Rose hand speed is blazing quick

Ugh, that was a queasy finish

That was... surprising.

If slamming somebody on their head isn't illegal it needs to be, i don't want to see that move again, somebody is going to be paralyzed one of these days if they allow that.

yeah Bones gotta be thinking "We can paralyze people? when do I fight next again?"

I'm glad she expressed that she was happy that she could slam her opponent into the mat by her head. Safety first

This is MMA. They can kick and elbow people in the face. You guys are being soft saying they should outlaw slams. This is fighting.

Safety what? This isnt flag football

Rose made the mistake of hanging on to the arm bar on the way down. That's why you almost never see happen like it did tonight, they let go and defend. Rose did not. You see guys dump guys from the hip but this drop came from shoulder height which is far more dangerous.

It's illegal in ONE Championship.

You're an idiot.

That was a surprising finish. Would love to see a rematch I thought it was a great fight to that point with rose mostly dominating but Andrade having her moments. Prob dumb and means less than nothing but IMO Rose looked nervoUs and tense as all hell during her walkout...of course she fought really well with the fatal exception so hard to read much into that

Please don't google "Fedor/Randleman Suplex", for your own sake.

Dom lecturing about how smart it was right up until the point she got tossed was great.

"She can't lift"

narrator: she could

yeah

sigh

So it was basically a fluke?

I mean obviously not everything leading up to it but the precise landing of Rose's head. A few inches either way and it rolls off her shoulders? I dunno, I had flashbacks of Sapp slamming Nogueira and thinking, oh, ok, that dude is dead. But then he popped back.

This is exactly how I feared it'd go down. Rose would light her up but not knock her out and then Jessica would hulk up and throw her out of the arena. She used to fight at 135 ffs.

p.s. Overall I had it going two ways: Rose would either light girls' faces up and retire as champion, or get immediately brutalized and retire. Rose is so far ahead of everybody in technique this would be a joke if her opponent didn't have a Street Fighter 2 power bar super move.

It's not a fluke. Rose secures a Kimura grip to protect against the takedown. Andrade decides instead to lift and by using the Kimura grip itself as a fulcrum between the 2 fighters she is able to elevate and then rotate Rose right underneath her on the way down. Without that grip to connect the fighters Andrade would never be able to control Rose like that. Rose probably thought she could roll right out the bottom with Andrade's arm in tow and win by armbar. Didn't quite work out that way.

Right, that's what I meant by

I meant getting knocked out by it. Fedor and Nogueira both not only didn't get knocked out but wound up winning. It just seems weirder and weirder the more I think about it.

Because it was in Brazil and there was an expectation that judges would be biased in favor of Andrade if it went the distance. Even with home octagon advantage it didn't make sense to me for Andrade to be the favorite. After watching the fight I can't imagine that Andrade will be the favorite if they fight again.

Honestly I thought this was a fight night. I can't believe people would want to shell out money for it. Rose vs Andrade is a weak headliner and as such the event should have had a strong co-main like another belt on the line or at least a #1 contender fight. Anderson vs Cannonier is more of a #3 fight, IMO. Aldo vs Volkanovski was a solid #3 fight but the first 2 fights of the PPV were garbage. That being said the Carlos Diego Ferreira vs Francisco Trinaldo fight was scrapped last minute and that would have been a solid PPV card fight.

Woah

Not surprisingly the crowd was even more embarrassing.

I agree 100%. This sport needs less restrictive rules, not more.

hmmm

Who remembers Shannon Sharpe saying Nate will never fight at 155 pounds again? Everyone said he didn't know what he was talking about (and maybe he doesn't).

wow just wow, how did he not break his neck there. Even won the match, that's just insane

Missed most of the UFC card today. Forgot it was in Sweden and started early. From what I saw Manuwa suffered one of the worst KO's in recent memory. As far as the main event, there might not be a fighter with a bigger gap between what I think of him in my head and what he is in real life than Gus. I think of him as a top level dangerous fighter and in his last 2 fights he has barely offered anything.

As an aside if Jon Jones didnt exist I think LHW would be one of the most interesting divisions in UFC atm. Just hard to get too invested when I dont think any of the guys can compete with Jones.

Yeah that the Manuwa KO was nasty, one of the worst I've seen. Given his age I hope he packs it in but I'd guess he's go to Bellator or somewhere before he does that.

Khabib/Poirier Sept 7th in Abu Dhabi

Maybe a dumb question, but I want to buy the fight tonight but I unfortunately won't be home to watch it. I also am a cord cutter so DVR isn't an option. Does PPV offer anything like a full replay of the card for 24 hours or anything like that?

Just saw on the UFC website that PPV replays are available "for a period of time" following the fight.