Black Beast's win was a fluke

It wasn't a fluke. He managed to turn it around against the flow of the fight. He may be a fairly limited fighter, but Volkov isn't exactly GSP either.
 
It wasn't a fluke, but Lewis is definitely a one trick pony. I think we all already knew that though. His cardio is trash, but he can punch like hell and he's shockingly fast when he actually unleashes. Kind of like Hunt in that regard. Plod, plod, plod... holy shit! Where'd THAT come from???
 
It was no fluke, he threw that same combo and narrowly missed multiple times and much earlier in the fight, the fluke is that those 1 - 2 combo's didn't land then and end Volkov's night sooner.

Textbook Deadliest Warrior problem, " The Ninja can hurt the Spartan often, but the Spartan can kill the Ninja for that reason the Spartan wins". Volkov was able to hurt Black Beast, but Black Beast can KO Volkov.
 
Arrrrgh said:
I don't call it luck, certainly circumstances and power though.

It's crazy he has reached the heights he has with such a limited skillset... but truthfully I don't think that's a knock against him, if anything it just shows another wrinkle to mma: all the skills in the world don't matter when a strong ass dude catches you clean.
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Maybe luck is not fair, but I do truly believe Volkov wins that fight more often than not. And yes, when a 300 lb monster catches you clean while wearing those tiny gloves you will likely go out. BB has serious power.

I will stick by my statement that someone like Blaydes would destroy him.

Then again, HW is thin as fuck at the moment. So who knows how long Lewis can retain his top 3 ranking.
 
why did they let lewis grab volkon's glove to eventually sweep him?
 
Lewis was losing the whole fight, then with 15 seconds left, swangin and bangin


lol
 
Tyrannosaurus rex said:
Maybe luck is not fair, but I do truly believe Volkov wins that fight more often than not. And yes, when a 300 lb monster catches you clean while wearing those tiny gloves you will likely go out. BB has serious power.

I will stick by my statement that someone like Blaydes would destroy him.

Then again, HW is thin as fuck at the moment. So who knows how long Lewis can retain his top 3 ranking.
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Yeah, and it's crazy Blaydes doesn't get more respect. Sadly I think it is because his style just isn't that exciting to casuals. But he put in work on everyone not named Ngannou...

and to be fair that was his first UFC fight. Back then Ngannou was fearless and let his power do work. I don't think Blaydes is a good match-up for anyone at heavyweight today. He's a smarter fighter when he has to be (just look at the Hunt fight).

However I think Blaydes would still lose to Stipe/(uninjured)Cain/DC and even Volkov or Tuivasa could give him problems. But he is still a tough match-up for any of those guys.
 
Bear Trapp said:
As much as I love the guy he's not that high level and won because the much better Volkov was trying too hard to be respectful and put on a show. Look at his reaction when he gets hit. He was a few punches away from being finished when he started complaining about his eye injury.

Someone who doesn't give a fck about such petty things as giving the fans their money's worth will easily have him. Blaydes would happily lay on him for 5 rounds.
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It kinda was but all his fights are like that. It’s hard to picture him as the second best hw in the world, he’s like a new tank Abbott
 
Yeah he actually meant to miss when throwing that punch! What a fluke.
 
Every win he has is a fluke

This is a reflection of the lack of talent at hw
 
Tyrannosaurus rex said:
I do think Volkov wins this the majority of the time. And his win over Francis was purely because Francis refused to engage.

I like Black Beast too, but he's ranked #2 due to luck/circumstances.

Someone like Blaydes finishes him handily IMO.
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He's ranked #2 for putting in the work and winning fights.
 
Bear Trapp said:
As much as I love the guy he's not that high level and won because the much better Volkov was trying too hard to be respectful and put on a show. Look at his reaction when he gets hit. He was a few punches away from being finished when he started complaining about his eye injury.

Someone who doesn't give a fck about such petty things as giving the fans their money's worth will easily have him. Blaydes would happily lay on him for 5 rounds.
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Volkov gets clipped and KO'ed more times than not in a fight with Lewis
 
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don't forget tybura too. Black Beast can pull out a fluke in any second, you are always in danger of a fluke every second you step in the octagon with the Black Beast
 
Bear Trapp said:
As much as I love the guy he's not that high level and won because the much better Volkov was trying too hard to be respectful and put on a show. Look at his reaction when he gets hit. He was a few punches away from being finished when he started complaining about his eye injury.

Someone who doesn't give a fck about such petty things as giving the fans their money's worth will easily have him. Blaydes would happily lay on him for 5 rounds.
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Not sure that you know what a Fluke is. A fluke is something that is almost accidental and would most likely never happen. Lewis does that and tries to do that in every fight. The commentators called it as well. Volkov wasn't trying to put on a show he was trying to avoid leaving himself open to exactly what happened. Lewis is a physical "Beast" but he has skills. He has had a back problem that has been limiting him significantly in the cage and in his training. He has beaten a lot of the top fighters just below the cream of the crop. If he were to train full time, lose weight to about 245 lbs and work on cardio and skills for 6 months to a year he could beat anyone. I would love to see him do that and go with Stipe, Cain etc. If Blaydes isn't careful in how he engages the same thing that happened to Volkov could happen to him. It's HW and anyone can win at any time.
 
With the level of intelligence Volkov displayed the fluke is actually that it didn't happen a lot sooner.
 
link67 said:
It was no fluke, he threw that same combo and narrowly missed multiple times and much earlier in the fight, the fluke is that those 1 - 2 combo's didn't land then and end Volkov's night sooner.

Textbook Deadliest Warrior problem, " The Ninja can hurt the Spartan often, but the Spartan can kill the Ninja for that reason the Spartan wins". Volkov was able to hurt Black Beast, but Black Beast can KO Volkov.
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Your analysis is ridiculous. Ninja's fought Samurais not Spartans.
 
Arrrrgh said:
Yeah, and it's crazy Blaydes doesn't get more respect. Sadly I think it is because his style just isn't that exciting to casuals. But he put in work on everyone not named Ngannou...

and to be fair that was his first UFC fight. Back then Ngannou was fearless and let his power do work. I don't think Blaydes is a good match-up for anyone at heavyweight today. He's a smarter fighter when he has to be (just look at the Hunt fight).

However I think Blaydes would still lose to Stipe/(uninjured)Cain/DC and even Volkov or Tuivasa could give him problems. But he is still a tough match-up for any of those guys.
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I think Stipe, Cain and DC are hard fights for Blaydes, but I think Volkov and Tuivasa would lose to be honest.

I don't think they have the wrestling to stay on the feet, or get back up after getting taken down.
 
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