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Midn1ght

Midn1ght

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Just saw it, terrible news. Always enjoyed watching his fights and he always seems to be a nice and humble guy outside the cage.

RIP legend! ✨
 
Krappadizzle

Krappadizzle

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284 was a surprisingly awesome card. A lot of great knockouts/brawls on the whole card. I think Volk got robbed personally. I didn't have a dog in the fight and if I was a betting man, i would have bet on Islam to win pretty decidedly, but he didn't win that fight. It all comes down to whether you believe Volk won that 2nd round. Islam won rounds 1 and 5 but I thought Volk won 2,3, and 4. Either way great card and very impressive showing from Volk. I'm now a huge fan.
 
Thirty7ven

Thirty7ven

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Volk won the fight, Makashev won the judges decision. He was completely wrecked by the end of the fight and then calls himself the best in the world, l o l
 
EDMIX

EDMIX

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Thirty7ven said:
Volk won the fight, Makashev won the judges decision. He was completely wrecked by the end of the fight and then calls himself the best in the world, l o l
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Islam did more to win, thus would be more "wrecked" as you need to consider he wasn't just striking solely, he was taking him down multiple times, had the most control time and left it all in there. He is just the most complete of the 2 and how tired he was at the end very much showed he was not just focusing on the stand up, but the take downs, grappling etc.

Even watching it live, I knew before the 5th round was done Islam likely won. How you score MMA, you can't just have 1 out of 3 criteria and expect to win. Even in the striking, Islam has more accuracy and out struck him for one of the rounds, so when you add in that, the take downs and control time, using how you score MMA, how does Volk win?
 
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EDMIX

EDMIX

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Krappadizzle said:
284 was a surprisingly awesome card. A lot of great knockouts/brawls on the whole card. I think Volk got robbed personally. I didn't have a dog in the fight and if I was a betting man, i would have bet on Islam to win pretty decidedly, but he didn't win that fight. It all comes down to whether you believe Volk won that 2nd round. Islam won rounds 1 and 5 but I thought Volk won 2,3, and 4. Either way great card and very impressive showing from Volk. I'm now a huge fan.
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No disrespect, but this is one of the worst takes I've heard thus far. (Islam wins this fight, the 5 round 100% was not his lol)

Islam wins rounds 1 and 2 easily, those are the rounds most agree with from what I've seen, round 4 is easily his as well you can't get take down, have your back taken for legit 3 plus minutes and be like "volk won", nothing there on how we score MMA can point to a 4 round going to Volk.

The 3rd round for many is the toss up (funny enough, the 3rd round is where Islam out strikes Volk and cuts him open)

I can only give the 5 round to Volk. 100% by the time the fight was done based on how I know MMA is scored, I already knew Volk lost.

So I can see how the judges scored it Islam 4 rounds to 1, I can see how they can score it 3 rounds to 2 etc. There is an argument for both, but as far as I can see, there is zero creditable argument using the exact MMA scoring system to give Volk this fight.

I've yet to even hear 1 actual logical one. You simply can't win a fight like this losing out on 2 of the 3 criteria to win.

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Islam Makhachev vs. Alexander Volkanovski full fight video highlights

Watch Islam Makhachev vs. Alexander Volkanovski full fight video highlights from the main event of UFC 284.
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Krappadizzle

Krappadizzle

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SpiceRacz said:
Fight week, baby. Not sure about the rest of you, but this is my most anticipated fight of the year, so far.

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So excited. I think my first UFC as an adult was Jones vs. Rashad Evans and I was just blown away.

If Shang Tsung came down and said, "Earth, give me your best warrior", I'm juicing Jon Jones to the gills and offering him as the chosen one.
 
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