OK. It was eh….
One particularly memorable fight on the card. Its a shame that the Judges got the winner of this fight wrong.
Israel Adesanya vs Yoel Romero
I said that Romero was not a worthy title contender. I was right. Romero threw everything away in this fight, because nothing was earned. Do you think if Romero was on a 5 fight win streak and was grinding out victories, he’d do this? Not a chance. Romero was fighting like a title wasn’t on the line. Garbage.
Zhang Weili vs Joanna Jedrzejczyk
I got this wrong, but I also think the wrong lady won. I had Joanna winning this fight. I was scoring each round. I tell you what though. If this was a Muay Thai fight with Thai rules, I think Zhang wins, but I think Jedrzejczyk should have got the victory here. One thing is certain, when people reference UFC 248, this will be the fight that they look back on. Rematch…
Beneil Dariush vs Drakkar Klose
I got this wrong. I also didn’t think that this would end this way. Dariush went full zombie robot, and KOed Klose, not what I expected at all. With this win Dariush is a shaker at 155. I think he deserves no less than a top 5 opponent. 155 is pretty damn log-jammed though…
Neil Magny vs Li Jingliang
I knew that Magny had the savvy vet rub, but I didn’t know that he’d put on such a good performance. I got this pick wrong. I think Magny remains a solid gatekeeper for guys wanting to get into the top 10
Alex Oliveira vs Max Griffin
Alex Oliveira is the wet-dream for every fight promoter. He only has fun exciting fights. He puts himself in harms way for no reason, and he just brings it. I made a correct call here. I expect Griffin to get cut.
Sean O’Malley vs Jose Alberto Quinonez
I told you guys to not bet on this fight. I did not know how O’Malley was going to look after two years. He looked great. Not only did he look great, he did a lot of little things pretty good. Bantamweight is stacked.
Mark Madsen vs Austin Hubbard
I like Austin Hubbard. I think he has a lot of technical gifts. He’s very fundamentally sound. All meat and potatoes. He just couldn’t stop the wrestling of Madsen. Madsen is gonna realize pretty soon that wrestlers get kneed. I feel like I got kneed, because I got this call wrong
Rodolfo Vieira vs Saparbek Safarov
This was over as soon as it hit the floor.
Gerald Meerschaert vs Deron Winn
Exciting while it lasted, but Meerschaert was just bigger and more savvy. The body shots set up the whole finish in my opinion. It added another dimension to the striking game of Meerschaert. Its funny, because I think that Daniel Cormier doesn’t do well with body shots either.
Giga Chikadze vs Jamall Emmers
Very close decision. It could’ve been a draw. I had Emmers winning, but, I could understand how the judges might have saw the fight for Chikadze. Its always strange when neither guy puts their stamp on the fight
Danaa Batgerel vs Guido Cannetti
Batgerel is made of tough tough tough stuff. He goes to war. I know nothing about his ground game, but this man bangs, I thought that Cannetti was going to be smarter and stifle his power. I was wrong.
6/11 eh… I’m not mad.
The Ladies fight was unbroken