Media Crowd view of Aspinall vs Blaydes

[WoozyFailGuy]

Man, I absolutely love the EU cards for the uproarious, singing, hooliganistic atmosphere they produce

 

[BigTruck]

I know tom hits like a truck but those shots just didn't seem to be having much impact. I do think blaydes was going to win but that should have played out a little longer imo but right man won regardless.

 

[neandertal]

He was done.

 

[oski]

It reminds why going to live events suck. Those were damn expensive seats and they still looked like ants.

And now, post the one for Paddy, lol. Is anyone in here that was there? That pop seemed ridiculous.

 

[Kungpowking]

It reminds why going to live events suck. Those were damn expensive seats and they still looked like ants.

And now, post the one for Paddy, lol. Is anyone in here that was there? That pop seemed ridiculous.

Being poor is a problem, but keeping it bottled up is what makes it a disease.

 

[Myrddin Wild]

Definitely stopped early. I understand he belly flopped twice, but it was so quick & he popped right back up.

Protecting fighters is one thing, but you're also destroying dreams & those punches in bunches were all arm... with about a 12" swing... & so weren't the strongest shots.

 

[BoxerMaurits]

And now, post the one for Paddy, lol. Is anyone in here that was there? That pop seemed ridiculous.

I was there.
Crowd went absolutely nuts!

 

[Bojka]

Definitely stopped early. I understand he belly flopped twice, but it was so quick & he popped right back up.

Protecting fighters is one thing, but you're also destroying dreams & those punches in bunches were all arm... with about a 12" swing... & so weren't the strongest shots.

On rewatch it doesn't seem bad to me. Blaydes was helpless for 6 seconds and didn't move until the ref stopped it and Aspinall got up off of him.

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

Definitely stopped early. I understand he belly flopped twice, but it was so quick & he popped right back up.

Protecting fighters is one thing, but you're also destroying dreams & those punches in bunches were all arm... with about a 12" swing... & so weren't the strongest shots.

Blaydes should have at least put his hand up to block then. He was just laying there taking shots, the referee stops it once it's deemed you aren't intelligently defending yourself, not if he deems that the shots are or are not damaging enough.
That's all on Blaydes rather than the ref IMO

 

[MMAProfessional]

It reminds why going to live events suck. Those were damn expensive seats and they still looked like ants.

And now, post the one for Paddy, lol. Is anyone in here that was there? That pop seemed ridiculous.

I went to the last Atlantic City card and the crowd goes nuts over anything. 400 bucks and our seats were far away. You really pay for the atmosphere but we left before the Firiot Blanfield main and I'm glad we did.

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

I went to the last Atlantic City card and the crowd goes nuts over anything. 400 bucks and our seats were far away. You really pay for the atmosphere but we left before the Firiot Blanfield main and I'm glad we did.

That's the thing people dont get, you pay for the atmosphere. Even amateur MMA events can get absolutely wild when some crazy shit happens.
Tickets are expensive but so is literally everything now, and it's going to keep going up unless there is a seismic economic shift.

 

[Fedora Millionankles]

I know tom hits like a truck but those shots just didn't seem to be having much impact. I do think blaydes was going to win but that should have played out a little longer imo but right man won regardless.

Got dropped, flattened, and head bounced like a basketball.
Which shot didn’t have an impact?

 

[DomiDomi]

It reminds why going to live events suck. Those were damn expensive seats and they still looked like ants.

And now, post the one for Paddy, lol. Is anyone in here that was there? That pop seemed ridiculous.

The pops for Aspinall and Paddy were insane.

Almost all of the rest of the fights on the card were a bit shite so they ruined what could have been an electric atmosphere had they given the fans something to get excited about.

 

[sdpdude9]

Blaydes should have at least put his hand up to block then. He was just laying there taking shots, the referee stops it once it's deemed you aren't intelligently defending yourself, not if he deems that the shots are or are not damaging enough.
That's all on Blaydes rather than the ref IMO

Should have done literally anything but lay in a vulnerable position not even blocking after getting dropped. He’s an experienced fighter, he knows that’s begging to get stopped.

 

[TempleoftheDog]

It reminds why going to live events suck. Those were damn expensive seats and they still looked like ants.

And now, post the one for Paddy, lol. Is anyone in here that was there? That pop seemed ridiculous.

My very first Rock and Roll concert I went to was in 1977. I was 11 years old. My Aunt took my brother, and I to see KISS. We were in the very top/last row. And they didn’t have jumbotrons back then.

I fucking loved it all the same. Ants.. Yup, but very awesome ants.

Edit.

We were at about a 30 degree angle from the stage. So we were way closer than the people at the other end of the arena.

Gene Simmons said this about Edmonton in 1974. I was 8, and had only just started listening to “Hard Rock”. But that would have been awesome. You wouldn’t have the massive stage show like in ‘77. But I’ve seen a lot of big bands play small clubs for one reason, or another.

That shit is always awesome.

For fire-breathing, lizard-tongued rocker Gene Simmons, Alberta's capital city brings up all kinds of fuzzy feelings.

"Edmonton goes back a long way with me," Simmons, 68, said during an interview aired Wednesday on CBC Radio's Edmonton AM. "The very first tour and the very first show we ever did was in early February of 1974. Maybe it was 1874.

"And the Edmonton university was the very first show we ever did."

He means the University of Alberta.

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

Should have done literally anything but lay in a vulnerable position not even blocking after getting dropped. He’s an experienced fighter, he knows that’s begging to get stopped.

I mean he elbowed Jailton to death last fight because jailton did the same thing (from a different position, I understand) refusing to defend his fuckin noggin lmao

 

[Myrddin Wild]

On rewatch it doesn't seem bad to me. Blaydes was helpless for 6 seconds and didn't move until the ref stopped it and Aspinall got up off of him.

Blaydes should have at least put his hand up to block then. He was just laying there taking shots, the referee stops it once it's deemed you aren't intelligently defending yourself, not if he deems that the shots are or are not damaging enough.
That's all on Blaydes rather than the ref IMO

While I understand this pov... & watched teh stoppage from many anglez... you need to use your hands to either block or post & get up. Though Aspinall's a big powerful puncher, those were "arm" swings with about 12" of swing & weren't career ending power.

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

While I understand this pov... & watched teh stoppage from many anglez... you need to use your hands to either block or post & get up. Though Aspinall's a big powerful puncher, those were "arm" swings with about 12" of swing & weren't career ending power.

What I bolded literally doesn't matter.
Curtis was not defending himself.
Curtis having low fight IQ is the issue here, as it's been with him for years.

 

[Myrddin Wild]

What I bolded literally doesn't matter.
Curtis was not defending himself.
Curtis having low fight IQ is the issue here, as it's been with him for years.

Agree to disagree. The power of the shots matter. He got his title shot taken away while he was still scrambling.

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

Agree to disagree. The power of the shots matter. He got his title shot taken away while he was still scrambling.

Well, according to the unified rules, you're wrong.