John E. Dynamite Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 (edited) People are cheering, this is weird. Also, one of the best + most historically significant rounds you'll ever see, for better or worse. Edited April 24, 2021 by John E. Dynamite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 ....I didn't think I would be... but I'm fucking hyped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 about 5 fight's worth of action in 1 round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 I don't think I've ever been so conflicted watching a sporting event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 Just now, Jiji said: I don't think I've ever been so conflicted watching a sporting event. After that fight I think I've decided I'm going to enjoy it for tonight. I'll think about the rest tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted April 24, 2021 Author Share Posted April 24, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 People booing during the clinch and I'm back to where I was this morning. EMPTY APEX FIGHTS FOREVER. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 that first round of Liang/Carnelossi was fucking WILD! these outfits are worlds better than the Reebok trash. re:covid, meh. keep protecting yourself, people are idiots. even moreso in florida. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted April 24, 2021 Author Share Posted April 24, 2021 I'm catching up on the prelims so I just saw the first fight. I know Tiago Okumura has been in MMA for about a decade plus now, but I just realized he looks like if Toru Yano had a half Brazilian brother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted April 24, 2021 Author Share Posted April 24, 2021 1 minute ago, twiztor said: these outfits are worlds better than the Reebok trash. The MMA shorts are basically Venum shorts, but with a UFC logo and their last names. Hell, the positioning of the names is eerily similar to the first round of Reebok Crayola crayon box shorts in 2015-2016. So in that aspect, I wouldn't necessarily say worlds better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 1 minute ago, twiztor said: re:covid, meh. keep protecting yourself, people are idiots. even moreso in florida. I'm not worried about the people attending, particularly those without masks, but the people they could potentially give it to that have nothing to do with this and do their best to protect themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 Just now, Jiji said: I'm not worried about the people attending, particularly those without masks, but the people they could potentially give it to that have nothing to do with this and do their best to protect themselves. i definitely understand. i hope that all of the attendees' close contacts that are vulnerable have been vaccinated and protect themselves. i wouldn't have rushed into full capacity but money talks so it was always just a matter of time 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 (edited) Seems like an awful lot of the high level Chinese fighters do not have much in the way of head movement. Aoriqileng's face is turning to ground beef. Edited April 24, 2021 by Jiji Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 God damn. Two for two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 if Aoriqileng is one of the top fighters in the Chinese PC, they all need a lot more seasoning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 they said Aoriqileng's favorite fighter was Tony Ferguson and that looked about right in the third, if you only watched the Gaethje fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted April 24, 2021 Author Share Posted April 24, 2021 15 minutes ago, Jiji said: Seems like an awful lot of the high level Chinese fighters do not have much in the way of head movement. Aoriqileng's face is turning to ground beef. 12 minutes ago, twiztor said: if Aoriqileng is one of the top fighters in the Chinese PC, they all need a lot more seasoning During the UFC goes to Macau and pretends it's a real show in China/TUF China era and even the first one or two shows in mainland China, there was a strange dichotomy where all the female fighters (well Weili Zhang and Xiaonan Yan at least) were way more polished than their male counterparts. Outside of Jiangling Li getting better by just being in the UFC forever and getting chance after chance to improve and both Song Yadong and Kenan Song up until their last fights, there hasn't been even a shred of hope for the male side to have a real contender. It's basically guys who can have a semblance of KO power and boxing/kickboxing ability or bust. Their fights always look pretty much the same. It's cool when they engage in slugfests and even get a highlight reel win. Now juxtapose that with how I felt after I saw Weili Zhang just blow Jessica Aguilar into smithereens. I have yet to have that same feeling with any of the male fighters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 One of the judges threw a 10-8 round in that Vargas/Rongzhu fight.... DC's spidey sense went off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted April 24, 2021 Author Share Posted April 24, 2021 MONGOLIA~! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 Finally, goddamn. I thought I was gonna have to wait until Zhang. Sing me up for the Batgerel fan club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted April 25, 2021 Author Share Posted April 25, 2021 Hpw about a good ole fashioned heel hook from the mid 2000s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teflon Turtle Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Roberson served that one up on a silver platter. Leglock game is dangerous if you aren't aware of your own foot position. As many times as I saw that replay, it didn't look like a heel hook finish to me. Was hoping for another angle. Almost appeared to be a straight footlock with the views we had. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 So they chanted USA for the match with the two white guys (one of whom was Canadian), but not for the match that was an African American vs a White guy from Serbia. Bit dodgy, innit? Also, I bet the decision would make more sense if you watched the fight with the telly muted. The commentary was calling everything for Sekulic, even though he was massively passive for most of every round. Like arguably Grant should have been winning the first two rounds based on activity, because nobody was doing anything that really fits the definition of 'effective'. But he was being more actively ineffective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail Sabin Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Just finished the Early Prelims good god the crowd was hyped which made the fights even better. 2 hours ago, twiztor said: if Aoriqileng is one of the top fighters in the Chinese PC, they all need a lot more seasoning Seem like he was doing Leonard Garcia with the lack of Head Movement. Man I miss the WEC. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted April 25, 2021 Author Share Posted April 25, 2021 Cowboy Oliveira joins the list of fighters who got RNC'd with only one arm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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