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TUF 19 - Penn, Edgar + Pendred & Fields! **Spoilers**

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  • #122
    Zero-Cool
    Registered Users Posts: 29,472 ✭✭✭✭Zero-Cool


    Just watched it, nice few fights, felt bad for the French guy going home when lesser fighters got through but I guess that's the way it goes. Had to laugh when conor said luck of the irish.

    Did I read something here that fields had an injury going into the fight?

    Also, of the thousands of people who applied for the show, surely one person would have been ready to be called up to fight ca-haawl ?

    Can't wait to see his fight next week!!


  • #123
    John_D80
    Registered Users Posts: 3,539 ✭✭✭John_D80


    Cathal Pendred's TUF blog. Explains how he ended up getting a bye into the house and also sheds light on Nordine Taleb's crossover to TUF Nations.


    themmacorner.com/2014/04/16/cathal-pendreds-ultimate-fighter-19-blog-week-one/


  • #124
    csallmighty
    Registered Users Posts: 650 ✭✭✭csallmighty


    Glad to see the knockout in the trailers wasn't Pendred. He has a slight advantage now being fresh but it could also be detrimental the first fight can settle nerves and help with sharpness.

    Looked like Fields was losing until the other guys injury but a win is a win.

    Already annoyed with the Cathal pronunciation :pac:


  • #125
    Mr. Loverman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,001 ✭✭✭Mr. Loverman


    Sorry if this has been mentioned already, but wasn't that French guy on TUF Nations - Canada vs. Australia?

    EDIT: Sorry I can see it was mentioned.


  • #126
    sdowling04
    Registered Users Posts: 161 ✭✭sdowling04


    Really looking forward to this now. Cathal looks in great shape and it looks to be quite a war from the preview. Kinda worried about the big uppercut shown at the end.


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  • #127
    dave1982
    Registered Users Posts: 4,604 ✭✭✭dave1982


    Should be good fight, he has a lot to prove getting into the house without fighting.

    (I not taking anything away from him before anyone jumps down my throat over it)

    I assumed it was cause he had title he got a pass


  • #128
    Mellor
    Registered Users Posts: 38,998 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    dave1982 wrote: »
    I assumed it was cause he had title he got a pass
    His opponent slipped getting out of the bath making weight and couldn't fight.
    They was 2 alternates ready, but both felled through - missed weight and injury respectively.
    Just a lucky series of events


  • #129
    Cyber Ghost
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 382 ✭✭Cyber Ghost


    Man that guy Chris Fields blew hard. Absolutely terrible performance. Never been a more accurate example of the luck of the Irish.


  • #130
    John_D80
    Registered Users Posts: 3,539 ✭✭✭John_D80


    Cyber Ghost wrote: »
    Man that guy Chris Fields blew hard. Absolutely terrible performance. Never been a more accurate example of the luck of the Irish.

    Did you see the full fight??

    Bit unfair to say he 'blew' based on the very short edit that was presented to us.


  • #131
    adamski8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,503 ✭✭✭adamski8


    John_D80 wrote: »
    Did you see the full fight??

    Bit unfair to say he 'blew' based on the very short edit that was presented to us.

    Was it a short edit? I thought it was a short fight in general! I thought he was getting beaten yes but he was also coming back into the fight and was throwing some good shots


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  • #132
    amkin25
    Closed Accounts Posts: 428 ✭✭amkin25


    With all due respect to chris field's and i'd hope i'm wrong and he goes on and does well ,i just can't see him getting past his next fight.
    He doesn't look up to this level of competition at all ,we have a way to go before we have a few top mma fighters in ireland .Hopefully there's some coming through but chris fields doesn't look up to it at all .


  • #133
    hefferboi
    Registered Users Posts: 3,379 ✭✭✭hefferboi


    Is the next ep on tonight or tomorrow?


  • #134
    amkin25
    Closed Accounts Posts: 428 ✭✭amkin25


    Tomorrow night i think.


  • #135
    Jimmy Bottlehead
    Registered Users Posts: 10,118 ✭✭✭✭Jimmy Bottlehead


    amkin25 wrote: »
    With all due respect to chris field's and i'd hope i'm wrong and he goes on and does well ,i just can't see him getting past his next fight.
    He doesn't look up to this level of competition at all ,we have a way to go before we have a few top mma fighters in ireland .Hopefully there's some coming through but chris fields doesn't look up to it at all .

    Fields had a popped rib going into that fight:

    https://twitter.com/IrishMMAFan1/status/456763163229556736


  • #136
    Zero-Cool
    Registered Users Posts: 29,472 ✭✭✭✭Zero-Cool


    Jimmy Bottlehead wrote: »
    Fields had a popped rib going into that fight.

