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UFC Fight Night Events Thread - Spoilers Within

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    #812
    EagererBeaver
    Registered Users Posts: 6,415 ✭✭✭EagererBeaver


    Open scoring, where each card is announced between rounds is being debated quite prominently at the minute.


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    #813
    Still Ill
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    joeguevara wrote: »
    Was wondering about this and the fact that when a fighter wins and celebrating in the octagon, without fail their corner man will pull out a phone to stream it and take selfies of his fighter. Wouldn't be surprised if he was looking at the stats during the fight too.

    But even if they don't. Be easy to have a guy in the seats, giving signs of the score.

    Nobody knows the judges' scores until the end though.. They mostly just celebrate any type of close fight.


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    #814
    Still Ill
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    EagererBeaver wrote: »
    Open scoring, where each card is announced between rounds is being debated quite prominently at the minute.

    That could make for some cracking third rounds.


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    #815
    EagererBeaver
    Registered Users Posts: 6,415 ✭✭✭EagererBeaver


    Still Ill wrote: »
    That could make for some cracking third rounds.

    Or some ****e ones.


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    #816
    mailburner
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    silva possibly two up

    uriah showing him too much resepct, fight could be lost before
    he decides to push the action


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    #817
    joeguevara
    Registered Users Posts: 8,047 ✭✭✭joeguevara


    Slipped out of that. Should have been k o


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    #818
    martyos121
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    That fight wasn’t nearly as bad as I expected, decent finish from Hall too.


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    #819
    Brussels Sprout
    Registered Users Posts: 6,635 ✭✭✭Brussels Sprout


    Awww - lovely stuff at the end there


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    #820
    Podge2k7
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    Sad to see Anderson go out like that. Realistically he should have retired a few fights ago.


    Really didn't enjoy Bispings commentary tonight.


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    #821
    EagererBeaver
    Registered Users Posts: 6,415 ✭✭✭EagererBeaver


    martyos121 wrote: »
    That fight wasn’t nearly as bad as I expected, decent finish from Hall too.

    Yeah, pleasantly surprised. Silva looked genuinely good early on but got very sloppy. Really hope he takes the gloves off here, even if it would never last.


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    #822
    mailburner
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    winning that fight till getting clipped in the third then he just left
    himself completely open
    It's rare to see him leave himself open like that in the finish but still
    a good performance

    It's a pity we dont have a prime silva in the division right now


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    #823
    Brussels Sprout
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    EagererBeaver wrote: »
    Yeah, pleasantly surprised. Silva looked genuinely good early on but got very sloppy. Really hope he takes the gloves off here, even if it would never last.

    Have a horrible feeling we'll see him fighting 5 midgets taped together in a Japanese promotion at some point in the future


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    #824
    joeguevara
    Registered Users Posts: 8,047 ✭✭✭joeguevara


    Brussels Sprout wrote: »
    Have a horrible feeling we'll see him fighting 5 midgets taped together in a Japanese promotion at some point in the future

    Whatever happens I doubt he would ever degrade himself by claiming that the only reason he was beaten was because his opponent hid horse shoes in his gloves

    https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/782305/deontay-wilder-tyson-fury-cheating-video/

    Grew up as the biggest boxing fan and have been lucky enough to attend some of the best fights in my lifetime. 2 Collins eubank fights., calzghe at his best, few tyson at his worst and the best sporting day ever when I watched Ireland win the grand slam against Wales in slatterys Capel Street and then to the point to see Bernard dunne become World champion.

    But ufc is whipping boxing for talent and entertainment. The wilder accusation of fury cheating is what it comes too.

    The respect at the end of last fight is amazing.


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    #825
    eagle eye
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    Podge2k7 wrote:
    Really didn't enjoy Bispings commentary tonight.

    My favourite commentary team is him and DC.


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    #826
    The Nal
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    I hope that's the last we see of Silva fighting. One of the GOATs. Maybe the best to do it on his day but couldn't do it post USADA and it's kind of been like an exhibition lap for nearly 10 years now.


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    #827
    Mellor
    Registered Users Posts: 39,112 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    joeguevara wrote: »
    Was wondering about this and the fact that when a fighter wins and celebrating in the octagon, without fail their corner man will pull out a phone to stream it and take selfies of his fighter. Wouldn't be surprised if he was looking at the stats during the fight too.

    But even if they don't. Be easy to have a guy in the seats, giving signs of the score.
    The guy in the seats has no way of knowing the scores.


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    #828
    EagererBeaver
    Registered Users Posts: 6,415 ✭✭✭EagererBeaver


    eagle eye wrote: »
    My favourite commentary team is him and DC.

    DC is appalling. Genuinely appalling.


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    #829
    joeguevara
    Registered Users Posts: 8,047 ✭✭✭joeguevara


    Mellor wrote: »
    The guy in the seats has no way of knowing the scores.

    I don't think anyone really knows the score. Constantly chatting with noel o keefe about how analysts have such varied scores and I am the first to admit that I have no clue how clinhex etc impact it. I was more thinking about live feeds from Vegas odds which are probably the most accurate idea of the score. Not that it could impact the corner.


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    #830
    Mellor
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    joeguevara wrote: »
    I was more thinking about live feeds from Vegas odds which are probably the most accurate idea of the score. Not that it could impact the corner.

    Vegas oddsmakers have no more info than the cornermen at ringside. If a guy is clearly winning, the corner know. If it’s a close fight, their opinion is as accurate as anyones. Vegas, ESPN

    Sometimes judges decisions have no bearing on anything at all in the fight.


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    #831
    Mellor
    Registered Users Posts: 39,112 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    Ref didn’t notice the glove grab.

    https://m.imgur.com/rAYrJ1X


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    #832
    EagererBeaver
    Registered Users Posts: 6,415 ✭✭✭EagererBeaver


    Mellor wrote: »
    Ref didn’t notice the glove grab.

    https://m.imgur.com/rAYrJ1X

    That'll never be changed to an NC but it absolutely should be.


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    #833
    MileHighGuy
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    Never seen anything like that before. Forearm choke, apparently. Not sure Herb Dean was aware of it either judging by how long it took him to realise.


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    #834
    eagle eye
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    Glover is unreal, looked done after a minute and wins the round.


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    #835
    eagle eye
    Registered Users Posts: 37,703 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    Unbelievable from Glover, looked done early in the first but came back and won the round and the second.
    Then gets badly caught in the third and takes serious punishment but turns it around and gets the sub.
    No.1 contender now at 41 years of age. Incredible.


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    #836
    US2
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    One of the strangest fights ive ever seen. Glover dominated nearly every second of the first 3 rounds, then out out of nowhere Santos dropped him, got a bit of ground and pound, gave up position and got summited all within about 20 seconds.

    Hard to think he argubley beat Jones. Same with Reyes.


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    #837
    The Nal
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    Looking forward to seeing more of Romanov


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    #838
    Whelo79
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    It's an early start tonight. The main card kicks off at midnight.


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    #839
    US2
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    Whelo79 wrote: »
    It's an early start tonight. The main card kicks off at midnight.

    Lovley. Strange that it's early in Vegas


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    #840
    mailburner
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    cracker of a main card, anders fight is off but the last three on
    the card look like wars especially al hassan v williams and allen v strickland

    can't imagine strickland will have the comfort of trash talking to Allen during this fight either, he'll have his hands full

    would love to see Felder come back with a win


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    #841
    Whelo79
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    Rhys McKee is up second on the prelims. I hope he has a better outting than in his debut.


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