Yes but lets not discount a full camp with on and off locations, opponents, etc... It's not easy to be a fighter trying to maintain your peak for an extended period for this event either. Unusual circumstances so both had their challenges. Better fighter won tonight though.
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Yes but lets not discount a full camp with on and off locations, opponents, etc... It's not easy to be a fighter trying to maintain your peak for an extended period for this event either. Unusual circumstances so both had their challenges. Better fighter won tonight though.
At least Cejudo successfully defended his belts in two weight classes unlike some. I respect that.
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if anything, i'd bet Tony was probably overtrained. The man made weight on the previous UFC 249 date as a social media stunt. He probably peaked at the wrong time. In hindsight, really bad move
He fought Porier how long ago?
There are a handful of guys who aren't exactly names yet who I think are better.
Yes but that isn't always Ferguson's fault.
Either way they weren't all title fights. Ferguson should've been next after McGregor. They fought on same card UFC 229 and Tony won again. He was natural person to be next, technically should've been his fight to begin with.
My prediction was a Justin win because I knew Tony gets sloppy. So not surprising but still didn't expect him to wear tony down.
Apart from 3 I mentioned, who can you say with certainty is better than McGregor in lightweight division?
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I dunno if I'm more impressed with Justin for beating up a fighter of Tony's caliber that badly, or Tony for taking it. Holy. f***.
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Wow what a shit kicking. I thought Tony would tire him out but he couldn't get anything going. Tony better get his head checked after eating that many punches.
It’s just going to end up as one of those matchups that’s always remembered for what could’ve been
Tony for taking it, the shots he took were unreal....that was one hell of a beating, the guy just didn’t want to die.....respect to both!!
happy Justin won though
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Yeah, he's a completely different fighter from the meathead that just came in and fought at kissing distance the entire fight. He protects himself more now.
Honestly, I think he could've finished Tony a couple times and didn't go for it because he knew he had it won and didn't want to risk getting caught. He would've never done that two years ago.
Yeeeeahhhh he got his brains beat in for 24 minutes. He's not thinking right.
Pretty much the same as Stipe shoving the ref after DC KO'ed him. He had no idea WTF was going on.
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I really didn't like the Cruz-Cejudo stoppage. I agreed with Cruz's words after the fight that he was trying to stand up on his feet as the stoppage occurred. That looks pretty accurate to me on the replay. Regardless though, it's absolutely amazing to have a live sporting event back on the air to talk about. I appreciate the event bringing some semblance of normalcy back to life. Props to all the fighters for putting on a good show.
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Tony deserves every bit of the respect he gets but even then the comments are kinda awkward lol.
"Congrats man, you got the shit kicked out of you, but you did it better than anybody else!"
"Congrats man, you got the shit kicked out of you, but you did it better than anybody else!"
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Ferguson was always a sloppy mess. the only thing that really saved him the majority of the time was his chin . he undoubtedly has the chinawall chin,
hes probably taken more significant head shots in UFC history then anyone
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Starting to sink in more that this is probably the end of Tony. Really sucks he didn't get that championship fight, and those 4th and 5th rounds were just painful to watch, it was like watching an old wounded dog on its last legs.
He's probably gonna get Poirier or McGregor I'd imagine while Gaethje and Khabib duke it out and neither of those fights are exactly easy, especially with all the damage he took this fight.
He's probably gonna get Poirier or McGregor I'd imagine while Gaethje and Khabib duke it out and neither of those fights are exactly easy, especially with all the damage he took this fight.
I give that card an A
It’s hilarious that Gaethje became decidedly more conservative as a fighter and is still the people’s champ. A guy like him comes around only once in a generation. It’s not about wins or losses it’s about the damn show. Who was last generations version- Lauzon?
It’s hilarious that Gaethje became decidedly more conservative as a fighter and is still the people’s champ. A guy like him comes around only once in a generation. It’s not about wins or losses it’s about the damn show. Who was last generations version- Lauzon?
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Unless it is something completely ridiculous and indefensible I would always rather see a fight stopped too soon rather than too late (I still think it is either a miracle or a testament to the Japanese health care system that nobody ever died fighting for Pride, particularly the name Japanese fighters who the refs were seemingly told don't stop the fight no matter how bad they were being beaten).
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