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10 Thoughts on UFC 142: Aldo vs. Mendes

Posted in Boxing classes | January 15th, 2012

1. Welcome behind to UFC, Gabriel Gonzaga. With his behind exposed throttle feat over Ednaldo Oliveira, Gonzaga showed glimpses of a BJJ that we haven’t seen in utterly some time. He seemed generally overjoyed to have taken a victory, though we won’t know if he’s here to play gatekeeper for early risers in a heavyweight division. The UFC can really use his services so here’s to anticipating he sticks around. As for Oliveira, it was good to hear how we helped Junior Dos Santos sight for Cain Velasquez, though there wasn’t many some-more to your story tonight.

2. Sam Stout stepped into a enclosure opposite Thiago Tavares tonight with 4 “Fight of a Night” awards to his credit. Stout saw and early grappling hospital from Tavares and had tiny answer for a Brazilian’s work ethic on a mat. In a second round, Stout began to open a inundate gates with combinations and striking. Tavares was means to reason his own, though relating a specialization such as Stout is a dangerous proposition. The third turn was tighten until Stout began to put hands on Thiago, roughly putting him to nap before Stout…wait?!?!?!? How did Stout remove to Tavares? Let me get a CompuStrike numbers for you:

Stout outlanded Tavares 68 to 45 in sum strikes landed.

Stout Standing Arm Strikes: 53/190..28%

Tavares Standing Arm Strikes: 31/98…32%

Tavares was 3/11 in a takedown department

Stout outlanded Tavares 43 to 21 in energy strikes landed

Methinks someone got robbed, though a Canadian was grand in defeat.

3. I’ve always favourite a “Gladiator” commencement to UFC compensate per views. Call me crazy though we consider it’s still evocative of a early Zuffa PPVs and brings some component of splendour to a shows. Yeah, it’s a bit cheesy (he runs silt by his fingers, for good out loud!) though we adore it.

4. After Terry Etim’s 17-second feat over Edward Faaloloto, fans have raved about a lapse of a Liverpool-based fighter. Drawing a rising Brazilian star, Edson Barboza, was no tiny charge for a veteran. Etim came out on fire, sharpened for an early takedown that Barboza was means to get giveaway of. The takedown separated a ability for early strikes from Edson who was forced to watch for double legs that he competence routinely design from a Brit. In a third round, shortly after Joe Rogan and Mike Goldberg finished articulate about a initial KO and The Ultimate Fighter winners and a month of “firsts” in UFC, Edson Barboza puts a nastiest spinning circle flog on a chin of Terry Etim soon knocking him out before Etim even strike a mat.

If Barboza doesn’t win “Knockout of a Night,” we would be shocked.

5. Carlo Prater got held very, really early by Erick Silva and was finished in under…wait, Erick Silva got unfit for bootleg blows to a behind of a head? Then Joe Rogan called Mario Yamasaki out and done him demeanour over his call in a cage. Honestly, Erick Silva got ripped off and if Carlo Prater complained and got a compare overturned, that’s sleazy. Total b.s.

6. My favorite quote of a night is how Joe Rogan described Rousimar Palhares’ calves as “looking like he had softballs” in them. He slapped on a nasty heel offshoot for a win and honestly, we usually wish that Massenzio wasn’t harm badly.

7. Karma. It’s a bitch. Anthony “Rumble” Johnson didn’t make weight and Vitor Belfort did. They’re both large group though there’s no forgive not to make weight, Rumble. It had to have been a entirely gratifying feat for Belfort (he took a initial turn acquiescence around behind exposed choke) after fighting his approach behind by some early adversity.

8. Vitor Belfort is still really scary. we never suspicion we’d see him rubbed a approach that he was by Anderson Silva during UFC 126, though with his successive results, Vitor Belfort continues to illustrate usually because he still belows nearby a tip of a middleweight heap. He’s still “killer fast” and when he saw his chances to finish Anthony Johnson, he took them.

9. we am stoked for Chad Mendes vs. Jose Aldo. we adore a featherweight multiplication and we wish to see if any warrior from Team Alpha Male can best Aldo. Do we know if Chad Mendes can lift this off? Maybe. Maybe not. Probably not. we consider that once he takes his initial leg, we’ll know if he’s ready.

10. Effing wow. If anyone had any doubts about how very, really good Jose Aldo is, they would be impossibly foolish. Mendes looked to be winning a first, and only, round, though with one unique knee Aldo showed because he’s a category of a division. Watching him run into a throng was waggish though we am certain it was a confidence calamity perplexing to lift a petite warrior behind to a Octagon from within a heaving throngs of supporters. Great fight, good evening.

If we went in with no expectations, this uncover was awesome. Even with good fights on a card, it STILL delivered to those that would be a many cloyed and valid that we truly are in a golden epoch of UFC.

Suh-weet.

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