Woodley WRECKED Maia and made it look easy [gifs]

KONE said:
bruh

You're way, way, way too fucking clever and smart for that nonsense
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That's kind of you to say.

But let's be real. It doesn't take a genius to see Sherdog has a race problem.
 
Flokk said:
That's kind of you to say.

But let's be real. It doesn't take a genius to see Sherdog has a race problem.
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Obviously some do, but the overwhelmingly majority don't hate Woodley because he's black. Come on, you can't actually believe that. He's just not likeable. Dudes like Anderson and Rampage might get their fair share of shit on here, but overall people love those guys.
 
Flokk said:
That's kind of you to say.

But let's be real. It doesn't take a genius to see Sherdog has a race problem.
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What about Woodley's obvious race problem? Why are certain fighters never held accountable for the negative fan reactions that they themselves have provoked? If a white fighter complained about black racism even half as much as Woodley obsesses about whites there would be hell to pay.
 
rjmbrd said:
I don't think anyone, anywhere, is purporting that the fight was thrilling.

Its like inventing an argument no one is taking part in.
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So let's avoid using bold adjectives like 'wrecked' to describe a fight that was the MMA form of a mind numbing sedative. It was more of a slow motion train wreck. I could understand the word being used that way.
 
LostSoul said:
So let's avoid using bold adjectives like 'wrecked' to describe a fight that was the MMA form of a mind numbing sedative. It was more of a slow motion train wreck. I could understand the word being used that way.
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I think what I wrote in context is balanced. He out classed him, which I also said - if you prefer that.

He had to defend TWENTY TWO spammed take down attempts, scored a big knockdown, and turned his opponents face into hamburger.

That all happened with complete impunity. It was a one-sided affair and only one guy left with his ass kicked and wore hater-blocker sunglasses at the press conference.

To be clear, I'm not a big fan of Woodley. I don't like his race baiting, or the constant complaining. Although, that might just be a ploy to keep his name in the news, in which case, you can blame the org for rewarding loud noises over meritocracy / sport.
 
Lol at wrecked. Why didn't he finish him then if he was dominating so much?

And oh what a big achievement to outstrike Maia, pretty much everybody did it. Dude is terrible on the feet.
 
rjmbrd said:
I think what I wrote in context is balanced. He out classed him, which I also said - if you prefer that.

He had to defend TWENTY TWO spammed take down attempts, scored a big knockdown, and turned his opponents face into hamburger.

That all happened with complete impunity. It was a one-sided affair and only one guy left with his ass kicked and wore hater-blocker sunglasses at the press conference.

To be clear, I'm not a big fan of Woodley. I don't like his race baiting, or the constant complaining. Although, that might just be a ploy to keep his name in the news, in which case, you can blame the org for rewarding loud noises over meritocracy / sport.
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I don't personally equate wrecking with employing defensive measures. Woodley successfully controlled the fight but it was by no means in an exciting fashion by almost any objective standard. His opponent was just as boring and there is no denying that. You could argue that Maia was at least making repeated offensive attempts despite none of it being meaningful.

Outside of that one big punch however it was a snoozefest. Woodley engages sporadically like a fighter who knows that he is carrying too much extra muscle mass which depletes his gas tank. It's pretty sad to see a high-level professional athlete ration his physical output so severely. If he doesn't get the KO you often end up with long periods of inactivity which are then sometimes described as "intelligent strategy." In reality he is really only camouflaging his weaknesses by necessity.
 
rjmbrd said:
Wrecked as in made his face unrecognizable with punches and dropped him like a sack of potatoes.

Are we living in some parallel universe where we are all going to pretend Tyron Woodley doesn't punch hard?
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Dude! He has a black eye, now I would agree it's a bad one but, it's a black eye. His face isn't that missed up. I agree Tyron tooled him but don't get stupid.
 
LostSoul said:
I don't personally equate wrecking with employing defensive measures. Woodley successfully controlled the fight but it was by no means in an exciting fashion by almost any objective standard.
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I agree. Thats why I've never said this was an exciting fight, or that Woodley put on an exciting performance.

I'm not prepared to defend an argument I never made.


His opponent was just as boring and there is no denying that. You could argue that Maia was at least making repeated offensive attempts despite none of it being meaningful.
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All reasonable to me.


Outside of that one big punch however it was a snoozefest. Woodley engages sporadically like a fighter who knows that he is carrying too much extra muscle mass which depletes his gas tank. It's pretty sad to see a high-level professional athlete ration his physical output so severely. If he doesn't get the KO you often end up with long periods of inactivity which are then sometimes described as "intelligent strategy." In reality he is really only camouflaging his weaknesses by necessity.
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Think you are getting a little bit in the weeds here.

Present to me the welterweight who beats Lawler, Wonderboy and Maia in a row.

One was a first round knockout, one was a 5 round shut out.
 
He definitely shut him down. To me wreaked would be something like Silva-Franklin or Jones-Shogun.
 
KONE said:
Obviously some do, but the overwhelmingly majority don't hate Woodley because he's black. Come on, you can't actually believe that. He's just not likeable. Dudes like Anderson and Rampage might get their fair share of shit on here, but overall people love those guys.
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Key difference being neither really speaks much on "black issues."

Can't really speak to percentages. Suffice to say, many Sherdoggers are triggered as fuck by Woodley.
 
The only he wrecked was the card.
 
It's dishonest to say Woodley wrecked Maia

He did what he had to do to win. Nothing more.
 
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