UFC 144 discussion thread (Spoiler)

[Mitchell C]

Sexyama lost for sure, and I soooo wanted to see him win, but oh well.

And does Dana really thing that? lol
I guess he is just as upset as his "boy" getting beat as everyone else online.

He got outstruck, took more damage, nearly finished twice, and he thought he won.


I would fire my corner of I were Franky, they probably told him he was doing great and not to change a thing.
Hell they thought he won at the end.

[Brent Smith]

sexiama beat sheilds for sure. i wanted jake to win but he shouldnt of won. sexiama stuffed 95 percent of jakes take downs and had like 3 judo throws/trips. i would have liked to see more time at the end of round 3 when jake had his back though

dana thinks edgar won. what fight was he watching? edgars face was all beat up and ben was fresh. no more title rematches. sick of watching the same two fighters battle it out. let pettis fight ben

I thought edgar did enough to win but felt it could go either way. Pretty good. High paced for sure. Frankie looked really busted up but he scored a takedown in every round, caught 90% of bendo's kicks and landed more. Bendo obviously looked like he did more damage so maybe he landed cleaner
Dana can't be too crazy cause a lot of play by play guys gave it to edgar too. The rounds were so close though hard fight to score. When it ended I just had a feeling it was Bendo

[Brent Smith]

I'm curious if akiyama has been hanging out with the cast of Jersey Shore. Did you see that tan job?

[Mitchell C]

I thought edgar did enough to win but felt it could go either way. Pretty good. High paced for sure. Frankie looked really busted up but he scored a takedown in every round, caught 90% of bendo's kicks and landed more. Bendo obviously looked like he did more damage so maybe he landed cleaner
Dana can't be too crazy cause a lot of play by play guys gave it to edgar too. The rounds were so close though hard fight to score. When it ended I just had a feeling it was Bendo

A lot of people seem to think Edgar out landed Henderson.

http://blog.fightmetric.com/2012/02/...icial-ufc.html

I didn't really care about either fighter when this match was announced, I honestly hadn't seen either of them fight much before.
Aside from that awesome off the cage kick, and Edgar knocking out Maynard.
So I was pretty unbiased watching the fight, and it was clear that Henderson dominated and outclassed him 80% of the fight.
4 rounds to 1 Henderson.

[Brent Smith]

Just rewatched it and I think Henderson was overall the better fighter. Rounds 2, 3, and 5 were close though. Henderson didnt dominate at all. He was the better fighter but there was no domination there

[Mitchell C]

When you can hardly take your opponent down, and when you do he gets right back up, or locks in a deep submission attempt, or upkicks you in the face, you are being outplayed.

Edgar fought well, but he was being backed up and pushed around.

It was not a total domination, but it wasn't a close fight either.

[Brent Smith]

Agree to disagree. Its pretty split on who won it. Just looking at the play by plays out there just as many people are giving Edgar the nod as they are Henderson.
Sherdog-Jordan Breen (48-47 Edgar)
Freddie DeFreitas (48-47 Henderson)
Chris Nelson (48-47 Edgar)
MMAFighting- Mike Chiapetta (48-47 Edgar)
MMAFrenzy- Chris Leslie (48-47 Henderson)
MMAWeekly- (48-47 Henderson)
MMAMania- Thomas Meyer (48-47 Edgar)
Bloodyelbow- Brent Brookhouse (48-47 Edgar)

So not sure how you can say that it wasnt a close fight when it seems to be about 50/50 on who people think the true winner is

[Mitchell C]

Because people have never been biased or wrong.
Everyone who argued that Edgar won argued that he outstruck Henderson.
Well he didn't....so how else did he win, or even come close?


Also, when you say let's agree to disagree, that's fine, of course.
But...that's usually when someone is trying to end an argument, not continue it.