Can you really be the BMF Champ

[Squarechoke]

You can't point at the center 3 seconds into round 1, that's not how that works.

Topuria has otherworldly power and unproven cardio. We don't know how it holds up over 5 rounds. It would be foolishness for Max to stand and trade with him in the pocket that early in the fight.

It's foolishness for Max to go into the pocket with Gaethje and have both throw as many bombs as they can at the end of a fight that he had otherwise already won. That's pretty much the point of the BMF thing - not to highlight the best fighters but the toughest.

But the BMF thing is also pretty dumb and just make the UFC look worse by having WWE style gimmick titles so I don't criticize Max for not doing that right away against Ilia. It made for the better fight.

 

[chinarice]

You can't point at the center 3 seconds into round 1, that's not how that works.

Topuria has otherworldly power and unproven cardio. We don't know how it holds up over 5 rounds. It would be foolishness for Max to stand and trade with him in the pocket that early in the fight.

What he did was more badass than the ridiculous points max has done when his fight is battered, beaten and concussed and telling said fighter to lay down their defenses and trade.

It's so silly to act like it wasn't more badass

 

[chinarice]

It's foolishness for Max to go into the pocket with Gaethje and have both throw as many bombs as they can at the end of a fight that he had otherwise already won. That's pretty much the point of the BMF thing - not to highlight the best fighters but the toughest.

But the BMF thing is also pretty dumb and just make the UFC look worse by having WWE style gimmick titles so I don't criticize Max for not doing that right away against Ilia. It made for the better fight.

Way more badass to have your fresh opponent throw down than a battered, beaten and concussed one.

 

[Rubios]

Very, very distorted argument.
Max did it twice in fights he had in the bag. Not at the very beginning. Trading with Justin, even when hurt, is as ballsy as it gets.
And there's the "I'm the best boxer in the UFC" dodging and punching -and landing- while talking to the commentators.
And teaching Ortega how to block a 1-2 mid-fight.

BMF belt is stupid unless Max holds it, IMHO.

 

[fortheo]

Very, very distorted argument.
Max did it twice in fights he had in the bag. Not at the very beginning. Trading with Justin, even when hurt, is as ballsy as it gets.
And there's the "I'm the best boxer in the UFC" dodging and punching -and landing- while talking to the commentators.
And teaching Ortega how to block a 1-2 mid-fight.

BMF belt is stupid unless Max holds it, IMHO.

Trading with a fighter you've already rocked multiple times and beat down for 24 minutes is not more ballsy than trading with them in the opening seconds of a fight. Max knows this, too

 

[Rubios]

Trading with a fighter you've already rocked multiple times and beat down for 24 minutes is not more ballsy than trading with them in the opening seconds of a fight. Max knows this, too

Except for the detail that you can avoid him for 10" and win the fight. Decisively.

 

[fortheo]

Except for the detail that you can avoid him for 10" and win the fight. Decisively.

That doesn't make it more ballsy than risking your chin against a fresh puncher in round one.

 

[Ozze]

5 seconds into round 1? When the other fighter is at 100% on his power level?

That would get him the DMF belt. The dumbest mother fucker.

 

[svmr_db]

Max was winning before getting caught, but y’all ain’t ready to have that conversation.

Winning on your scorecard perhaps, but Holloway was losing on 2 of the 3 official ones so that's all that matters.

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[chinarice]

The fact that people are still trying to argue what Max does is more "BMF" shows the hilarious bias people have towards Sherdog darlings.

It's literally not arguable which is more badass. Everything Ilia did in that fight was the literal definition of badass.

The coping on this forum is absolutely hilarious.

 

[DesiredUserName]

No. I cannot.

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Last time I checked, gestures don’t determine champions

 

[chinarice]

5 seconds into round 1? When the other fighter is at 100% on his power level?

That would get him the DMF belt. The dumbest mother fucker.

lol yes because giving your opponent a chance to knock you the fuck out when you've got the fight in the bag isn't by definition.... dumb.... lol I can't, I just can't

 

[Rampage_Jackson]

You can't point at the center 3 seconds into round 1, that's not how that works.

Topuria has otherworldly power and unproven cardio. We don't know how it holds up over 5 rounds. It would be foolishness for Max to stand and trade with him in the pocket that early in the fight.

why would the BMF care about foolishness? It was "smart" but it CERTAINLY wasn't badass. I hate Ilia but he sort of punked him here honestly.

 

[blunttruth]

I don't begrudge Max or Ilia for how that all played out, but when Ilia pointed to the ground I would have preferred that Max had run forward and kicked Ilia under the chin, Chandler-Ferguson style.

 

[ninja boot]

They're all looking for Mr. Right and Dana's only looking for Mr. Right-now.

 

[smalliebiggs]

Islam is the lineal BMF champ

 

[Voodoo_Child906]

Not in the first 3 seconds of round 1.

Let's not forget, footwork and cardio are both part of boxing.

Why not the first 3 seconds of a fight? I guarantee you that Ilia is willing to do that with anyone.

 

[HHJ]

Illia one upped him there, but let's not try to make Max out to be a pussy over this one thing. Calm down.

 

[richardjohnson]

Friendly reminder that Islam is the lineal BMF