Simple. Judges with that mindset will score close, indecisive rounds for the champion. Trading jabs? Champ's popped more. Firefight? Champ got the...
Barao is also on an early contract and is an interim champ. Yeah MMA wages are low right now, but the marketplace is different in that sport, the...
Ssssshhhhhh!!! Don't get amongst the piranhas during a feeding frenzy!
Sherdog's UFC forum is a cesspool, often worse than this forum's main board. Combat sports tend to attract a lot of dumbasses in addition to the...
Also, Ali spent considerable time in a shell with his gloves over his face.
So 4 ounce instead of 6 or 8? Gloves in the first half of the 1900's weren't much bigger than modern MMA.
The Battling Siki vs McTigue fight has McTigue rolling the shoulder all day. It's not so new.
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Indeed. Even after his accident he was able to be dignified. A tremendous athlete with a spectacular physique, a champion's heart, and a Marine's...
Doesn't sound familiar, guess I'll just have to bite the bullet and rewatch it. Woe is me.
Blows my fuggin mind that he took a third fight with Edgar, and that he took it at 145. I can see the lugnuts shaking loose already. The wheels...
Some kid named Julian from the Virgin Islands was a middleweight who may have found a chin or two.
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Excellent post! Magnificent stuff indeed. Glimpses of techniques being tested and the dynamics if style clashes are still fascinating to me.
Rocky was hittable, and George had a great chin. Also a great jab. Did the Rock ever feel power like George? I don't know if he'd do any better...