Aspinall had the worst week a champ has ever had without losing the belt.

[jeff7b9]

Toms next fight is a must win for him.

Thats what title fight level combat sports is though.

All that fuzzy sparkly star glazing shit goes away if you lose.

That's the game.

Notice how no one is talking about Curtis Blaydes or Sergei Pavlovich? They lost.


Go grind your whole life to Try to get to where you can have it all yanked out from under you with one bad day at the office.
Life's a bitch.
You want the ultimate glory, it comes with the inevitable rug pull.

 

[Gamer2k4]

3 strike differential and we saw 4 minutes of a 25 minute fight.

Breathtaking stupidity on this forum.

I've noticed people only bring up strike counts to justify ignoring the fight itself. There's a reason judges exist, and it's because "significant strikes" is too vague to be meaningful, especially when the numbers are close.

If I throw a weak punch and hit you in the chest, and you smack me in the head with a kick that has me doing the funky chicken, those are recorded equally: "1 significant strike." The fact is that Gane was looking much better than Aspinall, landing cleaner shots, doing more damage, and stuffing the one takedown Aspinall attempted. Trying to brush that off as nothing more than a "3 strike differential" just shows you've got a bias and you don't care about reality.

 

[Bowel-forged Stool]

Only because retarded Jon fans are celebrating to cover the pain of being laughed at for their guy ducking.

 

[CasualBot]

Fighting is ups and downs.

This is why it's interesting and fun.

Gane got laid on by Francis. Choked out easily by Jon. Now suddenly he is some machine, and Tom's a quitter or a pussy. Or whatever this wild narrative is.

It's okay to be impressed by Gane looking decent.

But dancing around a jab like this was boxing,
Only lasts so long in MMA.

GSP mixed up wrestling to use his jab successfully. Gane wasn't going to mix up wrestling, he was going to dance and run.
Eventually in MMA a season/smart fighter, with good coaches, would adapt.

We simply didn't see if Tom had those championship rounds and/or if Gane had more than jab & dance.

Could've gone to a boring decision, could've been a finish, nobody really knows...


EXCEPT that Tom didn't scream like Blol,
And got BOTH eyes poked.

Even the accidental phrasing is bullshit.

Ask Jim Miller.

He had the balls to say what's been known for years. People intentionally learn and train techniques. That was no accident.

 

[PrideNverDies]

Hes been put in a position where people are rarely going to be level headed about him. Its usually either overhyping him to shit or praying for his downfall and nitpicking his performances. The Jon situation has intensified all sentiment around him.

It all rides on the rematch anyway. If he is well rounded and a genuine all timer as some claim then he should have a viable plan B (grappling) in his toolbox to get the job done. Things ended too early to tell this time round and aside from the one TD attempt he was fighting Gane at Ganes biggest strength.

So sick of this lame wrestling cope. Tom COULDN'T takedown Gane. That one takedown was proof of that. He tried catching a kick too and failed. Any other takedowns would have failed as well. More takedowns doesn't mean he would have taken him down eventually. It means he would have failed more and got more tired especially since he isn't a wrestler. I bet you think Bo Nickal just needed to wrestle more to beat RDR huh?

 

[TheBulge]

Again I have no horse in this race but what I will say is I was really surprised that Tom (the HW Champ and so called baddest man in the world) had become so triggered by those chorus of boos. Like goddamn you are the HW Champ of the world.

Even the boos hurt him. I don't know how anyone can claim he can deal with adversity well, not even his biggest fanboys could claim that.

 

[Gregoire1]

So sick of this lame wrestling cope. Tom COULDN'T takedown Gane. That one takedown was proof of that. He tried catching a kick too and failed. Any other takedowns would have failed as well. More takedowns doesn't mean he would have taken him down eventually. It means he would have failed more and got more tired especially since he isn't a wrestler. I bet you think Bo Nickal just needed to wrestle more to beat RDR huh?

No, no, Asp is Khabib or Jones level grappler, he just wanted to test himself in the stand-up, otherwise he could have taken Gane out at any moment

 

[MrShady]

Tom is a one round fighter. Things were only going to get worse as he slowed down.

I knew I'd find you in any thread about Aspinall lol bro you must've posted like 50 times since the fight can you take a day off and clear that head maybe?

I'm not an aspinall guy but it's funny watching you and a few others literally post nothing but aspinall this aspinall that.

Chill bro theres a life outside of sherdog

 

[TeenageMutantLesnarTurtle]

So sick of this lame wrestling cope. Tom COULDN'T takedown Gane. That one takedown was proof of that. He tried catching a kick too and failed. Any other takedowns would have failed as well. More takedowns doesn't mean he would have taken him down eventually. It means he would have failed more and got more tired especially since he isn't a wrestler. I bet you think Bo Nickal just needed to wrestle more to beat RDR huh?

He attempted one takedown, didnt commit all that much to it, and was also poked in the eyes during it. The idea that one TD being defended means wrestling isnt a viable option in the rematch is a seriously stupid leap to make, even Merab failed to complete half of his takedowns in his fight just now ffs. We simply did not see enough to know for sure and i'm not sure why you're so adamant about arguing otherwise. The RDR comparison is also insanely dumb given RDRs grappling skills mean most people dont even want to go to the ground with him in the first place.

