Zebra Kid Mark Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 5 hours ago, Egg Shen said: i know hes long past his best but surely they should have slotted Condit/McGee onto that main card. Agreed. It makes no sense that a former title challenger, interim champ and multiple headliner doesn't even make the main card of a fight night show. It's not like it's a card crammed full of name value or top prospects, it has to be one of my least favourite things the UFC have done booking wise this year (Eye vs Calvillo main event is top of the heap). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted October 4, 2020 Author Paid Members Share Posted October 4, 2020 Disappointed with how the main event played out. Looks like weâll be seeing another Holly Holm title shot in the not too distant future đ was really hoping Aldana might rise to the occasion here. The division badly needs new blood and this was her big chance and she got outclassed. Holmâs at that point now where sheâs never going to be the champion again but sheâs still good enough to keep picking contenders off as theyâre coming up the ladder. The division is struggling enough for depth as it is, Holm eliminating potential challengers isnât helping. Although, I suppose it doesnât really matter. The end game is a beating from Amanda Nunes either way so sod it. Felipe vs De Castro wasnât what Iâd hoped for. I just wanted to see a fat man brawl with a KO. Whole thing lasting about 3 minutes wouldâve been ideal. 3 rounds of this was always going to be ugly. This couldâve been basically any Heavyweight fight in about 2003. Aside from that brief flurry early in the third, this was complete arse. Germaine De Randamie vs Julianna Pena went almost how I expected. Although I wouldnât have called GDR choking her out. Thatâs a terrible look for Pena. She was meant to be the grappler here and GDR was supposed to be the Kickboxer with no ground game. Yet this happens. In fairness, you could see in the Nunes rematch that GDR has improved on the ground but still, sheâd never subbed anyone before and she put Pena straight to sleep. Donât know where Pena goes from there. I could see GDR maybe getting a rematch with Holm to determine who gets battered by Nunes again next. Maybe. What else is there at 135 at this point? Kyler Phillips vs Cameron Else was a mauling. Phillips might look like a child dressed as Russell Brand but he can do some damage from top position. Dusko Todorovic had a strong debut. This fucker is going to be fun to watch going forward. Felt bad for Townsend. Heâs had a horrible year losing his 2 brothers recently. Last thing he needed was an arse kicking like this. Canât wait to see more of Todorovic though. Doesnât look the most technically pretty of strikers but heâs definitely going to be must see for me from here on in. Carlos Condit vs Court McGee was decent. Not a show stealing war or anything but thatâs not it was about really. Condit badly needed a fight like this. Finally gets back in the win column, stops that rot setting in any further and he got 3 rounds in with a tough guy and came out on top. Speaking of McGeeâs toughness... And he just casually straightened it out himself before the second round. Condit talked about it to the media after the fight; Nice to see Condit get a win. Still not convinced itâs majorly significant though sadly. This was a good fight stylistically for him and McGee is kind of at the same stage in his career so this could be misleading if people think Condit is âbackâ now. If they throw Condit in with some young beast next I have a feeling itâll be back to the miserable nights for him. Although Iâd love to see him go on one last run. Either way, heâs never getting a sniff of title contention again. The top boys at 170 like Usman, Covington, Burns etc are the types that were always Condit Kryptonite even in his prime. Hopefully they just match him up with fun fights now. He probably only has a few left anyway. I know heâs been talking about wanting a rematch with Nick Diaz but Iâll believe Diaz is coming back when heâs moaning about the decision after the fight and failing the weed test. Jourdain vs Culibao was a good old scrap. Scorecards were all over the place though, werenât they? 30-27 one way, 29-28 the other, then it ends up a draw? My attention was wandering during the fight so I wasnât scoring it closely but to have 2 judges score it 30-27 and a draw is odd. Whatever. Itâs what weâve come to expect. Really enjoyed Lookboonmee vs Asian Miesha Tate as well. Itâs not working out for Frey sadly but I love Lookboonmeeâs style. Especially the striking in the clinch, the use of elbows etc. You can see sheâs always going to struggle a bit against grapplers though. Frey getting that takedown so easily in the third wasnât a great sign. But anytime sheâs matched with girls who will stand with her, sheâll shine. Wouldnât mind seeing her vs Michelle Waterson at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane O' Mac Version 2 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Matt Brown was making noise about wanting to fight Condit next, I feel like that'd be the perfect fight for both guys at this stage in their careers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Bifkin Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 One of those where I watched the recording this morning and thought I was on the prelims until they reached the co main. The best thing they could say about one of the fighters was that he had type 2 diabetes. Good to see Carlos Condit win again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators neil Posted October 4, 2020 Moderators Share Posted October 4, 2020 On 10/3/2020 at 10:57 AM, neil said: Terrible main card, I'll most likely watch the prelims up to the Condit fight and then switch it off. Didn't even make it to the prelims. I'm ok with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 16 hours ago, neil said: Didn't even make it to the prelims. I'm ok with it. I watched one fight from the card. One. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted October 5, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted October 5, 2020 I skimmed it. Thought Condit looked alright but McGee was tailor made for him to look alright against. I still dont wanna see him bunged in the deep end. The Matt Brown fight makes perfect sense. DeRandamie/Pena was a cracking little fight though, wasnt expecting much but enjoyed that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted October 5, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted October 5, 2020 (edited) If Cerrone hasn't retired yet, Condit/Cerrone would be good, as would Condit/Pettis. Edited October 5, 2020 by Carbomb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted October 5, 2020 Author Paid Members Share Posted October 5, 2020 Iâd like to see it but I donât know if Condit vs Cerrone is realistic. Theyâve trained together going back to Cowboyâs days at Jacksonâs and Iâm sure I heard Condit did some training at Cerroneâs ranch for this fight. Love the sound of Condit vs Pettis though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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