach, and you can't do the takedown into the armbar because you don't have the leverage.
As the smallest guy in every fight I've ever been in - street, not cage, just to clarify ![]() Shoot, go-behind, choke. I can totally see her win the rematch IF she doesn't try and just win by doing what she always does. Clearly, it didn't work. |
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they're bound to rematch
but i hate immediate rematches when the former champ gets dominated the first time out. let her win a fight first. ufc always does this. Arlovski/Sylvia, Dillishaw/Barao even though Barao had another fight its only cause he pulled out of their immidiate rematch like day before. Silva/Weidman. it's just dumb to do but it's the money fight at Womens Bantamweight.
i like that it eliminates the ridiculous notion of needing Cyborg to cut down to 135 to fight Ronda. NEVER has a dominate champion at their weight class had to cut down to fight someone in the class below. in MMA at least. That's such a stupid thing to say. Espicially considering Ronda fought and was successful at 145 & was in the olympics in the 150's. if it's at 145 i want to see Cyborg vs Rousey cause at least i know it's as fair as they can make it. Cyborg may be past her prime now but at 145 she has a good shot to KO her. |
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Cyborg's a roid-head, why should she be rewarded for cheating? That's why she was supposed to cut weight. If she can't fight clean, at a lighter weight, then she doesn't deserve a shot.
Holm already said she hopes Rousey gets the first rematch, but Rousey said she needs some time off to recover, so we'll see what happens. Personally I'm fan of the immediate rematch because realistically, who deserves more of a chance to win the Title than the person who literally just lost it? I get that it's good to work new people into the mix, but at the same time it's not at all fair for someone who has a bad night to have to start completely over again, especially after a long period of dominance. The former Champion should always at least have the first opportunity for a Title match. If they're unable to take advantage of it in a timely fashion due to injury or some other reason then the shot can go to the next one in line, but that's another matter. |
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I'd be fine with either or. Ronda needs to get some of that confidence back. Like Pacquio after the Marquez KO, he didn't have a rematch or challenge Bradley for the title he lost, he had a tune up fight with Brandon Rios to get his mojo back. I don't follow UFC too much, but with boxing it really depends on the viable opponents at the time, how bad the loss was and if it could garner any interest among the fans. Since UFC has a bit of a smaller pool of competitors I couldn't tell you when they'll have a rematch, but I imagine it'll be after at least a year.
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She basically created Womens MMA. Her and Gina made it a phenomenon and then when it was Rouseys turn to fight Cyborg she dropped to 135 and said she wasn't ready. Then the UFC just ran with Rousey. Respects the legends and know how you got here. She's has been the most dominate female MMA fighter since day 1! Fighter Rousey isn't a "reward" it's what Cyborg has earned cutting her teeth getting the sport to where it is today. I get that people are uneducated on the whole thing and just listen to the bull that Rousey and Dana spew. But really if you're gonna talk about it, you should have actual knowledge of the whole thing. Miesha Tate deserves the shot. She was promised it then got passed up for Holly Holm. Rousey can wait for the winner or take another fight. Last edited by turtlefanforever; 11-17-2015 at 03:15 PM. |
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^^ I've heard similar arguments to those before.
Anyway I'm super excited for Saul Canelo Alvarez vs Miguel Cotto this Saturday. Also Guillermo Rigondeaux returns after a long hiatus, he's always like silk in the ring man so damn smooth. I got Canelo winning by late round (8-11) TKO win.
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Bellator is doing it's first shows outside of the US & Canada next year. Will be going to London, Italy & Israel. Good for them and the Sport of MMA.
Having the first and only British MMA World champion going to London was a no brainer. I bet they sell out in Israel as well because no one ever goes there as far as MMA promotions. |
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Same pick on the Canelo/Cotto fight.
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hmm
I haven't seen Cotto fight since Mayweather so i can't really say but he probably gets destroyed here.
The way i view Cotto is he's elite, he's better than most but when he faces the Elite he doesn't stack up. Like Mayweather and pacman picked him apart. Two of the best boxers obviously. Canelo is probably closer to his skill level than Pacman and Mayweather but still, i don't think Cotto is on "that" level. If you get what i'm saying. |
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It's "jargon".
And regardless, it's still a more balanced fight at 135. If Rousey put on some temporary bulk to fight at 145, she's still at a disadvantage because that's not natural for her. You can eat and train to temporarily add bulk or weight but you're not going to be physically as strong as someone who's a "natural" 145. Conversely, the person who cuts weight to fight at 135 should still be at an advantage because even though they'd be very slightly weaker than usual, they'd also be faster than usual, plus they should still possess more natural strength and explosiveness from the years spent training and fighting at a heavier weight. I admit I'm no MMA expert, but as far as "knowing anything", I did wrestle in high school, enough to know that you want to fight down, not up. Kids who normally weighed 150-160 would always cut down to 135 for wrestling because they were twice as strong as the kids who just were naturally 135. Any way you look at it, Cyborg should be more than willing to cut weight to fight Rousey at 135; she'd still, in theory, have every advantage she'd have had if Rousey fought up. It's just that Rousey trying to go up a weight class is the least-fair scenario to her in particular. If Cyborg doesn't want to fight at 135 it's either because she physically can't cut the weight for one reason or other, or she really doesn't have confidence in her ability to win fighting at 135. As for "only having one dirty test", take it from someone who's been in more than a few locker rooms: People don't quit the gas, they just find better ways to beat the tests. Like it or don't, that's the truth. It's all kind of a moot point now, really, since it doesn't look like Rousey's going to fight Cyborg, Holm or anyone in the very near future. Just felt that "you don't know anything" comment deserved a reply. Because I indeed know, as we've just witnessed, many a thing indeed. |
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Well turtlefanforever he did fairly well against both. Cotto made it competitive while basically training himself (Was being trained on and off by his uncle er something). Pacquiao was just too much against the arguably weight drained Cotto. And Mayweather got beat up in that fight. It was one of his tougher opponents to date. Now he has Freddie Roach in his corner and has won his last 3 fights by KO since.
As evidenced by Tim Bradley this can help a boxer just by switching things up *check Out Cotto vs Danny Geale for systematic destruction* Slicksters (Austin Trout and Mayweather) and Swarming Volume Punchers (Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito) are the only guys that have ever beaten Cotto, and he was able to avenge his loss against Margarito. Canelo has some issues with Slicksters but was able to beat two of the best at 154 in Erislandy Lara and Austin Trout after that lopsided loss to Money May. I like em both honestly, but if I had to choose I'm choosing the fresher, bigger and stronger man Canelo. Cotto is a a bit more experienced, technical and methodical in his approach so he has that going for em too. Should be awesome.
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Cyborg walks around at about 175-180 almost all muscle. People have to accept that Cyborg is the best WMMA fighter in the world right now. And has been for a very very long time. She lost her pro debut in 2005 and has been unstoppable since. Hell she even fought the best female thai fighter in the world in 2014(undefeated Jorina Baars). Absolutely got her ass handed to her but she went out there and did it and went the distance. No excuses. If you claim to be the best, you go out there and prove it, and Rousey has avoided fighting the best girl out there for a very long time. Last edited by turtlefanforever; 11-20-2015 at 01:20 PM. |
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