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UFC248: Adesanya v Romero

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  • #52
    str8talkingguy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 201 ✭✭str8talkingguy


    Still Ill wrote: »
    A fight almost broke out there after the bell!

    Yeah it was pretty poor all said wasn't it,Izzy was very hesitant the whole fight.


  • #53
    BelovedAunt
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    **** staying up for that ****e.


  • #54
    Axwell
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,462 Mod ✭✭✭✭Axwell


    Its like I said in the last fight, you have to do more to dethrone the champ. Yoel doing pushups after the fight saying he’s not tired, if thats the case he should have put that energy into going for it the entire last round.


  • #55
    ctrl-alt-delete
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    Still Ill wrote: »
    A fight almost broke out there after the bell!

    Have seen better fights at weigh in's.

    'I'm fresh I can go another 5 rounds' :pac:


  • #56
    Yurt2
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    Izzy is corny. Hopefully Costa will put it up to him.


  • #57
    ASOT
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    Axwell wrote: »
    Its like I said in the last fight, you have to do more to dethrone the champ. Yoel doing pushups after the fight saying he’s not tired, if thats the case he should have put that energy into going for it the entire last round.

    100% , it was a weird fight from both of them.

    Izzys a bit of an arsehole however by the way he Carry's on.

    Costa/Izzy will be interesting.


  • #58
    str8talkingguy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 201 ✭✭str8talkingguy


    Yeah i can't blame Izzys hes the champion and Yoel just stood too waiting to Counter,he done the right thing to get the win.


  • #59
    Still Ill
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    What's Yoel on about now? He's more culpable for this than Izzy! Izzy's of course not blameless.


  • #60
    PyreOfHellfire
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    Fight of the year followed by disappointment of the year. Must be an omen, Ferguson is gonna get injured next week..

    Edit: stole this from twitter.
    Romero-Adesanya would've only needed 143 more rounds to match Joanna-Zhang's output.


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  • #61
    davywalsh7
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    Thank f*** the women’s fight was class


  • #62
    ASOT
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    Have to say yoels not half wrong in his little rant.


  • #63
    Maxine Hundreds Streptomycin
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    The women saved UFC's arse tonight.


  • #64
    Still Ill
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    ASOT wrote: »
    Have to say yoels not half wrong in his little rant.

    He shouldn't have just stood there for most of the fight so.


  • #65
    str8talkingguy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 201 ✭✭str8talkingguy


    ASOT wrote: »
    Have to say yoels not half wrong in his little rant.

    I think he is,he stood waiting to counter,its easy to stand and wait to counter.Its harder to be offensive against a counter striker.


  • #66
    John_D80
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    I actually enjoyed the main. Very smart fight from Adesanya.


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  • #67
    str8talkingguy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 201 ✭✭str8talkingguy


    John_D80 wrote: »
    I actually enjoyed the main. Very smart fight from Adesanya.

    I agree,i think hes gonna hold that belt for a while he will get impressive knockouts but he done what he had to here in an awkward fight,hes super skilled imo.


  • #68
    Axwell
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    ASOT wrote: »
    Have to say yoels not half wrong in his little rant.

    You cant win the belt standing in the middle of the cage bouncing from one leg to the other though. He can say all that after and yes people want absolute wars but he never went for it either. Saving all that energy for 4 rounds if he wanted that war he should have put it all on the line in the last round..the gladiators would have got boo’ed if they just stood there too..


  • #69
    eagle eye
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    The main fight was a borefest but the women's fight is one of the greatest of all time and I'm including all fights in that comment not just women's flights.


  • #70
    PerrinV2
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    Yoels got a future in politics with all his power to the people talk.


  • #71
    ASOT
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    Ah I get that but you can see in round 4 and round 5 Izzy litrally running away.

    I think I just built the fight up in my head that it was going to be amazing and feel deflated.


