Maybe it was just me, but I noticed that the punch that seemed to bring down Sexyama didn't even touch him. I'd have to see the replay again. Maybe he was already rocked before the phantom punch, but I didn't see it. Or perhaps the phantom punch glanced off his head? Not sure. But to me, it looked like it totally missed and he just fell down.
I kind of thought that after the first replay, but I think it glanced off his temple after further review.
Was just talking to my uncle about the same thing... Didn't see the hit, and it just didn't seem real, even in the replay. We were watching the fights on a gigantic TV in HD to boot. I have no idea what that was, but I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed.
Only one angle really showed the impact. I thought the same thing until I saw the right angle where it impacts and glances off of his temple.
Yeah we thought that too when we watched it, seems like it glazed over him (the force of the wind as we joked). Sudden end to the fight...
ya that fight was really weird. it seemed like akiyama was deliberately staying out of the pocket. that jab that wasn't even close, then the backing up front kick right before that phantom ko was really weird too. it was like it was like he was TRYING not to inflict any damage.
I don't know guys this fight really gave me some Coleman/Takada vibes. Maybe I'm just jumping to conclusions.
Dude i thought that with hammill it took him like 3 seconds to finally fall
And the hits that actually kod akiyama hit him in the back of the head
The hit that ko'd him was one of the few right handed punches Belfort threw in that barrage, and it came from under the armpit, similar to the one that Henderson used against Fedor.
And similarly Belfort continued his assult with punches to the back of the head and neck until Akiyama was motionless. Another back of the head beating after the knockdown/K.O.
LoL! It def hit him in the temple, watch the replay... It did look like a whiffer, but it landed. Had to watch the replay about 4 times to be sure :)
I thought he slipped, like he did earlier in the fight, and Belfort took advantage of it. After watching it a few times he did tap him in the temple. There were definitely a few shots to the back of the head once Akiyama was down also. Those for sure put him out cold.
[QUOTE=Louis Ho;80714]Maybe it was just me, but I noticed that the punch that seemed to bring down Sexyama didn't even touch [QUOTE]
it was one of those obnoxious CLIPPING punches where it like SKIMS off your head not really doing damange but more along the lines of making you lose your balance SO COMMON when watchin fights
what i noticed it when he was down how vitor hit him right on the back of the head 2times before the end
Replay isn't fast enough to catch all of Belfort's punches.
It was weird, the whole finish of the fight. The punch barely
grazed him, and he never really recovered at all. And I would
like to bitch a little bit about those back of the head shots.
Just a couple fights before that, I watched Rory MacDonald
beat Mike Pyle from a similar position. He carefully places his shots,
had open shots to the back of the head, and did not take them.
He was patient enough to strike legally, and still clearly won
the fight and was very effective. You can't say Rory doesn't
have the same adrenaline rush that Vitor had, yet he was
professional about his fight and did not disrespect his opponent
by using illegal strikes and endangering him unnecessarily.