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UFC 144: Lightweight Title - Edgar vs. Bendo - 2.25 - Dancing On The Corpse's Ashes
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JakOfTheShadows
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Has Bendo ever looked beat-up after a fight? I know he took that Matrix kick from Pettis and still got up with a fresh face.
:lol soooo true.
strikeselect
You like me, you really really like me!
Time for PENN to make his return to the lightweight division.
Pristine_Condition
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Edgar is a moron if he believed his corner and they were telling him he was winning the fight. I know point fighting is apparently the next big thing in MMA after the Diaz decision, but point fighting doesn't mean shit when your face looks like it went through a meat grinder, and the other dude looks like he just got out of bed.
I'd love to see a rematch. But glad Hendo is rocking the belt now. He deserves it!
JESUS
polyh3dron
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The judges finally didn't fall for te point fighting ineffective striking bullshit for once. Wish they were there for Diaz/Conduit
Penn needs to work on his body. Dude is just relying on his talents now.
Master Thespian
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The leader of the Underachiever Hall of Shame has nothing for Jesus' octagon warrior angel.
I totally agree with Bendo winning, but you can't really expect Frankie to know a damn thing about the fight after taking some of those shots. Dude probably doesn't know he's in Japan right now.
it will be at least an hour due to the Fuel post show.
The power of Christ compelled Smooth to win.
I got so many picks wrong tonight, I was just glad that Bader and Henderson were correct.
Mad respect for Frankie Edgar. He's a class act and truly a pound for pound great. He just got careless and took a bitchin' upkick. Smooth won, but just barely in my opinion.
If it were PRIDE rules he would have won by a country mile.
I got so many picks wrong tonight, I was just glad that Bader and Henderson were correct.
Mad respect for Frankie Edgar. He's a class act and truly a pound for pound great. He just got careless and took a bitchin' upkick. Smooth won, but just barely in my opinion.
If it were PRIDE rules he would have won by a country mile.
iamvin22
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i knew it lol....no but really who won?
Glorified G
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Diaz didn't do close to the damage that Ben did tonight.
dream
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I agree.
Jesus also blessed Ben Henderson's Wikipeida page with praise.
"Henderson defeated Frankie Edgar on February 26, 2012 at UFC 144 to become the new lightweight champion. Henderson left the fight unmarked while the former champion was battered and bruised in what was one of the best fights in UFC history."
"Henderson defeated Frankie Edgar on February 26, 2012 at UFC 144 to become the new lightweight champion. Henderson left the fight unmarked while the former champion was battered and bruised in what was one of the best fights in UFC history."
How could you possibly not know ? Your on the damn forum aren't you?
i really think the up kick is what won the fight for smooth henderson. w/out that i think the fight plays out somewhat differently. that kick did a lot of damage and cosmetic damage.
i can't complain, good guy, good win, hope they don't tie up the division with rematches again.
i can't complain, good guy, good win, hope they don't tie up the division with rematches again.
TheKaeptain
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BRING BACK MOTIVATED BJ!
Bumblebeetuna
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Man what a PPV. Best one I have seen in years. Couldn't be happier that Bader won and Frankie lost.
Thanking God for the win = crazy in your face christian fanatics
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
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Pretty decent event all round, few awesome moments.
Mark Hunt, monster.
Mark Hunt, monster.
Glorified G
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fixed
sazabirules
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Hendo is awesome. He's a Hunt fan.
BRING BACK MOTIVATED BJ!
Yeah, I could have thrown darts at a board and ended up with better picks than I had tonight. Fucking shameful.
BigKaboom2
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I had it 50-45 Edgar, totally confused by all of this.
bone_and_sinew
breaking down barriers in gratuitous nudity
Everyone needs to twitter bomb Dana for Bendo/Pettis 2.
Really?
I had it 50-45 Edgar, totally confused by all of this.
BigKaboom2
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Yeah, the only facets I thought Henderson did well in were facial damage and spazzing out at the end of every round. The upkick was totally oversold by Goldberg/Rogan IMO - he never seemed to be rocked and dominated the previous ~4:45.
I'll post the stats once the sites are no longer down.
I had it 50-45 Edgar, totally confused by all of this.
I had the 4-1 count for Smooth, giving the final round to Edgar. I thought Smooth won on Octagon Control, more effective striking, and more memorable snapshots of dominance.
BigKaboom2
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10 more total strikes on 52 fewer attempts, 20 more power shots, 7 takedowns to 2...and they didn't even count the knockdown.
dream
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Experts
Meltzer had it 48-47 Benson and his judgement probably matters more than anyone up there except for Josh Gross.
He did ha.
BigKaboom2
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I don't think either of them looked rocked at any point in the fight really...you can get a bad cut from a single elbow to the eye socket so that's pretty meaningless as well.
His legs crumpled and he went face down on the mat, if that's not rocked then I dont know what is. He could very well have been finished there if there was more time left in the round.
His eye wasn't cut, it was swollen shut.
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