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Just posted this in the tipping thread but thought it might be better here, some random thoughts from the weekend in Adelaide
Man, what a massive, massive weekend. Drove into Adelaide from Melbourne early on Saturday but unfortunately missed the weigh ins. Saw a few of the fighters around town on the Saturday getting food etc. which was cool. Had a BIG Saturday night so missed the first 2 fights but some random musings on the card
- Adelaide put on a good show... until the main event (ill talk about that later)
- Adelaide entertainment centre is really good
- Kailin Curran has no idea what she is doing on the ground, she won every second of that fight until she hung her arm out and stepped into an armbar. People in the crowd thought it was a fix cause it looked so ridiculous
- Ref stopping the Andrews fight cause Dylan got punched in the face was bizarre. Can only assume the Ref thought it was an eye poke but it was a clear a punch as you will ever see
- Rawlings is awesome on social media but has huge holes in her game. Lisa Ellis was a can given the Bec to look good
- Sam Alvey has amazing punching power. Ive seen Dan Kelly get hit by Heavyweights and walk through it and had the best post fight interview ive ever seen, endeared himself to the crowd after beating a former olympian.
- Webb beat Noke 29-28. This was a home crowd advantage win.
- Dan Hooker is good, that head kick finish deserved $50k
- Minor setback for Mathews. He was comfortably winning and on his way to an easy win but just made one mistake. Thats the difference at this level. He is 20 and will only get better. Not even joking he was making Vick look average for the first 4 minutes of that fight.
- First instances of the bad crowd were in the Perosh fight. He was out on his feet, not defending himself but the crowd booed the stoppage.
- Robert Whittaker might throw another million punches in the cage, none will ever be as pretty as the left (i think) that landed first. Closed range, uncorked it from the hips with his head protected and landed right on the button. It was beautiful and the atmosphere was electric for it. If youve never been to a UFC card and heard the crack of a punch like that make sure you do, its brilliant.
- The Hunt fight was awful. The crowd chanting "stand them up" or booing Miocic for "laying on him" and "not f**king working" was embarassing. Read later that Stipe broke the record for strikes landed... It showed. The referee should have stopped the fight in the 3rd round and a few educated fans and media types agreed later on, Hunts heart and an idiotic ref (and doctor) just took years off his life, this is also the sort of thing that haters of the sports use as fuel for the "ban the cage" argument. I left feeling dirty after this fight. Hunt was never in it (he looked gassed at the glove touch in the first round) but Stipe was fantastic, perfect game plan and execution, well done to him. Question for those still reading this, could you hear on the broadcast the "Stand them up" chant in the 4th?
Overall a great card and weekend but the Hunt fight and crowd antics left a bad taste in my mouth and it wouldnt suprise me if the UFC doesnt come back to Adelaide.
Man, what a massive, massive weekend. Drove into Adelaide from Melbourne early on Saturday but unfortunately missed the weigh ins. Saw a few of the fighters around town on the Saturday getting food etc. which was cool. Had a BIG Saturday night so missed the first 2 fights but some random musings on the card
- Adelaide put on a good show... until the main event (ill talk about that later)
- Adelaide entertainment centre is really good
- Kailin Curran has no idea what she is doing on the ground, she won every second of that fight until she hung her arm out and stepped into an armbar. People in the crowd thought it was a fix cause it looked so ridiculous
- Ref stopping the Andrews fight cause Dylan got punched in the face was bizarre. Can only assume the Ref thought it was an eye poke but it was a clear a punch as you will ever see
- Rawlings is awesome on social media but has huge holes in her game. Lisa Ellis was a can given the Bec to look good
- Sam Alvey has amazing punching power. Ive seen Dan Kelly get hit by Heavyweights and walk through it and had the best post fight interview ive ever seen, endeared himself to the crowd after beating a former olympian.
- Webb beat Noke 29-28. This was a home crowd advantage win.
- Dan Hooker is good, that head kick finish deserved $50k
- Minor setback for Mathews. He was comfortably winning and on his way to an easy win but just made one mistake. Thats the difference at this level. He is 20 and will only get better. Not even joking he was making Vick look average for the first 4 minutes of that fight.
- First instances of the bad crowd were in the Perosh fight. He was out on his feet, not defending himself but the crowd booed the stoppage.
- Robert Whittaker might throw another million punches in the cage, none will ever be as pretty as the left (i think) that landed first. Closed range, uncorked it from the hips with his head protected and landed right on the button. It was beautiful and the atmosphere was electric for it. If youve never been to a UFC card and heard the crack of a punch like that make sure you do, its brilliant.
- The Hunt fight was awful. The crowd chanting "stand them up" or booing Miocic for "laying on him" and "not f**king working" was embarassing. Read later that Stipe broke the record for strikes landed... It showed. The referee should have stopped the fight in the 3rd round and a few educated fans and media types agreed later on, Hunts heart and an idiotic ref (and doctor) just took years off his life, this is also the sort of thing that haters of the sports use as fuel for the "ban the cage" argument. I left feeling dirty after this fight. Hunt was never in it (he looked gassed at the glove touch in the first round) but Stipe was fantastic, perfect game plan and execution, well done to him. Question for those still reading this, could you hear on the broadcast the "Stand them up" chant in the 4th?
Overall a great card and weekend but the Hunt fight and crowd antics left a bad taste in my mouth and it wouldnt suprise me if the UFC doesnt come back to Adelaide.
