Fight Fans: Mayweather vs Mcgregor

[Spurs]

okay but how would that work if both are still on their feet but know after the 3rd that one fighter has now effectively won the fight cause all 3 rounds have gone in his favour ?

Are you talking about a 5 round fight? Then in that instance the losing fighter knows they have to go for a finish.  Imagine Jon Jones going into the 4th against Reyes knowing he was 3 down? We may have seen an old school Vitor Belfort come out.

 

Yeah so I guess it could take the suspense out of the final decision and Buffer can save his enthusiastic "Aaaaand Stilllll/Newwww" for the fights where the final round is the decider.  

 

In the above scenario, if a fighter is 2 rounds up (and knows it even without the judges having to tell him), they usually coast in the final round anyway to play it safe, so I don't see that changing too much.  But yes it could backfire and make some fights more boring towards the end.

 

I see Kansas City are going to experiment with this.

https://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/28673921/kansas-experiment-option-real-scoring-mma-fights

[Capricorn]

okay but how would that work if both are still on their feet but know after the 3rd that one fighter has now effectively won the fight cause all 3 rounds have gone in his favour ?

Either he knocks the other fighter out (if there's a round or few left), or he accepts the fact that for the previous 3 rounds, he was outclassed. i don't understand the hardship here.

[Long Wheel Base]

Are you talking about a 5 round fight? Then in that instance the losing fighter knows they have to go for a finish.  Imagine Jon Jones going into the 4th against Reyes knowing he was 3 down? We may have seen an old school Vitor Belfort come out.

 

Yeah so I guess it could take the suspense out of the final decision and Buffer can save his enthusiastic "Aaaaand Stilllll/Newwww" for the fights where the final round is the decider.  

 

In the above scenario, if a fighter is 2 rounds up (and knows it even without the judges having to tell him), they usually coast in the final round anyway to play it safe, so I don't see that changing too much.  But yes it could backfire and make some fights more boring towards the end.

 

I see Kansas City are going to experiment with this.

https://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/28673921/kansas-experiment-option-real-scoring-mma-fights

My wife often watches the fights with me but It's not for the fighting. It's to see what Bruce is wearing. She finds him amusing.

[Long Wheel Base]

Weird award to get.

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[Long Wheel Base]

Good Morning of fights yesterday.

Wilder vs Fury was a good one. Those 2 have some very interesting walks to the ring(if you can call what Tyson did a walk). I am impressed at how long Wilder lasted after that shot to the right side of the head in the 3rd. That was definitely the hit that rattled him. Then the singing by Tyson after the match was entertaining, interesting song choice. Those 2 boys are BIG!!!!

 

Felder vs Hooker...................Hmm, hometown scoring? Think Felder got done in there but the age old story, to avoid judges controversy, finish the opponent. Hooker is a lot like Mayweather, he likes to run around the ring a lot. From the interview afterwards it seems like Felder is done though, misses his family too much when traveling.

[Long Wheel Base]

Our local World Champ, Kevin Lerena tweeted last week that he wants to move up to heavyweight...........

[Spurs]

Good Morning of fights yesterday.

Wilder vs Fury was a good one. Those 2 have some very interesting walks to the ring(if you can call what Tyson did a walk). I am impressed at how long Wilder lasted after that shot to the right side of the head in the 3rd. That was definitely the hit that rattled him. Then the singing by Tyson after the match was entertaining, interesting song choice. Those 2 boys are BIG!!!!

 

Felder vs Hooker...................Hmm, hometown scoring? Think Felder got done in there but the age old story, to avoid judges controversy, finish the opponent. Hooker is a lot like Mayweather, he likes to run around the ring a lot. From the interview afterwards it seems like Felder is done though, misses his family too much when traveling.

 

Yeah Wilder had a tough time, and can claim that he would have done better had he not busted his ear so early.  He has 30 days to call for a rematch, even though everyone wants to see Fury fight Anthony Joshua now to unify the belts.  Will be interesting to see what plays out if he requests the rematch.  Dillian Whyte is the mandatory next challenger for the WBC belt, but none of them care about any of this anyway, money talks.

 

Felder/Hooker, I didn't know how to score it.  After 1 and 1/2 rounds I had decided that the fight was Hooker's, but Felder came back strong, and by the end I had no idea.  I really think it was the ultimately ineffective take down at the end which swayed the scoring.  Can't take anything away from Felder though, he left it all out there and has always been an exciting fighter, just never quite good enough to make it to the top.

[Long Wheel Base]

I see Isreal Adesanya has apolagised for his twin towers comment towards Yoel Romero. When I first saw that he had said that I immediately thought he would come under fire. These okes can say some silly things at these press conferences.

[Wannabe]

Our local World Champ, Kevin Lerena tweeted last week that he wants to move up to heavyweight...........

 

Not a good idea, he's too small for a natural heavyweight. Will have to bulk up a lot, and then he stands the chance to loose some of his speed and mobility.

[Wannabe]

Fury vs Joshua. Will be interesting, but I cannot see Fury beat Joshua, unless he lands a haymaker or punch similar to the one that put Wilder out of commission.

 

Fury is strong, and he can land the odd punch. He is very awkward and not a technical boxer at all. Most of his punches is "arm only" with little to no weight behind them, and he is flatfooted when he throws his punches. His left "jab" is not a jab at all, he pushes his arm out with an open glove, when he connects it is with the palm of his open hand, no power there at all, he basically just push his palm into his opponents face.

 

Joshua is a very skilled and technically correct boxer, and he can throw a decent punch (question is, can he take one?) I think he is too good for Fury, and should, on any good day, be able to outbox Fury.

 

But that's only my take on it. Lots of people will differ.

[Long Wheel Base]

Not a good idea, he's too small for a natural heavyweight. Will have to bulk up a lot, and then he stands the chance to loose some of his speed and mobility.

Yeah I was also surprised. His comment was along the lines of he's done everything he can in his current division. Reading between the lines I think he wants a new challenge.

[Spurs]

Looking like Wilder is going to activate his rematch clause. In which case we won’t see Fury Joshua this year.

 

Wilder is also claiming he wasn’t hurt in the fight, and has blamed the weight of his walk out costume, saying it wore him down and he didn’t have the legs for the fight. These guys...they should really think about what the fans will think when they hear these kinds of excuses. But I guess it’s his first attempt at trying to convince everyone that they want to see a 3rd fight

[Long Wheel Base]

Looking like Wilder is going to activate his rematch clause. In which case we won’t see Fury Joshua this year.

 

Wilder is also claiming he wasn’t hurt in the fight, and has blamed the weight of his walk out costume, saying it wore him down and he didn’t have the legs for the fight. These guys...they should really think about what the fans will think when they hear these kinds of excuses. But I guess it’s his first attempt at trying to convince everyone that they want to see a 3rd fight

LOL that costume was pretty intense. My Lightie thought he looked like the marvel character GROOT. He should have been carried out like the Gypsy King.

[Baldrick]

Must have been a friggen heavy costume.

The heavy weight division needs the Fury Joshua fight before a third rematch

[Wannabe]

Just excuses. He got tagged hard with almost the very first haymaker overhand right that Fury threw. After that you could see him get flatfooted and lost his "control of the ring"

Fury then just walked him down, throwing punches almost at will, with little to none coming back from Wilder. 

Only a haymaker of his own would have swung that fight back into his favor. Not even that one point deduction would have helped him if it went to the score cards. 

[Baldrick]

Also Wilder seem disheartened. He caught Fury twice in the opening two rounds with huge right hands that would have floored his other opponents.