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That decision was fine IMO. Could have went either way.So, metaphorically speaking, our physiology basically has the universe mapped out and you're thinking it needs to be taught addition & subtraction.
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i agree franklin won, but i just dont think it should of been unanimous, silva clearly won the second round and arguably the thirdComment
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So, metaphorically speaking, our physiology basically has the universe mapped out and you're thinking it needs to be taught addition & subtraction.
-Alan AragonComment
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Lmao..
COLOGNE, Germany – Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic’s return to the Ultimate Fighting Championship was a short one.
Not long after stopping Mostapha Al-Turk in the first round of UFC 99 on Saturday at Lanxess Arena in his first fight in the UFC since back-to-back losses in 2007, Filipovic informed UFC president Dana White that he had signed a three-fight contract with the Japan-based DREAM.
White had signed Filipovic less than a month ago to a one-fight deal, the first time in more than nine years that he’d done that. He had worked out terms on two additional fights, but said he’d only put pen to paper for Saturday’s bout.
He brought Filipovic back because he knew the Croat is still very popular and Filipovic insisted he wanted to make a run for the title.
That proved not to be the truth. After turning down much tougher opposition, including Cain Velasquez, who defeated Cheick Kongo later on the card, he wound up with the lightly regarded Al-Turk.
But instead of getting a shot at big names like Randy Couture or Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and fighting his way into title contention, Filipovic opted to bolt for Japan.
“Isn’t that a dirty [expletive] thing to do?” White asked rhetorically after being queried about Filipovic’s deal with DREAM. “He [expletived] me. The first time in the history of the company I do one over the phone. He promised me a three-fight deal and he [expletived] me.”
Filipovic looked unsteady and hardly impressive in defeating Al-Turk, who is winless in the UFC. He never landed one of his vaunted kicks and the fight ended not from a punch but when he poked Al-Turk in the eye with his finger.
Referee Dan Miragliotta didn’t see the poke, so it was regarded as a clean blow and Filipovic won by stoppage.
Filipovic was fighting five months to the day after knee surgery, one of several injuries he said kept him from performing at his best in his first stint in the UFC. Before the fight, he called his 1-2 UFC record “the black spot” on his career.
While speaking with reporters on a prefight conference call, Filipovic enthused about his return and said he was gunning for a title shot. All the while, he apparently knew he was in it for a one-fight deal.
He texted White on White’s cellular phone and told him he wanted to return. White said Filipovic declined numerous opponents.
Apparently, Filipovic, who is from Croatia, wanted to fight in Germany and use the UFC bout as a tuneup. He did and is now Dream bound, but he’ll almost certainly never fight in the UFC again.
“He didn’t keep his word,” White said, who said he’d had a two-hour talk with Filipovic on the day Filipovic texted and asked to be able to return. “He talked about honor and all this other [expletive] and he [expletived] me.
“He fed me this bull [expletive] about wanting to take a run for the title, and what I think he did was, he went out and did this. He turned down every other [expletive] fighter I offered him, because I needed him to fight Cain. He didn’t just poke Al-Turk; he poked me, too.”
As is his custom, Filipovic skipped the postfight news conference and could not be reached to comment on the DREAM deal.So, metaphorically speaking, our physiology basically has the universe mapped out and you're thinking it needs to be taught addition & subtraction.
-Alan AragonComment
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What do you guys think of Cain? Can he hang with the big boys like Mir and Lesnar?Comment
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Alright after staying away from this thread for the whole day...here are my thoughts:
Hardy vs Davis: Hardy looked real good, very entertaining guy, lots of solid blows landed by both.
Uno vs Fisher: A pretty technical fight, as Rogan pointed out they both canceled each other out, that flury at the end by Uno was nice.
Swick vs Saunders: I called this fight @ 12am yesterday..Swick in the 2nd via Ref Stoppage...Swick is one of my favs, guy is just brutal when he gets going.
Cro Cop vs Al-Turk: Eye Poking aside, Cro Cop showed a glimpse of him being back.
Kongo vs Velasquez: Very disappointed in Kongo, Velasquez just had his way on the ground. Kongo was working him stand up wise, but why the hell did he keep clinching?
Franklin vs Silva: Dont know who they got a unanimous decision out of it, but it was a entertaining fight, the flurry of elbows and punches at the end was cool to watch.
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Do you guys not understand what a unanimous decision is?So, metaphorically speaking, our physiology basically has the universe mapped out and you're thinking it needs to be taught addition & subtraction.
-Alan AragonComment
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Just a couple quick thoughts on the PPV today. First off I really hate to see Wand lose, I always have a lot of respect for any fighter who's truely passionate about the sport and Wand is certainly one of those guys. Hopefully he sticks around for as long as physically possible. But, just as I said in my prediction Rich Franklin can take Wands best shot and at this point in their careers he's simply the better overall fighter of the two.
And to Rob, obviously Cro Cop won so I can't take too much away from him. But, honestly that's an elite level striker? The guy is an elite kicker, but that's not elite level striking right there.
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I know what it is, but i dont see how you can say he won that Unanimously, i figured it would be a split decision....
Franklin won round 1, Silva took round 2, round three was very close the only way i can see all three judges giving that round to Franklin was because of the takedown.
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You can say he won unanimously because all 3 judges thought he won two rounds.
Ok, and, doesn't that kind of tell you how a unanimous decision came about?Franklin won round 1, Silva took round 2, round three was very close the only way i can see all three judges giving that round to Franklin was because of the takedown.So, metaphorically speaking, our physiology basically has the universe mapped out and you're thinking it needs to be taught addition & subtraction.
-Alan AragonComment
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