Did Costa Phillippou Get Lucky?

[ShreddinMMA]

Yeah. Tim wasn't the same in rounds 2 or 3 at all. You knew things were very wrong when he kept pulling guard.

Still, he managed to say one of the best lines I've heard in the UFC.

"You wanna quit?"

"Fuck no."

 

[ChrisMMAFightgr]

Helwani said after the fights that the Doctors denied Tim broke his hand. And Chiapetta just tweeted the medical report. Tims nose broke in the fight. thats it.

 

[Gotosleepho]

Stuff happens in fights. Boetsch won the first round but it wasn't a dominant round. Phillipou simply took advantage of the situation. It's unfortunate for Boetsch but he'll be back.

 

[TRYHARD 2001]

Honestly, Boetsch just had a really rough night, all things considering, and none of it was really his fault. Some days at the office are like that, I'm afraid; it just so happens his office is in front of about 20,000 people live and is being watched by millions around the globe.

He'll come back strong, I'm sure.

 

[TRYHARD 2001]

I guess what I'm trying to say is it's more of a case of Boetsch getting unlucky than Phillippou getting lucky.

Hey, I'm a glass is half empty type of guy.

 

[Blindead]

Yes. No disrespect to Costa, I don't think its was intentional, but I think it shoulda been a NC, and that Boetsch would whoop him in a rematch.

 

[5H3RD0G]

That kick at the end of the round almost did him in lucky for the bell. I think overall as a fight Costa won it with his combinations then the finish. It would be nice to see them fight again down the line.

 

[Timurd123]

I expected Tim Boetsch (sp?) to run through Costa in this fight. Mainly because he is a big MW (used to fight at LHW) and he has fought and defeated the tougher competition in Lombard, Okami etc.

But Costa managed to get the victory via TKO. However, I couldn't help feel that he was kind of lucky to get this win. Here are my reasons:

1. Broken Hand:

Tim broke his right hand in the first round. Joe Rogan was commenting on this and it was clear he was hesitant in throwing his right hand in round 2 and 3.

2. The Clash of Heads:

At some point during the fight (round 1 or 2) both fighters clashed heads with each other and Tim came off the worst. The clash opened up a cut and the blood was flowing into his eyes making it very difficult for him to see.

3. The Eye Poke:

This annoys me, you're watching a good fight between two contenders and one of the fighters paws their hands out and pokes the other fighter right in the eye. Koscheck/Shields do it a lot, pawing your hand out with your fingers open ... should get points removed instantly for that shit.
But yeah, Tim Boetsch didn't really spend enough time recovering from that eye poke ... and was keen to get the fight started again despite not being able to see.

So, yeah Costa won the fight, but these factors make me think that this fight should have an asterisk next to it and given a rematch, I reckon Tim would handle Costa pretty comfortably.

He didnt break his hand as confirmed by the medical report, the cut is what changed the course of the fight, costa didnt have much success in the first and tim couldve easily won a shitty boring dec doing that for 3 rounds. And Im glad he didnt