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UFC 259

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  • #152
    [Deleted User]
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    US2 wrote: »
    He quit! Commentary is sickening

    Don't be daft.
    Deleted User wrote: »
    If it was the knee rather than fatigue that had him down this long then the doctor is being negligent leaving him without treatment. He was completely out through fatigue, knee had basically nothing to do with it.

    Same to you.


  • #153
    MrStuffins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,256 ✭✭✭✭MrStuffins


    US2 wrote: »
    He quit! Commentary is sickening

    I think you're being as biased as your accusing the commentators of being.

    That was no glancing blow. He cracked him badly.


  • #154
    MrStuffins
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    Forgetting Aljo for a second.

    How stupid is Yan? What the hell is he thinking? It's not as if he doesn't know the rules


  • #155
    hawaii501
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,095 ✭✭✭hawaii501


    Anderson
    At least we will get a rematch anyway. Was enjoying that fight, hopefully aljo can try and prove he's the best then as he knows he wasn't winning that one


  • #156
    rob316
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    What was he doing, totally intentional.


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  • #157
    [Deleted User]
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    One of the judges had Sterling ahead. Jesus the scorecards have been some mess tonight.


  • #158
    FileNotFound
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    Worst thing is a judge had Aljo winning

    Who picks these judges

    Can't see Aljo winning a rematch, totally outclassed there. Yan paced the whole fight


  • #159
    mdwexford
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,280 ✭✭✭✭mdwexford


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Much like Khabib, Makhachev and Yan show that while plenty want to be all-rounders if you can be solid defensively in most disciplines then you just need to be outstanding in one.

    Though that knee shows that if you want to be stupid then all bets are off. Some nice acting by Sterling here.
    US2 wrote: »
    He quit! Commentary is sickening

    Go way you pair of dopes. Absolute muppets.

    Yan cheated. End of story.
    Aljo didn’t want to win that way.
    Horrible end.


  • #160
    MrStuffins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,256 ✭✭✭✭MrStuffins


    They can't be having him to an interview in that state

    "I clearly felt him tap Joe"


  • #161
    [Deleted User]
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    MrStuffins wrote: »
    Forgetting Aljo for a second.

    How stupid is Yan? What the hell is he thinking? It's not as if he doesn't know the rules

    Usually that kind of stupidity in sports is reserved for Irish rugby players or Arsenal.


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  • #162
    Still Ill
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    He'd want to be a moron to continue there.. Was fatigued and losing. Lock up that win bonus and the belt.. Gotta look out for number one.


  • #163
    FileNotFound
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    MrStuffins wrote: »
    Forgetting Aljo for a second.

    How stupid is Yan? What the hell is he thinking? It's not as if he doesn't know the rules

    Corner direction or so they are saying.


  • #164
    mdwexford
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,280 ✭✭✭✭mdwexford


    And the absolute dirt of Yan sticking his hand up at the end.

    Fcuk him.


  • #165
    nolivesmatter
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    MrStuffins wrote: »
    I think you're being as biased as your accusing the commentators of being.

    That was no glancing blow. He cracked him badly.

    Yeah, that was a heavy knee to the head. ****ty move from Yan. Whether or not people think Sterling deserves the title, Yan deserves to be stripped.


  • #166
    US2
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    MrStuffins wrote: »
    I think you're being as biased as your accusing the commentators of being.

    That was no glancing blow. He cracked him badly.

    I'm not bias I've no favourite, I maybe wrong . He looked like a man that was beat long before the foul though


  • #167
    d00mk1n
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    I think Sterling is milking it but the ref put him in that position


  • #168
    [Deleted User]
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    Sterling was unable to continue but I don't believe for a second it was due to the knee. He was completely clear-eyed.


  • #169
    MrStuffins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,256 ✭✭✭✭MrStuffins


    FileNotFound wrote: »
    Corner direction or so they are saying.

    That is mental!

    At the end of the day, it's the fighters responsibly to know the rules. What the hell is he doing?

    No way Aljo wants to win like this. Look forward to the rematch


  • #170
    US2
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    mdwexford wrote: »
    Go way you pair of dopes. Absolute muppets.

    Yan cheated. End of story.
    Aljo didn’t want to win that way.
    Horrible end.

