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MMA-GAF | Interim Thread 7
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Diprosalic
Banned
ok that was nice.
holly can stay one more fight.
holly can stay one more fight.
Diprosalic
Banned
first attack is a ko which would be impressive if it wasn't in round 3.
polyh3dron
Banned
Just woke up, guess I missed UFC Singapore, lol
Glad to hear that Betch got KO'd again.
Glad to hear that Betch got KO'd again.
So the hugger got hugged? Good. Can't stand DHK.
N° 2048
Member
You didn't miss much.
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Win 11–3 Bethe Correia KO (head kick and punch) UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Correia June 17, 2017 3 1:09 Kallang, Singapore Return to Bantamweight.
Loss 10–3 Germaine de Randamie Decision (unanimous) UFC 208 February 11, 2017 5 5:00 Brooklyn, New York, United States For the inaugural UFC Women's Featherweight Championship.
Loss 10–2 Valentina Shevchenko Decision (unanimous) UFC on Fox: Holm vs. Shevchenko July 23, 2016 5 5:00 Chicago, Illinois, United States
Loss 10–1 Miesha Tate Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) UFC 196 March 5, 2016 5 3:30 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Lost the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship.
polyh3dron
Banned
Lenny Fresquez is insufferable.
Mister Wilhelm
Member
Bethe is like a cartoon villain.
I respect your gameplan, but I'm jetlagged as fuck so unless you want to have a fight with no ref, have a god damned fight already.
That guy shouldn't work in the UFC again for doing that. Infuriating load of bullshit, pulling fighters apart for hugging it out too long is one thing, not approving of the way they're actually fighting is another. Even in just bleed era 90's MMA I don't think a ref has ever literally stopped the fight to tell them to start hurting eachother more.
N° 2048
Member
LOL good joke.
Tell me the last time a ref has stopped fighters to tell them to basically change their fight gameplan.
Anyway, love that Holm won.
Jest Chillin
Member
It happens literally anytime fighters aren't engaging because that pisses off the fans that came to see a fight. If one or both fighters refuse to engage and basically just stand around pawing at the air, the ref will tell them to step it up or he can stop the fight and DQ them both. Refusing to engage or actively running away from all attempts from an opponent to push the action is tantamount to not wanting to fight. It makes you unwilling which is the same as not protecting oneself. Which results in a stoppage or DQ.
parrotbeak
Member
The Pitbull/Polish guy fight was really good in rd 1 but then turned into a typical hw fight that goes the distance.
God damn that head kick and then bouncing her head off the canvas. That was beautiful.
Didn't see any of the rest of the card. Anything else worth watching?
God damn that head kick and then bouncing her head off the canvas. That was beautiful.
Didn't see any of the rest of the card. Anything else worth watching?
I've never seen it happen in the 3 or 4 years I've watched UFC. Woodley/Thompson 2 had less action and it didn't happen there.
Let fighters fight however they want. If one won't engage the other should be able to use that and knock them out. If Dana doesn't like the way they fight he can cut them, but a ref interjecting his opinion in the middle of the fight does nothing but fuck with the headspace of the people in the ring. They have a gameplan and they should be allowed to stick to it when they're in the octagon, end of story. Drunk fans aren't the ones risking horrendous injury from one false step.
Jest Chillin
Member
A ref's job is literally to interject with his opinion within the context of the rules. They're literally a judge in the cage, ring, on the court, ice, or field.
The UFC can and will issue their own seperate judgements, punishments, rewards, whatever. But the fact remains, no one pays to see fighters pace around each other for minutes at a time. It's a bad thing. In MMA the refs are told to encourage the fighters to engage just as they are told to discourage wall n stall and lay n pray tactics. All three of those things equate to the same thing. Stalling action instead of pushing it.
pixelation
Member
Sooo happy for Holm, man it felt sooo satisfying when she KO'd Correia after she (Bethe) taunted/mocked her.
