If Ronda still has the same coach then she's in troubleWhat's the general feeling here about the upcoming Ronda Rousey v Holly Holm rematch?
I wonder if RR has been taking boxing lessons since she got beaten up in the first one...!
Very impressed by Darren Till's demolition of Cowboy Cerrone. Equally impressed by Cerrone's classy reaction post fight.
Till looks a real prospect in a division that needs a champion who actually want to fight. He shouldn't rush to fight for the belt yet though. Woodley is a disgrace but still a legit champion who looks capable of snoozefesting his way past most challengers.
Woodley is a disgrace ? Why?
Have you watched his fights?
I will leave this here......
The Demian Maia fight was the way it was due to Woodley knowing if it went to the floor Maia would of tangled him up and put him to sleep. So the only way to win was to keep it on the feet.
Maia caught a big punch early and couldnt see out of one eye so his takedowns were not as effective, meaning Woodley had an easier time to keep it on the feet.
The first fight vs Thomson was ok but the second was dreadful. Personally I just don't like Woodley's approach to MMA. I don't have a problem with limited fighters who choose a boring route to victory because it's their only chance but Woodley clearly has talent and still more often than not finds a way to bore the shit out of me. None of the other current UFC champions do that.
We each of us make our own choices about who we like, love and hate and that's cool, but I'm still not clear as to why you're calling him 'a disgrace'.
Daniel Cormiere bores the living crud out of me too, but I would never call him 'a disgrace'. I would reserve comments like that for arseholes like Maradona for obvious reasons.
Disgrace - loss of reputation or respect as the result of a dishonourable action.
What we are arguing about here seems to be our personal interpretation of the word 'disgrace' which you obviously consider a stronger epithet than I do in the context that I used it.
Funnily enough I don't find Cormier boring (or disgraceful). He may not have a style that everybody appreciates but he doesn't deliberately fight within himself and cheat the fans of action in the way Woodley often does. To make an analogy I don't get angry when I see Pulis go to a big club and park the bus. It's what he does. The entertainment is seeing how the good teams break down his system. However when I see Mourinho do it with a squad that is worth twenty times what Pulis's is I think he is cheating the fans and would call it a disgrace.
Pleased with the results, all those champions needed to be humbled, even though I do think TJ is a snake.
I can understand where Alpha Male are coming from though. You're either with them or with Ludwig. It's a bit of a spit in the face of the kickboxing coaching at Alpha Male if you're going off somewhere else to work on that. Having said that Alpha Male really need to get over it.Nah disagree on TJ. I don't think TJ ever wanted to leave Alpha Male. He wanted to stay and continue to work with Ludwig at the same time. Faber, and even more so Garbrandt, have always seemed pretty dense and jock-esque to me. Fabers disliking of Ludwig and his immature stance stemming from that, led to Dillishaw effectively being forced into picking a side and having to leave. You are right about Gardbrandt though - He seems to have rocks in his head instead of brains and simply followed Faber. He seems like a stupid hot head and a bit of a muppet and it was excellent to see him get knocked on his ass.
Cruz, and now Dillishaw, have always been the more ambitious, intelligent and interesting fighters to me at least. Expected Dillishaw to win.
Congrats to GSP but don't think he will hold the MW belt for any length of time. Bisping is a fighter that I respect so much, and has the best cardio, heart and work rate going but he kind of deservedly lucked into the title with the one shot in a million/right place right time moment and isn't the best fighter in that division. The immediate fight is Whittaker but the idea of Rockhold/GSP is interesting