Elsalvajeloco
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I did notice that Rogan didn't go out of his way to acknowledge that. I mean it only takes like 5 to 10 seconds to say, "been a pleasure and an honor working with you..." etc etc. So maybe they just decided to call the show as normal. -
Edmund is basically a lesser Firas Zahabi, except the offense from fighters trained by Firas actually makes sense most of the time. Every now and then, you will see someone he's been training for awhile like Makdessi get obliterated. However, it's going to be by someone with greater technique (and talent) like a Lando Vannata. Edmund either teaches his fighters to be super conservative and just fight in spurts or just go forward until you land something. That's very reckless considering in MMA the margin of error is much smaller in all regards. So either you're going to lose 30-27 on all the scorecards or get decimated. This isn't an eight round boxing fight one of the Team Hayastan fighters he trains is involved in on some club card in Glendale or the surrounding LA area. It's also not a sad Vic Darchinyan fight where a super past his prime Vic Darchinyan gets starched really fast. His lack of quality critique and instruction has trivialized the careers of everyone he has trained on the highest level. When people decide to make a transition from kickboxing or boxing to MMA, they still look to elevate themselves on top of elevating the fighters. He is a mediocre boxing coach who wants to a top level MMA coach while still trying to possess all the qualities of a mediocre boxing coach. It's absolutely crazy.
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Before we get too far on the Rousey thing...props to Roger Krahl for really tightening up Nunes' striking game. Every punch came without that much wasted motion.
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Why was she standing in the pocket in 20 seconds into the fight like she's 2003 Arturo Gatti? Like...who told her to do that? I'm guessing it either wasn't that amicable or he might be in another capacity with the UFC.
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It's crazy that if you had to rank the big three bantamweight prospects (Almeida, Sterling, and Garbrandt) when they were all undefeated inside the UFC, Garbrandt would have been considered a distant third. He made the small changes that allowed him to be consistent at the highest level.
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Garbrandt fought a really smart fight. I did say don't underestimate him. He has shown he can fight at multiple speeds. He doesn't have to win by knockout all the time. I think that's what people missed in the leadup to the fight. He fights with great composure. The fight with Almeida showed that. This just reinforced it.
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Anything other than 30-26 Dillashaw is a weird scorecard.
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Maybe it was DHK's pressure and strength, but I thought Saffiedine just kinda fought on autopilot for most of the fight. He just hasn't found himself since Strikeforce folded into the UFC. At one point, he was very accurate, busy, and could just chop people down with kicks. Now, it only seems like he fights in hard sparring mode.
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Any tired & nonsensical arguments are getting deleted. Have fun tonight, folks (Just not too much).
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He's not getting cut. They're going to move him to 185.
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Borg looks more polished in his first fight as a JacksonWink fighter. He is all over Smolka.
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If Cara do Sapato had a bit more strength, he would actually be someone scary to deal with at 185. I think the problem now (and I saw this earlier w/ Thatch against Price) is that the tradeoff for being such a big but slender fighter in your division is you're going to struggle to either keep fighters down or keep more energetic fighters from keeping you down. Vettori is an average size middleweight, but he was able to avoid being on the ground for long periods of time. The only upside I saw in this fight for Cara do Sapato is not having adequate wrestling ability has faced him to be a bit more creative. He got Vettori down with two takedowns that only worked because he just drove from angles that Vettori wasn't expecting. To be more successful, he is going to have to do more of that.
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Man, Pyle got caught right on the button while throwing a low kick with no hands around his face. Mike Pyle has been fighting in MMA since Clinton was president, and he made a big rookie mistake.
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Yeah, that may be the end of Brandon Thatch in the UFC.
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I would like to think those illegal knees were karma for Cowboy Oliveira jumping bad after he beat Brooks back in October.
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I wouldn't underestimate Garbrandt. I think Dominick Cruz is a fantastic fighter, but Garbrandt isn't 2016 Urijah Faber. I think Cody can make it competitive especially if he can catch Dominick early on. If he allows himself to become frustrated, I think that's when Dominick's big fight experience takes over. I'm picking Cruz to win, but I wouldn't be surprised if this looked like a repeat of Dillashaw vs. Cruz and got some wild interpretations of who won which rounds on the scorecards.
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Yeah, I don't see this going well.
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FWIW John Morgan did say he was told that the PPV is tracking pretty high. That would go against all the concern people had for Ronda not doing media in addition to it being a Friday PPV.