 

[orca]

Only because retarded Jon fans are celebrating to cover the pain of being laughed at for their guy ducking.

Any logical fan realizes it’s on Gane for gouging Tom’s eyes. Of course his next fight is a must win because he needs to defend his belt.

Also, round 1 went to Gane but it was close. The people acting like it was domination are heavily biased, retarded or Gane eyepoked them too

why would jones fan be on pain
did tom won 18 titles
beating jones 17 ?

 

[orca]

What’s cringe about expecting a champion to defend his belt against an interim champ? The title is not a career achievement award for being a good LHW a decade ago.

The only people calling Tom a quitter are retards who are still butthurt Tom made their hero run away like he was at the scene of another accident or USADA visit again. Anyone else thinks it’s reasonable for a fighter to not want to continue after having his vision affected and fingers jammed into his eyes.

“Tom is scared”. No he’s not. The fight will be rebooked and happen again soon. Cope harder

jones had given aspinal the belt
arent you happy about that?
what more do you ask of him?

your angry he doesnt wanna fight bumspinal

your angry hes gonna fight a real champion alex right?

 

[VAfan]

yeah he must have blasphemed or something. was definitely a perfect storm of bad fortune.

 

[markg171]

Even the boos hurt him. I don't know how anyone can claim he can deal with adversity well, not even his biggest fanboys could claim that.

You can tell by the way he reacted to the boos that he knew they were warranted, and that's why he got defensive. Total "Waaah stop booing me guys" attitude.

Someone who genuinely couldn't see and couldn't continue doesn't act that way. They wouldn't have been acting that way to have even gotten to a position where the crowd doesn't believe you.

 

[JustforBROCK]

I've noticed people only bring up strike counts to justify ignoring the fight itself. There's a reason judges exist, and it's because "significant strikes" is too vague to be meaningful, especially when the numbers are close.

If I throw a weak punch and hit you in the chest, and you smack me in the head with a kick that has me doing the funky chicken, those are recorded equally: "1 significant strike." The fact is that Gane was looking much better than Aspinall, landing cleaner shots, doing more damage, and stuffing the one takedown Aspinall attempted. Trying to brush that off as nothing more than a "3 strike differential" just shows you've got a bias and you don't care about reality.

Everyone watched the same fight kid. We all saw the same thing. Some of us choose to come here and make up shit that didnt happen. Those people looked really stupid. (those people are you)

 

[IDGETKTFO]

This is a good thing. Now Tom can be more prepared and train EPD for the rematch.

 

[Khaosan]

I've noticed people only bring up strike counts to justify ignoring the fight itself. There's a reason judges exist, and it's because "significant strikes" is too vague to be meaningful, especially when the numbers are close.

If I throw a weak punch and hit you in the chest, and you smack me in the head with a kick that has me doing the funky chicken, those are recorded equally: "1 significant strike." The fact is that Gane was looking much better than Aspinall, landing cleaner shots, doing more damage, and stuffing the one takedown Aspinall attempted. Trying to brush that off as nothing more than a "3 strike differential" just shows you've got a bias and you don't care about reality.

You saw less than 1/5th of a fight and are making conclusions based on your bias. The irony is breathtaking.

Gane is my favourite UFC HW dumbass.

 

[Gamer2k4]

You saw less than 1/5th of a fight and are making conclusions based on your bias. The irony is breathtaking.

Gane is my favourite UFC HW dumbass.

My conclusion came from watching the fight. Your conclusion came from reading the numbers.

Plus, the "1/5 of a fight" part doesn't matter. I didn't say Gane was going to win. I didn't say Aspinall didn't have a chance. I reported what was actually happening in that 1/5 of a fight. If it had gone three rounds, I would have evaluated three rounds. If it had gone all five, I would have evaluated all five. But it didn't, so I only spoke on what I saw.

 

[Gamer2k4]

Everyone watched the same fight kid. We all saw the same thing. Some of us choose to come here and make up shit that didnt happen. Those people looked really stupid. (those people are you)

So you think Aspinall was landing cleaner shots and doing more damage? You think his wrestling looked better? Or what?

 

[ThaiSexPills]

why would jones fan be on pain
did tom won 18 titles
beating jones 17 ?

Because Jon was being mocked mercilessly for ducking the interim champ and retiring so he wouldn’t have to defend. Duh.

 

[ThaiSexPills]

jones had given aspinal the belt
arent you happy about that?
what more do you ask of him?

your angry he doesnt wanna fight bumspinal

your angry hes gonna fight a real champion alex right?

I’m angry we had to endure that annoying saga and in the end, we didn’t get to see what would have been the biggest HW fight ever.

And of course Jon wants to fight the smaller man with questionable wrestling. Just a further example of how he’s a cherry picking duck.

Unless Jones is willing to do the Alex fight at 205, it makes zero sense. If he wants to capture the LHW strap again though, it would be interesting. I think even old Jones runs through everyone at LHW