A broken hand obviously diminishes your cardio

[Rubios]

First things first: I picked Merab to win.

But a fracture, and one as painful as a hand, affects endurance badly.
Any of you that have trained know that severe pain makes you gas.

That's because (not bro-science, nor rocket science neither):

1. Intense pain is an stressor. When you are at 90-95% of your max heart rate, adding a stressor makes you redline.

2. During strenuous effort, endorphins released go mainly to your muscles to "trick" them into keep going.
When hurt, those endorphins are almost entirely headed to i.e. his hand.

So both muscular and cardiovascular fatigue kicks much harder and earlier.

A badly broken hand is not an excuse. Shit happens. I still believe Merab would have won, but that injury left us without a great fight.

 

[Hymen Crusher]

These may be true but hand injuries are part of punching people in their heads. Plus they numb up after about 10 minutes. It really doesn't bother you after a few it just feels numb.

 

[mister piscadinha]

oh my God, the cope is REAL

 

[fortheo]

Cool, so does a leg and back injury that Merab fought with just in order to accommodate the challenger's religious practice of Ramadan.

 

[flektarn]

damn, probably shouldn't punch a guy in the head who regularly jumps headfirst into frozen lakes. That's just me, though. Poor fight IQ.

 

[fortheo]

damn, probably shouldn't punch a guy in the head who regularly jumps headfirst into frozen lakes. That's just me, though. Poor fight IQ.

Exactly. Two bodies collided and one held up better than the other. A fights a fight. Shit happens.

 

[Contempt]

I am sure we'll get a rematch at some point so we'll see... am looking forward to it.

 

[PaddyO'malley]

In #PowerSlap real ones usually switch to di other hand no disrespect jus'

 

[HHJ]

Ya gotta finish merab. You can't plan to out grapple him for the whole fight. Umar was able to shut it down early but he needed to finish him not try to keep grappling later. Easier said than done though, cos Merab forces people to grapple and is super durable.

Maybe Umar meant to but the broken hand hindered that? Idk. But khabib did have to tell him to stop going for takedowns cos he didn't have the energy to complete them anymore

 

[Gabe]

Did you see Merabs knee? That’s compromised

 

[Streeter]

Number 1 bullshit.
I backhanded my wife causing my middle phalanx on the index finger to fracture. Still ran a 5k the next day.

Gotta keep your pimp hand stronger than that........

 

[Dana's Conscience]

I clicked on this post expecting sarcasm

 

[Squintz]

Proof that you picked Merab to win?

 

[ultra321]

Number 1 bullshit.
I backhanded my wife causing my middle phalanx on the index finger to fracture. Still ran a 5k the next day.

Only a 5k???
Pretty weak... NGL

 

[xhaydenx]

The Dagi dick riders are in absolute shambles right now.

 

[sdpdude9]

L take. Fanboys are sad. So are the haters though. Both of which are quite prevalent right now.

 

[goOb]

I think it threw a wrench in Umar’s wrestling capabilities. Great fight though. I would watch those two run it back

 

[ejazahmednit]

It absolutely does
But it happened during the fight and it can be a reason for his weaker performance but doesn't take anything away from Merab's performance
Both can be true

 

[AL-Tappo McSnappo]

Cool, so does a leg and back injury that Merab fought with just in order to accommodate the challenger's religious practice of Ramadan.

Rubbish, merab won, good fighter but jis injuries were minor, stop acting like they mattered

 

[McGeezle]

damn, probably shouldn't punch a guy in the head who regularly jumps headfirst into frozen lakes. That's just me, though. Poor fight IQ.

The irony of you saying poor IQ