-People arguing that Diaz won the fight are not all somebutthurt Daiz fans. This has happen before, Edgar v. Penn 1, and Machida v.Shogun 1. All three times the fighter which circled and scored point got the decision. And both other times the outcry of robbery was just as strong.
-Condit pulled a GSP, even worse than GSP because at least people know Georgeis full it now, this was the first time Carlos put winning rounds over actuallyfighting. Talking all this "I'm going to finish him" BS to promotethe fight, but come fight night it was all about getting a decision victory.!%*+ putting on a show, !%*+ trying to actually fight. NOPE I'm just gonnalisten to that big eared dude in my corner and try to steal rounds.
-If Edgar v. Penn and Shogun v. Lyoto got automatic rematch then this fightdefinitely deserves one too. There is no clear #1 contender and not evenhardcore MMA fans will get excited over Condit v. Ellenberger. In both previouscases the rematch settled all arguments. Diaz is still the #1 contender people
-The UFC's rapid expansion has done to it exactly what it did to the NBA andNHL. It watered down the product. Before you had stacked cards where most ofthe fight actually meant something in the division. Buying a PPV for 45 every month seemed like a good deal.....With all that beingsaid, if the UFC wants to use the model of using one big fight to sell thecard, then people have a right to complain if the fight just turns into a catand mouse chase.
-The commentators, the media, almost all the fighters agree that Diaz shouldhave got the decision. Same thing happen after Shogun got shafted. So all thesepeople must not understand MMA, they must not understand the elegant strategyCondit used? They're just butthurt and don't understand the sport?
-And even though this isn't Pride, the argument of "if this was Pride Nickwould have won" is something to think about. Looking at the fight as awhole; Nick was more aggressive, the striking was close, Diaz was alwayslooking to engage, and was the only fighter that tried to finish the fight.
-You guys can hate Diaz as a person, hate the hype he has, hate the fact hecalls GSP out on his Golden Boy act, hate Diaz's fans. But Nick got a raw deal
And I hate using gifs. to explain a fight, but since we posting them. Check out
Starnes Condit taking the center of the cage
Run Carlos Run.
-After re-watching the fight. Still give Diaz 1,2 and 5 and Condit 4. Now I give Diaz 3 too, because even though Carlos started to get loose, Diaz was pressuring hard and Condit was on Tour de France mode the hardest during the 3rd