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  • #72
    chips1234
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    ASOT wrote: »
    Ah I get that but you can see in round 4 and round 5 Izzy litrally running away.

    I think I just built the fight up in my head that it was going to be amazing and feel deflated.

    was a weird fight, look on the bright side we might get joanna v weili again for international fight week hopefully.


  • #73
    str8talkingguy
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    ASOT wrote: »
    Ah I get that but you can see in round 4 and round 5 Izzy litrally running away.

    I think I just built the fight up in my head that it was going to be amazing and feel deflated.

    I usually ain't a fan of Mayweather style mma but i kinda enjoyed Izzys performance,if they just kept fighting eventually hes gonna put Yoel down with leg kicks and strikes.


  • #74
    John_D80
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    str8talkingguy wrote: »
    I agree,i think hes gonna hold that belt for a while he will get impressive knockouts but he done what he had to here in an awkward fight,hes super skilled imo.

    Yeah, awkward being the operative word here. Would have been so easy for him to get frustrated and get sucked into a slugfest. He was patient and smart.

    The people booing are morons imo.


  • #75
    Maxine Hundreds Streptomycin
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    If I hadn't watched the fight I'd have assumed Romero had been put to sleep. Incoherent babble in that post fight interview.


  • #76
    Axwell
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    ASOT wrote: »
    Ah I get that but you can see in round 4 and round 5 Izzy litrally running away.

    I think I just built the fight up in my head that it was going to be amazing and feel deflated.

    Izzy ran away when he got closed down, maybe twice, three times..no one wants to get hit with those bombs from Yoel so its hard to blame him but its not like he was running away the whole fight..Yoel did as much running, it was just he was running on the one spot where he stood for pretty much 5 rounds lol


  • #77
    ASOT
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    Axwell wrote: »
    Izzy ran away when he got closed down, maybe twice, three times..no one wants to get hit with those bombs from Yoel so its hard to blame him but its not like he was running away the whole fight..Yoel did as much running, it was just he was running on the one spot where he stood for pretty much 5 rounds lol

    He's a strange creature Yoel.

    Atleast we got that woman's fight.

    Anyway catch yous later lads, not a bad card overall to be fair.


  • #78
    Axwell
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    John_D80 wrote: »
    Yeah, awkward being the operative word here. Would have been so easy for him to get frustrated and get sucked into a slugfest. He was patient and smart.

    The people booing are morons imo.

    The people had just seen one of the greatest 5 round wars 30 minutes beforehand..adrenaline pumping..the potential of another war to then watch Yoel stand in the middle of the ring barely doing anything, wouldnt really consider people morons for feeing a bit let down


  • #79
    John_D80
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    If I hadn't watched the fight I'd have assumed Romero had been put to sleep. Incoherent babble in that post fight interview.

    In fairness he doesn’t speak English very well but he tries. Maybe should utilise the translators a bit more.


  • #80
    al87987
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    Disappointing main fight alright, Yoels occasional big left versus Adesanya leg kicks for 25 minutes with a lot of inactivity in between was always gonna be a tough watch after the womens fight.

    Yoels dropped 4 of his last 5 and Joanna 4 of her last 6 for that matter so no real surprises.

    Hope Paulo Costa beats Adesanya next time out


  • #81
    SlowBlowin
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    Joanna Jedrzejczyk's face in the end made her look like a Klingon from Star Trek


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  • #82
    John_D80
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    Axwell wrote: »
    The people had just seen one of the greatest 5 round wars 30 minutes beforehand..adrenaline pumping..the potential of another war to then watch Yoel stand in the middle of the ring barely doing anything, wouldnt really consider people morons for feeing a bit let down

    Feeling let down is fine. And understandable. But booing Adesanya in that fight was just stupid and moronic. And it was obvious after that most of it was directed at him.

    He fought intelligently and kept himself safe while winning the fight. They wanted him to risk his title by getting into a slugfest. Complete idiots if they thought he was ever going to do that.

