de Ridder vs. Allen PBP/Discussion

[betterthanjones]

not only did the finish remind me of dominick "i was getting up" cruz, but the reaction and denial was uncanny too

 

[Dooze]

Very nice finish.

 

[Guld]

I didn't realize that my "Fade the 3 Canadians" Parlay was boosted.
I'm hedging accordingly now, but obviously cheering for Holland and Vera now.

 

[mkess101]

Can Jasmine crack that big Frenchie's TDD? Classic striker vs grappler matchup.

Nope. Chin got cracked instead.

 

[PuertoRican]

8 finishes, 2 decisions in the first 10 fights. One of those decisions should've been stopped in R1, and Barlow/Santos was close to finishing.

 

[betterthanjones]

fuck ariel helwani and his adhd shoulder tapping (do not be fooled that is not the philly shell), chito to avenge jose aldo via ecuador prison violence

 

[Dooze]

1u Vera @ 2.1

 

[mkess101]

Zahabi decision seems so obvious here. Vera is basically indestructible but too low volume to win a decision here imo.

 

[betterthanjones]

Zahabi decision seems so obvious here. Vera is basically indestructible but too low volume to win a decision here imo.

zahabi has lost 1st round in all 4 of his dec wins so he comes back strong in 2 and 3 but yes vera is literally the classic example of "if it is broke DONT fix it"

 

[PuertoRican]

Chito might've hurt his left ring finger. He moved it early in R1 and then checked it at the end of R1.

 

[Guld]

Coinflip round. I'd score it for Vera because he was landing leaner strikes. A lot of Zahabi's were hitting the guard.
With that being said, Vera was often the one going backwards and that's often enough for the judge to score it in favor of the other guy.

 

[betterthanjones]

BLOWS my mind once again how vera thought to himself ok lets get aggressive and active earlier and then 30 seconds into round 1 he defaults to factory settings

zahabi has just won his first ever round 1 10-9 in his ufc career

 

[Guld]

Chito might've hurt his left ring finger. He moved it early in R1 and then checked it at the end of R1.

Yeah, I spotted that as well. Looks like it got dislocated/broken?

 

[B.Goetz]

Zahabi -130 $10 to win $7.69

I think Chito broke his left hand.

 

[PuertoRican]

I think it's 1-1, but R2 was closer than it should've been because Vera didn't do anything after the KD and he let Zahabi land a lot of strikes on him during the last 30-40 seconds.

 

[Guld]

2nd round for Vera. Zahabi looked to recover and be picking up momentum as the round ended.
Could be 2-0 Vera but probably 1-1.

 

[B.Goetz]

I've got it 1-1. Zahabi was close to getting stopped in that round.

 

[svmr_db]

Round 3 can go either way, no robbery here whichever way it goes.

 

[Guld]

3rd round also a Coinflip. About the only round I'm certain of was the 2nd for Vera (and even that got closer than it should have)
Good luck, everyone!

 

[B.Goetz]

I think Zahabi got R1 and R3. Guess Chito didn't break his hand after all.