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I.B. Niggin
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Don't know if anyone caught Bellator tonight but Sergio Pettis defended the bantamweight title against Kyoji Horiguchi and it looked like Kyoji was well on his way to becoming a two time champ, going up three rounds to none, but got caught by an absolute vicious spinning back fist that followed a missed high kick and he was out cold.
Absolutely gutwrenching loss as I've been a big fan of Horiguchi since his Shooto and Krazy Bee days.
Absolutely gutwrenching loss as I've been a big fan of Horiguchi since his Shooto and Krazy Bee days.
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Sergio channeled whatever was left over from his brother's flashy style into a meme KO. He had his brother's Wonderboy KO moment after getting tooled up for 3 rounds by throwing a practiced meme move. Does make the Grand Prix interesting, where hopefully Bellator matchmaking comes into play and we get the rematch.
Predictions on tonight's card? It's a very good one from top to bottom. Font-Aldo, Riddell-Fiziev, a lot of other good/fun fights on the card as well. Crute and Hill should be fun, Manuel Kape, Smolka, Menifield and Knight.
Heart says Aldo, brain says Font. Font can put pace for 5 rounds, while Aldo has become increasingly a 3 round or less fighter.
I think Fiziev takes this one against friend Riddell. A lot of people point to Fiziev slowing down against Green, but forget that it only happened in the 3rd round, he was doing well. Green is also infamously hard to hit clean, so Fiziev was doing a lot of work to try and hit him. Riddell in comparison... Gets hit a lot, at the beginning anyways, before getting his reads. He got hit a lot by Dober, and Fiziev is noticeably faster than Dober. I think he takes it, or banks the first two at least (assuming neither just gets finished).
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Matt Serra has semen breath, true story.
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How the fuck has Aldo rejuvenated himself this much when just a few years ago, it looked like his career was on the precipice of finished. Going from dangerously close to Renan Barao territory right to title contention.
WEC 4 life.
WEC 4 life.
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Assuming it's not PEDs (or rather, additional PEDs), probably by aligning with Brazil's Marine Corp Boxing programme after losing to Yan. Apparently he trains there every day in his schedule. He's boxing with guys they send to the olympics, and the group that got Brazil a gold medal in boxing in 2016. You can see it with how he basically has gone away from the leg kicks until about round 3, and his punches seem to really hit hard now. Font is not a chinny guy, but he got hit hard and rocked so many times this fight. He still slowed down, but he carried his power late into round 5. This was one hell of a dogfight, and can more or less be summed up as "man who walks forward wins". If Rob pushed Aldo back, he did well, if Aldo hit Rob and got him on the back foot, he took over. The result, two guys beating each other up.
Feel really happy to see Aldo win against top talent in a division below, while he is past his physical prime, but also a bit sad for Font. That guy was a bit like the dark horse/unknown of the top of the division, and winning here would probably line him up for a title shot or in very close to one with wins over Cody and Aldo, and now he has to grind again.
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Seeing Aldo win warmed my heart. Although I was not the biggest fan of Aldo in the past, it's inspiring to see an MMA veteran reclaiming his former glory through the demonstration of improved technique. Aside from grappling, his superior hand speed won him the standup exchanges. In fact, it highlighted the laziness of Font's punching; you can see him either dropping his arm after throwing a jab, or throwing hooks at ranges that they weren't meant to be thrown from.
And yes, you are right. Font will have to grind. But Aldo did that too, which led him to his current position, so there's no doubt that a person with the skills that Font has can find themselves in a good place some time down the line, especially since we can count on a top contender like him to always have the desire to improve.
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Rewatching it now both because it's a really good fight and to check what you mean. What is your take on the co-main - Riddell v Fiziev. I thought it would be Fiziev round 1, round 3 to Riddell once he got his reads, and round 2 would be the deciding one. Instead it looked like Riddell was tentative and could not get any reads required, spent a lot of his time on the back foot.
I think you also mentioned previously the CKB way of having the hands low, and that fucked him right in the end. Fiziev said in postfight interviews that in round 1 he noticed Riddell would go right with his hands down, thinking he was safe, and spent 2 rounds getting him to think about a lot of other things so he could hit him with a spinning attack as he broke (either back fist or wheel kick, depending on the range he decided to go for that opening), ended up being the wheel kick when he decided to go for it, and it ended the fight.
Edit: Yeah you are right with Font's jab, he leaves it out there for too long. Should be out and then right back to guard/stance.
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Overall, this fight felt like a Mexican standoff. It's those types of fight where there isn't much output from both guys, but whenever there is, it's super explosive. It's the kind of match that I enjoy, second to a technical war.
