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You guys are sleeping on Luke Rockhold BIG TIME

many agree with most everything you say, and also think that Luke has bad d and if he gets touched in the face area, he goes down hard.

not mutually exclusive.

so can he, with bad d, avoid getting touched for 25 minutes?

that's the question.
 
cherryzero said:
What are the betting lines on this fight right now?

I didn't get the impression anyone was sleeping on Rockhold at all. Maybe I missed a bunch of threads?

I think Luke has a great chance, especially if he keeps the fight at range with his kicks for the first few rounds.

If Romero catches him I think it's lights out though.

To me this fight is a pick 'em.
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Luke is a slight favorite.
 
Hazuki Ryo said:
I get that Sherdog has memes and trends. One of them is apparently to underestimate and mock Rockhold. Yes, he can be cocky, arrogant, careless, salty etc.. Yes, he brought us many cringy moments.

But hell is he a great fighter. Beat Jacare, Weidman, and Machida. Mauled the last two on the ground. Actually mauls everyone on the ground.

His two defeats come from TRTor, juiced to the gills, and Bisping surprising KO. No need to mention that Vitor is now the shadow of himself, while Bisping had previously been choked with a one arm guillotine. Talk about one humbling submission loss..

Now, considering his fight against Romero. I don't see where he could be in real danger :

1) Romero gets taken down often. He got fucking mounted by Derek Brunson, who could barely take down Anderson Grandpa Silva.

2) Luke has a superior ground game and defensive wrestling

3) Romero barely has a chance standing : Luke has great kicks and Romero is not well known for KOing guys standing

4) Luke is more durable. Romero is fucking 40+ with a more than suspect gas tank

I don't see where this fight is hard to pick. Bring this up when Luke submits Yoel or win by exhaustion
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What is the Vegas line? People are picking Romero?
 
Don't sleep on the betting favorite, guys.

Outstanding thread.
 
Hazuki Ryo said:
I get that Sherdog has memes and trends. One of them is apparently to underestimate and mock Rockhold. Yes, he can be cocky, arrogant, careless, salty etc.. Yes, he brought us many cringy moments.

But hell is he a great fighter. Beat Jacare, Weidman, and Machida. Mauled the last two on the ground. Actually mauls everyone on the ground.

His two defeats come from TRTor, juiced to the gills, and Bisping surprising KO. No need to mention that Vitor is now the shadow of himself, while Bisping had previously been choked with a one arm guillotine. Talk about one humbling submission loss..

Now, considering his fight against Romero. I don't see where he could be in real danger :

1) Romero gets taken down often. He got fucking mounted by Derek Brunson, who could barely take down Anderson Grandpa Silva.

2) Luke has a superior ground game and defensive wrestling

3) Romero barely has a chance standing : Luke has great kicks and Romero is not well known for KOing guys standing

4) Luke is more durable. Romero is fucking 40+ with a more than suspect gas tank

I don't see where this fight is hard to pick. Bring this up when Luke submits Yoel or win by exhaustion
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you made me go watch the Brunson for again, and for that I thank you. that was a fun fight.

Romero definitely did get owned in that fight after his back hit the mat. it reminded me of Hendo v Shields and a handful of other great wrestlers who never learned how to fight off their back. and Luke will own him if Luke gets his back on the mat.

i only kept thinking about Kennedy and how many times he tried to get Romero down, but couldn't.

now i have to go watch the Weidman bout. so thanks again, heh.
 
Hazuki Ryo said:
I get that Sherdog has memes and trends. One of them is apparently to underestimate and mock Rockhold. Yes, he can be cocky, arrogant, careless, salty etc.. Yes, he brought us many cringy moments.

But hell is he a great fighter. Beat Jacare, Weidman, and Machida. Mauled the last two on the ground. Actually mauls everyone on the ground.

His two defeats come from TRTor, juiced to the gills, and Bisping surprising KO. No need to mention that Vitor is now the shadow of himself, while Bisping had previously been choked with a one arm guillotine. Talk about one humbling submission loss..

Now, considering his fight against Romero. I don't see where he could be in real danger :

1) Romero gets taken down often. He got fucking mounted by Derek Brunson, who could barely take down Anderson Grandpa Silva.

2) Luke has a superior ground game and defensive wrestling

3) Romero barely has a chance standing : Luke has great kicks and Romero is not well known for KOing guys standing

4) Luke is more durable. Romero is fucking 40+ with a more than suspect gas tank

I don't see where this fight is hard to pick. Bring this up when Luke submits Yoel or win by exhaustion
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I got Salt Cockhold as the fav in any fight , his only way to lose is getting KOed by magical shit .
 
Hazuki Ryo said:
I get that Sherdog has memes and trends. One of them is apparently to underestimate and mock Rockhold. Yes, he can be cocky, arrogant, careless, salty etc.. Yes, he brought us many cringy moments.

But hell is he a great fighter. Beat Jacare, Weidman, and Machida. Mauled the last two on the ground. Actually mauls everyone on the ground.

His two defeats come from TRTor, juiced to the gills, and Bisping surprising KO. No need to mention that Vitor is now the shadow of himself, while Bisping had previously been choked with a one arm guillotine. Talk about one humbling submission loss..

Now, considering his fight against Romero. I don't see where he could be in real danger :

1) Romero gets taken down often. He got fucking mounted by Derek Brunson, who could barely take down Anderson Grandpa Silva.

2) Luke has a superior ground game and defensive wrestling

3) Romero barely has a chance standing : Luke has great kicks and Romero is not well known for KOing guys standing

4) Luke is more durable. Romero is fucking 40+ with a more than suspect gas tank

I don't see where this fight is hard to pick. Bring this up when Luke submits Yoel or win by exhaustion
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While I did pick Luke to win and put some money on him the first 2 rounds will have me shaking.

Romero can most definitely KO Rockhold or a rhino for that matter.
 
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not really, it's just a really hard fight to call.


i'm rooting for luke and think he may be the best MW on the planet, but from what i've seen people are pretty 50/50 about this fight.
 
Rockhold may indeed win, but there is a serious chance Romero will catch him early on and knock him back into Bisping land. His is good, but sadly not quite as good as he thinks he is.
 
Amazing how Rockhold is being overlooked. He is going to win this fight and win it big.
 
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