Comments on: UFC 70 results via tape delay http://mmamania.com/2007/04/21/ufc-70-results-via-tape-delay/ UFC news, event schedules, fight analysis, Octagon predictions, UFC fighters and MMA thoughts Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:13:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Stafo http://mmamania.com/2007/04/21/ufc-70-results-via-tape-delay/comment-page-2/#comment-41769 Stafo Tue, 24 Apr 2007 01:06:26 +0000 http://mmamania.com/2007/04/21/ufc-70-results-via-tape-delay/#comment-41769 What happen to Machida fight? I know machida won but why didn't they show it on Spike? What happen to Machida fight? I know machida won but why didn’t they show it on Spike?

]]> By: bw http://mmamania.com/2007/04/21/ufc-70-results-via-tape-delay/comment-page-2/#comment-41077 bw Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:09:38 +0000 http://mmamania.com/2007/04/21/ufc-70-results-via-tape-delay/#comment-41077 [quote comment="41053"]Yes, I think some guys are not getting the point of fans frustration.....neither fighter made serious attempts to do damage to the other fighter. Good takedown defense...nothing wrong with those moves. Plenty of standup fights are exciting. The most Werdum was able to try was taunting AA to go to the ground. WTF??? At least try to take him down!!! AA was certainly not trying to knock out his opponent. He was just interested in having 1 more point than his opponent. His strategy was a safe and boring bet. I am sure there were one or 2 combinations thrown by him but I cant remember a single one. If the fight was scheduled for 50 rounds AA might have been successful in knocking him out but the fights are only 3 rounds! At least try to knock him out!!! Forrest[/quote] good point.i dont think this was aa best performance at all. i just think this was werdums fight to prove himself not aa,s. [quote comment="41053"]Yes, I think some guys are not getting the point of fans frustration…..neither fighter made serious attempts to do damage to the other fighter.

Good takedown defense…nothing wrong with those moves. Plenty of standup fights are exciting.

The most Werdum was able to try was taunting AA to go to the ground. WTF??? At least try to take him down!!!

AA was certainly not trying to knock out his opponent. He was just interested in having 1 more point than his opponent. His strategy was a safe and boring bet. I am sure there were one or 2 combinations thrown by him but I cant remember a single one. If the fight was scheduled for 50 rounds AA might have been successful in knocking him out but the fights are only 3 rounds! At least try to knock him out!!!

Forrest[/quote]
good point.i dont think this was aa best performance at all. i just think this was werdums fight to prove himself not aa,s.

]]> By: Forrest http://mmamania.com/2007/04/21/ufc-70-results-via-tape-delay/comment-page-2/#comment-41053 Forrest Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:31:11 +0000 http://mmamania.com/2007/04/21/ufc-70-results-via-tape-delay/#comment-41053 Yes, I think some guys are not getting the point of fans frustration.....neither fighter made serious attempts to do damage to the other fighter. Good takedown defense...nothing wrong with those moves. Plenty of standup fights are exciting. The most Werdum was able to try was taunting AA to go to the ground. WTF??? At least try to take him down!!! AA was certainly not trying to knock out his opponent. He was just interested in having 1 more point than his opponent. His strategy was a safe and boring bet. I am sure there were one or 2 combinations thrown by him but I cant remember a single one. If the fight was scheduled for 50 rounds AA might have been successful in knocking him out but the fights are only 3 rounds! At least try to knock him out!!! Forrest Yes, I think some guys are not getting the point of fans frustration…..neither fighter made serious attempts to do damage to the other fighter.

Good takedown defense…nothing wrong with those moves. Plenty of standup fights are exciting.

The most Werdum was able to try was taunting AA to go to the ground. WTF??? At least try to take him down!!!

AA was certainly not trying to knock out his opponent. He was just interested in having 1 more point than his opponent. His strategy was a safe and boring bet. I am sure there were one or 2 combinations thrown by him but I cant remember a single one. If the fight was scheduled for 50 rounds AA might have been successful in knocking him out but the fights are only 3 rounds! At least try to knock him out!!!

