Nothing like the first match. First match was fight of the night. This sucked. I'm of the mindset the challenger must take the belt. Thompson had no business getting the nod on any of the scorecards.

Overheems knees are made of uru. Hunt gets my vote for toughest guy in MMA. Gets tibia broken and nasty cut on shin from impact in 1st round and isn't fazed one bit.

Ya I just saw some highlights on sports center. Boring

Why not have periodic weigh ins? They have multiple weigh ins at something like 90, 60, 30, 15 days. You don't have to be at weight but at a certain percentage. Force guys closer to their natural weight.

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Eh. You could, but ffs, do we really need to weigh in fighters all the time? What kind of scheme would you implement? How far out from a fight would you start checking, and how fat are they allowed to get when they're not fighting?

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Do what Ohio did. They scrapped their 2016 same day weigh-in trial in favor of a day before and re-weigh day of. It's +8lbs on re-weigh for WW and below and +13 for MW and above. It's not perfect, but these are adults and at some point you have to let them be idiots, which has consequences.

I've heard of this written into fighter contracts in boxing. Fighters that have had trouble making weight, and the opponent is tired of getting jerked around, so they put these percentages of cut required. If they don't make them they get fined/loose a chunk of their purse. Plus the fighter that requires these can see if the other is even close to making weight and if the fight is going to happen.

This was actually my thought. If you don't want to implement this via the UFC, then put it in an individual fight contract. Crazy that this is the third time this fight has been scrapped.

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If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. - Will Rogers

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Prelims were much better than the main event. They were way too cautious in the main event to have a good fight.

The cut on Hunt's shin was pretty nasty. And the knees to his face are just nothing I want to happen to me.

This was a much better card than last time.

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I'm beginning to think that we are much more fucked than I thought.

I thought it was a great card overall. I didn't even mind the title fight. Definite chess match, and I can see how people might find it boring and disappointing after their last one, but I thought it was fascinating. Like watching a mongoose duel with a cobra. Thompson is lightning quick, but had to be careful about leaving the door open for Woodley to explode through. Good stuff.

I definitely had it 3-2 for Thompson, though. Not sure how that whole "you have to take it from the champ" ethos is supposed to play out on the scorecards.

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I didn't mind the title fight at all. But it shows what happens with rematches. Not many look like Gatti/Ward 1,2 and 3.

It was the kind of fight you want to see go back to old times boxing where you have to go until someone is out. Lots of skill on both sides and both wary of the other's weapons.

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I'm beginning to think that we are much more fucked than I thought.

Agree, scoring round by round it's tough to have that position. What round did Thompson win besides 4? I know all judges had round 1 for Thompson, but that was textbook 10-10 in my eyes. If that's not 10-10, what is?

It was the kind of fight you want to see go back to old times boxing where you have to go until someone is out.

Yeah, that would be perfect for that fight.

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"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."

I had Thompson winning rounds 1,2, and 4. Woodley spent almost all of those rounds trapped against the cage trying to react to Thompson. Gave Woodley round 3 for the take down, and round 5 for the knock down.

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I had it 47-47. Going by memory -

Round 1: 10-9 Thompson
Round 2: 10-9 Thompson
Round 3: 10-9 Woodley
Round 4: 9-9
Round 5: 10-9 Woodley

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If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. - Will Rogers

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