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I am a Kongo fan (I really appreciate his movement minimalism, technique and how ageless he is), but I had it 29-28 Minakov (and that with giving Kongo Rd 3).
Ehh, I wasn't scoring the fight but he didn't think he looked very good at all especially against a guy that was under the weather. I'm happy he lost.
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The MVP fight was a travesty. MVP clearly lost the first 3 rounds, then came back nicely in 4th and 5th and promptly won 48-47 on all 3 scorecards.
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Were you even watching the fight?
Were
YOU even watching the fight?
No, but seriously MVP is more flash than substance. He definitely doesn't want any part of the UFC. There are so many bad matchups for him in the welterweight division.
Whenever a good fighter is winning a ton of fights outside the UFC someone will claim that fighter is the best in the world and a debate will ensue. That's been the case forever. Unfortunately for Bellator many of its brightest stars haven't been looking too good as of late, to the point that we can't even have that debate.
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Then, Roy Nelson vs. CroCop fight. It was very clearly Rds 1 and 2 for CroCop and Rd 3 for Big Country. It does not take an expert to see this.
Roy Nelson seemed adamant he won the fight. Like pushing someone up to the cage should be enough to win a fight? After round 1 Big John said Roy Nelson won the control because he was dictating where the fight takes place. I disagree completely. Roy Nelson was trying to get the fight to the ground. Cro Cop stuffed takedown after takedown after takedown attempt. Given that, it was CroCop that was controlling where the fight took place, which was on the feet.
Before the event Chael Sonnen called Roy Nelson a great wrestler. Roy Nelson doesn't have a wrestling background and has never showed great wrestling in MMA. He had 0 to 1 takedowns in the vast majority of his fights. The most takedowns he ever had in a winning effort in the UFC was 2, which happened to be against Cro Cop. I will say his takedown in round 3 was very impressive but wrestling has always been by far the weakest part of his game. This time Roy was way too reluctant to keep it on the feet, IMO. I think he could have presented some real problems for Cro Cop there.