Are we just gonna ignore the 6am factor?

[Domitian]

Yeah the reason why I mainly don't agree with this argument is this interview(and these guys have known Leon for awhile so he was comfortable with them, the interview takes place at his house).
.

Leon states for the first time he's had a full camp devoted all to himself (champ shit), and even talks about what he needs to do to surpass GSP.

He was confident, prepped and ready for this fight, Belal was just better that night.

Watch, next they're gonna say his sparring partners were tired so he didn't get adequate training.

 

[Contempt]

So let's keep in mind that for belal, as an American, he was flying over and fighting on his regular clock like no real change.
Whereas Leon had to completely switch his biological clock on its head and try to get used to being in prime fighting form at 5 in the morning.
It's totally an unfair advantage and it's ridiculous that UFC would make all the UK fighters do this in the first place.
Even with a stringent sleep regimen, getting used to staying up all night and be at your best at like 5-6 am is unrealistic. It's different when international fighters go to the US to fight, cause they are adjusting to the regular time there, whereas Leon had to basically jet lag himself in his own country.

Have you never traveled before? You can acclimatise to a new time zone effectively in about three days. That's why fighters head over, weeks in advance.

They all knew what time they would be fighting and spent time adjusting their body clocks to suit... or they are dumb as dogshit if they didn't; If so, that's on them.

 

[Mattnac]

Have you never traveled before? You can acclimatise to a new time zone effectively in about three days. That's why fighters head over, weeks in advance.

They all knew what time they would be fighting and spent time adjusting their body clocks to suit... or they are dumb as dogshit if they didn't.

Yes I have, extensively, which is why I'm aware that acclimating to a NEW time zone is straight forward, but to have to do it in your own country, while the rest of society does not - is an entirely, ENTIRELY different thing.

 

[Leon Edwards]

So let's keep in mind that for belal, as an American, he was flying over and fighting on his regular clock like no real change.
Whereas Leon had to completely switch his biological clock on its head and try to get used to being in prime fighting form at 5 in the morning.
It's totally an unfair advantage and it's ridiculous that UFC would make all the UK fighters do this in the first place.
Even with a stringent sleep regimen, getting used to staying up all night and be at your best at like 5-6 am is unrealistic. It's different when international fighters go to the US to fight, cause they are adjusting to the regular time there, whereas Leon had to basically jet lag himself in his own country.

It's ridiculous

 

[mjfan23]

This looks like a Brit hating bait thread.

 

[markys00]

I know this is a bad troll attempt, but u ever hear of jetlag?

 

[Arm Barbarian]

but why are peeps acting like this is the first time it's happened? it happens when they are in China and other places over there!

So is that why Bisping lost to Gastelum?
Ping needs to try and get that overturned for having to fight at a different time than normal that one time..

They know well in advance of the time change and have to be professional and be prepared for it. Especially easier when you live in that country and don't even have to travel. No excuses for that. imho

Fair point. But I do think you and I can agree there was a lot of shitty performances on this card, no?

Maybe it was just a stinkfest in terms of match ups, but it seemed to be pretty consistent underperforming or fighters either flat or unmotivated.

Definitely not one of the more memorable PPVs for me.

 

[tymikeson]

any time anywhere is no longer associated with fighting.


if they werent prepared for this time slot of fighting, then his camp are complete idiots.

 

[Domitian]

Yes I have, extensively, which is why I'm aware that acclimating to a NEW time zone is straight forward, but to have to do it in your own country, while the rest of society does not - is an entirely, ENTIRELY different thing.

You keep insisting Leon "had" to train in England and it was "demanded" of him to do so.

 

[filthybliss]

UK Fans seething that Belal whooped Leon. They had plenty of time to adjust. Feel bad for the fans tho

 

[BEATDOWNS]

I challenge you to sleep until 9pm for 4 weeks, walk into your gym at midnight, do light sparring until 4 am, then go balls to the walls at 5-6am sparring. I'll give you 2 weeks to prepare, let me know how it goes!

You would get used to it an adjust you clearly have never done shift work before. imho

 

[Clark Rogers]

Copium

They were all dealt the same cards, and had at least 2 months to prepare.

 

[Contempt]

Yes I have, extensively, which is why I'm aware that acclimating to a NEW time zone is straight forward, but to have to do it in your own country, while the rest of society does not - is an entirely, ENTIRELY different thing.

Horse shit. Check into hotel, live EXACTLY the same way that overseas fighters do, leading up to the fight. Problem solved.

You're just trying to come up with lame excuses at this point.

 

[Natural Order]

The only reason I'm thrilled Belal won is that it pissed off the pink goof.

 

[Can’t Handle My Riddum]

Fair point. But I do think you and I can agree there was a lot of shitty performances on this card, no?

Maybe it was just a stinkfest in terms of match ups, but it seemed to be pretty consistent underperforming or fighters either flat or unmotivated.

Definitely not one of the more memorable PPVs for me.

The other two Brits who fought Americans at an obscene time, Aspinall and Paddy both looked fresh, fast and prepared. Doesn’t seem like it impacted them very much.

 

[filthybliss]

So let's keep in mind that for belal, as an American, he was flying over and fighting on his regular clock like no real change.
Whereas Leon had to completely switch his biological clock on its head and try to get used to being in prime fighting form at 5 in the morning.
It's totally an unfair advantage and it's ridiculous that UFC would make all the UK fighters do this in the first place.
Even with a stringent sleep regimen, getting used to staying up all night and be at your best at like 5-6 am is unrealistic. It's different when international fighters go to the US to fight, cause they are adjusting to the regular time there, whereas Leon had to basically jet lag himself in his own country.

Leon had enough time to arrange his sleep schedule for the fight. It’s not like he has a day job either.

Also, Aspinall and Mokaev were able to win their matches.

 

[humdizzle]

Store manager: "hey Leon can you work a night shift next month?"

Leon: *shows up to night shift and messes everything up, puts womens undies in the electronics section*

 

[BEATDOWNS]

Fair point. But I do think you and I can agree there was a lot of shitty performances on this card, no?

Maybe it was just a stinkfest in terms of match ups, but it seemed to be pretty consistent underperforming or fighters either flat or unmotivated.

Definitely not one of the more memorable PPVs for me.

Not gonna lie but when i was doing my Tapology card for this i was surprised going through the records how many of these fighters had a lot of fights that go to decision. I picked 9 out of 14 fights to go to decision. As did a lot of others that did Tap cards picked a lot of decisions. i think it was mostly the match making. I wanted to pick KO's and Subs but I'm like but these fighters just go to decision like every fight i looked at. lol

 

[jitzmonkey]

Only unfair if they're not informed beforehand what time the event is starting.


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So you're saying that the timeframe for Leon was turned upside down?

Very likely; but that's his own fault!

 

[Clark Rogers]

The other two Brits who fought Americans at an obscene time, Aspinall and Paddy both looked fresh, fast and prepared. Doesn’t seem like it impacted them very much.

Probably the best example ITT.
And someone else mentioned shift work, that argument that "adjusting in your own home country is different" is BS. It may not be fun, but it's entirely doable, shift workers do that shit from one week to another in some cases.