After the fight, I thought Riddell would've won by split decision if the knockout didn't happen, since I thought he was landing slightly more strikes. I gave the fight a second watch to make sure I was correct, and now I think Fiziev would've won since he kept countering Riddell with clean hooks as he made his entries.
I guess this just goes to show that I'm kind of biased against guys who stick to countering instead of going first (Fiziev, in this case), especially if the amount of punches thrown from both guys are very close. It also highlights the importance of paying attention, since there are many times where a change in the camera angle can make you unsure if a punch landed or not.
Still, I think Fiziev can benefit as a fighter by just being the guy who goes first most of the time, since we all know that he has the technique to do so.
I do like Fiziev's knockout, though. It's a textbook example of using the wheel kick to counter a circling opponent, which is the most practical way to use the wheel kick, in my opinion. Speaking of kicks, I noticed that Fiziev was hitting Riddell hard with the switch kick, which makes sense because Riddell's elbows are flared out while he has his guard up, CKB style.
To me, Fiziev is the guy Barboza probably wishes he was. Fiziev does pretty much everything he does, but better. Full stop.
EDIT: It's also worth mentioning that the commentary can really sway your decision making too, so it's best to turn it off. I think Bisping said that Riddell was landing more even though Fiziev was pushing him back, which most likely influenced my thought that Riddell would've won if there was no knockout.
Oh and btw, I gave the fight one final watch and found this gem. real cheeky
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Apparently the judges had the first two rounds to Fiziev, so he was on the way to a decision win if he didn't finish him.
That video between Riddell and Fiziev of them having a second pause looks like sonething carried on from their sparring. Whether that was Brad pausing as Bareman's instructions were being said, or whether he was taking a mental note, it seems like something both had experienced before. Anyone else would probably jump on Brad if he did that.
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So... Crute is done for isn't he? He got hit like twice and went out.
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Jahamal (insert African American joke here) hits hard as fuck though. But yeah, his standup desperately needs work. He was getting pieced up by Smith's jab in the previous fight before getting his peronial nerve hit and going all stanky legged. Here his defense was non existent. Should really lean more on his grappling/bjj considering how it's Light Heavyweight and almost all the top wrestlers (DC, Jones) are not in the division. Dude outgrappled Paul Craig, so if he stops trying to bang and focuses on the grappling he should do better.
He was basically out on his feet after the first knockdown when he tried those high kicks. Atm I'm not so high on him making massive improvements before getting cut. He's only on a 2 fight skid, and one of those was from the nerve of his leg getting hit, so probably has one more test before they consider cutting him.
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Cody was so proud of that cotton candy line, he said it twice. Also Dustin with the hot sauce plug at the end.
Both have a point. Cody's track record has gone down the drain since losing the belt and O'malley's competition are a bunch of bin men. For a guy who is 7-1 he should be up there in the rankings. He could have been where Sandhagen was for his 8th UFC fight, putting Edgar to sleep with a flying knee.
So mixed about who I want to win in the main event. I think I pull Dustin just because I would like to see him get the belt after years of fighting killers, but also don't want Oliveira to be seen as this paper/placeholder champ for all the improvements he's made.
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CUT BABY CODY DROPS WEIGHT TO GET KO'D BY A MANLET HAHAH! Kai Kara France is great.
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I've loved Kai Kara France for years so that was an absolutely beautiful display of carnage.
Can't believe Garbrandt has been coasting this long on his best win being over a guy that literally has jelly for knees.
Speaking of Jelly Knees, glad Cruz got the win. Goddamn shame about his career and what could have really been. He's basically this generation's Kid Yamamoto. A possible all-time career derailed by devastating knee injuries. At least Cruz has still managed to prolong his relevancy and doesn't have size working against him.
Can't believe Garbrandt has been coasting this long on his best win being over a guy that literally has jelly for knees.
Speaking of Jelly Knees, glad Cruz got the win. Goddamn shame about his career and what could have really been. He's basically this generation's Kid Yamamoto. A possible all-time career derailed by devastating knee injuries. At least Cruz has still managed to prolong his relevancy and doesn't have size working against him.
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You can see the work with Mark Henry in Garbrandt's style now, and that includes imploding when his back is against the cage. It's Barboza all over again. Goes from biting down and swinging to a loss to running away to a loss. Dude is going to get the Kevin Lee treatment of being cut unannounced. Maybe they give him one last attempt since they seem to really like him.
He really needs to get out of Alpha Male and find a better coach than Mark Henry. Alpha Male is known for having dogshit gameplanning and Mark Henry has degraded his footwork and just made him into another classic Mark Henry fighter, with all the flaws of being one.
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That was retarded