UFC 186 - Johnson vs Horiguchi

darced

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riffmongous

Needs to spend the rest of this round on top

Tigger

"undue amount of cheers"

johnpro

Horiguchi via KO/TKO

Its not the same as herrig v van zant

Zero-Cool

The loudest cheers of the night was for the 69 and Rogan asking for a better camera angle. FFS lads

Randa is bust open, drop them Bows Ais!!

qwabercd

Good second round, that position on the ground

Tigger

she's not the fanciest fighter but she is tough as boots

riffmongous

If she can keep up the pace she should win from here, fingers crossed

darced

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johnpro

Horiguchi via KO/TKO

Much better round...She ate some shots in the first but great 2nd

mailburner

Johnson via Submission

close round, could go either way

this should be ais all the way now

Zero-Cool

1-1 but easy to see it as 2-0. Ais needs a big round.

riffmongous

Ais gets hiptossed a lot

Axwell

Horiguchi via KO/TKO

That same trip causing Ais problems, she really needs to dish out some punishment the rest of this round if she wants the win.

Zero-Cool

Jaysus!

dulux99

sheehy83 wrote: »

1-1 but easy to see it as 2-0. Ais needs a big round.

How could you possibly give the second round to Markos?!

Zero-Cool

dulux99 wrote: »

How could you possibly give the second round to Markos?!

Have you seen UFC judges before???

johnpro

Horiguchi via KO/TKO

Balls...****e 3rd round

stiffler123

Johnson via Submission

Markos 29-28 for me, too good a wrestler for Ais.

mailburner

Johnson via Submission

bet there'll be one 30/27 in there, possibly two

dulux99

Unlucky Ais. Really thought she'd kick on from the second round but the better fighter won.

Zero-Cool

Bollox! Knew a judge would score the 2nd round to Randa.

Great sub defense by Ais

johnpro

Horiguchi via KO/TKO

Seriously missed opportunity for ais....she was dominated in every aspect of that fight...she did well in the latter part of round 2 but that was it!?!

themandan6611

with the exception of McGregor the rest of the SBG stable's stand up is absolute crap

dulux99

Anyone have any idea why John Kavanagh wasn't there? I didn't see him in Paddy's last fight either.

dulux99

themandan6611 wrote: »

with the exception of McGregor the rest of the SBG stable's stand up is absolute crap

Sad but true. I imagine John is a great BJJ and overall MMA coach but they could really do with an elite striking coach like the blackzillians have with Henry Hooft

Axwell

Horiguchi via KO/TKO

johnpro wrote: »

Seriously missed opportunity for ais....she was dominated in every aspect of that fight...she did well in the latter part of round 2 but that was it!?!

She didnt dominate on the ground or the takedown, she got out wrestled and spent too much time locked up in that headlock and trying to get out of the armbar to have any impact in the 3rd round. Good fight but the better fighter won.

Lenin Skynard

themandan6611 wrote: »

with the exception of McGregor the rest of the SBG stable's stand up is absolute crap

The problem is that they're not Conor MCGregor, that goes for 99% of fighters from every team in the world.

SBG is doing pretty damn good by the looks of it, you're not suddenly crap if your fighters are losing in high profile fights to the best in the world.

Axwell

Horiguchi via KO/TKO

dulux99 wrote: »

Anyone have any idea why John Kavanagh wasn't there? I didn't see him in Paddy's last fight either.

He was committed to a seminar already as far as i know.

darced

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themandan6611

Lenin Skynard wrote: »

The problem is that they're not Conor MCGregor, that goes for 99% of fighters from every team in the world.

SBG is doing pretty damn good by the looks of it, you're not suddenly crap if your fighters are losing in high profile fights to the best in the world.

ah come on, most are riding Conor's wave, have a serious look at their stand up and take Cathal for example there is no development there at all and Ais's is very poor too

MagicIRL

Way too good a fight to open fight pass with.

johnpro

Horiguchi via KO/TKO

themandan6611 wrote: »

with the exception of McGregor the rest of the SBG stable's stand up is absolute crap

Wouldn't class paddy or Gunnar as crap. They're never going to be confused as elite strikers but there miles above cathal and ais....is it due to mcgregor's boxing background where he would have grown up training head movement, footwork, judging distance, timing etc??

