UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland | Newark

bconcrete said:
Taira is one tough son of a bitch. Dude took an ass whooping like a 1950's housewife who burned the roast and just kept coming.
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that's a fighter's fighter there. didn't like the stoppage though. I know the writing was on the wall but he'd survived those several times before and still found a way to get it to the ground. that's a damn title fight, let him cook
 
ABB said:
that's a fighter's fighter there. didn't like the stoppage though. I know the writing was on the wall but he'd survived those several times before and still found a way to get it to the ground. that's a damn title fight, let him cook
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i'm ok with it
turning away, back to the other fighter and just walking away is not intelligently defending yourself.
Lots of people thought that chickie fight last week with Pacheco should have been stopped (karate combat) cuz that chick did that exact same thing (just turning around and walking away "must get away".

I'm ok with it, Taira is still young, no need to take a life changing career altering beating for a fight that was lost. In Boxing they would have tossed the towel (but MMA corners don't actually like their fighters)

Taira and Van certainly meet a few more times over the next 10 years.
 
LoneCowboy said:
exactly and we just saw him put it to Fluffy and he managed to make it his fight yet again
Everyone says Sean is stupid yet did you see Sean throwing stupid kicks in the first 3+ rounds to give chimaev an easy takedown???????? noooooooo no you did not despite that normally being a big part of his game.

Regains the championship, something almost no one manages to do.

The man has 3 losses at middleweight
1 to DDP who you'll note was a champion
one to Alex, a two weight class champ
and a split to Cannonier. (who TBF was not and will not be a champ)

that's a pretty damn good record. That style of his clearly works (somehow)
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ALSO just fought 2 1/2 months ago. and did THAT to an undefeated fighter who many were putting on 'unbeatable' lists and talking about he 'smesh them all' yeah.

Strickland's entire body of work, puts his ass in the HOF easily.
 
Xamot said:
ALSO just fought 2 1/2 months ago. and did THAT to an undefeated fighter who many were putting on 'unbeatable' lists and talking about he 'smesh them all' yeah.

Strickland's entire body of work, puts his ass in the HOF easily.
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Did you notice your new "Title" under your name?
 
Honky Killa said:
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What's a HOF career? Or should be placed in the HOF to you?

Goat Jones automatically
Anderson Silva (who went on a losing streak after he lost his belt)
GSP
Jose Aldo
Stipe Miocic
DC
Dominick Cruz
Merab
Yan
Shevchenko
Cyborg

Off the top of my head who should be put in the HOF (If not already there)

So what's your criteria?
 
Xamot said:
What's a HOF career? Or should be placed in the HOF to you?

Goat Jones automatically
Anderson Silva (who went on a losing streak after he lost his belt)
GSP
Jose Aldo
Stipe Miocic
DC
Dominick Cruz
Merab
Yan
Shevchenko
Cyborg

Off the top of my head who should be put in the HOF (If not already there)

So what's your criteria?
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A voting body of nonpartisans would be a great start.
Followed by a decent, wide ranging set of criteria set forth by a separate group of nonpartisans.
A 90% criteria met requirement would follow.

You can fill in the blanks.
You're smart for a Buff dude

The ufc hof is a joke.
For many obvious reasons.
 
Xamot said:
What's a HOF career? Or should be placed in the HOF to you?

Goat Jones automatically
Anderson Silva (who went on a losing streak after he lost his belt)
GSP
Jose Aldo
Stipe Miocic
DC
Dominick Cruz
Merab
Yan
Shevchenko
Cyborg

Off the top of my head who should be put in the HOF (If not already there)

So what's your criteria?
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Also...
We know Roger, Barry, Mark, etc. aren't in the hall.
So that eliminates a few of your fighters.

Soooooooo ..
 
Honky Killa said:
Also...
We know Roger, Barry, Mark, etc. aren't in the hall.
So that eliminates a few of your fighters.

Soooooooo ..
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Is that baseball criteria?

Fair, but then you'd have to look that Sugar Shane Mosely, Roy Jones Jr? Who admitted to drug and steroid use, so I don't think that eliminates GSP, and or Silva, regardless of their ped use.
 
Xamot said:
Is that baseball criteria?

Fair, but then you'd have to look that Sugar Shane Mosely, Roy Jones Jr? Who admitted to drug and steroid use, so I don't think that eliminates GSP, and or Silva, regardless of their ped use.
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That's what I'm saying.

A set criteria.

It's why MMA will never have a respected, singular hof.
 
LoneCowboy said:

Sean Strickland def. Khamzat Chimaev :: UFC 328 :: MMA Decisions

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13 for Chimaev
11 for Sean

basically 50/50
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Yea, that was about as even as a fight can get from a judging perspective.

R1 and R4 clearly Chimaev
R2 clearly Strickland
R3 Strickland, but not as clear cut as 1,2,4
R5 was a true tossup


If you value Octagon control and takedowns that lead to no damage, it's Chimaev. If you value striking and damage inflicted, it's Strickland.


I had a little money on Strickland so I'm not complaining .. but, I wouldn't have called it a robbery if the split decision had gone Chimaevs way.
 
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