TUF 27 UNDEFEATED Miocic v Cormier

Whelo79

Paully D wrote: »

Gunther = John Redmond.

You are not far wrong there, haha.

martyos121

This is extremely dull. Not much ability between the two of them tbh.

martyos121

Well that was a fun minute towards the end at least. Don’t think we’ll be seeing either of these in the UFC again, unless Gunther gets a low spot on a Fightpass card.

KingJamsie

Crazy fight / interview

Paully D

martyos121 wrote: »

Well that was a fun minute towards the end at least. Don’t think we’ll be seeing either of these in the UFC again, unless Gunther gets a low spot on a Fightpass card.

Stipe’s mate. He’ll get another shot (although he shouldn’t).

That was one of the lowest standard of quality fights I can remember seeing at such a high level.

Paully D

Don’t think Richie will be able to overcome Pena’s reach advantage and distance control to secure a takedown, but if there is a God this fight will hit the canvas at least once.

Amazingfun

Come on Richie!!!!!!!!!!!!

martyos121

Paully D wrote: »

Don’t think Richie will be able to overcome Pena’s reach advantage and distance control to secure a takedown, but if there is a God this fight will hit the canvas at least once.

I’ve a score on Richie by sub so it fecking better!

Whelo79

Paully D wrote: »

Don’t think Richie will be able to overcome Pena’s reach advantage and distance control to secure a takedown, but if there is a God this fight will hit the canvas at least once.

Here walks through punches to get body locks.

martyos121

Impressive from Pena, didn’t know he had such a polished ground game.

Paully D

Balls.

There was a couple of very small openings for Richie there too. Shame he couldn’t capitalise.

KingJamsie

No head movement from Smullen at all. Disappointing

Whelo79

Gutted. I can't believe he didn't fight the hands there. He just looked like he gave up.

The White Feather

First time seeing Smullen but he looked out of his depth. Looked like he didn't really know stand up and then tapped out when he seemed to just give up.


Tough day at the office for him.

Disappointed for Smullen but he seemed to have a very weak chin. He dropped like a sack of potatoes. Maybe took the fight too soon after the medical issue?

I have been a fan of Pena this season.

I always root for the Irish guys but Pena is such a likable guy and he is legit... Really hope he can kick on from here and get up the division.

The White Feather

Looked like a classic striker v grappler fight there.Smullen looked like he was desperate to get him to the ground but looked terrified when standing up. Then he got hit and actually gave up on the ground.


Kinda view that as like McGregor/Khabib will go!! Imagine if Conor tapped Khabib like that!!

In response to Brett Okamoto criticism of Conor's behaviour, Kavanagh said that Conor was a 'great teammate' but I don't believe these SBG guys like Smullen are doing any serious sparring with Conor. I'd be shocked if they are because they (SBG in general) all look like rank amateurs on the feet.

I think Conor is doing a bit of rolling with them to learn what he can but he's not putting anything back into the camp skillwise. He's rarely at the group sessions.

Paully D

[Deleted User] wrote: »

In response to Brett Okamoto criticism of Conor's behaviour, Kavanagh said that Conor was a 'great teammate' but I don't believe these SBG guys like Smullen are doing any serious sparring with Conor. I'd be shocked if they are because they (SBG in general) all look like rank amateurs on the feet.

I think Conor is doing a bit of rolling with them to learn what he can but he's not putting anything back into the camp skillwise. He's rarely at the group sessions.

I don’t know about the group sessions, but he definitely organises, arranges and attends sparring sessions with the decent level pros.

I mean, he was even sparring with Johnny Jitzu last week! :pac:

Utopia Parkway

Weird to think that the other fighters on TUF all thought Smullen was the guy to beat and for various reasons he couldn’t have been much more of a disaster. Hard to see him getting a chance again without some decent wins.

ardinn

wtf devision!!

KingJamsie

Deleted User wrote: »

Disappointed for Smullen but he seemed to have a very weak chin. He dropped like a sack of potatoes. Maybe took the fight too soon after the medical issue?

It was like 10-12 weeks ago though

Amazingfun

I fell asleep last night during the start of the main card, just watched em all now. Congrats to Brad and Mike, was an enjoyable season and both deserved it. Was surprised @ Joe's cocky attitude in round 3, might even have cost him the fight.

Next up, Whittaker and Gastelum!
https://mma-today.com/robert-whittaker-and-kelvin-gastelum-title-fight-in-the-works-candidates-to-coach-tuf-28

tommyboy26

Amazingfun wrote: »

I fell asleep last night during the start of the main card, just watched em all now. Congrats to Brad and Mike, was an enjoyable season and both deserved it. Was surprised @ Joe's cocky attitude in round 3, might even have cost him the fight.

Next up, Whittaker and Gastelum!
https://mma-today.com/robert-whittaker-and-kelvin-gastelum-title-fight-in-the-works-candidates-to-coach-tuf-28

i thought he was going to walk the fight but he had a weird attitude in the 3rd round. his coaches told him after the second that it was probably 1-1 so why have that attitude

main event was a bit on sided:p adesanya looked impressive

cloudatlas

How long has Brad been at SBG? Galling to see Kavanagh claim responsibility for his development. Just forget about Smullen, the guy who you've coached for years who flopped.

Whelo79

cloudatlas wrote: »

How long has Brad been at SBG? Galling to see Kavanagh claim responsibility for his development. Just forget about Smullen, the guy who you've coached for years who flopped.

He first visited back in 2016, he's been there full time at least 6 months now I believe.

Kavanagh didn't forget about Smullen. He made a very complimentary post about him a short while before the Katona one.

Mellor

KingJamsie wrote: »

It was like 10-12 weeks ago though

It would have required a few weeks completely without training. Then light traingin on his return. Not ideal prep at all tbh.

cloudatlas wrote: »

How long has Brad been at SBG? Galling to see Kavanagh claim responsibility for his development. Just forget about Smullen, the guy who you've coached for years who flopped.

https://twitter.com/John_Kavanagh/status/1015494618241044480


Is he supposed to ignore Brad entirely because Richie lost?

Roki Vulovic

No disrespect but in terms of talent these TUFs over the last few years have really gone way down. Many of these lads wouldn't hack it in a decent regional org with competitive matchmaking. UFC should be limited to world class fighters and there were not many of them about on recent TUFs.

Mellor

Roki Vulovic wrote: »

Many of these lads wouldn't hack it in a decent regional org with competitive matchmaking.

Which regional orgs in particular?