Best way to win a fight.
I find it funny that a woman known for pushing the pace wasn't willing to get after it, but instead mocked her well known counter puncher opponent.
Just read this, yeah. Dude apparently was KO'd 7 times since August 2015 before this fight. His brain must've been soup at this point, how the fuck did they let him fight?
http://middleeasy.com/mma-news/ko-v...ague-to-fall-into-a-brain-dead-coma-surfaces/
Here's a video of the fight.
Sato Koiji
Member
Bad trainers/staff Hague has. Somebody needed to make him quit. Tragedy...
Holm wasnt anything special last night. The finish was nice but I doubt she can regain the title. Bethe has the shittiest technique of the entire roster (she cant kick/punch properly) and Holm was scared to engage and take her out. Bethe was the perfect opponent to make a statement.
poppedcollar69
Member
for what it's worth i enjoyed watching the holm fight
im the ultimate casual but i knew it was five rounds and if both of them want to dance a round away thats fine
don't hate the ref either, you can't really have him take points or whatever for that, but at some point you have to remind them that it's a possibility
it was a decent buildup that was teasing something with the few good strikes, and then the finish was kinda wonderful
im the ultimate casual but i knew it was five rounds and if both of them want to dance a round away thats fine
don't hate the ref either, you can't really have him take points or whatever for that, but at some point you have to remind them that it's a possibility
it was a decent buildup that was teasing something with the few good strikes, and then the finish was kinda wonderful
That Tim Hague news is so sad. What a terrible situation all around. Best to his family.
Also when Goddard warned Bethe/Holm, only Bethe broke her gameplan which she was arguably winning with and went balls deep Diaz mode while Holly continued her patented Jackson Wink shadowboxing.
Also when Goddard warned Bethe/Holm, only Bethe broke her gameplan which she was arguably winning with and went balls deep Diaz mode while Holly continued her patented Jackson Wink shadowboxing.
Rumblebones
Banned
How people defend MVP carrying on his pre-planned celebration like that disgusts me.
parrotbeak
Member
He only had a 1 fight window when a Pokemon reference would be hot.
RIP Tim Hague
His trainers should be ashamed they allowed him to fight.
Say what you will about his record but dude was an icon for Canadian mma. Not many make it to the big show. RIP
juliushandle
Member
BJ Penn vs Siver on the Kevin Lee vs Cheasa undercard this Sunday on FS1.
Jerm411
Member
http://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/...mpionship-germaine-de-randamie-stripped-title
De Randamie stripped of the title....Cyborg/Megan Anderson is the new co-main event at 214 for the title....
The quote in bold is so goddamn hilarious......you wanna strip GdR? Ok whatever, don't talk to me about the integrity of the sport and titles though....
De Randamie stripped of the title....Cyborg/Megan Anderson is the new co-main event at 214 for the title....
The quote in bold is so goddamn hilarious......you wanna strip GdR? Ok whatever, don't talk to me about the integrity of the sport and titles though....
biosnake20
Member
"integrity"
Maklershed
Member
"UFC maintains that any champion is expected to accept fights against the top contenders in their respective weight classes in order to maintain the integrity of the sport." So Demian Maia is next in line for the welterweight strap then?
juliushandle
Member
Let USADA handle Cyborg, GDR's job is to fight. Plus, her argument is silly because she's fought a male before.
Sato Koiji
Member
Oh I like Megan better. Oh bae baby. GdR needs to step aside because Im going to look at Megan when she fights...auuuuuuuuuuu!
Fuck me, that's quote of the year material right there. UFC maintains that any champion, except Conor, or Eddie when he fought Conor, or DJ, or Bisping, or maybe Woodley right now, is expected to accept fights against the top contenders in their respective weight classes in order to maintain the integrity of the sport. Nearly a full one half of our champions are regularly expected to accept fights against the top contenders.
Haunted
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Goddard GOAT ref
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