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Excited about an upcoming fight? Want to make predictions, or just give people a heads-up that there are some fights on? We can do it here.

(Also a good place to complain, dicuss, and agrue about the outcomes)
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Originally Posted by sKC native:
Inmen was asking because he wants to know where to sign up. He wants to beat up out of shape soccer moms too.

My money would be on Katie Castro.
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This whole damn card in NOLA has been bananas tonight. Hopefully the last 2 fights live up to it.
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Holy Shit!!!

Hendo knocked out Boetsch in less than a minute! 44 years old!

I guess he doesn't have to retire yet.
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Everyone made weight for 188. Cain somehow made it all the way to the fight healthy.
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Anyone watching Wilder v. Mexican Tomato Can?
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Great fight here. NOW this is a prime example of how a ground fight can be exciting.
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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins:
Anyone watching Wilder v. Mexican Tomato Can?

Wilder's defense is terrible. Almost got starched in Round 3. Came back to floor Molina at the end of Round 4, but he was saved by the bell.
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Wilder not displaying much of a killer instinct in the last 30 seconds of Round 5. With his defensive flaws, that's a serious mistake.
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Wilder finally lays out Molina, but looks like Union Cane in the process.
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This Mexico City crowd has been terrible tonight
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Werdum has been training in Mexico City for months. Cain didn't even go to Mexico City till like 10 days ago. That is looking like a very retarded mistake, Cain is gassed out and done.
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This is a classic "tortoise vs the hare" type of situation.

Cain was so overly confident about his vaunted gas tank that he didn't think he needed to bother with going to the super-altitude of Mexico City. Werdum has been confidently saying for a while that Cain has no idea what he's in for wrt how hard it is to adjust to that altitude, and he was right. Cain didn't prepare properly and got his ass beat.
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Originally Posted by alnorth:
This is a classic "tortoise vs the hare" type of situation.

Cain was so overly confident about his vaunted gas tank that he didn't think he needed to bother with going to the super-altitude of Mexico City. Werdum has been confidently saying for a while that Cain has no idea what he's in for wrt how hard it is to adjust to that altitude, and he was right. Cain didn't prepare properly and got his ass beat.

Yep. Pretty stupid for a fighter at this level. Didn't look anything like the same guy that beat JDS. Probably about 70% altitude 30% 2 years off.
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Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy:
Yep. Pretty stupid for a fighter at this level. Didn't look anything like the same guy that beat JDS. Probably about 70% altitude 30% 2 years off.

Yep, I'm sure inactivity played a part too, but my God he was so gassed out after round 1 it was unbelievable for a guy who was well known for having gas in the 4th and 5th rounds. Until Werdum took over with 2 minutes left in round 2, at the 3 minute mark of round two it looked like Cain might win the first two rounds, but even then everyone knew he was going to lose the fight because he was completely done.
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Originally Posted by alnorth:
Yep, I'm sure inactivity played a part too, but my God he was so gassed out after round 1 it was unbelievable for a guy who was well known for having gas in the 4th and 5th rounds. Until Werdum took over with 2 minutes left in round 2, at the 3 minute mark of round two it looked like Cain might win the first two rounds, but even then everyone knew he was going to lose the fight because he was completely done.

I agree. He didnt look right even in the first. Just inexcusable for a world class camp to make such a dumb mistake. He let down a ton of people to tonight. Pair that with Alvarez blowing his broken nose and you wonder who the hell is training these guys.
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