jimufctna24 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 I only caught the final round of Gane/Rozenstruik. Bisping had a bit of a meltdown over it so it wasn't just Dana. Oh, and Shogun vs Hendo 1 was shit because it went the distance or something. 12 minutes ago, wandshogun09 said: He was walking around them like he was Peter Ebdon playing safety. 😃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted February 28, 2021 Author Paid Members Share Posted February 28, 2021 Yeah, I love Bisping but he can sod off as well. I wasn’t just on about Dana in my post. I look at this like Cain’s fight with Kongo or Stipe’s fight with Roy Nelson years ago. Not the most exciting to watch but a valuable experience builder and a necessary step towards growing as a fighter. Gane’s got time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panhead Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Those Munhoz calf kicks... I think I'd rather get knocked out cold than take those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted February 28, 2021 Author Paid Members Share Posted February 28, 2021 58 minutes ago, Panhead said: Those Munhoz calf kicks... I think I'd rather get knocked out cold than take those. Same. At least it’s over quick. Rivera’s going to be suffering for days, if not longer, from those kicks. Any time I’ve heard fighters talk about their experiences of damage they’ve taken from leg kicks I shudder. The worst being Randy Couture’s account of the havoc Pedro Rizzo (who’s basically the OG of leg kicks) caused his legs in their first fight back in 2001. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panhead Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Jesus, that's fucking brutal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators neil Posted February 28, 2021 Moderators Share Posted February 28, 2021 Munhoz/Rivera was easily the best fight of the entire night. The main event was a heavyweight plod unfortunately. Pretty dull stuff. I can understand it from Gane, but I didn't understand what Rozenstruik was doing - he seemed to just accept he was losing and didn't care to do much about it. Jon Jones can fuck off with the goading though - he's had a long list of dull decisions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members WeeAl Posted February 28, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted February 28, 2021 Rivera Vs Munhoz was an absolute banger. Could watch these two guys fight all day. No doubt we'll see a third fight as well, and probably not that far away either. God only knows how Rivera is coping with moving around today. I was really glad to see Gane come out with a clear cut victory. To look that comfortable, so early in his career, the man could really be something special. Unfortunately for him he has missed the chance for some extra development time, but he looked a step beyond Rozenstruik already so fuck it, if he's beating them, he's ready. It's only going to be one of Blaydes, Volkov, Lewis or Overeem for him really at this point now, isn't it? Lawrence looked great on the prelims. Gas for days and got to show a full bag of tricks. One to keep an eye on for certain. If I was booking the fight cards, I'd be really reluctant to put Heavyweights in main events unless you have to. If it isn't for a title or doesn't involve Francis Ngannou, book the heavies in the three rounders. Rivera and Munhoz were more than capable of being the main event on this show, and the end of the card would have been a lot better received had those two fights switched places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted March 1, 2021 Author Paid Members Share Posted March 1, 2021 Ah, cheers Al. Now you’ve made me gutted that we could’ve got another 2 rounds of Munhoz vs Rivera. Although no doubt Rivera is grateful it was only a 3 rounder. I hope their inevitable rubber match is 5 rounds. I’d be well happy with that headlining a Fight Night sometime. Doubt it’ll be next but after 2 fights as good as they’ve had and with them tied at 1-1, they’ve got to complete the trilogy at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted March 1, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted March 1, 2021 22 hours ago, Panhead said: Those Munhoz calf kicks... I think I'd rather get knocked out cold than take those. I may be in the minority, but id like to see calf kicks taken out of the game. Its the biggest 'game changer' in recent times when talking the evolution of the sport, but it's easily my least favourite. A fight can go from fairly even to lopsided fairly quickly depending on who lands the most damaging calf kick first. Not a fan. The main event was an absolute plodder. You can point the finger at Gane but when you are so in control of a fight and taking zero damage i suppose its hard to switch it up. Rozenstruick was piss poor on the night, no other words for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted March 1, 2021 Author Paid Members Share Posted March 1, 2021 (edited) Calf kicks led to Conor McGregor getting knocked out by Poirier. They’re great. Leave them the fuck alone! And yeah, Tanner Boser kind of summed up the main event for me; Edited March 1, 2021 by wandshogun09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted March 1, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted March 1, 2021 11 minutes ago, wandshogun09 said: Calf kicks led to Conor McGregor getting knocked out by Poirier. They’re great. Leave them the fuck alone!  well, that's happened already, so can we change it now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted March 1, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted March 1, 2021 Are calf kicks really that guaranteed a route to victory though? I don't imagine they'd have been useful against someone like Nurmagomedov, for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted March 1, 2021 Author Paid Members Share Posted March 1, 2021 (edited) @Egg Shen No because McGregor is shite at defending against them and it might happen again. I can’t get on board with banning anything that hurts this twat so much it makes him walk like Robocop needing a cack. Edited March 1, 2021 by wandshogun09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted March 1, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted March 1, 2021 21 minutes ago, Carbomb said: Are calf kicks really that guaranteed a route to victory though? I don't imagine they'd have been useful against someone like Nurmagomedov, for example. For a power wrestler for Khabib probably not, but it's 100% altered how a lot of standup fights play out. I dont necessarily think its benefited the sport from a spectator standpoint either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted March 1, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted March 1, 2021 1 minute ago, Egg Shen said: For a power wrestler for Khabib probably not, but it's 100% altered how a lot of standup fights play out. I dont necessarily think its benefited the sport from a spectator standpoint either. Maybe, but then I'd argue that striking specialists should be prepared to start making takedowns a part of their striking defence. Sort of an inverse version of Cro-Cop, who developed high-level defensive wrestling for the purpose of keeping the game standing. If a fighter knows he's likely to have his leg-kicks countered with takedowns, and thus lose points or momentum, he might very well be less inclined to throw them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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