Originally Posted by alnorth:
Well, it wasn't a robbery. I don't agree, but the 3rd round was close enough that I won't complain. It was clear all along the judges tonight were weird.
Magny is an awesome fighter, beat Gastelum on 2 weeks notice.
I thought Magny took the third round. I don't wanna say easily....but it seemed pretty clear to me that he deserved it. I was pretty sure he'd win if he survived the last two...and he almost didn't! good fight. [Reply]
Jon Jones had a cool 1 hour video interview with Ariel Helwani. They pretty much got into everything, for the future Jon Jones wants to get his LHW title back, then fight Anthony Johnson at least 1 time. After that, he'll think about moving up to heavyweight.
I'm not sure if anyone else was crazy enough to get up bright and early Friday morning to watch Benson Henderson's fight. (crazy for two reasons, one wanting to watch a fight in the morning, and two having a fightpass subscription)
That Korean card was fantastic, I only caught the last 3 fights but there were apparently crazy fights throughout, including a rare slam KO.
Benson took off his gloves in the ring (which is significant in MMA, means either retirement or last fight for a promotion) and had a weird vague callout at the end after his win, but the internet quickly caught on. Henderson just fought his last fight under his current UFC contract, and he basically told the UFC in front of the crowd that he wants to be paid and he'll see what other promotions offer. [Reply]
Originally Posted by alnorth:
I'm not sure if anyone else was crazy enough to get up bright and early Friday morning to watch Benson Henderson's fight. (crazy for two reasons, one wanting to watch a fight in the morning, and two having a fightpass subscription)
That Korean card was fantastic, I only caught the last 3 fights but there were apparently crazy fights throughout, including a rare slam KO.
Benson took off his gloves in the ring (which is significant in MMA, means either retirement or last fight for a promotion) and had a weird vague callout at the end after his win, but the internet quickly caught on. Henderson just fought his last fight under his current UFC contract, and he basically told the UFC in front of the crowd that he wants to be paid and he'll see what other promotions offer.
Originally Posted by New World Order:
I'm as giddy as a school girl.
As if the fights alone weren't compelling enough, I've also got a lot of money on the main event.
By the way, as I expected the odds have tightened a bit. I got in at Aldo +150, its now at +130. I think the odds will tighten further when people take a good hard look at the fight and think "hey, the funny Irish dude is good and has a wicked left, but this is Jose F'ing Aldo he's fighting, the #1 PFP fighter in the UFC. Why in the holy hell is Aldo the underdog?"
