UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington II (11/06/2021) - New York, NY (Madison Square Garden)

[The Natural]

Best wishes to both.

[The Natural]

Fuck. Frankie Edgar's last three losses all by KO/TKO. Last time Edgar was knocked out cold for the first time by Corey Sandhagen.

Edited November 7, 2021 by The Natural

[Elsalvajeloco]

Right through the uprights

[The Natural]

 

[twiztor]

Vera with the kick right up the middle (around here, we call that the "toe sniffer" after the Silva/Belfort finish). man, that was shaping up to be a close decision (i would've had it 29-28 for Edgar BTW). Good stoppage, though. I may have said this before, but i'm not a fan of Edgar's "i try to win by the closest decision possible" style (only 6 of his 18 wins were by stoppage). i mean no ill will towards him, but i'm just not a fan of that type of fight. solid fight either way.

[J.T.]

Yeah, Machida also used that sneaky front kick to melt Randy Coture.

[John E. Dynamite]

I'm just now looking at the Gaethje/Chandler scorecards. What fucking universe is the judge's booth situated in?

[Teflon Turtle]

5 minutes ago, twiztor said:

Good stoppage, though. I may have said this before, but i'm not a fan of Edgar's "i try to win by the closest decision possible" style (only 6 of his 18 wins were by stoppage). i mean no ill will towards him, but i'm just not a fan of that type of fight.

Same boat, exactly right. The commentators aren't wrong when they say that Edgar had a remarkable achievement in winning the 155 lbs. title when there are guys running around at 135 today who are bigger than he is. But with all due respect to what Frankie accomplished, I'm a much bigger fan of how a guy like Vera comes out to mess you up in every way he can think of versus the "I won 51% of the fight, raise my hand please" fight style.

Also, I know DC/Rogan/Anik probably don't need to belabor the point, but Machida has two of those front kick KOs in the UFC. Besides Couture, Vitor Belfort was unfortunately the recipient of the other. 

[John E. Dynamite]

+ is Fuck Joe Biden just gonna be the new WOOOO in every UFC fight? Is this where we're gonna be at going forward?

[J.T.]

Well, there is the lateral movement from Zhang that was missing in their first fight.

[The Natural]

7 minutes ago, J.T. said:

Well, there is the lateral movement from Zhang that was missing in their first fight.

Quite the contrast between the two fights.

[Jiji]

Feel like if this were judged under Pride rules, it's Rose's but Zhang won the first three rounds imo.

[twiztor]

i can't imagine a closer fight. i had Rose 3-2, but man, round 2 easily could have gone either way. Rose took rds 4 & 5 IMO. excellent fight.

edit: whoo. super close fight. split decision.

 

come on, Usman! i'm hoping for a semi-dominant fight, with Usman focing Covington to tap out. 

Edited November 7, 2021 by twiztor

[The Natural]

Thug Rose gets the split decision!

[Jiji]

Dog shit 49-46. Fuck outta here.

[The Natural]

I can see 48-47 for Namajunas and 48-47 for Zhang. I had it same as @twiztor. 49-46 is BS.

[J.T.]

My card was 48-47 in favor of Zhang.  I am not sure what fight the 49-46 guy was watching.

[Jiji]

If Covington upsets Usman I'm never watching this sport again, man.

[twiztor]

2 minutes ago, Jiji said:

Dog shit 49-46. Fuck outta here.

yeah, 49-46 was questionable to me too. Rose 4 & 5, Weili 1 & 3. Rd 2 either way. Right woman won either way IMO, so no hostilities. Even so, it was close enough that i wouldn't be upset at a decision going the other way.

[J.T.]

2 minutes ago, Jiji said:

If Covington upsets Usman I'm never watching this sport again, man.

Punches in bunches might win him the fight as long as he remembers to bite down really hard on his mouthguard this time.

I am hoping he gets his jaw broken again.

Edited November 7, 2021 by J.T.

[The Natural]

Interesting how two here scored it 48-47 for Thug Rose and two here for Zhang 48-47. Cool that.

[jaedmc]

1 minute ago, Jiji said:

If Covington upsets Usman I'm never watching this sport again, man.

I hear you...but I'm also in a "wanna see the world burn" kinda mood tonight. So I'm good either way. Regardless I want one of them knocked out. Don't want the 49-46 judge involved.

[The Natural]

Cmon, Usman. Trevor Wittman is 2-0 for the night.

[J.T.]

I am starting to get sleepy.  I know that Usman is a habitually slow starter but a 1st round KO of Covington would be appreciated.

Edited November 7, 2021 by J.T.

[The Natural]

MMA Decisions had rounded up the media score for Namajunas vs. Zhang 2. 8 scored it 48-47 to Rose, 1 scored it 48-48, 5 for Zhang and 1 49-46 to Rose.