UFC FN 89: Rory vs. Wonderboy - Page 3

On June 17 2016 22:36 northsails wrote: I am just hoping Fedor retires and never comes in the UFC. He is going to get demolished and it will be hard to watch.

What? fuck no, I wanna watch his fights, he is my favourite fighter and sure I would like him to still be on god mode he is obviously past his prime and nowhere what he was, but its still very fun to spectate.

Holy fuck.... talking about grit, this was one of the craziest come backs Ive seen

I would still like to see him in the UFC because I feel it should be possible to separate his legacy from his current fights. However taking into account his reputation with a larger audience and how that reputation is connected with every fight he takes on even if he is far past his prime; I'm not sure I want to see him anymore at all.

Definitely feel that round was a 10-8 though. The only time I recall a 10-7 was Maynard vs Edgar.

Fuck was idiots think of him and fuck legacies, I love watching fight, its exciting, its excruciating when he is losing etc, few fighters make me watch a fight with so much attention and emotion than Fedor, that is what ultimately matters

Maybe give him a safe fight, where nothing can really happen... schaub comes to mind :D

On June 17 2016 23:31 Baalim wrote: Show nested quote + On June 17 2016 22:36 northsails wrote: I am just hoping Fedor retires and never comes in the UFC. He is going to get demolished and it will be hard to watch. What? fuck no, I wanna watch his fights, he is my favourite fighter and sure I would like him to still be on god mode he is obviously past his prime and nowhere what he was, but its still very fun to spectate.

I would also love to see him in the UFC, but i kinda hope the UFC manages to find good fights for him.
Like i could see a rematch with BigFoot being interesting.
He would get killed by the top 5.

Also that fight was really strange after R1. Its like Maldonaldo wanted to show us in R1 that he can easily PWN fedor, but he wanted to lose the fight.
And the commentator was LOL.

Maldonado simply got tired, that was a pretty crazy paced 1st round

Regarding Fedor vs. Maldonado:

On June 17 2016 19:26 Bullshit wrote: ya that rory macdonald what a pussy couldnt take a jab and quit mentally weak

yeah sorry. i didn't word that out right.. i meant maybe isn't as tough mentally.

Decided to lay down a couple Hail Mary's for this event:

MacDonald + Cerrone + Mercier + Letournaeu + Jotko + Lybarger + Soto = $15 to win $1049.69

MacDonald/Thompson o 2.5 + Cerrone + Mercier + Letournaeu + Lybarger + Soto = $10 to win $208.70

I think MacDonald will win a niptuck decision where he takes the later rounds clearly and the early rounds are closer, but with hometown it should be enough.

Cerrone should outclass Cote who happens to look smaller than normal BTW. Not sure why odds are quite so close, Cerrone is a couple tiers above Cote and it's not a bad matchup stylistically.

Mercier ragdolls the smaller guy.

Letournaeu underrated, JoJo overrated. Striking affair with little chance of anything random happening.

Lybarger has better striking and cardio so unless she winds up on the bottom early I think the value is there as a dog.

Soto could kill me but he's a better fighter than Beal, just has chin issues. Should have gotten the decision in his last fight against a better fighter in Tanaka. Also Beal gasses.

Good point, I just realized Rory vs Thompson is five rounds, wondering if I should bet Rory now. I feel Thompson's cardio is always suspect.

Rory MacDonald (170.5) vs. Stephen Thompson (170.5)
Donald Cerrone (171) vs. Patrick Cote (170)
Steve Bosse (205) vs. Sean O’Connell (205)
Olivier Aubin-Mercier (155) vs. Thibault Gouti (156)
Joanne Calderwood (125.5) vs. Valerie Letourneau (125.5)
Jason Saggo (155) vs. Leandro Silva (155.5)
Misha Cirkunov (205.5) vs. Ion Cutelaba (202.5)
Krzysztof Jotko (184.5) vs. Tamdan McCrory (185)
Chris Beal (134) vs. Joe Soto (135)
Sam Alvey (185.5) vs. Elias Theodorou (186)
Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger (115) vs. Randa Markos (117.5)*
Colby Covington (170) vs. Jonathan Meunier (170.5)
Ali Bagautinov (125.5) vs. Geane Herrera (125)

* – Missed weight; forfeits 20 percent of purse to Jones-Lybarger

nah rory's going to get ktfo here, that last war vs Lawler surely gave him some delicious head trauma. ive seen it happen so many times after a fighter loses like that a part of his chin goes with him. wonderboy is peaking now and looks very relaxed with nothing to prove yet, the guy is also a champion kickboxer so he is no slouch in big fights (or has bad nerves). his only loss was vs mat brown and even in that fight he was kicking mat brown's ass the whole fight

On June 18 2016 03:43 whamm! wrote: nah rory's going to get ktfo here, that last war vs Lawler surely gave him some delicious head trauma. ive seen it happen so many times after a fighter loses like that a part of his chin goes with him. wonderboy is peaking now and looks very relaxed with nothing to prove yet, the guy is also a champion kickboxer so he is no slouch in big fights (or has bad nerves). his only loss was vs mat brown and even in that fight he was kicking mat brown's ass the whole fight

You may be right about Rory's chin (doubt it since he didn't actually get wobbled once in the fight) but...

no Matt Brown actually kicked Thompson's ass, Thompson had his moments but he learned a valuable lesson.

On June 17 2016 23:31 Baalim wrote: Show nested quote + On June 17 2016 22:36 northsails wrote: I am just hoping Fedor retires and never comes in the UFC. He is going to get demolished and it will be hard to watch. What? fuck no, I wanna watch his fights, he is my favourite fighter and sure I would like him to still be on god mode he is obviously past his prime and nowhere what he was, but its still very fun to spectate.

I am a huge Fedor fan also and that is the reason I don't want to see him fight in the UFC. He won't be able to compete with any of the top fighters there. His prime was like over 10 years ago, the signs of his decline were clear even in his Affiction/Strikeforce days.

Also the fight game has evolved a lot during that stretch and Fedor is basically a shell of himself. Even in his prime He would of have had trouble competing against the top guys in LHW and HW from today, but now He is just going to get pummeled.

Don't think it will be very exciting watching him getting layed out by Roy Nelson out cold or something similar.

Yeah I think experience was a big factor in their first fight and Matt Brown was really tricky but he was getting lit up on the feet

Matt Brown even says he got knocked out twice, he just got lucky with the scrambles as with all the chaos in MMA randomness

If they did a rematch now I doubt Matt Brown would last 2 rounds

With Fedor it seems he just phones it in each time he fights. Legkick then overhand right then feints here and there wiggling his fist. Top 5 HW and LHW would murder him, even MW guys like rockhold, weidman, romero, jacare would beat his ass with how he fights nowadays

Edit in channels.

Main card: FS1
Prelim card: FS2
Early prelims: Fight Pass

I'm not sure if FS2 has been added to most cable deals, or if it's still unavailable for most people.

Just saw the Fedor fight. Dude got fd up the fight should have been stopped multiple times in the first.

Fight Pass prelims are about to start.

Value is on Herrera over Ali B.

On June 18 2016 22:43 PuertoRican wrote: Fight Pass prelims are about to start. Value is on Herrera over Ali B.

Agree. Herrera has the cardio and submission edge.

Ali has the power and experience.

Should be a good little scrap.