    Thankfully he had the maturity and self belief to stick to what was working.


  • #83
    davywalsh7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,440 ✭✭✭davywalsh7


    Loved the co main
    And as much as the main was a bit of a bore fest I didn’t get the booing?


  • #84
    str8talkingguy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 201 ✭✭str8talkingguy


    al87987 wrote: »
    Disappointing main fight alright, Yoels occasional big left versus Adesanya leg kicks for 25 minutes with a lot of inactivity in between was always gonna be a tough watch after the womens fight.

    Yoels dropped 4 of his last 5 and Joanna 4 of her last 6 for that matter so no real surprises.

    Hope Paulo Costa beats Adesanya next time out

    I really rate Izzy personally, i think people will see what hes all about against Costa and i know its early days but i think hes the real deal and is gonna dominate for a long time.

    I see him stopping Costa pretty easily,if you come after him he will counter you and finish you.Costa is not in his league imo hes just a buffed up average fighter not in the same league.


  • #85
    Axwell
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    John_D80 wrote: »
    Feeling let down is fine. And understandable. But booing Adesanya in that fight was just stupid and moronic. And it was obvious after that most of it was directed at him.

    He fought intelligently and kept himself safe while winning the fight. They wanted him to risk his title by getting into a slugfest. Complete idiots if they thought he was ever going to do that.

    Thankfully he had the maturity and self belief to stick to what was working.

    I dont think most of it was directed at him at all, the booing started early in the first round. They showed you a few Yoel fans with a flag at the end and people cheering when he was on about the gladiators but the booing was happening from the start of the fight when neither of them were throwing a punch, sure the ref even told them to get to it and start fighting.

    Izzy fought his fight and nothing wrong at all with that but after watching the previous fight people are going to be pumped and expect another war, it doesnt surprise me at all people were booing considering how the first round went coming off the back of the last fight.


  • #86
    Maxine Hundreds Streptomycin
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    John_D80 wrote: »
    In fairness he doesn’t speak English very well but he tries. Maybe should utilise the translators a bit more.

    I didn't mean the broken English. I meant his general point about people wanting a fight, while he stood in the centre of the octagon bouncing on one spot for 20 minutes. He stood in a cocoon for the first 5.

    At least Adesanya had a title to defend. Romero had nothing to lose and still did the square root of nothing. Probably the last chance he'll get at a title.


  • #87
    John_D80
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    Axwell wrote: »
    I dont think most of it was directed at him at all, the booing started early in the first round. They showed you a few Yoel fans with a flag at the end and people cheering when he was on about the gladiators but the booing was happening from the start of the fight when neither of them were throwing a punch, sure the ref even told them to get to it and start fighting.

    Izzy fought his fight and nothing wrong at all with that but after watching the previous fight people are going to be pumped and expect another war, it doesnt surprise me at all people were booing considering how the first round went coming off the back of the last fight.

    Judging by the post fight interviews in the ring, and when the fighters were on the big screens waiting for the results, it sounded very much to me like Adesanya was getting the lions share of the boos.

    If that crowd judge the quality of a fight by the one that’s gone before they were always gonna be disappointed. Booing that main event indicates two things to me. Too much drink a not enough understanding of the sport.


  • #88
    John_D80
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    I didn't mean the broken English. I meant his general point about people wanting a fight, while he stood in the centre of the octagon bouncing on one spot for 20 minutes. He stood in a cocoon for the first 5.

    At least Adesanya had a title to defend. Romero had nothing to lose and still did the square root of nothing. Probably the last chance he'll get at a title.

    Sorry, took you up wrong. when you said incoherent babble I though you meant you couldn’t understand him.


  • #89
    Axwell
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    Its a very different scenario though saying that sitting at home watching it on your tv seeing everything up close to being up in the stands in a packed arena.

