Watched UFC for the first time tonight..

How does someone lost every second of every round and steal the show? Sure, if he actually had some offensive spurts here and there but he couldn't do a thing. Sure, credit for not tapping out, but that's where it ends. He got humiliated straight up, especially considering all the disrespect he was spitting at GSP before the fight

 

Good post.

 

the whole disrespect thing isnt personal, do u think GSP and hardy dont know that ?

its to sell a fight as much as poss, hardy had to open his mouth for people to even take notice... its a good job he has his mouth and character after tonight, fitch was soon forgotten about after GSP done that to him, fighting GSP just aint good for peoples careers... unless your called penn of course

 

I'll give him heart yes, willpower? Ok, but aggression wasn't effective in the least. You could see him mentally being broke down from rounds 2 and on. He looked like he was just trying to survive and in the corner he looked like he had totally lost faith. He isn't walking away from this fight a better fighter or his market value increased at all. It's not one of those fights that his career will be elevated from, even in a losing effort. I mean he did NOTHING, but survive. He had zero offense.

Respect for not tapping but all he proved was that he was tough, which everyone already knows.

 

I agree with that guy Palhares being a bad sportsman. But in this sport, karma comes around every month or so. Lets see Silva tap that ass. Id actually like to see GSP against him.

 

Hardy forever has my respect. He nearly had his arms torn off.

 

With the GSP-Hardy fight I thought GSP's gameplan was to break one of Hardy's limbs in each round or so, and then when it came to the 5th Hardy's corner would just carry his broken body into the centre of the ring with instructions to bite GSP's legs off.

Hardy showed real balls in that fight. He doesn't have the skills to hang with the elite but he's got a ton of heart. Really respect the guy.

 

I disagree that this fight showed he didn't have the skills to hang with the elite. His loss wasn't worse than Penn's or Alves' and it was clearly better than Fitch's. Just because GSP can easily take you down and hold you down doesn't mean you aren't a top 10 WW.

I would like to see him in against a top WW striker next, just to test his chops standing. Let's see him fight Alves (God willing Alves recovers) next to give him a chance to get right back into the mix. If not Alves maybe Anthony Johnson. Both are coming off losses and both looked like they might have a spot near the top before those losses.

 

Okay, he didn't show us that he didn't have the skills to hang with the other guys in the division (since most fighters look **** and bereft of ideas against GSP), but he didn't show us that he could either. I never saw the GSP-Fitch fight, but I did see the GSP-Alves fight and I think that Alves at least landed some kicks in that one (**** all in the grand scheme of things, but at least he landed a couple - whereas I can't remember Hardy landing much of anything). And don't you think Fitch would just take down Hardy at will, just like GSP did? (It might take a bit longer than a micro second, but I think he'd do it each time he tried)

 

Welcome to the MMA forum

 

i to watched my first mma yesterday and ok there tough


but when there on the ground they seem to have a shocking amount of time with sweaty crotches in each outhers face , im not saying its gay just my opinion of what i saw

 

If that's all you saw then I kind of pity you.

 

what else was there

ok the can wrestle and kick and stuff . im sure it takes great dedication and skill to do but


far to much sweaty crotch in the faces for my liking