Yeah, I get that, but losing to Ray Cooper like THAT is unforgivable lol.thats what happend often when fighters reach that age... Shields already looked like shit for years so not that surprising to me
Haha. In addition to the degenerate enjoyment, it is a well put together show.I fucking love PFL. Hit both huge dogs. Seems like there are a couple big dogs barking every week.
Lol was way off on Bradley, but still came out 3u ahead thanks to people betting -600 favs up to -1400. Hit Howard, Kusch and Cooper. From now on I think I will watch no tape, wait until lines are fully juiced and then just sprinkle on all the dogs.
No kidding. After last night it's gonna be tough not to just blind bet any dog +700 or better. MMA isn't boxing. These huge spreads very rarely are justified.
I think the Kusch fight showed it more than the Cooper fight in hindsight. Cooper was just clearly way way better than Jake. Younger, more athletic, faster. Jake is old and done. Would you bet Jake at evens against him after that prolonged one-sided beatdown last night? Wasn't a fluke right? The better guy won.
But Kusch, while in the fight, clearly lost rd 1. But that's the thing with MMA- the small gloves and ability to quickly capitalize and finish means it's a sport where upsets are simply going to happen fairly often. I don't really think Kusch is better than Khabib's cousin, but at +925...c'mon. You just need him to be good enough to reasonably have a shot. Which at that level, most guys are. I hope people are dumb enough to keep parlaying name guys at these moronic odds. I'd assume most will catch on and we won't see such wide lines going forward, but I hope I'm wrong.
Yeah, I did not have time to watch tape on Cooper, but betting Jake at -400 for anyone is insane, never mind what the number ended up at. With Kusch, I didn't necessarily think he'd win, but with his Sambo background, he would be upright more often than not, giving him at least the chance of inflicting a KO with his heavy hands. Then yeah, after RD 1, Nurmagomedov comes out with improved striking, but I am feeling better and better as Kusch shakes off takedown attempts that the dozen guys before him couldn't, and I patted myself on the back and told myself 'even if he loses, my capping was on'.
All 4 guys are in the same weight class, so that makes the future lines very interesting.