Tag: fighting

video review : Anthony Smith versus Glover Teixeira at UFC Fight Night

video review : Anthony Smith versus Glover Teixeira at UFC Fight Night

I was rooting for Glover Teixeira but damn. I didn’t want to see Anthony Smith get his teeth knocked out. That’s sad. Daniel Cormier blames his garrulous corner coaches, but Lionheart’s main problem here seems to be his stamina. He does well in the first two rounds before being pummeled in the other three to the point of a TKO stoppage.

my rating : 4 of 5

2020

video review : Francis Ngannou versus Jairzinho Rozenstruik at UFC 249

video review : Francis Ngannou versus Jairzinho Rozenstruik at UFC 249

Francis Ngannou is probably the last UFC contender I’d want to punch me in the face. He puts Jairzinho Rozenstruik, who was talking Big shit during the promo; “I’m not playing no games; I’m going to really knock his ass out”; to sleep in sixteen seconds, which, without a crowd at UFC 249 to cushion the blow, seems surreal.

my rating : 3 of 5

2020

video review : Tony Ferguson versus Justin Gaethje at UFC 249

video review : Tony Ferguson versus Justin Gaethje at UFC 249

Tony Ferguson should’ve waited for Khabib Nurmagomedov. That’s easy to say in hindsight, of course, but I was thinking it when their latest scheduled fight, which was supposed to take place here, was canceled for the fifth time and Justin Gaethje stepped in as a replacement.

Gaethje might, in some ways, be a harder opponent. The amount of times Ferguson gets popped with power shots clean to the face is staggering. It’s a testament to his “chin”, but, aside from a nasty uppercut at the end of Round 2, he doesn’t have much of an answer for it.

my rating : 4 of 5

2020