UFC FN 81: Dillashaw vs. Cruz - Page 8

i had no clue who won at the end tbh
thought it was pretty fun

I'm not even mad, my heart wanted Cruz to win so bad but my brain was like bet on dillashaw.

Also for some reason dillashaw was not as aggressive in this fight compared to the barao fights.

Did he not drink his juice for this fight?

I had it 48-47 tj, but three rounds were razor close so I can't complain. Cruz looked better but IMO tj edged him out in the damage department in rounds 1 and 2.

On paper, ME was extremely close

But

r1: close
r2: lean cruz
r3: close
r4: lean dillashaw
r5: lean dillashaw

Then, when u consider that:
#1 TJ was the agressor
#2 Cruz's take downs never truly did anything
#3 TJ did the damage and landed the harder shots
#4 TJ is the champion

I think it should have went to TJ

On January 18 2016 06:00 jvilla777 wrote: I'm not even mad, my heart wanted Cruz to win so bad but my brain was like bet on dillashaw. Also for some reason dillashaw was not as aggressive in this fight compared to the barao fights. Did he not drink his juice for this fight?

He tried to be the first two rounds. It wasn't working that well with Cruz slipping out repeatedly. So TJ switched to making Dom come to him which actually was better for awhile

Thought R4 to TJ was the only true definitive one. I had it 3-0 Cruz after 3 but knew they were pretty close rounds and he hadn't done any real damage. If fights were scored more as a whole instead of five separate equivalent rounds, more weight would be put in the damage that TJ did throughout and esp last two rounds. But well, they aren't so don't think too much complaint can be given to Dom winning the scorecards.

On January 17 2016 20:36 PuertoRican wrote: My bets pre-live betting: + Show Spoiler + I have a good amount of money tied up in 4 bets or so, at least for my bankroll size, but I didn't see a lot of fights on this card where I wanted to go big pre-fight, especially with 1/3 of the card being short notice fighters. Cruz +130 $40 for $52 Cruz +115 $60 for $69 Pettis/Alvarez ITD -115 $11.50 for $10 Browne -148 $29.60 for $20 Trinaldo decision +300 $5 for $15 Cote +100 $20 for $20 Wade/Baghdad ITD +145 $5 for $7.25 Blanco -130 $19.50 for $15 Latifi -205 $61.50 for $30 Latifi/O’Connell u1.5 +125 $15 for $18.75 Felder/Cruickshank u1.5 +155 $5 for $7.75 Felder/Cruickshank ITD -130 $13 for $10 Rosa/Bochniak u2.5 -125 $12.50 for $10 Font submission +1200 $5 for $60 Font/Gomez u1.5 +105 $10 for $10.50 Parlay $20 for $34.64: Pettis, Felder, Taisumov (Taisumov’s fight is cancelled)

My betting results:

+ Show Spoiler +

maybe i was watching in this fight thinking Dom should've convincingly won to get the belt again out of respect for TJ and his past domination of the world beater Barao. in my opinion it felt like people watched this fight thinking the opposite and gave too much weight for every little thing Dom did and how amazing he looked despite the whole backstory. no brainer rematch for sure.

I don't understand why Cruz won. Do you get points for dodging punches or something? TJ missed a ton, and Cruz looked really amazing, kind of like a Floyd Mayweather, but not as boring

But seriously, they landed about the same amount of shots, and Cruz shots looked like pillow punches compared to TJ's. They had some takedown scrambles without any control taken so who cares about those.... I would give it to TJ first round and 4 and 5. I think judges definitely are prone to give Cruz rounds if shots landed are equal but Cruz was more evasive... which doesn't make sense exactly because when in doubt you score by aggression and ring control... just tough to score I guess

