JDM admitted that he probably should have lost to 9-5 fighter Hafez

[Unheralded Truth]

"I think it could have gone either way," Della Maddalena said in his post-fight interview with Daniel Cormier.

"When I heard it was a split, the judges don't always make good decisions, so that's when I thought I had a good shot", he added.

Hafez started aggressively, taking Della Maddalena down in the first 10 sec of the fight. When they got back to the feet after 2 min,
they exchanged shots with both guys landing hard. Hafez took Jack down again later, to close a surprising first round for the debutant.

Second round Della Maddalena stayed composed and landed some hard shots when Hafez went all-in. He then made a big error in
trying to get the fight to the ground in the midst of this, allowing Hafez to spend the final two minutes on top - proving the more
technical wrestler.

Desperate in the final round, Della Maddalena forced Hafez to exchange with him and started to land some huge blows. Hafez's energy
fell off a cliff (short notice fight for him), and now he got tagged while exhausted. Della Maddalena poured it on and took the back off a
failed takedown. They scramble back-and-forth, with Jack being the one to do damage and find his shots.

That's interesting. I forgot all about this.


Does that change your thoughts on how JDM would be able to defend his belt against Islam? He looked more prepared against Belal, though.

 

[usernamee]

JDM vs Hafez 2 before Islam imo

 

[gentel]

Some guys level up by unreasonable amounts, and JDM and Sean Brady are two of them. Same goes for Oliveira

 

[Dr Fong]

Troll thread, but it is one of those narratives that will gain legitimate traction as people misremember the fight.

17-2 media scores. Not really controversial at all. Some had it 30-27 JDM. Hell, one even had it 30-26 JDM.

It's just one of those fights where if you don't actually know how to score fights properly, you could easily be fooled into seeing it the other way.

 

[sonhow]

It was a tough matchup no matter what the right score was. Just shows how bad it is to make hasty conclusions based on one fight.

 

[Left Hook Lacy]

I'd be more concerned about his lack of takedown defense against Burns or am I remembering that one incorrectly?

 

[Touch Butt]

I'd be more concerned about his lack of takedown defense against Burns or am I remembering that one incorrectly?

In fairness, he broke his arm in the Burns fight.

 

[Bork Neslar]

He didn't say he "probably should have lost". And who gives a shit at this point. He won. Move on.

 

[RonDante]

“Sit on top and do nothing” fans love this fight