Ariel Helwani on Fedor's win: That is something else. Home cooking is alive and well. Poor Fabio.

[Frank23]

Multiple time MMA journalist of the year Ariel Helwani didn't think that Fedor Emelianenko deservered to win his last fight against Fábio Maldonado. What are your thoughts on this?

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[Alexander96]

I think Fedor won rounds 2 and 3. That doesnt make both their performances any less awful

 

[TTech]

Im not sure I get it. Home cooking ? Meaning they leaned towards him winning on home turf ? At first I though he was congratulating him and saying that his backwards ways and simple life/food still manage to be good enough.

 

[Bogeyman]

One judge scored it a draw.

Whatever happened, the controversy vultures were waiting to cash in and that's what has happened.

 

[PancraseForever]

Im not sure I get it. Home cooking ? Meaning they leaned towards him winning on home turf ? At first I though he was congratulating him and saying that his backwards ways and simple life/food still manage to be good enough.

He's saying they gifted him the decision.

It is very obvious Fedor lost. He only won because Fabio let up on several occassions. For example he let Fedor get back up when he slipped, easily could have exploited it.

 

[thedevious]

Fabio right now

 

[Lek]

I believe it was a draw 10-8, 9-10, 9-10
Regardless

Now I see why the UFC banned him.
What a sniveling negative a hole.

 

[Max Power]

I have the feeling that if this fight had happened in the US, then it would have been scored a draw.

 

[mime]

Russia should put a lifetime ban on him from ever entering the country

 

[SaturdayKrush]

That whole home cooking argument doesn't make sense when one of the judges scores it as a draw. Nobody gave Fedor the first there.

Wasn't there some heat with Ariel and the Diaz brothers a while back? Something about him trying to stir shit up between fighters?

He seems like a sleezeball at times.

 

[PancraseForever]

Rude, but true.

10-8, 10-9, 10-9. But to be honest I think Fabio got another round somewhere. He was landing the more effective shots in one of the rounds and blocking all of the ones that landed on him.

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

a draw would be fair. but this is a problem in MMA where they will not give 10-8 rounds

 

[Brit_Brawler]

How can it be seen any different ? Fedor lost rd 1 and won 2 and 3 . Maldonado did hardly fuck all After that first round.

 

[CJ86]

Or, maybe just like in the countless other decisions we've seen over the years, it's just overall incompetent judging. It's no secret that judges don't like giving 10-8s, so why all the conspiracy bullshit?

 

[Danespina]

How was round 1 not a 10-8? The fight was a draw.

 

[tombombadil]

I have the feeling that if this fight had happened in the US, then it would have been scored a draw.

It was a draw, however, this fight would have been stopped in the US, imo.

 

[Max Power]

It was a draw, however, this fight would have been stopped in the US, imo.

That's a good point, very possible. I can understand why it wasn't though.

 

[tombombadil]

That's a good point, very possible. I can understand why it wasn't though.

Im glad it wasnt. I think Herb Dean and many others dont let them go enough. These guys get hit thousands of times in training, and we have seen how many times guys have come back from a first round where they were hurt and turned it around. I mean, we dont see it much anymore because they always get stopped, but we used to.

 

[PIT FIGHTER]

Round 1 not being 10-8 is a joke.

Teddy getting in an early flurry and unloading on Fabio's arms, since he blocked almost everything, does not take away from the absolute treadmill stanky leg SCHLONGING Teddy got.

That said, judges are historically very shy about giving out 10-8 rounds. Seems like lazy, poor judging more so than any kind of conspiracy.

 

[Idonotbelieveit]

fair statement