I appreciated Royval vs Taira

[CroCopsLHK]

Here are my brief inebriated thoughts:

- Royval lacks stopping power. He is a volume fighter with seemingly unlimited stamina. He has decent ground skills but had zero answers to Tairas body triangles that ruled so much of the fight. And grappling is Tairas forte 100%. Royval seemed to break him in the 3rd but Taira got a second wind. I thought Brandon won the fight and I'm glad he did but he seemed to make a lot of frustrating choices. I wish he disengaged with grappling more because he gave up a lot of time being controlled

- Grant Dawson is a savage when he can implement his aggressive wrestling, not get KOed before. Props to Green, but when Dawson can do what's best for him he's damn good. Great takedowns, control, mean ass GnP

- Keep an eye out for Clay Carpenter, Ramizonbek Temirov, Pat Sabitini. All put on amazing performances that could've been overlooked

 

[Gabe]

The fact that Clay Carpenters nickname isn’t “The Guida” is criminal

 

[CrimsonFan]

I was really rooting for Taira. Just want to see some fresh new guys at the top of that division, and Royval has been kinda boring to watch (mainly his lack of power).

So, basically that sucks. Now we will have to see him fight for the belt again

I mean does anyone really want to see that? I don't. He did show some heart in this fight. It was a gutsy win.. but it's hard to get excited to see a guy fight when he cant finish a sandwich.

 

[RockyLockridge]

Great fight over all very technical. Learned a lot about taira definitely going places.

 

[CroCopsLHK]

I was really rooting for Taira. Just want to see some fresh new guys at the top of that division, and Royval has been kinda boring to watch (mainly his lack of power).

So, basically that sucks. Now we will have to see him fight for the belt again

I mean does anyone really want to see that? I don't. He did show some heart in this fight. It was a gutsy win.. but it's hard to get excited to see a guy fight when he cant finish a sandwich.

Sometimes you need someone like Brandon to weed out the contenders before the champ can. Then again they sort of exposed each other. I'm sure they can both fight for gold someday

As for new blood there's someone named Kai Asakura fighting for the belt in December

 

[CrimsonFan]

Sometimes you need someone like Brandon to weed out the contenders before the champ can. Then again they sort of exposed each other. I'm sure they can both fight for gold someday

As for new blood there's someone named Kai Asakura fighting for the belt in December

Well FLW doesn't need someone like Brandon weeding out contenders. They're literally so desperate for contenders they're signing guys from other organizations and giving them instant title shots.

But it is what it is. I hope this new guy Aakura beats Pantoja because I really don't want to see him fight Royval for a third time. The division feels stagnant.

 

[Bobby Boulders]

Temirov is the truth. Dude fought a couple in RIZIN, his talent was apparent. Has some experience to gain, but mixes strikes well, switches from head to body and throws spinny shit without telegraphing too badly (has a beautiful spinning back kick to the body that he throws at the drop of a dime). Enormous power for such a little guy, big killer instinct.

Temirov vs Hamamoto


Vs Soya


Was hoping he'd stick around for the RIZIN GP, but not really surprised he's already in the UFC.

 

[VinceArch]

It was definitely a good fight and once more, shows that the fighters at 125 usually deliver.

 

[Neck&Neck]

I was really rooting for Taira. Just want to see some fresh new guys at the top of that division, and Royval has been kinda boring to watch (mainly his lack of power).

So, basically that sucks. Now we will have to see him fight for the belt again

I mean does anyone really want to see that? I don't. He did show some heart in this fight. It was a gutsy win.. but it's hard to get excited to see a guy fight when he cant finish a sandwich.

Tiara has even less power
So basically that sucks
War RawDogg

 

[CrimsonFan]

Tiara has even less power
So basically that sucks
War RawDogg

Tiaras few shots he did land looked considerably more powerful than Royvals.

But I don't care about him either. The whole division sucks ass and always has.

 

[StonedLemur]

Great fight over all very technical. Learned a lot about taira definitely going places.

Taira learned a lot about himself, and yes... he's definitely going places.

 

[Big Tuppy Hole]

It was definitely a good fight and once more, shows that the fighters at 125 usually deliver.

The ufc need to invest in the division and scout the best fighters in the world, no matter what part if the world they reside from.

 

[GiganticMeat]

I enjoyed the fight but imo it was done in the third. Royval beat the brakes off of Taira and I get they wanted to spare his undefeated record, but it was done. I kinda tuned out after but was glad Royval got it.

 

[T-dog.1337]

Taira needs an American coach to teach him boxing idk, but whenever I watch Japanese fight Americans they get out classed.
Probz because boxing is way bigger in America >.>

 

[wh4tttt]

Taira needs an American coach to teach him boxing idk, but whenever I watch Japanese fight Americans they get out classed.
Probz because boxing is way bigger in America >.>

he could train with Naoya Inoue over there in Japan. An absolutely murderous boxer.

 

[Doctor Grudge]

Taira needs an American coach to teach him boxing idk, but whenever I watch Japanese fight Americans they get out classed.
Probz because boxing is way bigger in America >.>

Boxing is not way bigger in USA than in Japan, and Japan has many top tier boxers.

Just within the last 3 days there have been 4 big boxing cards in Japan, featuring multiple world champions. One is happening today.

 

[HeffDoesWant]

Great fight, really enjoyed it.

However it seems Sal d Amto was watching a different round 1 to everyone else. I was thinking it was perhaps the easiest fight to score in recent memory, then somehow ends up a SD.

 

[Bluesbreaker]

Royval 46-46 Taira

 

[JustBleed69]

It was a good fight, but overall I think it was a terrible showcase for Royval's Fight IQ; He likely could have ended that fight in the second or third round, but kept opting to go to the ground with Taira, which made the rounds & the fight way closer than it needed to be.
Taira has absolutely nothing for him on the feet, but Royval man, he had me screaming obscenities at the TV screen lol.

Good fight, bad performance.

 

[SalvadorAllende]

- Grant Dawson is a savage when he can implement his aggressive wrestling, not get KOed before. Props to Green, but when Dawson can do what's best for him he's damn good. Great takedowns, control, mean ass GnP

Dawson is like Gillespie 2.0 or 0.9 or whatever.