Elsalvajeloco Posted March 5, 2017 Author Share Posted March 5, 2017 Man, quality prospects making awful decisions led to two proven veterans winning two of the craziest comebacks in MMA you will ever see. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted March 5, 2017 Author Share Posted March 5, 2017 I dunno how Hunt wasn't immediately out after the first knee. He ate all of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 1 hour ago, Elsalvajeloco said: Maybe the only silver lining for Luke Sanders after losing a fight where he was on the verge of 10-8'ing Iuri Marajo two consecutive rounds (minus the point deduction) is he's dating Becky Lynch. That's all I got. Tough loss. yeah, but thats a hell of an upside 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted March 5, 2017 Author Share Posted March 5, 2017 Phenomenal technique from Cynthia Calvillo. Cooper was no match for her on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted March 5, 2017 Author Share Posted March 5, 2017 I agree with the decision. Teymur was just sharper in every round and his chin stood up to all of Lando's offense. He also did a good job of changing levels and getting takedowns late, even if it wasn't on the mat long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 is Woodley a chef? he's practically serving up the title to Wonderboy on a silver platter as I'm typing that we get the rd 5 flurry. go figure, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 What. A fucking. Robbery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 What must those scorecards look like? Tyron did practically nothing in rounds 1 and 2 and I have no clue what the fuck he did to win round 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 woodley gets a decision after spending over 15 minutes with his back against the cage? what a crock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted March 5, 2017 Author Share Posted March 5, 2017 Well, he got rounds 3 and 5. The other three rounds could have went to anyone because of how little much was happened. Thompson probably did slightly more in round 1 but 2 and 4 might legit have been 10-10. If I was Ray Thompson, I would have been pissed that my son legitimately didn't have much tangible offense in the last three rounds (he landed a nice punch to cap a round in either 3 or 4 but that was it) given Tyron wasn't throwing anything except one punch here or there. His diversity in strikes was nil. Hell, Tyron could have charged at him in the first four rounds because Thompson was just waiting to land a counter that wasn't there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 32 minutes ago, Craig H said: What must those scorecards look like? Tyron did practically nothing in rounds 1 and 2 and I have no clue what the fuck he did to win round 4. Judges scores and media scores: http://mmadecisions.com/decision/7832/Tyron-Woodley-vs-Stephen-Thompson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted March 5, 2017 Author Share Posted March 5, 2017 Yeah, I wouldn't call the decision a robbery. Thompson and Woodley were literally like neck and neck in terms of strikes landed for most of the fight. Thompson blew it big time considering Woodley was way less active than the first fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Wilson Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 I wouldn't call it a robbery since Thompson didn't do enough to complain. Since Woodley won the 3rd and 5th, all he had to do was win one of the three close/inactive rounds to get the win. I don't think the last round should have been 10-8 since generally judges are so stingy with a 10-8 round and it requires more dominance than that, but even if it was 10-9 it wouldn't have changed the final outcome anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 I think I was so focused on Woodley's lack of activity that I immediately jumped to thinking it was a robbery. In hindsight, you guys are right, Wonderboy did himself no favors and I overlooked how he just did as little as Woodley in rounds 1 and 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted March 5, 2017 Author Share Posted March 5, 2017 Just now, Kevin Wilson said: I wouldn't call it a robbery since Thompson didn't do enough to complain. Since Woodley won the 3rd and 5th, all he had to do was win one of the three close/inactive rounds to get the win. I don't think the last round should have been 10-8 since generally judges are so stingy with a 10-8 round and it requires more dominance than that, but even if it was 10-9 it wouldn't have changed the final outcome anyway. The final knockdown happened with 45 seconds left in the round. The prior 4:15 was nothing happening. For him to get a 10-8 in that round, he would've needed to put Wonderboy in and out of consciousness multiple times. I don't understand why I saw people discussing a 10-8. It's not boxing. Now, no judge scoring a 10-10 round at some point was more of a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Wilson Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 1 minute ago, Elsalvajeloco said: The final knockdown happened with 45 seconds left in the round. The prior 4:15 was nothing happening. For him to get a 10-8 in that round, he would've needed to put Wonderboy in and out of consciousness multiple times. I don't understand why I saw people discussing a 10-8. It's not boxing. Now, no judge scoring a 10-10 round at some point was more of a problem. I agree, hence my surprise one judge gave it a 10-8. Maybe they were confused and thought they were using the new rules or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Even the first two rounds were marginally in Thompson's favor. Round 4 was pretty much 10-10. Who cares? The fight was garbage. Thompson fought like he was in a karate point style fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Wilson Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 4 minutes ago, Craig H said: I think I was so focused on Woodley's lack of activity that I immediately jumped to thinking it was a robbery. In hindsight, you guys are right, Wonderboy did himself no favors and I overlooked how he just did as little as Woodley in rounds 1 and 2. It wasn't just you, I think people just got so annoyed with him doing so little in the first two rounds. I am not sure about the official stats but there were less than 30 landed strikes combined in the first ten minutes (or much less, depending on which site is reporting it). I wish they would do more 10-10, 9-9, whatever for rounds like those first two when neither did anything to really deserve the round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 It's my problem with the 10 point must system. There are these barely marginal 10-9s, toss-up 10-9s, or there is a moderately dominant 10-9 or a super dominant 10-9. It's not an effective way to score an MMA fight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMark Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Is that not a problem with how it's implemented, and not with the system itself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 I mean, we still get judges who can't score a fight properly and will score 30-27 for both fighters in split decisions. There's a lot wrong with the system and the judges still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMark Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Oh, for sure. I'm just saying that it's not the Ten Point Must system's fault that judges can't use it right. There are plenty of numbers between one and nine that could be used to describe how wide the difference is between the two fighters that aren't just aren't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 I thought the decision was bullshit, but respect the fact that Wonderboy didn't make it his priority to keep the decision out of the judges' hands. You've lost twice now, bro. Backodabus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Lost once, drew once but the point remains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 Remember when everyone thought Tyron Woodley was a layup for Wonderboy? Thompson fought 10 rounds against the man, and I was probably impressed by him in only two of them. This is why they fight em, folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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