Vittori Could Have Ended It In Round 1

[DaysOfThunder]

Great fight but huge tactical mistake. When Vittori knocked Jack down, he went for the choke. Instead, he should have just kept punching and he would have got the ref stoppage.
In the end, Vittori justly won but that ref margin was a little off.
The fight was a lot closer than indicated by the score cards.
I am glad it went the whole 5 rounds. Might be the fight of the year!

 

[Bos Docken]

Hell, forget GNP, Vettori should have just let Hermannson up. Huge tactical mistake is right.

Hermannson was clearly not prepared for a southpaw and looked terrible on his feet in that first round. Backing straight up, no head movement. Made no adjustment for the straight lefts all damn night.

 

[linvillegorge]

It's not like he went for the choke immediately. He went GnP first and he went for it hard. He could've easily punched himself and gassed out if he continued to pound away and not get the finish. I think Hermansson was recovering well and he saw that. I don't think it was an error. I actually think it was smart.

 

[JoshTehV]

yeah i was yelling at my screen for the same shit but what do we know, we're the living and breathing equivalents of arm chair psychologists

 

[Cfpcommitteemember]

Definitely was a dumb move attempting those chokes especially with somebody as dangerous off their back as Jack is. Thankfully he was smart enough to let Jack off his back later in the fight. Fight of the year is still Hooker vs Poirier. This was definitely one of the top 5 though.

 

[Joseph_McBride]

He could have, but going 5 rounds & outclassing Hermanson like Hermanson did to Jacare was even more impressive than the early finish.

Dude is only 27 btw. He will get better, especially after gaining this experience.

 

[OldNick]

The fight was a lot closer than indicated by the score cards.

No it wasn't. Vettori won that fight decisively. Judges scored it correctly.

 

[DaysOfThunder]

No it wasn't. Vettori won that fight decisively. Judges scored it correctly.

49 - 45 ? First 2 rounds for Vettori. Third round for Jack. 4th could have gone either way. Fifth very close in favor of Vettori. Except for round 1, very competitive fight. You could argue that the first was a 10 - 8 round. When you say, judges scored it correctly, which judge did you mean?

 

[JSN]

It was funny though when one of the announcers said "he's not going to try a choke" and then right on cue Marvin tried an ill-conceived choke.

 

[Deleted member 571517]

Should capitalize it fully imo - but it is also good because this is Vettori first 5-rounder, had to get used to that 5 round pace for future fights

 

[OldNick]

49 - 45 ? First 2 rounds for Vettori. Third round for Jack. 4th could have gone either way. Fifth very close in favor of Vettori. Except for round 1, very competitive fight. You could argue that the first was a 10 - 8 round. When you say, judges scored it correctly, which judge did you mean?

First Round: 10-8 Vettori (Should have been on all score cards due to him dropping Hermansson)
Second Round: 10-9 Vettori
Third Round: 10-9 Hermansson
Fourth Round: 10-9 Vettori
Fifth Round: 10-9 Vettori

Final score: 49-45

Fourth and fifth round were closer, but I don't think anyone is arguing that Hermansson actually won the rounds. Thought it was pretty clear.

 

[Dirge]

Maybe he could have finished it in the the first round but he did demonstrate the ability to maintain a crazy pace in a 5 round fight. Since he's never fought in a 5 rounder before, that's actually not a bad thing.

 

[260Bomber]

He could have, but going 5 rounds & outclassing Hermanson like Hermanson did to Jacare was even more impressive than the early finish.

Dude is only 27 btw. He will get better, especially after gaining this experience.

Lol @ "outclassing"

Barely won a 48-47 (on my correct scorecard) and couldn't finish a one-legged man who was concussed 2 minutes in.

 

[Joseph_McBride]

First Round: 10-8 Vettori (Should have been on all score cards due to him dropping Hermansson)
Second Round: 10-9 Vettori
Third Round: 10-9 Hermansson
Fourth Round: 10-9 Vettori
Fifth Round: 10-9 Vettori

Final score: 49-45

Fourth and fifth round were closer, but I don't think anyone is arguing that Hermansson actually won the rounds. Thought it was pretty clear.

Close is the wrong word imo for rounds 4 & 5, competitive but not close in terms of who to score them for. Not for the trained eye anyways

 

[Joseph_McBride]

Lol @ "outclassing"

Barely won a 48-47 (on my correct scorecard) and couldn't finish a one-legged man who was concussed 2 minutes in.

If you score this fight 48-47 you need to reevaluate your mma IQ. Maybe go join a boxing/kickboxing gym so you can start to understand what you're watching going forward.

49-46 & 49-45 are the only plausible scorecards, for the educated eye.

 

[DaysOfThunder]

First Round: 10-8 Vettori (Should have been on all score cards due to him dropping Hermansson)
Second Round: 10-9 Vettori
Third Round: 10-9 Hermansson
Fourth Round: 10-9 Vettori
Fifth Round: 10-9 Vettori

Final score: 49-45

Fourth and fifth round were closer, but I don't think anyone is arguing that Hermansson actually won the rounds. Thought it was pretty clear.

You are right, but that was just one judge's score card. The other two judges saw it 49 - 46, but without the 10 -8 round, it could have been 48-47. Out of the significant blows landed, it's often hard to determine which exactly were harder and if that weighs in on the scoring. Both fighters pretty much let it all hang out and made the fight look a lot more competitive than the lopsided score cards.

 

[260Bomber]

If you score this fight 48-47 you need to reevaluate your mma IQ. Maybe go join a boxing/kickboxing gym so you can start to understand what you're watching going forward.

49-46 & 49-45 are the only plausible scorecards, for the educated eye.

48-47 Hermansson is a better card than 49-45 Vettori

 

[Joseph_McBride]

48-47 Hermansson is a better card than 49-45 Vettori

How? What round other than round 3 could you possible give Hermanson lol

 

[DaysOfThunder]

How? What round other than round 3 could you possible give Hermanson lol

Round 4. You are assuming that all these judges actually know what they are doing. Would you think that this fight could be in the running for fight of the year? How can it be fight of the year, if it's 49 - 45, which would indicate total dominance of one of the fighters ( clearly not the case ).

 

[Joseph_McBride]

Round 4. You are assuming that all these judges actually know what they are doing. Would you think that this fight could be in the running for fight of the year? How can it be fight of the year, if it's 49 - 45, which would indicate total dominance of one of the fighters ( clearly not the case ).

Vettori landed a LOT more & clearly with more power. I'm not thinking about what somebody else could be seeing, I'm living in reality based on my educated eye.

FOTY? I said nothing about it being FOTY. Go to sleep dog, you're tired or drunk.