Herb could have reasonably stopped the fight after ~25s.

Possibly dumb question from an lolcasualfan: every time I watch Jon Jones he spends most of the fight standing with one arm straight out in front of him. Why don't his opponents punch/kick his arm and break it? Is that not legal?

idk man that's a good idea, maybe they should start training karate chops on flaming cinder blocks

They could get taken down or countered. Not saying it is a bad response, but most of his opponents are just not interested in taking any risks at all for some reason.

honestly i think yr a bit biased given u lost a nice bet.

I was at a bar and everyone there was screaming he's out when that hand fell. The announcers thought/said it. Herb Dean thought it. He asked for a sign to fight back multiple times, didn't get it, he grabbed his arm n didn't feel a reaction. I've seen the screencaps of the thumb up right before the stoppage but I don't think anyone could see it let alone Herb Dean.

I think the stoppage was pretty standard in today's UFC as a ref given all those circumstances, but I err on the side of always letting it go longer on any choke esp if you aren't 100%.

Robbie wasn't getting out of that choke so I don't think the outcome was likely to change.

Incorrect, he pulled his hand away from herb. I could be a bit biased but I’ve also trained a bit of bjj and that choke is bull**** even if it is under the neck and it wasn’t. There’s a reason high level fighters are neve choked out by that choke. Herb should know better.

It was obviously a wrong call in hindsight but let's be real the arm dropping made a huge impression that clouded his judgment.

Think about it this way: Fighters block kicks and punches by purposefully putting their arms in the way to take the hit instead of their head/body, so why would an arm break if outstretched? Breaking a bone is pretty difficult if you're simply striking it. If it happens, it's gonna be a leg, and with somebody that doesn't know how to take a strike.

man it's a good thing we try to hold referees to a higher standard than drunk people in a bar

clearly you are just seeing what you want to see. But the point was clear - everyone thought he was out. Every referee in the UFC likely ends the fight when Herb did based on what happened at the end of the fight - well Marc Goddard might have stood them up lol. Sucks you lost your bet. Next time bet on Funky

Anyway it s not like john jones need both arm to finish a fight

Good fight. I think Aldo takes it based on having better cardio than Mendes and also being better at almost everything else. If the make it a full or interim title fight (which would only happen if Holloway confirmed a permanent move to 155) Volkanovski's chances go up but over three Jose should win.

robbie wasn't getting out of that baby

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvHWFmOosmA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4-fBRkyxJw

gracie breakdown of the choke

I was trying to place Askren's voice bc it sounded so familiar.

Did it today, his voice is just like Kevin McHale's.

do we have lawler 23andme results to know what % watermelon he is ?

Oh wow that's terrible. WTF herb.

Conor arrested again for slapping a phone out of someones hand and smashing it and then taking it. Phone valued at 1k.

lol

The hilarious part is that happened after he completed some community service in a church for his previous **** up.

lol - note to Brits, don't mess with a dude who used to fight in backyards and laundromats and walks out to the scarface theme

First Till
https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1107057067976581120

Then Edwards
https://twitter.com/fresh_kingdom/st...66797268877312

both of those clips fill me with joy

i especially liked the gratuitous shot on unconscious till, piece of **** deserves it

Why so much hate towards Till? Because he supported that Brazilian politician?

"That brazilian politician" he stumped for who just so happens to be a racist, fascist dictator

Don't know much about him but hard to imagine he can be worse than Ramzan Kadyrov. You consider all fighters who visited him 'pieces of ****'?

The guy received 55% of votes, you consider 55% of Brazilian voters pieces of ****?

Who knows what made Till support him and how much he knows/believes, unless he has swastika tattooed on his chest and he is promoting Hitler after fights I wouldn't call a fighter 'piece of ****' because of his political choices.