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[NomarTyme]

58 45? Damn... thats kinda..

Judges loving them takedowns....

 

[desa]

Lay and pray? Maybe for a small part of the fight. The hell are you guys watching.

 

[dream]

D-Cruz comes off like such a nice young man.

 

[yacobod]

theres not enough talent at 135, and you guys want the ufc to have fights at 125. smh

 

[Cipherr]

Judges loving them takedowns....

They are weighed so damn heavily though, thats kinda fucked up. But oh well.

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

D-Cruz comes off like such a nice young man.

And a good Frank Shamrock doppelganger.

 

[dream]

theres not enough talent at 135, and you guys want the ufc to have fights at 125. smh

Yeah, seriously. Why not just watch that British pre-teen fighting championship shit.

 

[cr_blah_blah]

Make history? Are he and GSP fighting for who can get the most decision wins defending a title?

 

[Maklershed]

Just realized I've called the last 13 main card fights in a row now. The last one I got wrong was Cane vs Nedkov at 134.

 

[parrotbeak]

You're an mma Rain Man.

 

[alr1ght]

 

[Maklershed]

13 fights. Yeah definitely 13 fights. Definitely 13 fights. Yeah 13 fights.

 

[Chamber]

"Oh shit!"

 

[EraldoCoil]

13 fights. Yeah definitely 13 fights. Definitely 13 fights. Yeah 13 fights.

y u no bet!?!?!

 

[Maklershed]

@alrightstart - I was gonna reply with the Doomsday hematoma but that was a bad idea. For some reason injured penises are part of the Google Images search result.

y u no bet!?!?!

I do with my friend but we do the methods and round too and I'm usually not too good with that aspect.

 

[dream]

You're an mma Rain Man.

13 fights. Yeah definitely 13 fights. Definitely 13 fights. Yeah 13 fights.

this just made me laugh harder than it should have

 

[Heel]

theres not enough talent at 135, and you guys want the ufc to have fights at 125. smh

Define talent. Guys who can beat Cruz? He's a dominant champion. Most of the divisions are in the same situation. Trust me, there's plenty of guys who can put on exciting fights at 135, inside and outside of the UFC.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Lay and pray? Maybe for a small part of the fight. The hell are you guys watching.

Small part of the fight? Cruz did little to no damage with his standup, and had ONE significant sub attempt in 5 rounds. WTF else would you call it? He won with textbook lay and pray.

 

[yacobod]

Small part of the fight? Cruz did little to no damage with his standup, and had ONE significant sub attempt in 5 rounds. WTF else would you call it? He won with textbook lay and pray.

and johnson had no significant offensive output in the fight. u mad that a lay n prayer got lay n prayed?

Define talent.

quality guys in the top 10. as i say that, i mean talent in the ufc, as that's the only major avenue for fighters in this day and age. so i don't really care about some obscure fighters in japan or w/e.

anyone else watching barker/martinez?

 

[Ninja Scooter]

and johnson had no significant offensive output in the fight. u mad that a lay n prayer got lay n prayed?

Believe me i'm not defending Johnson, nor was I rooting for him or even worse advocating that he was robbed or something. If anything I am disappointed that Cruz went away from his usual style because I don't think he really had to. He could have easily stood with Johnson and won IMO. But to deny that Cruz LnP'd is just silly. He did nothing to advance his offensive position every time he had Johnson up against the fence and on the ground.

 

[yacobod]

well gsp fans would probably think cruz had a brilliant tactical gameplan.

 

[Chamber]

well gsp fans would probably think cruz had a brilliant tactical gameplan.

He did.

 

[dream]

And, please, let's not use Japanese fighters as examples of 135 lb talent because we know that doesn't translate to real MMA.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

well gsp fans would probably think cruz had a brilliant tactical gameplan.

GSP fans=chicks. They missed the fight to have a girls night out.

 

[yacobod]

And, please, let's not use Japanese fighters as examples of 135 lb talent because we know that doesn't translate to real MMA.

someone had to say it

 

[desa]

Believe me i'm not defending Johnson, nor was I rooting for him or even worse advocating that he was robbed or something. If anything I am disappointed that Cruz went away from his usual style because I don't think he really had to. He could have easily stood with Johnson and won IMO. But to deny that Cruz LnP'd is just silly. He did nothing to advance his offensive position every time he had Johnson up against the fence and on the ground.

advance? let's see, he got his back a couple of times, had mount three times. Got his ass in a rear naked choke. Give credit to Mouse's defensive grappling. He got out of that choke and escaped some terrible positions. Although not as much as the Torres fight which I thought he should have lost. Maybe small part isn't right, I'll have to watch it again. It sure as hell wasn't a huge portion of the fight.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

advance? let's see, he got his back a couple of times, had mount three times. Got his ass in a rear naked choke. Give credit to Mouse's defensive grappling. He got out of that choke and escaped some terrible positions. Although not as much as the Torres fight which I thought he should have lost. Maybe small part isn't right, I'll have to watch it again. It sure as hell wasn't a huge portion of the fight.

He had his back twice consecutively and attempted the chokes. That was a small part of a 5 round fight. He wasn't even really attempting ground and pound.

 

[Cipherr]

It sure as hell wasn't a huge portion of the fight.

Yeah you do need to rewatch, because it was.

Really good night though, I enjoyed all of the fights.

 

[TheNatural]

I would say Cruz "Fitched" him. That's what I would call it. A fighter doing enough to grind out a better position, and maybe some really good situations to finish, and doesn't. Then grinds the guy down to the ground again, rinse and repeat.

Lay N Pray to me is a little different, its more like, I dunno - the most extremely example is maybe a Bobby Lashley fight. A dude who's a great wrestler who has absolutely no idea what to do on top and just lays there.

Cruz attempted to improve position and do some stuff, but for the most part wasn't effective, and kept going back to the takedowns and grinds over and over. ALA Jon Fitch.