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10 Thoughts on UFC 139: Shogun vs. Hendo

Posted in Boxing classes | November 20th, 2011

San Jose, California, we propitious S.O.B’s. Do we even know how overwhelming that categorical eventuality was? Oh, we do? Good. Yes, it was epic. It was an epic, epic slugfest yet there was an whole label to discuss, so let’s do that.

1. we won’t speak too many about a Spike prelims, yet damn Ryan Bader looked good. Here during Inside Fights HQ, a room was really heavily behind “Darth” and after dual losses, it was rad to see The Ultimate Fighter Season 8 leader removing behind on a certain side of a ledger.

2. Actually, who am we kidding? With dual fighters who couldn’t make weight (there were 3 yet dual “couldn’t remove some-more weight”), it was distinct to see Miguel Torres and Danny Castillo angry during their opponents. In fact, Torres had some “less than kind words” for his opponent, Nick Pace. Danny Castillo pronounced post-fight that he felt totally disrespected by Shamar Bailey, who couldn’t make wait for their hitch as well, so his win was usually fitting.

3. Yes, Stephan Bonnar was improved than Kyle Kingsbury on a mat. That quarrel was flattering uneventful and frankly, a throng was there and let a fighters (Bonnar in particular) hear it. There is, however, no approach that was a 30-25 fight. No way, no how. That’s a creepy, dangerous fashion to set.

4. Martin Kampmann looked good in a initial quarrel given his many new detriment to Diego Sanchez. After flourishing a initial spin torrent from Rick Story, Kampmann staid in and found his slit in a remaining rounds.

5. “California Love” is a good strain on a own, yet when Urijah Faber is entrance to a enclosure in his home state to it, it’s arrange of magical. The throng went nuts when he strike a enclosure and justly so.

6. Faber looked good opposite Bowles. Great pursuit with a acquiescence win and appreciate integrity that he didn’t mangle his hands again in this fight. Faber will once again compare adult with Dominick Cruz for a third time (and a second time for a UFC Bantamweight title). Will things spin out differently this time? Who knows. we will make that prophecy when a time comes.

7. Cung Le is still lethal with his video diversion character kicks. You give him operation and he’ll mangle we – usually ask Frank Shamrock and his right forearm. Tonight, however, he ran into a dynamic Wanderlei Silva who wasn’t fearful to rivet with a former Strikeforce Middleweight champion. Several times in a initial round, “The Axe Murderer” looked like he was prepared to crumble. For him to redeem a approach that he did proves that not usually is he among a biggest fighters of all time, yet he’s among a biggest warriors that a competition has seen. Hyperbole? A bit. But he recovered, persevered and rubbed a best of what Cung Le had to offer.

8. At initial glance, we wasn’t large on a Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs. Dan Henderson categorical eventuality to UFC 139. we didn’t consider it was weak, yet it wasn’t something that we wanted to see in 2011. Maybe in 2005, yet today, a quarrel wouldn’t be what it once could have been.

9. Dana White was right to make all categorical events 5 rounds. Here’s why: that quarrel tonight was effing epic. It encompassed all that is right with MMA. Dan Henderson took a initial 3 rounds, no question. Shogun Rua took a fourth and fifth rounds and those rounds wouldn’t have happened (obviously) yet a change. In those frames, Rua roughly came behind to take a fight. In fact, on a scorecards, he won a final spin with a 10-8 that would have led to a 47-47 draw. Instead…

10. How did Henderson not remove a final support 10-8? In a label where Stephan Bonnar was given a 30-25 from one judge, who a ruin didn’t see a quarrel that way? The quarrel was good and if conjunction warrior was deemed a “winner,” it wouldn’t harm a encounter. we consider that was during play was a emanate of a correct judging holding place. Will and we have discussed this on a radio uncover a garland yet 10-point musts suck. If we endowment any spin to a warrior formed on a fact that they “won” that round, tonight’s quarrel ends 3-2 and Dan wins. we am fine with that. Based on a standards set in place, though, this was a tie. Henderson wasn’t given a 10-8 spin for his drop of Rua and clamp versa in rounds 4 or 5. No some-more complaining.

10 a) This quarrel was a classic. It’s among a best of all-time and we’ll see this on each prominence tilt for years to come. If we didn’t have to compensate for it, we would substantially watch this quarrel again all week. Fight of a Year, easily.