Roger FedorAIR
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Jones vs Gus has been getting a lot of shine lately, and rightfully so...
But for my money, the title of best 5 round title fight I've ever had the pleasure of watching, still belongs to Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone vs Benson "Smooth" Henderson, at WEC 43.
The fight had everything... Grueling pace, back and forth exchanges, knockdowns, fully locked-in submissions, massive momentum swings, rounds that had REALLY strong arguments for 10-10s and 10-8s (respectively), a decision that the majority of us disagreed with, a completely classy postfight interview from the "loser" that many of us felt was the uncrowned champion....
Honestly, this fight had almost everything that Jones/Gus had, except Bendo wasn't yet considered to be the top LW in the world, and the fight was also only for the interim belt.... So maybe it didn't have that same feel of massive-underdog-challenger taking on the proven-dominant- champ like Gus vs Bones did.... But when you consider just how much of a dog Cowboy would be to Bendo now.... It kind of was a really similar scenario....
Anyways, I absolutely love Jones/Gus as much as the next guy.... But I'm still not ready to say it's the undisputed best 5 round fight of all time yet, and I'm actually a little disappointed with the lack of mention Bendo/Cowboy is getting in this discussion....
Anyone else still favor this fight over the Jones/Gus fight?
But for my money, the title of best 5 round title fight I've ever had the pleasure of watching, still belongs to Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone vs Benson "Smooth" Henderson, at WEC 43.
The fight had everything... Grueling pace, back and forth exchanges, knockdowns, fully locked-in submissions, massive momentum swings, rounds that had REALLY strong arguments for 10-10s and 10-8s (respectively), a decision that the majority of us disagreed with, a completely classy postfight interview from the "loser" that many of us felt was the uncrowned champion....
Honestly, this fight had almost everything that Jones/Gus had, except Bendo wasn't yet considered to be the top LW in the world, and the fight was also only for the interim belt.... So maybe it didn't have that same feel of massive-underdog-challenger taking on the proven-dominant- champ like Gus vs Bones did.... But when you consider just how much of a dog Cowboy would be to Bendo now.... It kind of was a really similar scenario....
Anyways, I absolutely love Jones/Gus as much as the next guy.... But I'm still not ready to say it's the undisputed best 5 round fight of all time yet, and I'm actually a little disappointed with the lack of mention Bendo/Cowboy is getting in this discussion....
Anyone else still favor this fight over the Jones/Gus fight?