Dreville79 -onepunchJD -Soul Gravy -onepunchJD -Soul Gravy -onepunchJD -SuperFightFan - This is a closer fight than most think IMO!Carwin can wrestle and has beter KO power than Cain. No one has held Carwin down.
People think Cain was so unstoppable but all we got to see of that was vs JDS/Bigfoot for awhile there.
Carwin was killing Brock and a different ref may have stopped it.
Tough IMO!
Carwin also whizzered Brock.
Not taking anything away from Brock, becUse that was one of his best wins IMO – but if Carwin had just paced himself a little, he probably wins that fight – and it would have been remembered as a one sided beatdown.
Carwin is a monster.
So is Cain.
I can’t see being 100% confident in either outcome – and pretty sure both guys would get multiple wins if they fought 10 times.
Carwin is one of the bigger “what-ifs” of MMA HWs IMO.
Carwin did win that fight. Had it been anyone other than Brock, they’d have stopped it in the first round when he wasn’t defending himself. The precedent for that sort of stoppage is already in place.
No, Carwin did not win that fight.
Brock weathered the storm and came back to win.
I’m all for fighter safety, but I’m also a purist.
If a guy can get his ass kicked and still manage to come back and win in the end, he deserves credit for that.
Carwin probably should have won – but that’s on him – not the ref.
He could have been a little more methodical and saved something for the next round.
Regardless, it showed something about both fighters.
It showed how physically formidable Carwin truly was to dominate that first round.
It showed weak links in terms of cardio and strategy for Carwin.
It showed Brock’s physical durability, as well as his championship determination to come back and impose his will after a beating.
Definitely a clash of 2 absolute monsters.
I might rewatch that one in the near future.
I don’t agree with the often early stoppage policy the UFC uses, but going by the precedent they set, the fight should have been stopped with Carwin getting the victory.
I could see arguing that as a guy rooting for Carwin during the fight.
But when it didn’t happen, and Brock won, it becomes a moot point.
You sign up for 5 rounds.
You fail to put your opponent away – no matter how one-sided the beatdown – it’s on you to deal with him when he gets up.
Tired or not.
What happened in that fight is probably a good example of the ref being right not to stop a fight.
I had £100 on Carwin that fight, I spent three minutes screaming at the fucking ref. Soon as Round 1 ended, I knew Brock had it and I was absolutely fuming lol
LOL
Yeah… he came close.
I probably would have been yelling at the ref too.
IIRC I was rooting for Carwin, but no money involved.