i think chael could ahve won, i predicted him by split decision, but this is clearly one of those fights where chael won the takedowns and scored points or something btu bisping was dominant imo. i personally woudl have had it 29-28 bisping (with chael winning the 3rd), but i think im just looking at the fight on the whole
if you get a guy against the cage and do 0 dmg and you dont win the striking either, the takedowns will be 100% the most important thing to score the round.
sonnen had the takedowns over bisping round 1 and 2 with the same dmg standing
great interview by chael obvvv, but he looked BEYOND TERRIBLE imo... slow, weak, tired, honestly his punches couldn't hurt a featherweight, and he wasn't in dominant positions like im used to seeing him. i guess perhaps im overrating how much better i think bisping was, but iw as quite impressed by him-- he looked crisp, was decent against takedowns, and took NO DAMAGE on his back. none.
maybe it's just bc i am used to seeing so much better from chael
if you get a guy against the cage and do 0 dmg and you dont win the striking either, the takedowns will be 100% the most important thing to score the round.
sonnen had the takedowns over bisping round 1 and 2 with the same dmg standing
30-27 biatches
there was MUCH more damage done with bisping holding sonnen against the cage than there was with chael holding bisping on the ground-- tho i do realize that doesn't "matter" bc the actual takedown scores points, i figured in the first two rounds those "dominant positions" would score some points for bisping.
if you get a guy against the cage and do 0 dmg and you dont win the striking either, the takedowns will be 100% the most important thing to score the round.
sonnen had the takedowns over bisping round 1 and 2 with the same dmg standing