Forrest

]]> By: bw http://mmamania.com/2007/04/21/ufc-70-results-via-tape-delay/comment-page-2/#comment-40395 bw Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:55:53 +0000 http://mmamania.com/2007/04/21/ufc-70-results-via-tape-delay/#comment-40395 and by the way when is having a good sprawl and takedown defense considered to be fighting not to get taken down. isnt that the general idea when fighting a bjj black-belt. maybee cc should have fought not to get taken down. and by the way when is having a good sprawl and takedown defense considered to be fighting not to get taken down. isnt that the general idea when fighting a bjj black-belt. maybee cc should have fought not to get taken down.

]]> By: bw http://mmamania.com/2007/04/21/ufc-70-results-via-tape-delay/comment-page-2/#comment-40383 bw Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:41:23 +0000 http://mmamania.com/2007/04/21/ufc-70-results-via-tape-delay/#comment-40383 [quote comment="40159"]Does anyone believe AA improved his position with that win? He fought to not get taken down, he admitted as much in the ring post fight. Where the hell the usually aggressive Werdum was is anybody's guess.[/quote] aa may have fought not to get taken down but werdum fought not to get koed. even worse. [quote comment="40159"]Does anyone believe AA improved his position with that win? He fought to not get taken down, he admitted as much in the ring post fight.
Where the hell the usually aggressive Werdum was is anybody’s guess.[/quote]
aa may have fought not to get taken down but werdum fought not to get koed. even worse.

]]> By: MoreThanUFC http://mmamania.com/2007/04/21/ufc-70-results-via-tape-delay/comment-page-2/#comment-40159 MoreThanUFC Sun, 22 Apr 2007 20:08:53 +0000 http://mmamania.com/2007/04/21/ufc-70-results-via-tape-delay/#comment-40159 Does anyone believe AA improved his position with that win? He fought to not get taken down, he admitted as much in the ring post fight. Where the hell the usually aggressive Werdum was is anybody's guess. Does anyone believe AA improved his position with that win? He fought to not get taken down, he admitted as much in the ring post fight.
Where the hell the usually aggressive Werdum was is anybody’s guess.

]]> By: The Anomaly http://mmamania.com/2007/04/21/ufc-70-results-via-tape-delay/comment-page-2/#comment-40147 The Anomaly Sun, 22 Apr 2007 19:58:19 +0000 http://mmamania.com/2007/04/21/ufc-70-results-via-tape-delay/#comment-40147 AA was trying to press the fight with a fleeing Werdum. He had no reason to apologize. And the Sylvia 3 fight, c'mon we all saw that, sylvia fought not to lose. It's hard for AA to press the fight with someone with a bigger reach just counter punching all night. Yeah, I think he pressed and got close, but he did pretty much counter punch. Not the best, but def. not the poor performance many are saying. AA was trying to press the fight with a fleeing Werdum. He had no reason to apologize. And the Sylvia 3 fight, c’mon we all saw that, sylvia fought not to lose. It’s hard for AA to press the fight with someone with a bigger reach just counter punching all night.
Yeah, I think he pressed and got close, but he did pretty much counter punch. Not the best, but def. not the poor performance many are saying.

]]> By: wts http://mmamania.com/2007/04/21/ufc-70-results-via-tape-delay/comment-page-2/#comment-40014 wts Sun, 22 Apr 2007 17:33:30 +0000 http://mmamania.com/2007/04/21/ufc-70-results-via-tape-delay/#comment-40014 The "uh-huh" should have been "uh-oh" in my previous post. I need to take a nap. The “uh-huh” should have been “uh-oh” in my previous post. I need to take a nap.

