Rumble made a statement too.
Yea that was huge. Should get the next title shot.
Not sure if anyone watched Mcgregor - Diaz 2 but that was a hell of a fight.
If Jones is reinstated, its jones vs cormier.
Rumble can have the winner.
Yeah it was. Diaz lost because he took his foot off the gas in the 4th round. Connor looked ready to fold in the 3rd, a big push early in the 4th probably stops him. With Nate's BJJ skill, he really needs to find a way to get Connor to the ground. Connor adapted to Nate's heavy front leg boxing style with the use of the leg kicks early in the fight to take away with crispness of that lead jab, now it's Nate's turn to exploit Connor's weakness on the ground.
With that said, and not that I expected any different (a Nate win makes a lot less money than a Nate loss on the cards here...no point of a trilogy fight if Nate wins on the cards) but Nate won that fight 48-47 imo.
I had Connor winning 3 rounds to 2... with the 5th round being almost to close to call. It could have been 2-2 with an even 5th.... but Connor knocked him down like 3 times so I give him the overall edge. I really wouldn't have been able to argue if they gave it to Diaz though.
I don't really care about flash knockdowns when the guy throwing the punch isn't willing to mount and take advantage....this isn't boxing
Connor was deathly afraid of being on the ground with nate, to the point that he passed on taking a half mount when given.
I don't really care about flash knockdowns when the guy throwing the punch isn't willing to mount and take advantage....this isn't boxing
Connor was deathly afraid of being on the ground with nate, to the point that he passed on taking a half mount when given.
Why go to the ground if you know it puts you at a disadvantage?
I'd think they mean more than dick. Pretty sure he won the fight at least partly thanks to those knockdowns.
I'd think they mean more than dick. Pretty sure he won the fight at least partly thanks to those knockdowns.
That 1st round was secured 10-8 because of those knockdowns.