Boris Le Tigre
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Very impressive performance from Till.
He is such a big dude for the weight class. I think he missed making weight once before too. Maybe he will have to move up at some point, and if he lives up to the championship hype he can have a super fight with Whittaker.
I hope the UFC will make more catchweight and super fights (allowing 2 division champs I like that too). It is martial arts, after all, so fundamentally if a fighter thinks he or she is the best then they should want to fight all the other fighters with rival claims (within reasonable limits, like Mighty Mouse vs. Ngannou is not a good idea). Sort of like the open weight category or grand champion brackets in traditional martial arts tournaments (give em a trophy, title, cash prize, medal).
The UFC is at a pivotal point and I like the direction things are going in this one area. I like the new round scoring system too and it is another way to be more like traditional martial arts instead of trying to rip-off the rules, look and feel of boxing.
One of the worst things about boxing, in the Mayweather era, is that championship fights were not always best vs best. The UFC should go full on bushido! There are so many potential matchups with guys emerging (Garbrandt and Johnson, Holloway and Ferguson, Holloway and McGregor, McGregor and Woodley, Khabib and Woodley, .Cormier and Ngannou).
He is such a big dude for the weight class. I think he missed making weight once before too. Maybe he will have to move up at some point, and if he lives up to the championship hype he can have a super fight with Whittaker.
I hope the UFC will make more catchweight and super fights (allowing 2 division champs I like that too). It is martial arts, after all, so fundamentally if a fighter thinks he or she is the best then they should want to fight all the other fighters with rival claims (within reasonable limits, like Mighty Mouse vs. Ngannou is not a good idea). Sort of like the open weight category or grand champion brackets in traditional martial arts tournaments (give em a trophy, title, cash prize, medal).
The UFC is at a pivotal point and I like the direction things are going in this one area. I like the new round scoring system too and it is another way to be more like traditional martial arts instead of trying to rip-off the rules, look and feel of boxing.
One of the worst things about boxing, in the Mayweather era, is that championship fights were not always best vs best. The UFC should go full on bushido! There are so many potential matchups with guys emerging (Garbrandt and Johnson, Holloway and Ferguson, Holloway and McGregor, McGregor and Woodley, Khabib and Woodley, .Cormier and Ngannou).