He won't be able to take him down because TJ is an excellent wrestler. It is possible he can get a TD or 2 but TJ should be able to scramble up fairly easily. Last time TJ was taken down was when Cruz took him down and he was on the mat for about 10 seconds. And Cruz dominated MM with wrestling when they fought, granted it was a long time ago but bigger wrestlers can give MM problems.
He would have to be very diminished from the weight cut for that to happen.
But we'll know soon enough.
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ARLAY (2 TEAMS)
Date: Team:
Jan 19 JOSEPH BENAVIDEZ -225 (DUSTIN ORTIZ vrs JOSEPH BENAVIDEZ)
Jan 19 CORY SANDHAGEN -545 (MARIO BAUTISTA vrs CORY SANDHAGEN)
ARLAY (2 TEAMS)Date: Team:
Jan 19 JOSEPH BENAVIDEZ -225 (DUSTIN ORTIZ vrs JOSEPH BENAVIDEZ)
Jan 19 CORY SANDHAGEN -545 (MARIO BAUTISTA vrs CORY SANDHAGEN)
It’s not, and it is just one of many factors...
I love it too. The difference between TJ and Henry is that TJ has a douche mentality of "I'm the best in the World, and no one is gonna do anything about it!" , whereas, Henry is calm and composed and has the "I know I'm the best in the World, I've trained for this my entire life, and I'm gonna go out there and show it!"
One continues to evolve, the other thinks his shit doesn't stink. Props to Cejudo for taking the fight straight to him last night...
He was not a 125er. Stoppage was ....eh...Credit to Cejudo. Sometimes being aggressive and throwing power is the best thing against guys with movement. Not that TJ was using any. Sometimes he forgets about it and wants to exchange to much. Anyway. If Cejudo can move uo and win it at 135. That is amazing. I think we see the opposite outcome. I do believe the weight cut was a big disadvantage. It has been proven moving up is better. As people always look to be the biggest they can be until they start dominating or winning more than they do before. If they are moving down they are moving past their ability to perform at theri best
I disagree, I think Cejudo moves up and wins easily at 135, but I don’t think it should be his next fight, either. He claimed he wanted to save the Flyweight division with this fight, so that’s where his next fight should be...They’ve scheduled a banger in March for the Flyweights in Nashville, and the winner should be his next fight. That of Joe Jitsu, again. Joe Jitsu and Ortiz fight was great to me last night. High level technical wrestling at it’s finest...
The kick to the lead leg was the right approach by TJ, hell I called that would be in th game plan. Don’t take anything away from
Henry, he was kicking too, but was quicker and was able to follow with a straight right as well. TJ is know for movement too, but Henry’s movement and boxing is highly underrated. The overall better guy with a better head on his shoulders simply won last night. Maybe the humbling helped TJ last night, but I doubt it, he was crying BS after the fight, all at the same time while saying he wanted to set an example for his son. Hypocrit much? Lol
I shut it off 5 seconds after the ref stopped it but just saw the replay again. Finish was a bit premature for a title fight, I mean Garbrandt had Dillashaw stung pretty bad and they let it go for awhile. That's a little bit of a quick stoppage there. Especially at fly weight.
Not saying Cejudo wasn't clearly the right side or anything but damn....
Not saying Cejudo wasn't clearly the right side or anything but damn....
Maybe a tad premature, but 10 seconds later, it’s stopped, have no doubt in my mind, so with that said, I can’t really agree or disagree with it. TJ got wrecked in a hurry though. Busted up and bleeding already, and definitely in a lot of trouble...
Fedor didn’t even get to throw a punch. That lead left hook of Bader was quicker and stronger than anything Fedor could’ve come up with, but he didn’t do anything but get Ko’d just as stated...
