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It says something that all the fighters and athletes say it was an awesome performance

“If you don’t appreciate what I do, I will insult your Intelligence and call you names.”
Grow the fuck up.
Really no different than being insulted for saying the fight wasn't boring, which is exactly what happened on these forums.

"Grow the fuck up" is a pretty solid line that could be applied to the majority
 
B… Bu… But the majority of fighters also predicted that DDP would win….

So, are they now smart or stupid or are we just cherry picking quotes we like and ignoring the ones which do not fit our narrative!?!?
 
Whenever I hear “If you didn’t like that fight, you’re a casual”, or words to that effect, it’s usually a solid indicator the fight was pretty pish.
 
When Anderson Silva dominated Maia, it was objectively one of the most impressive dismantling's of one of the greatest specialists in MMA history. He treated a world title challenger like he wasn't even worthy of sharing the cage. Maia shuffled along the cage completely at the mercy of Silva.


A Maia who started his UFC career with 5 consecutive victories all by submission, a feat not done since Royce Gracie did it in 1994.


A fighter can have an objectively great win. But the fans, bosses, and media decide if it was awesome or a downright disgrace. Historically speaking, not many fans have even seen a fight like that before, even prime GSP wasn't controlling guys for 20+ minutes. Has there ever been a fighter in UFC history who had that much control, and yet so little fight finishing attempts? It was objectively a historically uneventful fight, one that no modern fans have ever seen before.

Merab gets a lot of crap here, but I'd argue he's never had a performance quite like that. It's not really a slight against Khamzat, it's just facts. You can't fight that way and expect adulation from the fans, it's never worked that way.
it's just ignorance if you can't recognize a challenger rag dolling the champ for 25 minutes as eventful. and that's the problem with mma; it's a very casualized sport. the casuals in mma have always had an outsized voice compared to other sports.
 
A whopping 95% of "hardcore fans" own a Blu-ray copy of Brokeback Mountain, likely to ensure they can appreciate every single angle of its... breathtaking cinematography. Because when it comes to positions, nobody wants to miss a thing.
 

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A whopping 95% of "hardcore fans" own a Blu-ray copy of Brokeback Mountain, likely to ensure they can appreciate every single angle of its... breathtaking cinematography. Because when it comes to positions, nobody wants to miss a thing.
man the gay brigade is out in force today. why don't you guys keep your homoerotic projections to yourself?
 
Why can't they be both at the same time? I can respect the domination and understand the amount of masterclass skills required to pull such a feat off at the championship level. Yet at the same time I think it's boring. Milking the system, prioritizing neutralizing their opponent over doing damage or finishing the fight. Fair play to Khamzat regardless. My beef is with the Unified rules of MMA
 
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If the fight stays on the feet and nothing happens, then that can only mean the fighters aren't even in physical contact so there's no basis for comparison here.

Sure, I'll give a different example if you want, how about Aldo/Bautista:
That fight had 100 combined significant strikes. DDP/Khamzat had 50 combined, and was a 5 round fight. Yet the former was rightfully called an insanely boring fight where Bautista was just stalling.

So if you thought DDP/Khamzat wasn't boring then man, you must've LOVED Aldo/Bautista. Double the amount of damage in 2 less rounds!
 
Don't shoot the messenger...just saying that clearly not 'all the fighters and athletes' were gushing...








genuinely 4 retards lol. Nate would have gotten sexually assaulted if they didn't pull Khamzat from that fight
 
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