I struggle to understand how professional high level athletes don't seem to be able to improve in an area they spend so much time doing?? Maybe I need to re watch his fights but I can't see an evolution or improvement in cathals striking since his CW days

stiffler123

Johnson via Submission

themandan6611 wrote: »

ah come on, most are riding Conor's wave, have a serious look at their stand up and take Cathal for example there is no development there at all and Ais's is very poor too

Gunnar has good stand up. Agreed on Cathal though.

johnpro

Horiguchi via KO/TKO

That was a great first round loads of action!!

darced

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Zero-Cool

What a class round. Have to say Womens 115 is one of the most exciting divisions in the UFC, would prefer watching one of their fights over a Mighty Mouse fight any day.

stiffler123

Johnson via Submission

jodaw wrote: »

Gunnar was found wanting last fight

No shame in losing to Rick Story.

themandan6611

stiffler123 wrote: »

Gunnar has good stand up. Agreed on Cathal though.

Jesus lad, good compared to what ? Gunnar ain't that hot at all on the feet, he is better than Cathal striking but has that SBG chin up style.

Who is actually their striking coach ?

darced

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stiffler123

Johnson via Submission

Great fight so far. Some nasty knees in the clinch by Letourneau.

johnpro

Horiguchi via KO/TKO

Jesus stevie wonder would have more chance of seeing some of those shots coming...that eye is shut!!

Zero-Cool

Tough as nails!

Lenin Skynard

themandan6611 wrote: »

ah come on, most are riding Conor's wave, have a serious look at their stand up and take Cathal for example there is no development there at all and Ais's is very poor too

I'm not sure what "riding Conor's wave" means. Pendred isn't much fun to watch in the cage at times, but he was pretty dominant on the European scene. Same for Holohan, undefeated in 11 pro fights before being signed and Daly is one of the most highly-regarded female MMA fighters in the world.

They're winning some and losing some (mostly winning by a long margin) in the UFC. I don't know how that would lead you to think that they're riding McGregor's wave, the fact that they're winning fights in the UFC should tell you that the UFC wasn't signing enough Irish fighters in the first place.

bradlente

That escape from the triangle in the 1st was awesome.

johnpro

Horiguchi via KO/TKO

Great scrap really enjoyable to watch! I'd say we'll have a lot of brilliant fights as the division sorts itself out over the next 12 months

stiffler123

Johnson via Submission

Letourneau is a beast, great fight.

Lenin Skynard

jodaw wrote: »

I think most of them are trying to copy conor without being able to pull it off. Even the little nate lad thinks he is a conor clone.

There is far to much flag waving at the weigh ins etc. We get it your Irish.

Of course, Daly who has been fighting for the guts of ten years suddenly decided "Hey I want to be like that McGregor guy off the telly!"

Good observation.

themandan6611

Lenin Skynard wrote: »

I'm not sure what "riding Conor's wave" means. Pendred isn't much fun to watch in the cage at times, but he was pretty dominant on the European scene. Same for Holohan, undefeated in 11 pro fights before being signed and Daly is one of the most highly-regarded female MMA fighters in the world.

They're winning some and losing some (mostly winning by a long margin) in the UFC. I don't know how that would lead you to think that they're riding McGregor's wave, the fact that they're winning fights in the UFC should tell you that the UFC wasn't signing enough Irish fighters in the first place.

riding the wave means that they may not be in the UFC only for Conor

winning by a long margin, hopefully you are not including Prendred's lasy 2 fights in that stat

as for Ais being one of the most highly regarded female MMA fighters in the world :eek: seriously,what does that mean ?. Most people won't know who she is

darced

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