The MMA Thread: DON'T ASK 4 STREAMS & NO GIFS- Cannonier, Imavov, Reyes, Rosas on NOW

[keko jones]

I think he was crying in fear of losing his eye sight imo. Scary to not be able to see I'd imagine

I thought this was evident ...

Yes, not crying because it hurt but the fear of losing his eye.

 

[steevoo1]

Eh, honestly I don't buy it. Vetorri would be a very great win, his best win of his career probably. He didn't look all that great against Gastelum and Wonderboy probably beat him and Till missed weight. I'm not giving that man credit for a loss over Holland's wins

If Holland beats a resurgent Brunson, plus Souza and Buckley and a lowkey nice win over Hernandez. That's better than Till's case

Swear Till gets way too much credit for what he's actually accomplished lol

Not disagreeing with you on Till. Ive said I don't see him as a top contender. But I pretty much feel the same about Holland too.

Honestly all this is just fun convo and will be a moot point cause I see Brunson and Vettori getting Ws. So hopefully Rob gets that next shot after he sleeps Costa.

 

[danger style]

Did Leon really say something along the lines of unfortunate that it was taken away from me?

MF you was warned, your fault.

He definitely did. Also commentary was trying to comfort him or something too tf

 

[ForNarnia]

I remember a couple years back there was some company the UFC hired that was designing a new glove that was going to prevent eye pokes, I believe Joe Rogan talked about it on his podcast one time. The one draw back was it would be a disadvantage for wrestlers and they were trying to find a way around that . I wonder what happened with that

 

[bapar11]

tough break for Edwards

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Just make Colby fight Leon, come on man

 

[jewseejay]

Plz. In that moment hes not thinkin he lost his eye. Ive been ubforrunate enough to be around many eye injuries. Its jus what happens. Ive seen 260 lbs men run out of the gym hysterical over a deep eye poke. Ususally jus a corneal abrasion.

I saw a kid get hit with a baseball once and his orbital shatter and his eye litterally pop out of the socket and hafta be held in with pressure... he didnt hoot n hollar.

If he was in genuine shock from a bad injury he woulda reacted differently. Id bet a good hunk of change worst case hes sportin a patch for a few days. Thats what i hope at least

 

[steevoo1]

Man.... Wtf...like what are the chances? I feel for both these guys man.

I had my write up ready on Leon showing theirs levels to this. Man looked crisp on the feet. Saw more stance switching then he's done before. Man's striking speed is still A1, best of the weight class easily. He would've gotten Belal out of there by the next round.

That ending just blew my night would've been happy for either guy winning and getting their respect. But damn I was really hoping Leon would get that title shot.

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

It's nuts to think Leon hadn't fought in almost 2 years. For him to look that sharp was seriously impressive

 

[steevoo1]

Just make Colby fight Leon, come on man

After that Colby and Jorge are staying far away from Leon. They don't want that problem. Leon looked in even better shape and a bit bigger than before.

Only see Burns taking that fight. He'd give Leon the most problems out the 3 cause his power and JJ. I still think Leon is the 2nd best WW in the division and got the best chance against Usman.

 

[steevoo1]

UFC needs to collab with Whitman already and use them damn gloves. Stop trynna strong arm the man. A lot of gyms already use them. That's 2 big main events that ended with serious eye injuries where the fighter couldn't see or open their eyes man.

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Jorge I can understand because the champ seems to really want to fight him again

Colby don't have nothin in the works it appears, Dana needs to force him to take that Leon match

I wouldn't be mad at a Burns Leon fight but I kinda don't like how Burns is coming off a pretty convincing L albeit to the champ

Wonderboy v Edwards?

 

[jewseejay]

Belal will be fine.

Run leon vs colby since he didnt get the dub he needed

 

[steevoo1]

He's avoiding the toughest matchup in the division. Colby is going to do what he did when they tried to force him against Woodley to unify. Man's got stripped then passed over by Usman, then took a fight with a washed Robbie. Hell wait til Usman is actually booked then probably take a Wonderboy or Chiesa fight.

 

[keko jones]

tough break for Edwards

How so??? If anything thouggbreak for Belal ... ya something else. He did the poking.

 

[steevoo1]

Naw Belal needs to get that checked by multiple specialists. Eye ain't **** to play with. The things that Bisping said he felt with his eye is almost similar to mines. I didn't even get kicked in the head. Got a real bad eye poke playing basketball, thought I'd get over it after a couple days of rest. Long story short ended up with glaucoma, had to get 2 surgeries and lost 40% of vision in my left eye. Haven't played ball again since. Belal needs to treat that as best he can

 

[steevoo1]

How so??? If anything thouggbreak for Belal ... ya something else. He did the poking.

Freak accident. Could tell It wasn't intentional, wasnt the fingers but the thumb that digged down. A feinted punch and Belal walking into it the exact same time.

 

[dasitmane]

How so??? If anything thouggbreak for Belal ... ya something else. He did the poking.

Already warned once and still kept his fingers extended. Unfortunate foul but I don't feel sorry him with the prior warning.

Would really suck if Belal's vision is compromised though, that could be his career.

 

[equality]

These dudes in there risking their eyes and Dana still pays 90% of them like they're DMV employees.

 

[boxer15]

All blame is on Leon, got warned about his fingers and still kept them out there.

 

[OTG]

 

[dasitmane]

Anders is an idiot he landed another illegal knee in the exchange prior to that was well.

 

[dman14]

Naw Belal needs to get that checked by multiple specialists. Eye ain't **** to play with. The things that Bisping said he felt with his eye is almost similar to mines. I didn't even get kicked in the head. Got a real bad eye poke playing basketball, thought I'd get over it after a couple days of rest. Long story short ended up with glaucoma, had to get 2 surgeries and lost 40% of vision in my left eye. Haven't played ball again since. Belal needs to treat that as best he can

i started to wear eye protection. not taking anymore chances after getting poked

 

[dman14]

i remember reading how Pride style gloves were better at preventing eye pokes
however, grappling would be hindered

 

[bapar11]

How so??? If anything thouggbreak for Belal ... ya something else. He did the poking.

I'm just saying he hasnt fought over a year & the verge of a title fight.

was looking for a statement win over a short notice fighter.

do I feel bad Bilal. absolutely. still was a exiting fight that was looking forward too