Does anyone else think that Michael Grant vs Jameel MCline was a weird fight?

yeah I know, if your injured your injured, I recall breaking my ankle and there would be no way I could of boxed without looking totally pathetic.

 

No fix.

Grant couldn't take the punch at that time. It was 6th time he was dropped in the 1st round in 3 fights in a row (Golota*2, Lewis*3, McCline).

McCline dropped guys with much better chin - Chris Byrd, Sam Peter (3 times), Calwin Brock, Al Cole, Shannon Briggs. He hit hard, but was really bad finisher.

 

Didn't look phony to me-- looked to me like he was anxious or distracted or something when he got caught.

 

I don't think it looked phony, it just looked "light" ,,,, it didn't look that hard, lol, I know, easy for me to say but I am just saying :bbb maybe a different angle would show more impact :think

 

lol, yes true that,,,,bad enough breaking your ankle let alone being in a match where somebody gets to keep punching you in the head :!:

 

It was legit, but I will say Grant made a really poor choice by going with Atlas after Lewis kicked his ass. If he went to Steward or Shields, he likely would've improved and beaten a couple more contenders. Atlas seems to destroy the confidence in his own stable and Grant was probably pretty fragile at the time. It was a bizarre combo.

 

yes I agree with this, Atlas has never impressed me, he has that ego maniac look in his eyes that would not help instil confidence in others :!:

 

This is it. Grant had glass chin and was exposed by Golota. Mccline came in aggressive and first punch he landed ended it. Grant got up and tried to survive but damaged his ankle and couldn't fight on it.

 

Glass is a little harsh. He lacked the instincts of lifetime gym rats and took flush shots as a result.

 

The bell rang and a cold Grant just walked straight into a punch.
The way he got his foot stuck behind him looked very painful and damaging.
It didn't seem at all strange to me.

It wasn't the first time Grant had been caught early. Maybe if his foot hadn't broke he might have come back to win the thing.

 

He got caught cold, fell with his foot stuck underneath him. The view from the overhead camera shows it all. When his foot comes free from underneath him it is wiggling like jello. Really sick looking.