PBP UFC Abu Dhabi Whittaker vs. De Ridder Official PBP Discussion: Sat 7/26 at 12pm ET

[frederick]

Could've given Rob a few seconds to talk about what he wants next....

 

[markys00]

You legitimately can’t point to anything RDR did to win rounds

Giving round 4 to rdr is nuts. He landed 2 big strikes and held on. Bobby landed all the big shots and reversed a takedown.

 

[Croaker]

Rob's cardio was terrible. Both were really. Anyone would think they were fighting at altitude

everyone RDR fights has terrible cardio

it cant possibly be him kneeing the ever loving shit out of them

 

[TCE]

RDR should fight Shara Bullet next.

RDR after this win is likely in the top 5, Shara isn't even ranked, lol.

 

[Khaosan]

Thought Rob was about to retire for a second there.

 

[Siver!]

He shifts his body to his right to avoid the overhand right and comes across with the knee, it's not quite straight. Very effective

I'm gonna expect him to get KO'd doing that soon. I think he does it too often, it's a little too predictable, but I'm not saying it's not effective. It worked tonight.

 

[CatchtheseHands]

... Did he? He had a good 1st round and got one good shot in at the beginning of the 3rd, the rest of the fight he was gassed and didn't do anything

He nearly finished RDR and it was a VERY CLOSE fight where that 5th round could have went either way.

 

[Aurelian]

lol RDR earns the win because he survived the closest being finished?

le sigh

He won rd 2,4,5

Rob won 1,3

 

[Substance Abuse]

it's more simpler than that.

somewhat promising new guy they acquired with less mileage?

close fight?

guess the fuck what, it's always going to the new guy.

simple simple simple

Good lord. Conspiracies, everywhere, lol.

 

[dominion]

Another grueling war for Whittaker

 

[Hymen Crusher]

Robert was looking at that clock the whole time like he is waiting to retire. Maybe that's it for him

 

[maximus__]

Good score and decision. Shows even judges had it as a toss up. Better RDR wins, looks like he has more in his tank. Still needs to work on his standup. Barely scraped by this one.

He did just fight arguably one of the best strikers at 185 who can also wrestle...

Whittaker was probably his worst match up in the division and he got the nod in a way that would work against both DDP and Khamzat(heavy body work and knees)

 

[Bradillac]

You legitimately can’t point to anything RDR did to win rounds

Huh? He landed brutal knees and punches and had Rob hurt multiple times throughout the fight. Also outgrappled him. Round by round RDR won and if you scored the fight as a whole RDR won.

 

[Langinbang187]

We're back to scoring like it's 2006 again....Lay n pray/Wall n Stall js beating out damage.

It really does feel like MMA is on the decline, honestly it has for a couple years now.

 

[JoeRowe]

Splity City.

Dricus or Khamzat would run over either of these unfortunately.

RDR needs another fight first.

The Fluffy/Dolidze winner would make a lot of sense if Imavov/Caio is #1 contender.

However Khmazat wins a close FOTY contender vs DDP I could see them running that back. MW pretty interesting right now.

 

[Rampage_Jackson]

Rob's cardio was terrible. Both were really. Anyone would think they were fighting at altitude

lol you think his cardio was an issue and it wasn't the knees he ate in r2?

 

[Killer Kadoogan]

He won rd 2,4,5

Rob won 1,3

RDR didn't do any damage round 5. bobby clearly landed the better strikes. that was a bullshit decision, screwing over the established, higher paid, aging fighter.

 

[Aurelian]

Could've given Rob a few seconds to talk about what he wants next....

Reindeer talked for like 20 seconds. This show was on TV so I think it was probably time slot related

 

[CieloLuce]

Those bodyshots took a toll on Rob. That 5th rd Rob did nothing.

 

[Substance Abuse]

Bobby should take a couple lesser fights - not sure if he's got that in him as a competitor - and look to step away. He's a great personality and person as an ambassador for MMA. He'll find a job easy.