]]> By: wts http://mmamania.com/2007/04/21/ufc-70-results-via-tape-delay/comment-page-2/#comment-40013 wts Sun, 22 Apr 2007 17:32:19 +0000 http://mmamania.com/2007/04/21/ufc-70-results-via-tape-delay/#comment-40013 Andre seems to be content to be a "counter" puncher. While I was bored with the AA-Tim Sylvia 3rd fight, I was mainly mad at Andre not pressing the action. There is an unspoken rule: "draws" go to the champ, so I was frustrated with AA not pressing that fight, because I thought it was a mistake. This fight I saw a little differently because he was pressing, but still committed to the counter punch. The first round he was getting nailed by some vicious strikes, they didn't look to damage him much, but I think it reinforced the idea that he needed to be cautious. But he had a great response to the boos of the crowd. All UFC fighters should watch it and see how to build a fan base. He apologized, explained why he was cautious, and promised to be more exciting the future. Those boos turned to cheers. On another note, I thought Cro-cop looked soft and small at the start of the fight. He looked calm like he always does, but when I saw him I thought, "uh-huh", he's going to have a problem. But I didn't see a kick knocking him out, that's for sure. And I don't believe I've seen anybody as knocked out as he was. That was vicious. I'm still not sure if the Bisping fight wasn't fixed. I can't understand why Elvis let go of the kimura and then just laid back and let Bisping wail on him. I know he was tired, but still, it looked awful suspicious. Andre seems to be content to be a “counter” puncher. While I was bored with the AA-Tim Sylvia 3rd fight, I was mainly mad at Andre not pressing the action. There is an unspoken rule: “draws” go to the champ, so I was frustrated with AA not pressing that fight, because I thought it was a mistake.

This fight I saw a little differently because he was pressing, but still committed to the counter punch. The first round he was getting nailed by some vicious strikes, they didn’t look to damage him much, but I think it reinforced the idea that he needed to be cautious.

But he had a great response to the boos of the crowd. All UFC fighters should watch it and see how to build a fan base. He apologized, explained why he was cautious, and promised to be more exciting the future. Those boos turned to cheers.

On another note, I thought Cro-cop looked soft and small at the start of the fight. He looked calm like he always does, but when I saw him I thought, “uh-huh”, he’s going to have a problem.

But I didn’t see a kick knocking him out, that’s for sure. And I don’t believe I’ve seen anybody as knocked out as he was. That was vicious.

I’m still not sure if the Bisping fight wasn’t fixed. I can’t understand why Elvis let go of the kimura and then just laid back and let Bisping wail on him. I know he was tired, but still, it looked awful suspicious.

]]> By: bw http://mmamania.com/2007/04/21/ufc-70-results-via-tape-delay/comment-page-2/#comment-39989 bw Sun, 22 Apr 2007 16:57:01 +0000 http://mmamania.com/2007/04/21/ufc-70-results-via-tape-delay/#comment-39989 [quote comment="39983"][quote post="1885"]if you thought aa was so bad what about werdum. he did all the backing up. he was the new guy coming from big bad pride he should have been the one pressing the fight, trying to show that he belongs in the ufc. werdum was the reason this fight was so boring. like i said last night aa did fight not to lose but werdum fought not to get knocked out.[/quote] This was not a one time thing; AA fights have been dancing demonstrations in the past too (Arlovski vs Sylvia 3 was very painful to watch, yes?). There was plenty of blame for Werdum too. They both let the fans down. I only need to see just one more boring AA round to totally become disinterested in his fights. Please UFC, give Arlovski someone who will force him to either let it hang out OR get the total spanking he has coming. A flattened nose is my ultimate dream, I think a bit or "Rocky" attitude would be the best improvement to his game. forrest[/quote] agreed put someone in who is not afraid or intimidated by andre. i seriusly doudt it will be aa who receives tne spanking though. werdum looks like he could make LHW. then he could run from chuck or rasheed all night. [quote comment="39983"][quote post="1885"]if you thought aa was so bad what about werdum. he did all the backing up. he was the new guy coming from big bad pride he should have been the one pressing the fight, trying to show that he belongs in the ufc. werdum was the reason this fight was so boring. like i said last night aa did fight not to lose but werdum fought not to get knocked out.[/quote]

This was not a one time thing; AA fights have been dancing demonstrations in the past too (Arlovski vs Sylvia 3 was very painful to watch, yes?). There was plenty of blame for Werdum too. They both let the fans down. I only need to see just one more boring AA round to totally become disinterested in his fights.

Please UFC, give Arlovski someone who will force him to either let it hang out OR get the total spanking he has coming. A flattened nose is my ultimate dream, I think a bit or “Rocky” attitude would be the best improvement to his game.

forrest[/quote]
agreed put someone in who is not afraid or intimidated by andre. i seriusly doudt it will be aa who receives tne spanking though. werdum looks like he could make LHW. then he could run from chuck or rasheed all night.

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