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*UFC 105* Will contain **Spoilers** Live fight chat

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,548 ✭✭✭siochain


    Impressed with Bisbing for coming back from the knock down, Hardy done well and I can see him getting a lot better with more experience but he’s way off the mark to face JSP next.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,480 ✭✭✭Devastator


    Really enjoyed last night's event, watched it instead of the football and darts.

    Pearson's a tough character, he could do veery well for himself if he keeps up the relentless pressure in fights. Brown looked good against a good opponent in Wilks, but wilks looked exhausted.

    I really don't understand why people are saying how impressed they were with Bisping....did nobody see how easily he got arm barred by a 5/6 year old last night? :P

    How hard is Swick's head? How did he not collaspe last night? Good preformance from Hardy but would have liked to see him push on and try to finish it, he had plenty of opportunities with Swick's legs looking like an Elvis tribute act :D

    Main event - Vera was robbed! Disappointing end to the night. Couture just tried to push him up against the fence, couldn't take him down and didnt look to do too much damage throughout. Whereas Vera caught Randy with some good shots throughout the fight, got takedown and mount at very end.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 82 ✭✭mmafan81


    callaway92 wrote: »
    In all fairness, his favourite fighter is Randy Couture, and has stated this many times..He just wanted to voice his opinion on the decision

    He has a twitter account for that,hes being paid to conduct interviews post fight and to ask the fighters what they thought.

    I never said randy wasnt his favourite fighter,i said i thought he disrespected him in the interview and what about the machida interview,that was a total disgrace imo.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    mmafan81 wrote: »
    He has a twitter account for that,hes being paid to conduct interviews post fight and to ask the fighters what they thought.

    I never said randy wasnt his favourite fighter,i said i thought he disrespected him in the interview and what about the machida interview,that was a total disgrace imo.

    I thought he was asking what I'd imagine most were thinking at the time. I saw no disrespect at all.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,054 ✭✭✭✭Professey Chin


    mmafan81 wrote: »
    He has a twitter account for that,hes being paid to conduct interviews post fight and to ask the fighters what they thought.

    I never said randy wasnt his favourite fighter,i said i thought he disrespected him in the interview and what about the machida interview,that was a total disgrace imo.
    He's being paid to be their colour commentator,pundit and interviewer.He's perfectly entitled to voice his opinion.The only difference is he gets to actually ask the fighters about it instead of being someone sitting far away in a studio saying it.If the UFC had a seperate analysis to discuss these things then Id agree with you but they dont and they dont need one.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,803 ✭✭✭dunkamania


    Most impressed with Pearson, big improvement in his standup

    Would have given the fight to Vera, but wouldnt go so far as to say he was robbed.

    More disappointed with Kang, than impressed with Bisping.

    Andre Winner got a tailor made opponent for his debut

    Not sold on Hardy, I cant help but think hes the loser, because now he has to fight GSP


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,193 ✭✭✭Turd Ferguson


    I felt Couture won the fight

    So not hitting Vera with any solid shots, taking alot of damage from kicks and getting knocked down by one, getting taken down by Vera (only takedown of the fight) and getting mounted constitutes a win these days? Awesome, I think I'd kick ass if I fought. The only thing Randy did was hold him against the cage.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 564 ✭✭✭Jason Mc


    Two very poor decisions in a row is not helping the UFC

    Starting to look like a crooked org with champs that get steam roaded to the front of queue and piss poor decisions like this

    Randy looked spent IMO, not the same caliber he was when he dispatched Chuck and Tito.

    Not a big fan of the guy after all his mouthing but Bisping seriously impressed me off his back. Thought when it hit the ground Kang was gonna go through him.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,333 ✭✭✭Tones69


    Great night for the brits!! As usual terry etim impressed and so did Dan hardy i must say!! I was more disappointed with Denis Kang than impressed with Bisping but cant take anything from him either. Vera/Randy could have went either way but i knew theyd give it to randy, he controlled Vera a lot against the fence


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  • Registered Users Posts: 36 mmaniac


    I was most impressed with John Hathaway how he dominated Paul Taylor on the ground really good. The atmosphere was great especially during the Bisping fight. Dissapointed with Denis Kang. Hardy doesnt deserve a title shot but i cant wait to see GSP take him apart.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,099 ✭✭✭RealJohn


    Devastator wrote: »
    How hard is Swick's head? How did he not collaspe last night? Good preformance from Hardy but would have liked to see him push on and try to finish it, he had plenty of opportunities with Swick's legs looking like an Elvis tribute act :D
    I was thinking this about Hardy to be honest. We know Swick has power but for pretty much the entire last round (and quite a bit of the second) Hardy seemed to have the attitude "I don't care if you hit me, you can't hurt me".

    I'm not sure I'd go so far as to say Vera was robbed but I definitely think it was a worse decision than Machida against Shogun. Vera came close to finishing the fight in the second (I still don't understand why fighters don't stand back when they rock their opponent's hard and let them back up, rather than get tangled up in their opponent's guard and often resulting in their opponents hanging on and recovering, especially in circumstances like Vera hurting Randy badly with the body shot. A head shot you might shake off but a body shot like that lasts) and he got the takedown in the last round which I thought would have been enough to give him that round.

    To be fair, Randy was on top in the clinch for most of the fight but while he was in a better position and doing damage for more of the fight, I don't think he was dominating enough to justify being given the last round given that Vera won the non-clinch striking and got a takedown. I can see why the judges would give it to him but I don't agree with it.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,441 ✭✭✭Killme00


    Ross Pearson was the star of the show for me. Clinical performance to say the least.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,099 ✭✭✭RealJohn


    He was very impressive, no question about it.


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