    Dope and a muppet for having an opinion?


  • #171
    Still Ill
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    MrStuffins wrote: »
    That is mental!

    At the end of the day, it's the fighters responsibly to know the rules. What the hell is he doing?

    No way Aljo wants to win like this. Look forward to the rematch

    This 100%

    I don't even know why they're talking about the corner's advice.


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  • #172
    MrStuffins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,256 ✭✭✭✭MrStuffins


    US2 wrote: »
    I'm not bias I've no favourite, I maybe wrong . He looked like a man that was beat long before the foul though

    But how the fight went beforehand is completely irrelevant.

    He got kneed in the head and it was a HEAVY knee. It's quite probable he had his clock cleaned by it.

    Only thing to do, rematch


  • #173
    martyos121
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    Live scenes of Ray Longo back in the locker room...

    giphy.gif


  • #174
    mdwexford
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,280 ✭✭✭✭mdwexford


    US2 wrote: »
    Dope and a muppet for having an opinion?

    For accusing him of cheating when he got clocked with an illegal knee flush in the temple after the ref telling him not to do it in advance.

    As if he wanted to win that way. There is no way he could continue there.


  • #175
    BrentMused
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    Whilst fighters will never like to win that way, it was a clear intentional foul and rightly waved off.

    That sort of call on whether to continue or not after an illegal shot should never be on the fighter who has been put in an awful position.

    Continue and you're hugely compromised. Don't continue and you'll know you haven't won the way you want and you'll have some "fans", some fellow fighters and even probably Dana talking nonsense about your courage. :eek:


  • #176
    hawaii501
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,095 ✭✭✭hawaii501


    Anderson
    At least aljo will be better prepared for the next fight and hopefully doesn't use up as much unnecessary energy so early in the fight.

    He was still coming forward even though he was fighting on fumes in that 4th rd. Yan deserves to be stripped for doing something so stupid anyway so delighted for Aljo!


  • #177
    [Deleted User]
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    MrStuffins wrote: »
    But how the fight went beforehand is completely irrelevant.

    He got kneed in the head and it was a HEAVY knee. It's quite probable he had his clock cleaned by it.

    Only thing to do, rematch

    Would be pretty hard to get excited about the rematch. Not on the level of the fight coming up but Yan looked like he was dicking about for most of that fight.


  • #178
    rob316
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    Yan says he asked his corner is it ok to hit him and he kneed him. No way an experienced corner like ATP tell him that.


  • #179
    eggy81
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    Looked to me that yan finally lost patience with all his lying on the ground. Very silly. He would have knocked him out.


  • #180
    MrStuffins
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    If the doc isn't letting Aljo fight in that condition, Anderson better steer clear of him on her cagewalk.

    She looks like she's been kneed in the head by Covid


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  • #181
    The White Feather
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    One judge had Sterling a point up ......!!


  • #182
    Axwell
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    mdwexford wrote: »
    Go way you pair of dopes. Absolute muppets.

    Yan cheated. End of story.
    Aljo didn’t want to win that way.
    Horrible end.

    Lads keep it civil, have a proper discussion or stay off the forum if you cant.


  • #183
    [Deleted User]
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    US2 wrote: »
    Dope and a muppet for having an opinion?

    An opinion can be wrong. And your opinion is objectively wrong. How many knees have you been hit in the head with to come to that conclusion? I'm gonna say a couple of hundred judging by the ludicrous "opinion" you have. :rolleyes:

    I'd like to apologise to Axwell in advance for the comments on this thread. This stoppage is definitely going to have some emotional responses that need cleaning up.


  • #184
    ClanofLams
    Registered Users Posts: 4,226 ✭✭✭ClanofLams


    Even if could fight on (hypothetically, seemed pretty clear he couldn't) he should just take the win. Professional sport, opponent makes mistake, take full advantage. Sterling was 76k to show, 76k to win in his last fight at UFC 250. Presume it is more tonight being championship fight so win bonus even more significant and potential more as champion (ppv points etc). They're fighting for cash not fans.


  • #185
    darced
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    Great acting from sterling there, embarrassing stuff.


  • #186
    [Deleted User]
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    How many digits is this one lasting is the question.


