Matchups where you knew you favorite fighter was screwed
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Rampage vs machida but rampage came through and won.
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For me it was Werdum vs Miocic, when the match was made I knew Miocic was a NIGHTMARE match up for Werdum.
I knew Werdum improved his striking a lot but Miocic is a far better boxer and way more athletic than Werdum and also I knew Miocic wrestling and fight IQ would have been enough to nullify Werdum's jew jit su.
Werdum was a decent favorite going into the fight and most people were picking him but I knew Miocic was gonna fuck him up pretty bad, I was praying someone pulled out and the fight be cancelled.
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However I never expected the the fight to go the way it did, that KO shook me to the core.
"jew jit su"
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I forgot to add because it's not an MMA fight but Tenshin vs Mayweather. I knew Tenshin was fucked when that boxing match was announced.
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Sonnen vs Jones
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Most Sherdoggers aren't Conor fans.
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Nah, just the Conor fans who thought Khabib would beat him. There are loud obnoxious fans for almost any fighter. So that's a lot of non-Conor fans that are loud and obnoxious SDers. Besides loud and obnoxious fans, there are also a lot of loud and obnoxious haters, notably Conor haters.
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Cody Tj 1, I knew it was coming, luckily it didn't come as fast i thought
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Machida vs Jones by a mile.
Machida Era is still real to me dammit!
Lol this was gonna be my answer exactly!
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Leben vs Bisping and his bicycle.
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Holloway-Ortega
Remember, somehow Ortega was a significant favorite according to the odds...
Remember, somehow Ortega was a significant favorite according to the odds...
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My favorite fighter by far is Fedor. I'm not sure I've ever favored anybody over him so I wouldn't say I thought he was screwed but the one fight I felt extremely uneasy about was when he was facing Bigfoot. I just knew he was facing another roided monster who was way bigger than him that had a black belt who could potentially cause him trouble if it hit the mat. It was also at a time where it was obvious that Fedor was fading and wasn't fighting like he used to. It turned out that bad feeling I had became a reality.
2005 Sideburn Fedor would have mowed through any version of Bigfoot. I also think he'd sub Cain and JDS.
2005 Sideburn Fedor would have mowed through any version of Bigfoot. I also think he'd sub Cain and JDS.
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JJ vs Weili
I wasn't 100% sure but I called the key aspects of that fight to a point where I refused to watch it live knowing what would very likely happen but I was still surprised how right I was.
I was right about the style matchup and likely outcome. The difference in athleticism and the punishment JJ would take if it went to decision and how she wouldn't win it due to excessive visual damage due to mileage and her style. That Weili will likely finish her possibly early if she had her usual poor weightcut (she ended up having her best ever weightcut) because she can't take shots like that from a bodied up female with good punching technique, power of a flyweight and hands made of stone.
Called the judges ahead of time too. I called the fact that Mike Bell and Derek Cleary were predictable in their scoring for visual damage while Eric Colon was a predictable wildcard in his scoring and would likely be the only one to score a decision for JJ. I said Joanna would never win a decision and she didn't.
The only thing I was wrong about was the ref. I'm surprised he didn't deduct JJ points regardless of her headbut being accidental (you have to watch the feet and eyes where she abandons the takedown when she sees how fast Weili reset) or the immediate answer to Weili's punch at the buzzer with her own. I had my reason. Keith Peterson was the same ref that let Rose scrape her fingernail across JJ's left eye in their rematch as he stood on the other side of the cage and refused to pause the action feigning ignorance when prompted by Joanna.
I spent the most time analyzing this fight without any emotion and I was by far the most right about it. I don't think it's a feat I will ever repeat because it's honestly too exhausting.
I wasn't 100% sure but I called the key aspects of that fight to a point where I refused to watch it live knowing what would very likely happen but I was still surprised how right I was.
I was right about the style matchup and likely outcome. The difference in athleticism and the punishment JJ would take if it went to decision and how she wouldn't win it due to excessive visual damage due to mileage and her style. That Weili will likely finish her possibly early if she had her usual poor weightcut (she ended up having her best ever weightcut) because she can't take shots like that from a bodied up female with good punching technique, power of a flyweight and hands made of stone.
Called the judges ahead of time too. I called the fact that Mike Bell and Derek Cleary were predictable in their scoring for visual damage while Eric Colon was a predictable wildcard in his scoring and would likely be the only one to score a decision for JJ. I said Joanna would never win a decision and she didn't.
The only thing I was wrong about was the ref. I'm surprised he didn't deduct JJ points regardless of her headbut being accidental (you have to watch the feet and eyes where she abandons the takedown when she sees how fast Weili reset) or the immediate answer to Weili's punch at the buzzer with her own. I had my reason. Keith Peterson was the same ref that let Rose scrape her fingernail across JJ's left eye in their rematch as he stood on the other side of the cage and refused to pause the action feigning ignorance when prompted by Joanna.
I spent the most time analyzing this fight without any emotion and I was by far the most right about it. I don't think it's a feat I will ever repeat because it's honestly too exhausting.
