Elsalvajeloco Posted February 27, 2016 Author Share Posted February 27, 2016 The Wilkinson fight showed both the strengths and weaknesses of Amirkhani. He's got lightning fast takedowns, beautiful transitions on the ground, and slick submissions. The downside to all that he leaves a ton of opportunities for his opponent. For a guy who dominated most of this fight, he almost got submitted five times and knocked out. That is...unique to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 27, 2016 Author Share Posted February 27, 2016 Pickett pretty much got a gift decision, basically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 27, 2016 Author Share Posted February 27, 2016 Breese, unlike Arnold Allen, doesn't the defensive wrestling part down. In a division where there are plenty of good wrestlers, that's something you got to work on. Breese has the striking and submissions, but that's tough to pull off laying flat on your back. I think what saved him against K-Taro is he does go for kneebars and heel hooks so he was able to roll K-Taro over and gain dominant position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail Sabin Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Just finished all the prelims about to start the main card. Askham's knockout was just NASTY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 27, 2016 Author Share Posted February 27, 2016 Leites kinda reverted back to the old Thales Leites. He had nothing once he couldn't get the fight down to the mat. Mousasi just basically stopped his takedowns and boxed his face off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 If the mouthpiece is involuntarily dislodged during competition, the referee shall call time, clean the mouthpiece, and reinsert the mouthpiece at the first opportune moment without interfering with the immediate action. Herb got it right though he could've been more proactive at the horn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 I know it is petty but I am just imagining if that was Connor at the end of the 3rd round. Incredible fight by both of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 What the fuck was that shit from Anderson in the last two rounds? It was like he was gassed without breathing heavily. He had Bisping on wobbly feet after that front kick and followed it up with nothing. He's clowned around in fights frequently but generally not when he's behind (a rarity). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamBroken Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Michael Bisping!!! Awesome.. great victory! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 27, 2016 Author Share Posted February 27, 2016 According to the stats, Bisping only landed 8 more strikes than Anderson. You would have sworn it was more than that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 I was taken aback by that too. It's pretty neat that the Fight Pass site has live stats during fights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Anderson Silva is at fault for that loss. He clowned and show boated when he could've stopped Bisping. Embarrassing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail Sabin Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Anderson would have Bisping rocked then stopped throwing strikes for some reason it seemed like he could have finished the fight many times and chose to try to win the fight with one strike instead of a combo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.K.o.S. Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 https://twitter.com/VinnyMMA/status/703725314845708289 Wow, did I just hear Anderson saying that there's corruption in the judging system? and his manager left that out? Wow! Just wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 If I'm Luiz Dorea or Feijao, I'm telling Anderson to press in that last 90 seconds (saw 1:31 to be exact when they were to reengage) of the fight. All Bisping was basically doing at that point was standing up and trying move Anderson backwards. There weren't anymore kicks and legit movement coming from Bisping. You back Bisping to cage, kick or knee to the gut, fake low, go back up high, and that's the end of Bisping's night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail Sabin Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 They might have and Anderson was being Anderson who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 They might have and Anderson was being Anderson who knows. I watching the Frampton-Quigg fight between rounds so I really wasn't paying attention outside the 3rd round where Silva pretty much KOd' Bisping at the bell. However, I did get a text from sprewellrimz and it sounds that there was some shoddy cornerwork. FWIW, this is the first I can remember where Dorea was his chief second. Other times it's been like Ramon Lemos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 MMAFighting.com @MMAFighting now8 seconds ago VP James Elliott confirms this is the most watched event in UFC Fight Pass history. I believe the former number 1 was McGregor vs. Brandao. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 MMAFighting.com @MMAFighting 2m2 minutes ago Amirkhani: All the ladies in Finland are waiting. This black eye makes me look legit. They are waiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Amirkhani should run with the gigolo thing. Silva only has himself to blame for that loss. He clowned and show boated when he had his opponent finished and beaten, and he let Bisping to recover. I see fighters do that, they have openings and opportunities but they pull back anyway. Their opponent comes back with a stronger round and they wonder why they lost on the scorecards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 Silva only has himself to blame for that loss. He clowned and show boated when he had his opponent finished and beaten, and he let Bisping to recover. I see fighters do that, they have openings and opportunities but they pull back anyway. Their opponent comes back with a stronger round and they wonder why they lost on the scorecards. He wasn't playing around in rounds 4 and 5. Not only did he have Bisping done after round 3, he basically had him dead to rites multiple times in the last couple of rounds. In addition, when round 4 started, he basically tried to not engage with Bisping as to not run into anything. He basically allowed him to clear the cobwebs momentarily before he hurt him again later on. Then, you had the last 90 seconds where he went into the MMA equivalent of the "don't let anyone get behind you/defensive backs playing 30+ yards up the field to protect the front of the endzone". Bisping in the last two rounds was pressuring Anderson at points, but it wasn't effective pressure. In other fights (boxing and MMA), corners get crap (and rightfully so) for not telling people the right info (see: Tarverdyan, Edmond). Yet, when Anderson Silva fights like he has been told that he is up rounds when he clearly isn't in a super close fight, they are absolved. That doesn't make sense, unbiased or biased. I'm just trying to see if anyone noticed anything in particular because that could have played a direct effect into the outcome of the fight. Remember when Hendricks basically didn't press GSP? If we can question that mindset and circumstances surrounding that then, we can question this now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie M. Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 I'd rather see them fight again instead of having Bisping fight for the title. I just don't buy him having much of a chance at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 I'd rather see them fight again instead of having Bisping fight for the title. I just don't buy him having much of a chance at all. I don't think Bisping is currently an option for the title shot unless someone gets hurt. If he can heal up and fight in June, maybe he has an outside shot as a replacement. However, I don't think they lined up Belfort vs. Jacare for nothing. Realistically, they remake the original co-main for this show and Bisping fights Mousasi. That could easily be a Fight Pass main event for Europe, an FS1 main event, or a lower level PPV co-main event. If Mousasi gets a fight on the Rotterdam card, then I doubt that fight happens right away because Bisping needs to take some time off after this fight. If that's the case, maybe they do the rematch between Bisping and Anderson. I just have a feeling though that the UFC doesn't want to waste one of the 2 or 3 remaining fights of Anderson's career on a Bisping rematch even if it was exciting and got people to watch on Fight Pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 The Brutal KO made this card watchable. Silva not finishing and losing the dec was embarrassing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 Great and intriguing main event fight in Michael Bisping vs. Anderson Silva. I scored it 48-47 for Bisping. Here be the other scores: http://mmadecisions.com/decision/6844/Michael-Bisping-vs-Anderson-Silva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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