Kos was far from getting worked before the eye poke. Rumble had a couple of good shots in before but nothing of any significance.
I'm glad the Johnson got knocked off his high horse.
Kos was far from getting worked before the eye poke. Rumble had a couple of good shots in before but nothing of any significance.
I'm glad the Johnson got knocked off his high horse.
-Tyler
Oh yeah and for those of you who thought Koschek was faking....here's the inadvertent thumb to the eye a second before the blatantly illegal knee to the head.
And no, that's not the wrong eye either....
Also, did you guys not hear the doctor recommending to the ref that Koscheck shouldn't fight after the eyepoke? Doctors are fakes too I guess
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Last edited by T-Bag; 11-24-2009 at 04:45 PM.
-Tyler
Well look at that, I stand corrected and now have more respect for Koscheck.....
I didn't see the fight, but I've been saying this for years. There's fat too many fights that the decisions have been complete shit.
Bummed out Tito lost.
I didn't see what he did to "reminded many people why he's a D-bag", but I think his stint as coach on Ultimate Fighter and also his appearance on Celebrity Apprentice show that he is NOT a D-Bag. Everyone has their d-bag moments. That doesn't necessarily make you a d-bag.
Outside of MMA he's not a D-bag but inside the world of MMA he is and last Saturday showed it. When Joe Rogan was interviewing him he started making excuses for why he lost talking about his back surgery and blah blah blah. I don't know the specifics but Griffin had an injury of some sort also and never mentioned it until Tito started blabbing away about his. I'm sure Tito felt salty after putting on a mediocre performance and felt the need to make excuses for it.....
One thing I forgot to mention is Tito will NEVER see the LHW belt again. Sure he held the belt for years but that was a long time ago and the UFC has changed drastically since then.....
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Last edited by Car Guy; 11-25-2009 at 01:48 PM.
Plus, the only reason he held the belt that long was because of a 12 month + layof during the reign. I don't have a problem with tito, except for his lame bullshit excuses.
Tito will never be in contention for the belt.
-Tyler
Regardless of the length of time passed he did defend the title a number of times, I believe 5 or 6. However, his 'game' now is the same as years ago and it just doesn't hold up in today's UFC. Once you fend off his takedowns/GnP you have a good striker when standing with not much else to offer.....
Maybe someone else can chime in on how he compared physically last Saturday to the Tito of old, whether it be when he held the belt or in his last fight against Machida (Machids for Tyler ). I watched the Machida fight when Tito almost submitted him but before that is when I wasn't following the UFC as close as I do now. With all the hype from Tito I thought we would see a new and improved version but it was the same from years ago.....
It will be interesting to see who he fights next and how he rebounds from this OK performance......
I don't think making excuses makes you a douche. I think it just shows a sign of weakness.
I've been watching MMA since Tito held the belt. (long before the majority of fans were watching MMA) The old Tito was awesome. If you argued that he didn't have the best GNP in the game you are just kidding yourself. It was masterful. There is not a SINGLE person right now that is as good at GNP as Tito was in his prime. Not a one.
As much as I like him I too don't see him getting back the LHW belt. His career was over when Lidell beat him 3 times. For some reason he let that beat him more mentally then physically. It was pretty much down hill from there. The beef with White didn't help matters either. IMO, his heart isn't into it any longer. Which is just a shame for the sport and the fans more then anything.
And for the record the fight with Machida was one of the most frustrating and boring big fights I ever seen in the UFC. It's one of the reasons I still don't like Machida to this day.
Now come on, that just comes with the sport. Sure there are more humble fighters then others, but name one person who doesn't say they are going to pound the others face in before the fight? You have to have some level of confidence. Do you really expect him to be like, "this is gonna be a really tough fight for me. Not sure I can pull it off, but heck I'll give it a shot. Really I'm just hoping to get out of there without taking too much of a beating". Even Machida's boring ass talks about how bad ass he is in the pre-fight interviews.
Excuses are excuses. I agree he could be more humble about it. But he's still trying to play the card of a bad ass like he did when he was the champ. Obviously that was a number of years ago, but I wouldn't expect his attitude int he ring to change.
They all talk about how badass they are...because the UFC wants them too to hype the fight. I see no problem with pre-fight shit talking. Machida is the worst pre-fight shit talker, you can almost see the tele-prompter reflecting in his eyes.
Ortiz couldn't beat lidell, or couture. I feel if you threw any of the modern light heavyweights back in time, Tito would be an absolute non-factor. The game has evolved tremendously. His style doesn't' work.
-Tyler
I know everybody talks big before the fight but Tito has an arrogance that makes me want to puke. Take GSP for example, he is confident about himself and the outcome of the fight but doesn't come off like a bag of cocks......