I dont think he has. He's always been sharp on the feet and he was today too but it just shows theirs levels to the ground game and Ortega is several levels ahead of Yair on the ground. The best ground fighter Yair fought was a 40 year old BJ Penn.
You mean the freak injury when Ortega's shoulder dislocated on a hip throw/arm bar setup? A technique that targets the elbow, not the shoulder? Yeah, makes sense. There's a reason that fight was called a TKO due to injury and not a submission.
Under the new rules I don't think a 10-8 round 2 is outlandish. I personally thought it was only a 10-9 but 4 minutes of control meets the duration qualifier. Ortega offering the only offense for those 4 minutes with Yair doing nothing but defending meets the "Dominance" criteria. We've certainly seen worse 10-8s, but I agree with the other 2 judges that it was probably a 10-9. Good thing it didn't matter.
Completely agree. Where did that come from, he really didn't want to see clinches.