    People booing when theres two submission guys on the ground and people want them to stand up and bang, thats stupid..people booing two guys barely moving for 5 minutes after one of the greatest and most intense fights in mma and the atmosphere and adrenaline from it for 30 minutes to noting..I can see why they might feel the fight was a bit poor and start to boo.

    Izzy did what he needed to do, it wasnt pretty or very entertaining but people booing at the end because he won are expecting a lot considering Yoel made no real effort to take it in the last round, thats on Yoel.


  • #90
    John_D80
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    Axwell wrote: »
    Its a very different scenario though saying that sitting at home watching it on your tv seeing everything up close to being up in the stands in a packed arena.

    People booing when theres two submission guys on the ground and people want them to stand up and bang, thats stupid..people booing two guys barely moving for 5 minutes after one of the greatest and most intense fights in mma and the atmosphere and adrenaline from it for 30 minutes to noting..I can see why they might feel the fight was a bit poor and start to boo.

    Izzy did what he needed to do, it wasnt pretty or very entertaining but people booing at the end because he won are expecting a lot considering Yoel made no real effort to take it in the last round, thats on Yoel.

    I’m sorry I just can’t agree with booing fighters under any circumstance where they are fighting within the rules. They’re compromising their own safety and professional career every time they step in a ring. And booing, besides being extremely disrespectful often shows complete ignorance of the sport as was the case last night.

    And it’s entirely unfair to judge a fight comparatively towards one that has happened before. Especially one as exciting as we saw in the co main. Even if you are in the crowd.

    In my experience booboys at MMA events tend to be the same ones that wouldn’t know an armbar from an uppercut and have too much drink on board.


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  • #91
    Gamb!t
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    Costa looked like he was wearing lipstick :D


  • #92
    Maxine Hundreds Streptomycin
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    What happened with Brian Ortega and Korean Zombie?


  • #93
    eagle eye
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    John_D80 wrote:
    I’m sorry I just can’t agree with booing fighters under any circumstance where they are fighting within the rules. They’re compromising their own safety and professional career every time they step in a ring. And booing, besides being extremely disrespectful often shows complete ignorance of the sport as was the case last night.
    People pay big money to go to these events and it's about being entertained for most of them.
    It was an awful fight with both being afraid to get involved.
    As for the result, it was incredibly close and the Champion always gets the decision in those type of fights.


  • #94
    eagle eye
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    Still thinking about Zhang and Joanna last night. I think it's up there in the top two or three fights of all time, men or women.


  • #95
    hahashake
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    Yoel is an Olympic medal level wrestler and arguably a harder hitter and can take more damage than Izzy (and at 42 is also certainly much nearer the end of his career) and yet he chose to sit back like that and play it safe. Incomprehensible really, then to have the gall to call out Izzy when he was obviously reacting to the way Romero chose to fight. Israel was smart, after the first counter punch from Yoel he fell back on point scoring, knowing that he has a lot more to lose by playing dumb and rushing in. Completely understand the crowds reaction, especially after the co-main, but he wasn't going to gamble his health and career on a drunk Las Vegas crowd.


  • #96
    Whelo79
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    Have you guys seen pictures of Joanna today? Her whole face is black and blue.Her top lip, mouth and chin area is the only part of her face with normal colouring.


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  • #97
    SlowBlowin
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    Whelo79 wrote: »
    Have you guys seen pictures of Joanna today? Her whole face is black and blue.Her top lip, mouth and chin area is the only part of her face with normal colouring.

    Yes I saw them... I am amazed more is not being said, personally I would not be surprised if she did not suffer some lasting injury. If you walked into A & E like that they would keep you in for a week !


  • #98
    Alf Veedersane
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    Whelo79 wrote: »
    Have you guys seen pictures of Joanna today? Her whole face is black and blue.Her top lip, mouth and chin area is the only part of her face with normal colouring.

    She looked like the elephant man last weekend so in some ways how she looked the last day or so is a lot better.


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