UFC 235 - Jones vs Smith, Woodley vs Usman - Sat March 2nd

ricero · 03-03-2019 5:38am

Think they will cancel each other out with the wrestling so can see this fight staying on it's feet for the majority of it.

martyos121 · 03-03-2019 5:43am

Usman looks to have the strength advantage anyway, fight is playing out as I predicted so far.

Just takes one shot from Woodley though, extremely dangerous man.

mangobob · 03-03-2019 5:45am

Round 1 Usman.

Johny Cage · 03-03-2019 5:45am

Usman has exceeded my expectations so far.

darced · 03-03-2019 5:45am

Usman is huge, Jesus.

Subcomandante Marcos · 03-03-2019 5:48am

darced wrote: »

Usman is huge, Jesus.

Yeah he makes Tyron look small.

Johner · 03-03-2019 5:48am

Usman has been dominant so far.

ricero · 03-03-2019 5:48am

Pure domination by Usman so far.

Never seen anyone do this to Woodley.

martyos121 · 03-03-2019 5:51am

Definitely a 10-8 for Usman, huge uphill battle for Woodley now.

Johny Cage · 03-03-2019 5:51am

Woodley needs to show some urgency in round 3. He’s thrown about 5 punches. Fair play to Usman though, not giving Woodley a second to breathe.

ricero · 03-03-2019 5:53am

Those shots to the body were nasty

Subcomandante Marcos · 03-03-2019 5:54am

They're really over playing those body shots.

They're mostly harmless.

Johny Cage · 03-03-2019 5:56am

Woodley needs a finish.

martyos121 · 03-03-2019 5:57am

Top class body work from Usman in the clinch in that round, and two awful separations from Goddard. Normally a huge fan of his but that was amateur level reffing, Usman was very clearly working in those situations.

ricero · 03-03-2019 5:57am

Love Din Thomas

darced · 03-03-2019 5:57am

WTF is Goddard at, stay out of it.

martyos121 · 03-03-2019 5:58am

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

They're really over playing those body shots.

They're mostly harmless.

Don’t agree with that, those shots looked vicious to me and were coming from a good distance too for a clinch.

darced · 03-03-2019 5:58am

I can't believe Usman's cardio holds up, he has thrown far too much. Woodley can come on strong.

Subcomandante Marcos · 03-03-2019 6:00am

that Guillotine was never in.

ricero · 03-03-2019 6:03am

They were huge shots by both men there

Johny Cage · 03-03-2019 6:03am

Woodley is goosed. Usman’s cardio is insane.

mdwexford · 03-03-2019 6:04am

Ref has been awful here.

martyos121 · 03-03-2019 6:04am

Woodley looks a broken man, fancy Usman to finish him off in the last. I knew Usman had good cardio, but I didn’t realise just how good it actually is.

Subcomandante Marcos · 03-03-2019 6:04am

Usman could have ended that if he didn't go for the take down.

jcd5971 · 03-03-2019 6:04am

Godard back to b leagues after this anyway, telling kamaru he's in a fight ffs

mangobob · 03-03-2019 6:04am

This is incredible from Usman, but wtf is Goddard at. Absolutely awful decision to stand them up.

Utopia Parkway · 03-03-2019 6:05am

Really weird Woodley performance. Seemed out of it from early on. Very passive.

Usman very good all the same. Not who Dana would like to beat Woodley though I imagine.

Subcomandante Marcos · 03-03-2019 6:06am

Woodley didn't even move for a high elbow there, he know's it's over.

Subcomandante Marcos · 03-03-2019 6:10am

Tyron will be absolutely disgusted with himself.
Stinker of a fight and a stinker of performance form Tyron.

mangobob · 03-03-2019 6:11am

This is the Woodley I remember from the first Wonderboy fight. Except even more hesitant. Total and utter domination. Really was not expecting this. Brilliant from Usman.

ASOT · 03-03-2019 6:11am

Was not expecting that at all.

martyos121 · 03-03-2019 6:11am

Hugely impressive from Usman, seems like nobody here gave him a chance but I knew he could win it if he dominated the wrestling battle early on.

SlowBlowin · 03-03-2019 6:12am

I thought it was a great fight...

Man Vs ManUre · 03-03-2019 6:13am

Looking forward to Usman vs Covington. When CC fought RDA he was constantly going forward and looked like he could go forever, exactly the same as Usman tonight. And then there is the local rivalry involved. And Colby is such a crazy entertaining character. Bring it on.

darced · 03-03-2019 6:13am

That was a masterclass in control and wrestling. I can't believe that level of cardio, that was an insane output.

ricero · 03-03-2019 6:13am

Scary stuff to do that to Woodley. Pure and utter domination. Don't see many at Welterweight at the moment that can stop that.

martyos121 · 03-03-2019 6:13am

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Tyron will be absolutely disgusted with himself.
Stinker of a fight and a stinker of performance form Tyron.

He was completely shut down by a superior grappler, credit must be given to the other side more than it’s taken away from Woodley IMO.

Woodley always waits for the big right hand, Usman knew that and made sure the opportunity didn’t present itself.

mailburner · 03-03-2019 6:14am

mailburner wrote: »

I've long thought Usman was the man in that div that has the
best chance against woodley and think he might just win it on pts by doing
that little bit more over five.

All I'm seeing is five rounds of both standing and think usman may do enough
to get a points win, whether he can take that right hand I don't know though but I think he can go harder for five than woodley.

I can't see it being entertaining but if it's even going into the fifth that won't be so bad.
That first round will be 5 mins of caution imo

Total domination that was incredible, wasn't expecting that though
CC would probably beaten Woodley

ASOT · 03-03-2019 6:14am

Woodley literally had nothing, I really wasn't expecting that at all. Fair play to Marty from Nebraska

Johny Cage · 03-03-2019 6:14am

Complete demolition. Woodley can be a slow starter but he did absolutely nothing there, he seemed off. Props to Usman, 100% Usman is going to hard to stop.

Subcomandante Marcos · 03-03-2019 6:15am

"many people were saying could possibly be the best welterweight of all time".

No Joe, you said that, most people said GSP is by far and away the best WW of all time.

Utopia Parkway · 03-03-2019 6:15am

Usman won’t sell many PPV’s but he’ll be tough to beat unless you can knock him out. His wrestling will be tough for anyone.

darced · 03-03-2019 6:16am

Delighted for Usman there seems a class act post fight.

Subcomandante Marcos · 03-03-2019 6:16am

darced wrote: »

Delighted for Usman there seems a class act post fight.

Very different than his act from the last 12 months in fairness.

Johny Cage · 03-03-2019 6:17am

Joe to Woodley “thank you for a great performance tonight.” What?!!

mangobob · 03-03-2019 6:18am

50-44. Sweet Jeebus.

Total class from both guys there.

ricero · 03-03-2019 6:18am

Jasus rumble is looking chunkier than a snickers

ASOT · 03-03-2019 6:18am

I wonder if Woodley would have beat 30% Usman

Subcomandante Marcos · 03-03-2019 6:20am

ricero wrote: »

Jasus rumble is looking chunkier than a snickers

He's just on a (very) durty bulk.

martyos121 · 03-03-2019 6:21am

Looking through the rankings and don’t see anyone that could beat Usman right now. Possibly Wonderboy on his absolute best day, but not likely.

Only welterweight I’d give any real chance against his after that is Rory, and we might never see that fight.

EDIT: Forgot about Askren as he isn’t in the rankings as of now. He’d definitely present a real challenge.

UFC 235 - Jones vs Smith, Woodley vs Usman - Sat March 2nd

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