DAZN: Dmitry Yuryevich Bivol vs. Michael Eifert & Mukhammad Shekhov vs. Yerny Betancourt RBR.

Bivol is Bivol and always will be. You have to pressure him and make him understand that something is on the line to get him to step up and take risks and that was never going to happen tonight. Eifert is a pretty solid German domestic level fighter but he was never going to stretch Bivol

 

some guys are like that. Bivol doesn’t mess with success. If it’s working, he’ll just keep doing it. He knew he was winning every round cleanly and easily.

Beterbiev would never let a guy he was outclassing like that see the final bell.

 

Yea that was what I heard

 

Bivol needs a great opponent to really shine. Great technicians often are often less than scintillating against lesser opponents.

 

I didnt think score cards had to be feasible any more

 

I even made a post and deleted it cause I thought I heard wrong. How the hell did he get 2 rnds

 

I don't even think he really got in gear, never mind out of first. He was in neutral the whole time. You could tell, because in 11/12 when he was getting a bit bouncier and letting his hands go a little bit, that was the only time he looked reminiscent of when he has faced world-level opposition in the past. Otherwise he was flatter and slower on his feet with less than half his usual output.

I wanted him to get a stoppage, but I can't argue with him wanting to bank the rounds. it is a little frustrating though. But I think he is still at the level we're familiar with, but it's hard to tell when you have someone as timid as Eifert trying to coax a performance out of you.

 

I don't know what this loquacious chick in the red dress is prattling on about.... but I don't hear "Benavidez" anywhere in here so I'm not interested....

 

some guys get mercy ..... and some get mercy rounds.

 

Yeah, battered. If you examine his face after both fights...