UFC 202

[aiasthewall]

Anybody watch? What a brawl. Plus that just lovely uppercut by Rumble.

[chud]

Total WAR between Diaz and McGregor.
The undercard fights were all great too.

[aiasthewall]

Yup, shelled out the big bucks for this one and sure got my moneys worth. I was quite worried about McGregor at the end there...

[grzegorz]

I'm watching the main even now, but it won't be up for long.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojJtcY92bAA

[Steve James]

Gotta have a tie breaker now.

[grzegorz]

I think Nate should have been given the decision.

[GrahamB]

I think that on points by round Connor probably won... But it could have gone either way and Nate was winning at the end.

[Michael]

I'm watching the main even now, but it won't be up for long.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojJtcY92bAA

Tanks for the link, bruddah.

[chud]

I though Diaz won too, but you never know what the judges will say.
Now that they've each won one fight, it certainly does pave the way for number three, which I'm sure is what the UFC wanted.

[Steve James]

In a bad way, it's good for the sport ... or, at least great for business.

[junglist]

Conor won that one.

He had rounds 1, 2, and 4 easily. If Nate continued his attack in round 4 he would have won.

[Steve Rowe]

I nearly turned it off in the first round because I thought it was boring - glad I didn't!

[chud]

I nearly turned it off in the first round because I thought it was boring - glad I didn't!

Nate Diaz always starts slow and waits for his opponent to get tired. Since cardio is one of his strengths, he uses it to his advantage.
There is a point during the fight where you can see Nate suddenly start to turn up the pressure on Conor, that's classic Diaz tactics.

tl;dr - never judge a Diaz fight by the first round.

[aiasthewall]

Here is a very small video of Rumble Johnson's sweet knockout.

[grzegorz]

Conor won that one.

He had rounds 1, 2, and 4 easily. If Nate continued his attack in round 4 he would have won.

Possibly true, I can't recall the fourth very well but I don't like it when fighters run away like that. Defense is one thing but running away? I think points should be deducted.