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Friday Fun Thread for May 31, 2024

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Michael Bispings a one and done thing.

Honestly, that comparison is still flattering to Poirier. Rockhold had a deadly top game but he was never one to shoot much. He trained with DC and Khabib but he never really a wrestler of that sort. IIRC him bashing Weidman's face in happened after many striking exchanges and driving Weidman into a desperation move he took advantage of. In other cases, it's reversals and sprawling.

So Bisping's "puncher's chance" was much higher because it was at least going to be standup fight for a bit.

One of my favorite things about LW: it's so stacked that I don't really mind who wins. It will probably suck for Poirier but so be it.

EDIT: That went far longer and a better defensive performance from Poirier than I expected tbh.

I don't fully agree with you. Porier wins if he can keep it standing (likely losing tonight). He can't but if islam ends up panicking or picking a freak injury, he'll have a huge advantage in that domain, also makhachev got knocked out agaisnt a lefty despite himself being a lefty. Porier is another lefty who actually does very well in that match up. Plus rockhold was a stud athlete, bipsing isn't. Makhachev isn't Khabib, his level of athleticism isn't super high and Porier himself isn't as bad as bipsing.

Luke Rockhold was just better than bisping and would have won had he learnt how to defend left hooks. Michael had no paths to victory in that fight which is what explains the betting odds.

Spot on about rockhold. His entire game was built to demolish the orthodox wrestle boxer from a distance and make them pay with his anti wrestling. He will fight the hands if you grab him, scramble, look for submissions or get on top but in a very educated way. On top, he was as devastating as someone like Khabib or Fedor. Would have been a world class grappler had he gone the pure adcc route. Haven't seen what he did since from anyone good.

Even his stand up was southpaw, mostly jabs, body and head kicks, check right hook. Rockhold is a guy I really really liked, here's a great analysis of his fighting style, aptly titled Luke Rockhold - The ultimate power bottom

My favorite divisions to watch are 125-155. The drop in quality after that is staggering. 170 was far more stacked when gsp was around.

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