Sorry so late, I'll make this quick:
A. I felt Aldo won although it was close. Marales didn't even think he won. You can see it in his face when they line up for the decision.
Are we even scoring octagon control/pressure?
Alex did great job at disrupting Max’s Rhytm with the leg kicks. But outside that any other damage was minimal. They tried going for the TD’s after the leg damage, but Max stuffed every attempt. Max didn’t do much damage but had better ring generalship. Especially in Rounds 4 and 5. Has was never hurt or in danger. No way any ref should of had this 50-45. Should of been a draw.
Max is my guy, but strikes 'not phasing' him isn't a good metric IMO. He completely changed his stance bc of the leg kicks. He was never able to get into a flow due to Volk constantly exploding forward, not waiting on Max. It was basically 5-0 Volk IMO. He made some of the rounds close but he was grossly outstruck in the 3 rounds before he switched back to SP. 4-1 best outcome IMO
Nope. Woolley would have gassed. Covington got a chin on him.
Absoulutely. Woodley would have gotten backed up to the fence and become a punching bag looking for his 'out' with 1 counter. He would've lost to volume. It's the single most disappointing thing about his fight approach in-cage.
The only bad call was the low blow, it wasn’t a low blow. But I don’t think that influenced the fight all that much
I think the 'low blow' was one of those things where he hits the cup making it shift into Us's junk or some really uncomfortable pinching.
Actually.....
Connor didnt run like a ***** when he lost. He stuck around and talked.
This is grade A *****ery
He should of have let it ride. The outcome would of have been the same .
I dont see how anyone had it 2-2 going into the 5th. 3-1 Colby is crazy considering that Usman was doing more with pressure and ring control.
Seriously are we even scoring octagon control/pressure?
I personally had Usman all the way through, he was landing the cleaner HARDER punches at a higher percentage. The only reason the numvers are kind of close is because Colby is throwing about +20 more strikes per round. A bulk of his offense was hitting air or mostly blocked. Although he did land some good shots, enough to make Usman stop his offense momentarily.
Gotta cut bro a break. His jaw was broken. He wasn't gonna say **** worth while other than some murmurs and blood trickling from his mouth. He needed to get looked at immediately.
He's being too tough for his own good, it's just unecessary punishment for a guy that's not going to quit. That was a good stop IMO especially knowing what we know. Bro was done.
How he fought 2 extra rounds like that is beyond me. Not like he wasn't taking clean shots to the face after the break either.
After all that buildup and dislike I had for Colby, I started to feel bad for homie. He's taking it on the chin all because of an act to 'save his career'? I mean big-time punished. It's kind of sad when you think about it.
. Even Usman gave the man props for the fight when he could've easily trashed him. He had the perfect post fight interview in response to him and the USA chants.
