UFC 236: Holloway vs. Poirier 2

Lack of fight IQ never ceases to amazes me sometimes

Poliana gassed as hell...decides to throw a spinning wheel kick

Mueller finally starts landing heavy shots and Poliana literally falls to the ground from exhaustion...Mueller doesn't force her to get up for the only way she'd possibly get a finish and instead does what Poliana wants and just lays on her for the last 45 seconds

Gimme that Poliana $ though

I was hoping Botelho would get a R1 finish.

Came close with the body kick in R1, but sucked at following up with strikes.

On April 13 2019 23:09 iakim322 wrote: Lack of fight IQ never ceases to amazes me sometimes Poliana gassed as hell...decides to throw a spinning wheel kick Mueller finally starts landing heavy shots and Poliana literally falls to the ground from exhaustion...Mueller doesn't force her to get up for the only way she'd possibly get a finish and instead does what Poliana wants and just lays on her for the last 45 seconds Gimme that Poliana $ though

I think the sport doesn't naturally attract smart ppl + exhaustion plays a huge role in your ability to think quickly

On April 13 2019 20:42 Baalim wrote: Gastelum is one of the most EV+ bets in a while, that line is just crazy.

nevermind.. not a single TD attempt in almost 2 rounds, typical wrestler that believes is a striker syndrome v.v

Kelvin 10-9
Izzy 10-8
Izzy 10-9
Izzy 10-9
Izzy 10-8

Clear win for Israel Adesanya, the new interim middleweight champion.

9-10
10-9
10-9
9-10
10-7

imo

R1: DP 10-8?
R2: DP 10-9
R3: Max 10-9
R4: DP 10-9 (close round, but the damage done goes to DP)
R5: Max 10-9 (DP wasted a lot of time at the end just holding Max against the cage so he could drain the clock -- hopefully that doesn't hurt him in the judges eyes)

Dustin Poirier 3-2, imo.


Fight stats: http://ufcstats.com/fight-details/87126427cfcaee52

i thought max won rd 2 even though he got hurt at the end

49-46? thought max won 2 rds...

Max's style depends on being able to absorb shots and these were simply too powerful to eat, he has insane chin.


Porier fought beautifly clean, tight guard, countering without wasting energy, nice.

kelvin threw that fight in the fourth shooting a double leg when he had izzy wobbled

On April 14 2019 05:00 PuertoRican wrote: R1: DP 10-8? R2: DP 10-9 R3: Max 10-9 R4: DP 10-9 (close round, but the damage done goes to DP) R5: Max 10-9 (DP wasted a lot of time at the end just holding Max against the cage so he could drain the clock -- hopefully that doesn't hurt him in the judges eyes) Dustin Poirier 3-2, imo. Fight stats: http://ufcstats.com/fight-details/87126427cfcaee52

Round 4 was 55SS for max vs 36 for DP. Big difference. Don't see how damage makes it DP's round. Agreed with the rest.

On April 14 2019 06:24 Floofy wrote: Show nested quote + On April 14 2019 05:00 PuertoRican wrote: R1: DP 10-8? R2: DP 10-9 R3: Max 10-9 R4: DP 10-9 (close round, but the damage done goes to DP) R5: Max 10-9 (DP wasted a lot of time at the end just holding Max against the cage so he could drain the clock -- hopefully that doesn't hurt him in the judges eyes) Dustin Poirier 3-2, imo. Fight stats: http://ufcstats.com/fight-details/87126427cfcaee52 Round 4 was 55SS for max vs 36 for DP. Big difference. Don't see how damage makes it DP's round. Agreed with the rest.

The same way plenty of fights, like the Robbie Lawler vs. Carlos Condit fight.

Condit clearly won the 5-round fight, but the judges gave it to Lawler because he landed the heavier shots, while Condit focused more on volume but still didn't hurt Lawler much.

If you land 20 leg kicks vs. my 10 power punches to your face, I win the round.

how do you guys think he does against Khabib? so fucking happy for the diamond

okay, Adesanya is pretty sick, kinda awkward he didn't KO him though

On April 14 2019 09:09 Spitfiree wrote: okay, Adesanya is pretty sick, kinda awkward he didn't KO him though

bad ref, he should have stopped it.

On April 14 2019 06:21 Into Infinity wrote: kelvin threw that fight in the fourth shooting a double leg when he had izzy wobbled

He didn't wrestle for the entire fight and he rocks him and gets him wobbly.... and then he shoots lol.


he threw the fight way before, when he tried to box against one of the best strikers in the sport when he is a wrestler

On April 14 2019 07:39 impact69 wrote: how do you guys think he does against Khabib? so fucking happy for the diamond

he gets absolutely smashed like anyone in the division

Khabib is like a tank in a mini cooper division

Look at how much bigger Poirier was than Max, now imagine that Khabib is bigger than Poirier.


and yeah Gastelum's strategy was terrible, he had a very good chance to win if he tried to grapple. Adesanya is gonna have a tough time vs Whittaker. Whittaker survived huge bombs vs Romero, Adesanya's shots are nowhere near that power

really baffles me that someone who has wrestling as his background try to strike 95% of the fight vs a striker background.. c'mon

Its soooooo common, I think that many grapplers train striking, get a few KO's because their opponents are expecting grappling and they fall in love with it and forget what makes them great.

Randy Coture, Cain Velasquez, Daniel Cormier, thats how wrestlers should evolve into striking.... not like Werdum or now Gastelum are doing it

khabib as well.. wrestle fuck them to make their legs be jello then out strike them and make silly comments "i even beat you in striking har har" :D

the thought process behind striking there is so silly "i want to show the world im a full mma fighter and not only wrestler by only striking vs a guy who only knows striking"