He looked to be gasping for air after it. I didn’t watch the post fight interview by Joe Rogan though.
Funny, first time I saw Brookins was his fight against Jose Aldo, never thought I’d see him again in a major promotion after getting let go… then he goes and wins TUF.
Huh? Maybe I didn’t make sense, Rogan thought Machida won didn’t he, but he didn’t say anything. Maybe because it was a very close fight, or out of respect to Rampage who he likes. I’m probably wrong but this is the first time I’ve heard him actually speak up, it wasn’t the usual “ugh… I’m here with the winner”.
(psss I thought Rampage won aswell…)
Yeah, I mean it happens in other sports but its MUCH less than in MMA. You can also attribute it to “human error” in those sports. The refs in those sports are much more knowledgeable with the rules. As opposed to MMA where its just ignorance/incompetence.
When I said decisive scoring in football/basketball, I’m talking about a player going up for a shot, getting contested but making it and then a ref saying no.
Not forgetting those sports have been around for a very long time, and haven’t changed much.
…Because anyone who gets knocked out ever, needs to retire?
yeah that’s exactly it. It’s not about bad calls…every sport has bad calls. Shit happens everyone is human, bad calls are part of the sport. It’s the fact there’s no actual rules on judging…people are just fucking pulling scores out of their asses. When your own people don’t even know how the judges score fights and say that right on the air…that’s a bad sign.
Overeem has been knocked out 4 times in mma and once in K1 kickboxing. We should probably suggest that he retire too right?
You could’ve easily said the same thing about Overeem in 2007 when he got KO’ed twice less than a year apart.
All this proves is that Sobral takes his striking way too seriously. Even if it was Chael Sonnen against Henderson, he would’ve been taking a nap too if all he relied on was his standup.
i thought i was hearing things when joe said he fought aldo…jeez…i didnt know they allowed phoenix downs in mma.
Made my day.
Shout outs to the crowd for the bullshit chant on the TUF Finale.
Also, shout outs to SF for putting on an event that my gf actually watched the whole way through.
Yeah, I actually thought he held up pretty good (well showed heart anyway), he lasted to half of the third round i think it was, he also got in a solid punch that left a welt on aldo’s forehead… but honestly, the whole time I was watching the fight I knew he was gonna get knocked out (aldo was just beating on him), it was just a matter of when
Hey so I finally got some non low budget shorts. Its those Jaco shorts, and it has a pocket for a cup. So, slight homo, someone recommend me a cup plz.
You can get KO’d and be okay… Although the shots after probably caused some damage.
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Shogun is the LHW GOAT.
Pretty much everyone can agree that the top candidates for LHW GOAT are Wand and Chuck.
Both had amazing streaks atop the food chain, dominant for years.
Detracting arguments pretty much cancel eachother out.
Wand was fed jap cans to stomp on, the only elites he faced was a immature Rampage who he dominated twice, Arona where he went 1-1 with, Hendo who he went 1-1 with and Crocop who he went 1-1 with.
Chuck himself wasnt facing top comp at the same time, Jeremy Horn and Vernon White? Why did they deserve title shots? Babalu twice? You sure he wasnt just fed grappler after grappler, never having to defend against an above average striker between Rampage losses?
Chuck won the head to head if you consider that a tie breaker.
So that makes Shogun the LHW GOAT.
… Derk?
Before you start shouting Forrest Griffen, take this into consideration…
Rampage fought Chuck, Wand, Shogun and Griffen.
Whooped Chuck twice, lost 2 competitive fights to Wand before putting Wand in a coma, got stomped on so bad it was the worst one sided fucking outside of gangbang porn against Shogun, and lost a competitive fight against Griffen.
Shogun had a pretty competitive fight against Griffen comming off of an extreme layoff following double knee surgery.
Yeah Shogun used his gimme card against Coleman with the freak arm break, but double knee surgery doesnt get any sort of leniency?
He really is that talented.
Shogun would probably out violence Wand, especially this late in Wands career. ROFLstomped Rampage. And walked thru past his prime Chuck, just like any elite should. (without losing several striking confrontations like Evans)
I had more about this, but im just too high and cant form any more coherent arguments.
Shogun is the LHW GOAT.
Fedor is the HW GOAT.
And P4P GOAT.
But thats another story, or something.
/random
PS: Optimus Reem would fucking rape the UFC HW division similar to what he does to 96 lb. japanese girls.
I think its about 20-40 years too short to start putting GOAT titles on anyone.
he had the knee surgery after the forrest fight. he fought that fight with a fucked up acl. I hate that anyone has ever lost to forrest griffen. he’s terrible.
This. Although to be fair it’s really 20-40 years too early for the UFC to be announcing active fighters as hall of famers as well. People’s memories are just shorter these days, even with all the access to historical information we have now.
Also Optimus Reem makes me laugh every time I read it. But he’s still got a lot to prove. Dude needs to stop working out and go fight somebody.
to be fair i think alot of those hall of famers were supposed to/actually did retire and then came back.