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  • #187
    kwestfan08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,523 ✭✭✭kwestfan08


    Anderson
    Anyone saying that Aljo should have continued needs a look at themselves. He was took an illegal to the side of the head. It’s not on him to cover for Yan and continue while being severely compromised.


  • #188
    [Deleted User]
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    darced wrote: »
    Great acting from sterling there, embarrassing stuff.

    I'm no fanboy of Sterling but hearing this nonsense actually boils my blood. Cop on to yourself.


  • #189
    MrStuffins
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    The White Feather wrote: »
    One judge had Sterling a point up ......!!

    Not lauded r the realms of possibility.

    I had it 2-1 but it's not as if the rounds were really one sided.

    It did look like Yan was going to be going into the last round 3-1 up on two cards and 2-2 on another with a compromised (from fatigue) opponent


  • #190
    US2
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    MrStuffins wrote: »
    But how the fight went beforehand is completely irrelevant.

    He got kneed in the head and it was a HEAVY knee. It's quite probable he had his clock cleaned by it.

    Only thing to do, rematch

    Definitely needs to be rematched. Ridiculous foul,what was yan thinking atall , just think aljo took advantage of it, he knew that was his only hope. He was getting KO'd.
    The judges will go unnoticed now because of the foul, 1 had aljo ahead that Is sickening


  • #191
    darced
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    ClanofLams wrote: »
    Even if could fight on (hypothetically, seemed pretty clear he couldn't) he should just take the win. Professional sport, opponent makes mistake, take full advantage. Sterling was 76k to show, 76k to win in his last fight at UFC 250. Presume it is more tonight being championship fight so win bonus even more significant and potential more as champion (ppv points etc). They're fighting for cash not fans.

    Would have full respect for him if he did that. No need for the acting, take the win.


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  • #192
    martyos121
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    How many digits is this one lasting is the question.

    If Anderson is as shook as she looks, gone in 60 seconds.


  • #193
    The White Feather
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    Aljo got an illegal intentional knee. It's not his fault


  • #194
    MrStuffins
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    I'm no fanboy of Sterling but hearing this nonsense actually boils my blood. Cop on to yourself.

    It's the same as when the lad in the pub watches his favourite boxer loses and starts with "that was definitely a fix".

    The reality of the situation doesn't matter


  • #195
    nolivesmatter
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    darced wrote: »
    Great acting from sterling there, embarrassing stuff.

    Nah, he got kneed to the head in such a blatantly illegal way that Yan sure has hell didn't deserve the opportunity to capitalize on that.


  • #196
    MrStuffins
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    US2 wrote: »
    He was getting KO'd.

    He did get KO'd


  • #197
    BrentMused
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    Hilarious reading posts stating that Sterling quit or was milking it.

    Said whilst sitting off on the couch at 5am probably full of beer and snacks whereas Sterling just took a knee full force to the temple from a world champion mixed martial artist! :pac:


  • #198
    darced
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    I'm no fanboy of Sterling but hearing this nonsense actually boils my blood. Cop on to yourself.

    What nonsense? Anyone with a brain can see he was acting. The surprised look then when he won like he didn't know, c'mon man.


  • #199
    nolivesmatter
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    darced wrote: »
    Would have full respect for him if he did that. No need for the acting, take the win.


    Doubt it, I think you'd be more annoyed at him tbh.


  • #200
    eggy81
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    nolivesmatter wrote: »
    Nah, he got kneed to the head in such a blatantly illegal way that Yan sure has hell didn't deserve the opportunity to capitalize on that.

    Thing is what had yan to gain. He must have known Sterling was close to finished. He seemed to be suggesting he thought Sterling was pushing to get up off his hands. IMO illegal as feck and deserved the DQ but I find it hard to believe he intended to get DQ’d?


  • #201
    MrStuffins
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    nolivesmatter wrote: »
    Nah, he got kneed to the head in such a blatantly illegal way that Yan sure has hell didn't deserve the opportunity to capitalize on that.

    This poster nailed it
    kwestfan08 wrote: »
    Anyone saying that Aljo should have continued needs a look at themselves. He was took an illegal to the side of the head. It’s not on him to cover for Yan and continue while being severely compromised.


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