Would love to see more of Noons. Even though he got dominated and was a total mess he was battling through like a trooper. Maybe fighting at a slightly lower level the guy could produce some awesome fights i reckon...
Cerrone was just awesome though, so fast and nicely timed knees and kicks.

Maynard vs Grant
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Holy crap i have never seen Grant fight before but that guy is a monster. Took a few punches nicely and then just caught with one nice punch and just unloaded for about 30 seconds. I'm surprised Maynard lasted as long as he did.

Teixeira vs Te Huna
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Aww man i wanted to see Te Huna fight but i didn't really get a chance to. Teixeira just took him down, waited and that was it. It seemed pretty easy to be honest.

Dos Santos vs Hunt
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Dos Santos thought he had it won with that big right hand in the first. He shoulda just jumped on him. Seems to have alot of respect for Hunt. He's using his speed well though, he's in and out before Hunt has a chance to do much. Its less of a mismatch than i thought it would be though.
I think Hunt really hurt Dos Santos in round two. Dos Santos has had well enough of fighting on the feet lol. I was surprised Hunt actually improved in round 2. Careful Junior lol.
Junior backing out the way every time. Hunt is just unable to land anything at all really. He just can't get in there fast enough.
Woah, awesome KO. He deserved it too. Hunt looked far to tired in the third.

Velasquez vs Silva
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Well that was quick. Was it over? I think so, but i'm not sure, he could have left it until Silva was really finished.Cain hit him with two coming in before Silva even had a chance to move his arm.

Trizz

Netherlands1322 Posts

May 26 2013 18:39 GMT

#124

JDS won by speed and cardio, Cain won by early stoppage.

Silentness

United States2821 Posts

May 27 2013 01:17 GMT

#125

Honestly I felt the ref saved Bigfoot. He complained about early stoppage, but I seriously felt like Cain would of just destroyed Big foot again if the ref didn't intervene.

liberate71

Australia10252 Posts

May 27 2013 14:49 GMT

#126

The stoppage was a bit early, compared to usual heavyweight standards. But really, Bigfoot got owned standing up, and it would of been much of the same had the ref not actually stopped it then. Bigfoot wasnt getting up.

Blondinbengt

Sweden578 Posts

May 27 2013 14:51 GMT

#127

Personally, I've always thought that going into that kind of a turtling position should be an automatic stoppage after 2-3 shots, it's just such bullshit to see guys doing it on purpose and forcing the other guy to throw risky shots that can easily go to the back of the head or to release their hold and go for knees to the body, which makes it 500% easier for the bottom guy to get up. If you turtle you surrender, imo.

SynC[gm]

United States3127 Posts

May 27 2013 17:08 GMT

#128

On May 27 2013 23:51 Blondinbengt wrote:
Personally, I've always thought that going into that kind of a turtling position should be an automatic stoppage after 2-3 shots, it's just such bullshit to see guys doing it on purpose and forcing the other guy to throw risky shots that can easily go to the back of the head or to release their hold and go for knees to the body, which makes it 500% easier for the bottom guy to get up. If you turtle you surrender, imo.

Well, sometimes it IS just a natural instinct to get turtle up when you're in panic mode, and the one-two seconds in the turtle position might be the difference in a fighter getting his head back on right or not...

I just think if someone's turtling up, taking the back could always be an option, or just simply grabbing the back of one's head and simply dictating where the opponent's head goes and simply punching from there...

Blondinbengt

Sweden578 Posts

May 27 2013 18:01 GMT

#129

On May 28 2013 02:08 SynC[gm] wrote:

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If it's purely instinctual, wouldn't you agree that the fighter for all intents and purposes is knocked out? If a fighter isn't fully conscious 2-3 clean shots should be enough to call the fight, in my opinion.

Personally I've always leaned heavily towards stopping fights early rather than late and I absolutely go a bit far with it sometimes. But when it comes to turtling I think my concerns are valid, it's about trying to keep the lines between conscious and unconscious as clear as possible so that we can minimize the amount of bullshit referees have to deal with, like whether a fighter is consciosly turtling or doing it instinctively.

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