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That was a fun fight but Hooker is lucky he didn't get Poirier after he called him out. He's tough and works his range decently well, but his footwork and defence isn't good enough to hang with the elite in that division.
UFC Fight Night 169 Main Card on ESPN+(Sat, Feb 29th, 8 p.m. ET):
125 lbs.: Joseph Benavidez vs. Deiveson Figueiredo for vacant flyweight title
145 lbs.: Zarah Fairn vs. Felicia Spencer
205 lbs.: Magomed Ankalaev vs. Ion Cutelaba
145 lbs.: Megan Anderson vs. Norma Dumont
145 lbs.: Grant Dawson vs. Darrick Minner
135 lbs.: Kyler Phillips vs. Gabriel Silva
UFC Fight Night 169 Prelims Card on ESPN+(5 p.m. ET):
185 lbs.: Brendan Allen vs. Tom Breese
155 lbs.: Luis Pena vs. Steve Garcia
265 lbs.: Serghei Spivac vs. Marcin Tybura
145 lbs.: Jordan Griffin vs. T.J. Brown
145 lbs.: Spike Carlyle vs. Aalon Cruz
170 lbs.: Sean Brady vs. Ismail Naurdiev
Deiveson Figueiredo missed weight btw, so he can't win the title.
Lmao so if he wins there's no champ and we are back to square one. Really wish they'd just dump guys who miss weight, especially in situations like this where it ain't like Figueredo is a draw putting butts in seats. You miss weight you're done have an alternate ready to take the spot.
Benavidez is an ATG who's only lost to GOAT contenders (the Pettis loss was a robbery). He's easily one of the most underrated fighters of all time and maybe the best fighter to never win a belt (it's either him or Yoel). Hopefully he pulls it off today.
Ion should have knocked out that ref.
One of the worst stoppages I've ever seen. That better be over turned.
One of the worst stoppages I've ever seen. That better be over turned.
That ref is lucky he's still conscious right now.
Overturn that shit now, there's no way that's a legitimate win.
Overturn that shit now, there's no way that's a legitimate win.
He was wobbly but the ref did a bad job. Regardless of what the ref did Ion was not going to last long.
Worst stoppage I've ever seen in all my years watching this sport, what an absolute disaster.
That just grinds my gears lol. Nothing gets me more riled up than when a ref fucks up like that.
I prefer for refs to err on the side of caution to protect the fighters, but that stoppage was horrifically bad. He was definitely wobbled but a wobble shouldn't stop a fight unless the fighter is getting pummeled.
I rate both of them highly (Faber more so than Florian), but Benavidez and Yoel are more skilled and have beaten better competition.
Wow Joe is looking bad.
Actually they both are.. Hopefully this will be the end of the division.
Actually they both are.. Hopefully this will be the end of the division.
Overall that was a mess of a card, and it finished an hour earlier than it was scheduled for lol.
yeah that was bad, Joe looked super uncomfortable throwing heavy like that. Made it easy for Deveison.
And that's why you don't rush in with your head. Unfortunate end for Joe but it was his own undoing that cost him the fight. Deiveson got power and he was landing his right. Just had to be patient and then BAM! Too bad he couldn't make weight :/
Frustrating performance from Benavidez. Early on it was clear that he didn't have the power to hurt Figueiredo, but he kept chasing the big shots anyway. He was constantly playing with fire with the way he was jumping in with his chin up and dropping his hands.
Looking across social media and MMA forums and it looks like the majority of people think that was the worst stoppage ever lol. How do you stop a fight when the guy is still standing and defending/attacking? So bizarre.
I hate everything about a guy missing weight and winning the fight. Really just hate the shit. Puts guys like Benavidez in a tough spot, like what's he going to do, not take the fight? Figuerido got to fight with a pretty big advantage, and now we have no champion and are right back where we started. Complete waste of a night.
That said, I'm completely unsurprised that Benavidez' brand of "put my head down and blindly throw haymakers" stand up was not effective. Figuerido practically looked like he was amused at Joe's offense and was just waiting to pick his spot to drop him.
That said, I'm completely unsurprised that Benavidez' brand of "put my head down and blindly throw haymakers" stand up was not effective. Figuerido practically looked like he was amused at Joe's offense and was just waiting to pick his spot to drop him.
Seeing Bisping in this shit show reminded me:
If anyone wants a good weekend read, the book is fun.
Parallels my personal favorite time of watching the UFC and a nice
showcase for the dick Bisping is. And get ready for lots of eye injury stories,
dude was really fucked there.
If anyone wants a good weekend read, the book is fun.
Parallels my personal favorite time of watching the UFC and a nice
showcase for the dick Bisping is. And get ready for lots of eye injury stories,
dude was really fucked there.
I'm half convinced that Dana walked up to Figueiredo on Thursday with a bag of cheeseburgers and a check to convince him to come in at lightweight and finally put an end to the division.