A really good card overall,the main event was by far my favorite fight along with the barry vs johnson.Nate diaz impresses me every time he fights,his striking is very accurate and deadly,he may not have knockout power,but he can wear fighters out with his strikes.Plus we already know he has a very good bjj game.I also enjoyed his taunting in the fight,miller i think maybe was effected by it,and started to trade with diaz,when he should have been trying for a takedown.I also liked the post fight interview,i think nate is the far more open and friendlier fighter out of the diaz brothers,and unlike nick he's go himself a title shot.Cannot Wait!!
Hendricks and koscheck went the way i thought it would,both good wrestlers with power in there hands,but for me koscheck is not that convincing when he fights,he swings a lot of the time and doesn't land that many shots.Both fighters took some big hits from each other and hendricks edged it.Looking at hendricks,i didn't see enough,to make him worthy of a title shot against gsp.If koscheck took him down and kept him down,what could gsp do to him?
Barry vs johnson was typical heavyweight fight,both trying to knock each others heads off.Just the sheer size of johnson was too much for barry,once he got up johnson unleashed hell,and to be fair to barry before collapsing to his knees,he took some heavy duty shots from johnson.
Pat Barry vs. Lavar Johnson
Johnson defeated Barry via TKO.
Rousimar Palhares vs. Alan Belcher
Belcher defeated Palhares via TKO.
Josh Koscheck vs. Johny Hendricks
Hendricks defeated Koscheck via split decision.
Nate Diaz vs. Jim Miller
Diaz defeated Miller via submission (guillotine choke).
Thoughts on the card?
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posted on 8/5/12
I thought it was a great little card. Seen as I got every fight completely wrong on the prediction league (apart from Diaz to win) its fair to say some of the results suprised me as well
Despite the fact that I had him to win though Diaz suprised me the most. That is the best I have seen him fight by far. I've always thought he was an average fighter making a name off his brother but that was an outstanding performance because Jim Miller is a top LW and he made him look average. Did you see it during the fight in the clinch when Diaz was talking to him? I couldnt make out exactly whaat he was saying but hes like "Your a f'ing... ?? and go down you mother fcker. Diaz is crazy
posted on 8/5/12
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posted on 8/5/12
Diaz is a beast That was a great fight.
My fav tho was Rousimar Palhares vs. Alan Belcher
what Belcher did in that fight was so impressive
posted on 9/5/12
Good event, Diaz looked very impressive. Had Miller never been submitted previous to this fight? He looked very average. Diaz demonstrates further awesome all-round technical ability.
Its gonna be a hell of a showdown when he gets his title shot, he will be so pumped. Highly entertaining, I cannot wait to see that one.
Awesome fight for Belcher too, I did fear once it went to the ground so quickly but he hung in and then looked vicious in the finish. Moving up the middleweight rankings, that's another title shot sometime in the future that I'm looking forward to seeing.
Pleased to see Hendricks win and continue to move forward, and doubly so against Koschek (such a pr!ck).
posted on 10/5/12
Belcher was awesome, as was Diaz
posted on 10/5/12
I thought it was funny how after winning Belcher called out Bisping despite the fact hes already got a fight lined up.
Its almost the unwritten rule of the middleweight division that if you are American and you win a fight you must instantly call Bisping out and throw a generic insult at him regardless of wether you have a realistic chance of fighting him or not