Rashad in between 2nd and 3rd

TomTomNT said:
People say they give rashad the 2nd but don't say why... WHY DID HE WIN IT? He did nothing the entire round but fail takedowns, his strikes were not landing either. He was getting out clinched hard as fuck and ate multiple elbows which were the most significant strikes of that round.... So for you to say that rashad won the 2nd round that was "close" is fucking retarded because clearly you are just dick riding.
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By your account it sounds like Henderson walked right through Evans in the second round when that was just not the case. Rashad actually landed slightly more significant strikes, but at a much higher percentage Evans also landed more total strikes also at a higher percentage than Hendo. All those elbows you are talking about were a total of 2. I will give you that Rashad had nothing for Hendo in the way of taking him down.
 
Rashad was winning the first round before Hendo dropped him with that jab. Rashad proved he's the better fighter and deserved to win.
 
TomTomNT said:
He clearly won the third, but since when is 1 clear round enough to win a decision? especially when hendos first was more clear then rashads third....
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One clear round often wins a decision. Henderson only had one clear round according to your statement, so... how does anyone win?

I had Henderson winning this fight, but that second round was just way too close.

Rashad was probably dejected because he realized that he could easily be down 2 rounds at that point. That's how I felt as well. Rashad was winning the 2nd by a margin but Dan blocked that last takedown hard, Rashad landed some clean elbows, but then got nailed by even cleaner punches when he tried to disengage. The best action of the round came in the last minute and it favored Dan.

I would also say Rashad's 3rd was more dominant than Henderson's first. Dan took that round off one good shot, but lets be honest, it wasn't close to the biggest hit ever and he didn't really capitalize on it. Rashad won the entire 3rd round unquestionably and Dan was avoiding engagement.
 
I thought Rashad won 2nd and 3rd. The fight was pretty uneventful and I don't see why would Rashad be mentally broken. Henderson did not provide much offense other than that jab.
 
hendo is always almost getting the decision and "clearly winning" in some of sherdog posters eyes.
 
chicagocombat said:
I think he mostly looks like a talented guy with no direction or coaching.

Just seems to me his tools are not being sharpened nor combined like they use to be.

Talented guy, but I think he really does need coaches in his corner and camp that can pull out his full potential.
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I'll add to that...he needs a sport psychologist IF he still has the drive to fight to be the best and not fight just for a job.

I think the shadface event and the fiasco w/ Jones/Jackson continue to affect him.
 
Looked dejected...

Then went out and decisively won the third round.

Hope he looks that way between every round, and during the walkout, apparently.
 
My God this place is getting bad, Rashad won the fight. Hendo did jack shit but paw out a jab to try and land an h bomb. Rashad had octagon control, better combinations, better cardio, he pushed the pace... Hendo landed a jab and an elbow. Did you guys really wanna see hendo get obliterated by bonez?? As fan i sure didn't.
 
TomTomNT said:
he looked surprised because he lost that fight ...

Lets be honest here, no matter what you look at he got destroyed in the first round, and much of the same in the second, he ate elbows in the clinch, he kept failing takedowns which in my opinion is all negative and he did absolutely nothing that would reward him the round(meaning 2nd round).

He clearly won the third, but since when is 1 clear round enough to win a decision? especially when hendos first was more clear then rashads third....
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he didn't get destroyed in any of the rounds.

what were you watching.
 
countswagula said:
Yeah Shad looked very dejected in between rounds. His takedowns have not looked good since the Davis fight.
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Davis gave up the takedowns by throwing telegraphed kicks. Rashad just grabbed his kicking leg and took him down. I remember thinking it was pretty stupid strategy by Davis.
 
It looked like he was catching his wind back to me, not so much broken, desperate maybe. I had Rashad 29-28 in the fight, I thought he did more in the second than Hendo did. I think people have figured Hendo out to this point, all he has is that overhand right pretty much.
 
I had Rashad 29-28, and I dont see all the outrage. It comes down to RD2, and I thought Rashad was more active and landed more overall than Hendo did. RD1-Hendo, even tho Rashad was doing well into getting knocked down, RD3-Rashad with the combo and backed Hendo up. The second round was close, but I saw Rashad winning (as did most everyone Ive talked to, even big time Rashad haters and two huge Hendo fans) by being more active and landing more.

In a fight this close, to call anyone stupid or a moron for believing Rashad or Hendo won is truly being a moron. A fight this close can go either way, so your opinion is completely void and irrelevant if you say stuff like only a moron thought Rashad won, etc...

Rashad v. Glover, Hendo v. Wand III.

(Evans by UD, Hendo by UD)
 
He definitely looked like he was done on his stool, but whatever that was about it was gone by the time the round started.
 
Rashad knew he lost the fight, that's why he screamed like he won the lotto when they read his name as the winner.
 
gohard305 said:
did anyone else feel that he looked broken? I went out with a few friends to watch the card ( no one wanted to buy it surprisingly) lol

but we thought Shad was almost in tears. Also when his corner told him to take Hendo down, we clearly saw him say " I can't "
im happy Rashad got the win but I was definitely a little surprised and it looked like Evans was too.
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He looked broken, but Hendo looked spent. At least being broken he listened to his corner and decided to go out on his shield, which won him that last round and the fight, regardless. Good for him. I thought Hendo had won, narrowly, but fully expected it to be a split decision. When you expect a split decision, you can't complain about which way it went.
 
countswagula said:
Yeah Shad looked very dejected in between rounds. His takedowns have not looked good since the Davis fight.
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People over sell Rashad out wrestling Davis. He got him down but he couldn't do it with his shot. He was catching Davis's kicks and dragging him to the ground. That's not the same as timing his shot and actually out wrestling him to the ground. He couldn't take Lil Nog or Hendo down because they barely throw kicks, much less telegraphed kicks to the body.

Rashad won because he's a way better striker and has better footwork and Davis has no boxing whatsoever, just kicks. He isn't a better wrestler than Davis in my opinion, but it's still pretty close.
 
I thought rashad won. I thought he would have out wrestled hendo with his athleticism. Crazy how that part played out and hendo breaking rashads will.
 
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