TerminatorBlue
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Cyborg comes to post presser with a pillow over her face making fun of Ronda..LOL
Nunes definitely lost the 2nd fight vs Schevchenko, that was nonsense. This Cyborg win was the most impressive win for Nunes, very crazy!
I can see some people are having trouble accepting that Jones won.
He fixed his mistakes from the first fight, stayed out of reach... and dominated.
The Goat.
Dana addressed it in the post-fight press conference. Sounds like an actual, physical re-design of the belts to mark a "new era" and not an introduction of 165 or anything. It was going to be revealed here, but with all the shenanigans going on leading up to this, they decided to push it to the next PPV.I expected Jones to win and win convincingly, but damn. That was domination. First 2 rounds he did a good job of keeping the distance and not letting Gus get into boxing range. Then he just exploded for that takedown and it was a complete mismatch on the ground. A little disappointed it wasn't a better fight, but oh well. That's MMA.
Next for Jones, there are no interesting fights at LHW. I kind of agree with @m9 that that is OK. Fight the next top guy, maybe it turns into a great fight somehow like Jones-Gus 1, and keep doing it until a true challenger emerges. Unfortunately, that's not the UFC anymore. They need big fights to sell PPVs for all of these cards they have. I for one, have no interest in DC-Jones 3 at LHW. If it happens, it has to happen at HW. I still think Jones wins, but they've got to change something about it to make it interesting and the only thing in their control is the weight class. Other than that, I don't know what else there is. Jones-Stipe would be a good fight, but if he's willing to move to HW, why wouldn't it be against DC for the belt? Jones-Rumble (probably at HW if you've seen Rumble lately)?
Wow. Definitely didn't give Nunes enough respect going into that fight. I did say she has the power to change the fight, but she just steamrolled the scariest WMMA fighter ever. Cyborg is now a free agent. I kind of hope she goes somewhere else and the UFC just kills the 145lb division. There's just not enough talent there to have that division. Everyone that has fought there can make 135lb except for Cyborg and Megan Anderson. I'd like to see Nunes go back down to 135. GDR or Holly, I guess.
Nothing with that belt teaser from UFC 231, huh?
Boy I was dead wrong on the Cyborg fight. She talked about being a much more composed/calculated fighter these days, and we've seen that, but she unfortunately abandoned it. We knew Nunes had the crisper boxing, but that IMO was her only advantage. I felt Cyborg had more than enough tools to nullify that.
I know MMAth doesn't work, but it was just hard to envision Nunes winning when she arguably lost to Shevchenko, who Joanna somewhat hung with for 25 minutes. You feel like Cyborg could toss Joanna clear out of the cage.
I always felt the first Jones-Gus fight wasn't indicative of the actual gap between the two, and I think last night confirmed that.
And not to beat a dead horse, but this piece of garbage Jones is getting bold now that he's getting the feeling that he isn't gonna get in trouble. Instead of just thanking your lucky stars and being grateful, he now wants his NC against DC overturned. Unbelievable.
Ryan Hall says BJ Penn’s knee ‘popped pretty good’ in heel hook
Great interview on why Hall ended up fighting Penn. I find it very interesting that Hall said he'd signed on to fight a lot of different guys, but they didn't agree to fight him for whatever reasons.
Nobody wants to get submitted and maybe badly injured. Same issue Palhares used to have, though at least Hall isn't actively trying to injure people.
So Jones expects Cormier to drain himself to fight at 205 but he refuses to move up to HW. Jones might be the goat (hard to say due to his cheating) but he sure doesnt have the guts most fighters do.
I hate the talk that 205 is some sort of drain or depletion for DC - it's a perfectly acceptable weight class that he's made for much of his career. He's the 2nd best of all-time at that weight, it's not some sort of burden.
Why? He's great at LHW but he's even better at HW in part because he doesn't have to cut the weight.
DC has more power at HW. He'll also have 10-15 pounds on Jones, and his cardio seems to be equally good. No question he still has excess fat at 205 so it's not like we're talking Cyborg making 135. That said, Jones calling him out at 205 when he's already beat him twice but not being willing to fight him at HW because he admittedly feels/knows it would be an advantage for DC just isn't a good look. Especially when Jones has essentially said he'd fight Lesnar (obviously at HW).
No, he's not. He's the same guy at both, but one division doesn't have Jon Jones.
I mean that as a compliment to DC, too.
I think there's a difference in power when he's at HW.
I'm giving him grief but I'm not sure he's getting a ton in general. A lot gets said, but if you ask DC where he prefers fighting, and where he feels he's at his best, he'd say HW. Jones feels he's best at 205. Jones has beyond nothing to prove at 205, but cements his GOAT legacy with the HW strap as well. And he's already expressed interest in a Lesnar fight at HW. Why run it back at 205 when you have so much more to gain doing it at HW, unless you're concerned about it?It's also important to note that DC stated he wanted the fight at 205 too, so not sure why Jones is taking heat for it.