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This fight would have been stopped two or three times over in modern UFC before the winner could make a come-back

fights go wayyyyyy longer now than they did back then. that's why rogan says "it's over" like 5 times and kongo isn't done lol
 
I've been hearing people defend stoppages with excuses that basically boil down to saying their functions must have been fucked up to get knocked down, but fighting on the ground is half the game in MMA, so people gotta be allowed to try that.
 
Its like this in combat sports in general. If you watch HW boxing fights in the 70s they let guys die and still give them the full 10 count.
 
Given the increased CTE risk when resuming a fight after getting ya brain clobbered,
and how fighters now might take a long time out after a huge KO
I am actually fine with saying that we just let them fight til someone gets badly knocked down - even if it's not a KO

An early loss may let them live to fight more another day
 
Robbocop said:
How can we get the modern UFC refs to give the fighters a chance to make a come-back in 2025?
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Bring back Mario "if he dies he dies" Yamasaki

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Got to see that shit live in person, pretty much the only fight I can remember from that card.
 
I don't really see a trend in this in the UFC, unless you are talking the 90s. There have always been fights that were considered to be stopped too late or (more often) too soon. I don't see that they let 'em bang in the 2000s or 2010s more than they do now (not if you are only talking the UFC).
 
HHJ said:
Its like this in combat sports in general. If you watch HW boxing fights in the 70s they let guys die and still give them the full 10 count.
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The 60-70s were when that gradually changed in boxing. Fights in the 50s and before that were substantially more brutal as far as how long they would allow them to go on. By the early 80s, they had mostly reduced the 15 round fights and were similar to today in terms of stoppages. It was because of high profile deaths in boxing that these things changed.
 
joy2day said:
The 60-70s were when that gradually changed in boxing. Fights in the 50s and before that were substantially more brutal as far as how long they would allow them to go on. By the early 80s, they had mostly reduced the 15 round fights and were similar to today in terms of stoppages. It was because of high profile deaths in boxing that these things changed.
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Im just sayin watchin those 70s hw fights its very obvious how those fights would absolutley be stopped now.
 
HHJ said:
Im just sayin watchin those 70s hw fights its very obvious how those fights would absolutley be stopped now.
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Some of them. A lot of those famous fights were in foreign countries also where they had rules that were a bit different, especially early to mid 70s. Joe Frazier probably would not have gotten knocked down 6 times against Foreman if that fight were in the US. The rules have changed in the US in a lot of places also, like having 3 knock down rules and such. I don't think it was any different starting in the early 80s though.
 
Love me some Nick El Diablo Diaz, but i wonder how they allowed to comeback after that gunshot death from paul daley.

I know it would had been anti climatic, and would cut Nick's run but he seemed out for a sec, there'd no way they allow that sequence to happen again.

Also the comeback and the ghost ko punch were bizarre in that fight.
 
I disagree. Kongo never stopped moving. And he didn't eat very many follow-up punches.

If anything, this fight is a lesson for fighters. If you want to stay in the fight, keep fighting. But as soon as you turtle up, the ref's going to wave it off.
 
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