Solid undercard. Impressions: A Bendo-Njokuani rematch looks very, very tasty after both pick up dominant wins. Christmas came late for Benavidez as he smuggles his zero past a guy in Jeff Curran who needed a win and who in all honesty beat the **** out of him for most of all three rounds. PUMPED for Torres-Mizugaki. :bbb
One point swing either way is within reason, but two judges had it 30-27. As though Jeff didn't clearly win the first.
Thats the problem with mma scoring it doesn't reflect the way the fight has gone in many ways, the fight was certainly alot closer than 30-27. The torres fight is looking good so far.
Mir is an idiot, 3 was a clear Mizugaki round. Torres is going to tough it out until he's literally seeing red. Great heart. Also, he slips punches expertly by MMA standards - Mizu is not exactly a sloppy puncher (again, by MMA standards) and Miguel's made him miss a lot.
Man, I'll never miss a Torres fight. You got to give it to the guy, he takes his lumps in every fight, but always does more than his opponent.
Fair decision there. Third was the only clear Mizu round, though he gave Torres probably the fight of his life so far - even gassed as he was in the last seven minutes. The guy's chin and tenacity are something else...as is his strength (he straight up muscled Torres a few times against the cage much to the surprise of everyone including Torres...and he had moments late in the fight where he was the one pressing forward and backing Miguel up). Torres' standout gifts are his endurance and offensive dynamism (with his defense a close third...counter jabs and kicks as Mizu lunged in, together with his elusive movement upstairs kept his face about half as bloody as it could have been).
When I saw Maeda vs Torres I thought greatest ever now 10 months later im seeing Torres-Mizugaki saying maybe the same thing.
That was just so taut and suspenseful, even the slow parts. On one hand, wondering whether 'Gaki would push a flush combination through Torres' defense and score a violent upset from behind on the cards. On the other, watching the sense of urgency of Torres trying to put this guy away and extend his "scores are academic" streak and then ultimately realizing "hey, I'm clearly the better all around fighter but holy **** this dude is game...I actually need to be on my toes just to pull out the W! :scaredas:"
Torres maybe be a great fighter and be have good fights but he is miles off fedor/silva/gsp in the p4p sense he doesn't have any type of game plan and if he does he can't seem to put them into effect against higher quality fighters.
