UFC 251 - Usman vs Masvidal Sat July 11th

Serious lack of charisma with nearly all champions atm not many are likeable at all.

Good card over all. Two of the three title fights were really good.

iLikeWaffles wrote: »

Go to bed!

Lad, I’m parked up in the pub. And just enjoyed a great card. Happy days.
Make a point in future.

MrStuffins wrote: »

EagerBeaver v Whelo79 a much better barney than Usman v Masvidal!

He's lost that fight on several previous occasions.

Queasy Tadpole wrote: »

I hate this attitude. The sport is who is the best fighter, that's it. It's a sport, not WWF.


Usman is a beast and Masvidal couldn't stop him.

I never said he shouldn't be champion or he isn't the best WW in the world. He absolutely is.

But it's also true that he's as exciting to watch as the 1997 finals of the World Paint Drying Championships.

It's not illegal to enjoy exciting fights you know?

Queasy Tadpole wrote: »

I hate this attitude. The sport is who is the best fighter, that's it. It's a sport, not WWF.


Usman is a beast and Masvidal couldn't stop him.

That seriously wasn't a beast performance. It was tame and safe. I would guess that 60%+ of his strikes were foot stomps and shoulder bumps. He failed on the majority of his takedowns and done little to nothing when he did complete a takedown.

I think Usman is a speciman bit that was not a performance to boast about.

Usman reminds me of GSP completely shuts downs oppenants makes it his fight. Extremely boring but effective. Don't see anyone take belt off him maybe a high level bjj of his back other than that he's keeping it

Goddamn EA cover course!!

Beaming for Rose but that was some battle, she's tough as nails.

Ribas and Namajunas both looked really good.
Title fight for Rose v Zhang should be next and will be great.
Amanda should get a top 5 opponent next.

Aldo looked much better than I expected the first couple of rounds but Yan just had too much. Him vs Aljo next should also be epic.

Max definitely won the first two rounds. Alex won the last two. The middle round is the debate but I scored it for Max and thought he won. He looked much better during the fight and Alex got out of jail big time. He has to go to 155 now surely.

The main event was a damp squib. Jorge looked good in round one but he emptied the gas tank there. Had nothing to offer after that. Taking the fight on six days doesn’t look like such a good idea in hindsight. So disappointed with it.
Usman was poor after a great last fight vs Colby. He did zero damage and the wet blanket style on the cage and ground is not too easy on the eye. He played it safe and kept his belt though so it’s up to someone to come up with a strategy to beat him.

That last minute plus of unnecessary damage that Aldo had to take on the canvas was hard to watch. Ref was out to lunch.

I had Max by 3 rounds to 2. Think he was a but unlucky there.

I thought the main event would be dull and it was. Especially with Masvidal having no gas tank due to having no training camp. He was tired by the end of the first so did well to reach the end even though Usman never really tried to finish the fight. Usman is very good but painfully boring. He just clinches up against the fence and throws body shots or foot stomps. Throws in the odd takedown and then just stays on top on the ground and throws rabbit punches from the top. Very effective but very dull. He's such a good wrestler though that he'll be very hard to beat.

And even if round 3 was a 10-10, which it probably should’ve been, the result is essentially the same as Volk retains with a draw. Robbery talk is utter nonsense alright.

Just remembered there: Did anyone catch Jon Anik in the post-fight interview telling Volkanovski to "Go and enjoy those little girls"? He could probably have phrased that a little better!

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

That last minute plus of unnecessary damage that Aldo had to take on the canvas was hard to watch. Ref was out to lunch.

I had Max by 3 rounds to 2. Think he was a but unlucky there.

I thought the main event would be dull and it was. Especially with Masvidal having no gas tank due to having no training camp. He was tired by the end of the first so did well to reach the end even though Usman never really tried to finish the fight. Usman is very good but painfully boring. He just clinches up against the fence and throws body shots or foot stomps. Throws in the odd takedown and then just stays on top on the ground and throws rabbit punches from the top. Very effective but very dull. He's such a good wrestler though that he'll be very hard to beat.

Totally agree with all this.

Ref did a bad job at the end of the Aldo fight, Chael sonnen made a good point about it saying when a fighter curls up like that and can't see where the blows are coming from and is not looking to get back to his feet, it's basically a sign to the referee to come and end the fight as a fighters ego will prevent them from tapping out.

https://youtu.be/euojZFS4J7I

I think looking back, Aldo should of went up to 155 rather than dropping down. It's too late now and with such a competitive 135 division, I'm not sure where he goes from here.

I was suprised Jorge was so disappointed with his performance in the post fight interview, I think he did incredibly well given the fact he'd 6 days notice and travelled to another continent while shedding 22 lbs to make weight. He had a major mountain to climb, but done better than many before him with full training camps.

The Max and Alex fight was very even and could of went either way, I do feel when a championship fight is that close, the champion gets the decision the vast majority of time. I don't think Alex gets the credit he deserves and secondly I'm not sure what Max does from here, stay in the division or consider 155 again and give that another go.

Masvidal is as tough as nails, you hit him and he barely registers it but as expected Usman was too big and powerful for him. Really easy for Usman that fight was. Have to wonder who will take that belt off him, he's a monster.

I get sex sells but surely that's it for Van Zandt, she has no business in the UFC. She do well in the WWE with no risk of damaging her pretty face.

MrStuffins wrote: »

I never understand why people say this.

It's not as if the fight is being judged as one big fight. It's just round by round. The judges submit their score at the end of every round.

I honestly doubt any of them think "Well, that was a close round.......you gotta win convincingly as the challenger. Therefore the Champion wins that one"

It's definitely applicable to boxing but not MMA.

Volkanovski must be raging 2 wins and both being questioned