Didnāt watch. Strickland fought a good fight. He could have done more sooner but I wasnāt in the ring, maybe he felt like he would get finished if he pressed more.
Maybe this will humble him and he will go on another run.
Good for DDP, I look forward to seeing him fighting izzy
Yup. He really took that entire 3rd round off while Dricus kept pushing the pace and attacking, so by the end it was obvious it was going to be a close one and he gambled on that. Had he done more in that 3rd round, he wouldāve gotten the decision.
Didnāt watch the fight but from what Iām hearing/reading Strickland should have won the close decisionā¦
I always felt that you have to beat the champ decisively to take the belt away and super close split decision should go the champs way but whatever not complaining DDP is a beast
Why would you comment on the fight if you didnāt watch it? Thatās woman behaviour, knock it off.
Also the ābeat the champā narrative is ridiculous, the belt shouldnāt give you some extra arbitrary advantage.
Thatās two bad takes in one post, youād better think about what youāve done and shape up before posting again.
Iāve never liked this philosophy. I think there are rules for how to win a fight and thatās how you win. 10 point must system is what the UFC uses and thatās that. I donāt think a champion needs special treatment and protection to keep his belt. What makes someone a good champion is that they donāt need special help or rules to win. They win because they are better.
She was great on the Twisted Sister
DDP won imo. Strickland needed to do more, but didnāt. It didnāt look like he was in danger of getting KOed, just another weird performance like Cannonier fight
I thought Strickland won the first two rounds and was clearly taking a rest during rd 3, presumably saving energy for the 4th and 5th.
I havenāt seen the scoring but Iām assuming Strickland lost 3,4,5 on the losing scorecards?
Edit: i see all judges gave rd 5 to Sean
I have a hunch that DDP hits harder than people watching realize and thatās what dudes in their with him are feeling, so perhaps that is stopping guys from pressing
Yeah, I said the same thing to my wife, āOh, heās taking this round off, saving energy for the championship rounds, but heās allowing Dricus to win this round completely.ā He was probably thinking Dricus would fade in the final rounds.
110% one of the most idiotic fighting mainstays.
Like where did this even come from?
Imagine winning the Super Bowl with a last second field goal only to be told āyou only won by 3, you havenāt defeated the defending champs by enough so they keep the title and win the Super Bowl.ā
Why is this shit accepted by so many fight fans?
agreed i never went along with that. the fight is scored round-by-round on who won that 5-min passage of fightingā¦
If you think the challenger just did enough, itās insane to second-guess yourself with an intangible āchamp advantageā and somehow apply that, then submit a score for the round that you disagree with LOL
a twat colleague of mine found out i was a fight fan and started with, āthe thing a lot of casuals will never understand is (lol) you have to convincingly beat the champ to take the titleā
i was at work, so i couldnāt call him a cunt. had to find a way to so gently disagree with him, which was tiring. arrogant moron.
Her name is KJ.
I think so too. Iām surprised he can throw hard for 5 rounds, he was winding up with power hooks and kicks the whole fight. I thought he would gas in the 4th, but he didnt
You didā¦ enough to comment.