    I knew I read that somewhere before, that would definitely explain it.


  • #137
    MagicIRL
    Registered Users Posts: 6,902 ✭✭✭MagicIRL


    Underestimate Chris Fields at your own peril. The chap has terrifying kicks. I don't know much about his ground-game, but if he can get a fight that stays on the feet, he could go really far.

    I think it was pointed out in Cathal's blog post
    that the knee that popped on Fields' opponent was the same knee/leg he had been working with kicks
    .


  • #138
    darced
    Registered Users Posts: 7,056 ✭✭✭darced


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  • #139
    rolexeagle1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,748 ✭✭✭rolexeagle1


    c'mon KAZ!!!


  • #140
    hefferboi
    Registered Users Posts: 3,379 ✭✭✭hefferboi


    Anyone watching this? Don't like that Urbina lad.


  • #141
    Roar
    Registered Users Posts: 7,426 ✭✭✭Roar


    Cathal's lack of head movement has gotta be a concern moving forward, he took some pretty big shots in that first round. Showed some great heart to stay in the fight after being rocked. Did exactly what he needed to do in the third round. Delighted to see him win!


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  • #142
    davidsatelle100
    Registered Users Posts: 503 ✭✭✭davidsatelle100


    Thought the knees were going to finish the fight in the wrong way. Good to see him going through but seemed to lack any ideas in the third other than hold him down


  • #143
    Oregano_State
    Registered Users Posts: 2,290 ✭✭✭Oregano_State


    Just watched ep2 there.
    Cathal did very well to come back after that uppercut in R1, it looked like he was pretty much out for a second or two. I thought his striking looked pretty slow and clumsy if I'm being honest, although after the first round he did a very a good job of out-wrestling an american-trained wrestler. Although he was clearly dominant after R1, I thought he could have made more of an effort to work a submission or land telling strikes instead of seemingly being happy to take Urbina down and control him.

    If Cathal has aspirations of being successful in the UFC proper, then he should be making lighter work of fighters like Urbina.

    Am I being too harsh?


  • #144
    Noe Thoughtless Boy
    Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭ Noe Thoughtless Boy


    Am I the only one who thinks he should be a lot faster coming up from Welterweight, half the fight looked slow motion.
    Mazzagatti got it right though it was a hard fought decision and he showed an unreal amount of heart in that fight.


  • #145
    Mr. Loverman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,001 ✭✭✭Mr. Loverman


    I also thought he seemed very slow and lacked ideas. I almost felt like I was watching Mark Coleman...


  • #146
    Mellor
    Registered Users Posts: 38,998 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    hefferboi wrote: »
    Anyone watching this? Don't like that Urbina lad.

    Racist


  • #147
    raze_them_all_
    Registered Users Posts: 6,744 ✭✭✭raze_them_all_


    Mr. Loverman wrote: »
    I also thought he seemed very slow and lacked ideas. I almost felt like I was watching Mark Coleman...

    Lacking ideas?? He was obviously a round down after 1. He needed to win the next two rounds aftdr which he did. What ideas should he of come up with. His game plan worked.


  • #148
    darced
    Registered Users Posts: 7,056 ✭✭✭darced


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  • #149
    scudzilla
    Registered Users Posts: 11,908 ✭✭✭✭scudzilla


    Pretty easy win but there's so much more to come from Cathal, i thought he looked very rusty in there.

    As for Hector, i think he spent most of the third trying to entice Cathal into an illegal knee, after Mazagatti had warned him during the break


  • #150
    Gumbi
    Registered Users Posts: 4,698 ✭✭✭Gumbi


    scudzilla wrote: »
    Pretty easy win but there's so much more to come from Cathal, i thought he looked very rusty in there.

    As for Hector, i think he spent most of the third trying to entice Cathal into an illegal knee, after Mazagatti had warned him during the break

    I hate it when people play the system like that. I remember in the GSP Hendricks fight when Hendricks was doing that Herb was trying to discourage him from doing it which I thought was really cool.


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  • #151
    amkin25
    Closed Accounts Posts: 428 ✭✭amkin25


    Glad he got past him but i can't see his style ever being successful in the ufc that just cut jake shields also cut okami, fitch these type of fighters dont last in the ufc.
    He needs more offense when in control he tends to just lie on top of guys a lot i noticed that in some of his other fights, hes always gonna be a wrestler more than a stand up fighter but hes gotta be an exciting wrestler to last, that means lots of elbows and punches when u got someone down .
    Hopefully he improves in the house and becomes a bit more offensive with some help from bj.


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