Just sat down on the couch and fired up fight night and ffwd. It went straight to the maddalena fight.
Impressive performance by the last minute replacement. But jdm took it even tho rooting for other guy after round 1. Damage has to always be the number one factor. If these judges think a round is really close they need to ask themselves the question
If I were in the fight which one would I rather be that round. Jdm landed huge body shots and punished him round 2. One pot i think he had thin stunned where it looked like his eyes went blurry. That always has to be more important winning around versus taking a guy down and holding him 3 minutes and never doing significant damage on the ground.
I think pride has the judging criteria correct and we would get rid of these decisions where one guy controls 10 minutes of the fight with litttle damage and the other guy lights him up those other minutes
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Jack shouldâve won it in the 2nd and still couldâve done it in the 3rd. Heâs a tough guy but he needs to fight smarter and tighten his striking game up a bit. He couldâve easily lost that decision.
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It makes a difference when heâs also landing significant shots on the feet. He wasnât winning on the feet vs Jack, but he definitely landed meaningful shots that showed effect on him.
Mostly in round 1. Round 2 Jack was tuning him up for the first half of the round, then Hafez got the takedown and kinda just lay and prayed the rest of the round.
That was a nasty dislocation
I donât know if thereâs anything harder to do than not quit when youâre absolutely red lining during a fight and totally exhausted. Hats off to Hafez for having absolutely inhuman fortitude.
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JDM stock dropped big time.
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Yeah, Hafez actually impressed me most in round 3. When they were along the cage and Jack was holding his wrist and teeing off with the other hand, he looked completely exhausted and done. He could have just sat down and called it a night, nobody would have faulted him. But he didnt, he dug deep, got a takedown and survived the rest of the fight.
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Well said. He obviously had great training and more impressively, he was ready to do or die trying. Thatâs something a lot of guys talk about but he clearly meant it. Thatâs not a skill. Thatâs a mental strength that is truly rare, even among elite fighters (UFC level).