On January 18 2016 08:44 Big_Rob_isback wrote: I don't understand why Cruz won. Do you get points for dodging punches or something? TJ missed a ton, and Cruz looked really amazing, kind of like a Floyd Mayweather, but not as boring But seriously, they landed about the same amount of shots, and Cruz shots looked like pillow punches compared to TJ's. They had some takedown scrambles without any control taken so who cares about those.... I would give it to TJ first round and 4 and 5. I think judges definitely are prone to give Cruz rounds if shots landed are equal but Cruz was more evasive... which doesn't make sense exactly because when in doubt you score by aggression and ring control... just tough to score I guess

During the last UFC event, Carlos Condit landed way more strikes than Robbie Lawler (almost double), but 2 of the 3 judges gave Lawler the split-decision in the end. Like Dominick Cruz, Carlos Condit also didn't load-up on his punches and throw bombs, he focused on activity and defense, but it wasn't enough in the end...

Basically, judges are inconsistent. I agree with Cruz winning, but it could've went either way as the split-decision suggested. Condit on the other hand... ...he got ROBBED...

Fucking Pettis ruin my parlay (pettis+Cruz)

On January 18 2016 05:48 Raidern wrote: i had no clue who won at the end tbh thought it was pretty fun

Same, could see it easily going for either one. Round 1 felt like the swing round. Almost an entirely even split on mmadecisions.com too in media score cards.

Great fight, look forward to a potential rematch down the line.

Happy with Alvarez performance too!

On January 18 2016 05:12 iakim322 wrote: Actually had to step out and miss the Pettis fight. Pretty glad I did although you lose money just the same. Can't stand lay n pray'ers. Makes it worse when they successfully do it against the guy you bet on. Then even worse from there when the lay n prayer is proud of hugging his way to a victory in a fight. The ref in the Mitrione/Browne fight looked he was tending to an empty bar in Wisconsin or something. I would feel bad for Mitrione except for all his talk about how good of a striker he was, a lot of his gameplan was apparently lunging in with single power shots with his chin hanging up. Gl to him on free agency

Uhhh, I think Alvarez did great. Not like he was losing on the feet either, he was fairly competitive there. If you want to blame someone, blame Pettis. All Alvarez did was follow the RDA blueprint (though obviously less effectively).

On January 18 2016 05:25 whamm! wrote: lol wtf these neo-footwork fags never watching these midgets if they fought again against the usual fighters though they look amazing

? You are insane.

what is next for Dominick. Assuncao or maybe Faber?

Dominick is great IMO dodging punches like a Boss and his movement is insane. It was a very close decision I thought TJ won that.

So happy Cruz won but momentum was swinging towards dillashaw in the end

Pettis sucks, way too timid and it's like he didn't learn how to fight against RDA style game plan, or it could be a matter of not being strong enough physically in the weight class.

Cote looked great.

Wonder how much of the eye pokes that Browne did affected mitrione, I think quite a bit lol.

Felt bad for dillashaw at the post fight conference, he absolutely can't stand Dominick, and Megan's interview with Cruz about Faber is pretty funny I'm sure she's good friends with Faber and Cruz just kept bashing him hahahha.

Not an easy event to bet on but glad to have won.

Thought tj won 48-47 1,4,5

Pettis could have won that decision too honestly but wtf was that fight.

Judges really putting it in the ass the last couple events

I had Cruz winning 3-2. Think he edged 1,2 and 3. Still it was a very close and a great fight and couple of rounds can be scored draws or can go either way.

Incredible comeback for Dom. Can't really think of any other athlete coming back from all this crippling injuries in such a good shape.

On January 18 2016 17:14 northsails wrote: I had Cruz winning 3-2. Think he edged 1,2 and 3. Still it was a very close and a great fight and couple of rounds can be scored draws or can go either way. Incredible comeback for Dom. Can't really think of any other athlete coming back from all this crippling injuries in such a good shape.

Yea 48-47 cruz is the only other reasonable score

I felt like he was trying to play off how much TJ fucked up his legs at the end of the fight (said he came in with hurt left foot but is limping around on the wrong leg for that) as to not open up a road map for other fighters on how to hurt him

Someone found the golf ball i hit far into the woods off the tee last year.