GDT: UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs Hermansson

[Chaels Arms]

Anik was about to say something about D'Amato but got cut off by Bisping interviewing Hermansson, too bad.

 

[I am not exposed]

Sal D’Amato needs to be drug tested

I'm intrigued how he has scored fights before

 

[bov]

48-47 Hermansson is disgusting, if not criminal. The scumbag who put that down needs to be dealt with. I can't stand Strickland but that is the worst scorecard I have ever seen in the UFC.

 

[chicagoskycam]

I'm intrigued how he has scored fights before

I know he’s been around for a while. Probably a good message to Strickland he needs to step out his output

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Anik was about to say something about D'Amato but got cut off by Bisping interviewing Hermansson, too bad.

Yeah I really wanted to hear what he had to say

 

[I am not exposed]

48-47 Hermansson is disgusting, if not criminal. The scumbag who put that down needs to be dealt with. I can't stand Strickland but that is the worst scorecard I have ever seen in the UFC.

I remember Felder been given a victory by one judge against Dos Anjos and even he was in shock because it was obvious he lost the fight. Wondering if it was the same judge.

 

[I am not exposed]

I know he’s been around for a while. Probably a good message to Strickland he needs to step out his output

Bisping was right saying if he wants a title fight he needs to show a bit more. It was enough to win, but was it enough to convince Dana he should be the next contender? I don't think so.

 

[Chaels Arms]

I remember Felder been given a victory by one judge against Dos Anjos and even he was in shock because it was obvious he lost the fight. Wondering if it was the same judge.

D'Amato was one of the judges for that fight but scored it 50-45 RDA, Chris Lee was the rogue one there.

 

[Taytro]

If scoring was based on effort and exerted energy Hermanson would have won all 5 rounds. Unfortunately... It's not.

 

[CDJ]

100k for juicy j

 

[MMC]

 

[MMC]

Not sure it's time quite yet but Sean vs Izzy definitely needs to happen at some point. The shit talking will be amazing

 

[chicagoskycam]

Not sure it's time quite yet but Sean vs Izzy definitely needs to happen at some point. The shit talking will be amazing

We could get a really boring fight too with both guys unwilling to commit. Sean needs to step it up for the next fight.

 

[pistolpete11]

What a snoozefest. By the first takedown attempt, maybe second, you knew how this fight was going to go. I think Strickland won, but honestly wasn't paying close enough attention to justify why. If you go strictly by the numbers (which you should never do), it was actually pretty close.

This was my first time seeing Rokhmonov. Luke Thomas has been crazy high on him and easy to see why. Still very early in his career, so we'll see, but definitely one to keep an eye on.

 

[pistolpete11]

Izzy would f*** Strickland up, I think. Strickland is a solid fighter with good hands and better striking defense than his madman persona, but I don't he's athletic enough, powerful enough, or diverse enough to really cause Izzy any problems. Different in style, but kind of the same way I felt about Vettori.

Unless he gets real lucky with timing, injuries, etc., he's got at least 1 more fight before he gets to the title anyway, though. He doesn't jump in front of the Brunson-Cannonier winner with a fight like that.

 

[chicagoskycam]

Strickland yelling "IN THE MIDDLE" as he's backing up lmao.

Snooze fest. Reminds me of Gane's win over Rozenstruik.

Yeah, Srickland gets all animated for the last 10 seconds, calls him a p***y for not standing toe to toe, and then backs up to avoid punches, lol. Hugs him right after the bell

 

[pistolpete11]

Luke Thomas brought up a good point about this card last night....

At least the main card started at 7. Remember when even run of the mill Fight Nights would start at 10pm? If you're on EST, could you imagine staying up until 1am to watch that main event? I wish PPV's would start earlier, too, but I know they have international considerations.

 

[m9]

Luke Thomas brought up a good point about this card last night....

At least the main card started at 7. Remember when even run of the mill Fight Nights would start at 10pm? If you're on EST, could you imagine staying up until 1am to watch that main event? I wish PPV's would start earlier, too, but I know they have international considerations.

I wonder what's going on with the fight times for the ESPN cards in general. Are they moving them around based on other ESPN programming? I'm in PST and I'm pretty sure we've had these main cards start at 1pm, 3pm, 4pm, 5pm, 6pm, and 7pm within the last year. Maybe even a morning one at some point too.

What's curious about the PPV's staying at 7pm is they did move them to 6pm briefly in 2011 but it didn't last very long. I find it hard to imagine that they wouldn't get more eyeballs if they just moved everything to like 5pm PST (8pm EST) but I'm sure they know their business better than me.

 

[Perennial]

I tuned in about halfway through the 1st round of the main event... and tuned out midway through the 4th

 

[pistolpete11]

I wonder what's going on with the fight times for the ESPN cards in general. Are they moving them around based on other ESPN programming? I'm in PST and I'm pretty sure we've had these main cards start at 1pm, 3pm, 4pm, 5pm, 6pm, and 7pm within the last year. Maybe even a morning one at some point too.

What's curious about the PPV's staying at 7pm is they did move them to 6pm briefly in 2011 but it didn't last very long. I find it hard to imagine that they wouldn't get more eyeballs if they just moved everything to like 5pm PST (8pm EST) but I'm sure they know their business better than me.

Yeah, 8:00-8:30 EST is kind of the sweet spot for primetime games in other sports. That's why I always assumed the reason the UFC started at 10:00 was for international. I don't know, though. If that was the best for PPV's, why wouldn't it be best for Fight Nights? Hopefully they are just testing stuff out and they land on earlier start times for everything.

 

[m9]

Yeah, 8:00-8:30 EST is kind of the sweet spot for primetime games in other sports. That's why I always assumed the reason the UFC started at 10:00 was for international. I don't know, though. If that was the best for PPV's, why wouldn't it be best for Fight Nights? Hopefully they are just testing stuff out and they land on earlier start times for everything.

I guess one part of it is that the sport used to be really gate-driven for profits and a good percentage of the PPVs are on the West Coast. Having a main card start at 7pm when you are there live is pretty much perfect. I have to think that business model has changed a bit though and losing a few live fans for a 5pm card vs all the extra Eastern fans watching is an easy trade-off.

But yeah, hopefully this is a test run.