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Originally Posted by Damone
How did Hamill win the fight, then?
Bisping landed the cleaner strikes in rounds 2 and 3 and got up when Hamill took him down. Hamill was gassed and constantly eating punches.
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your argument has interested me to the point of rewatching round 2...which seems to be the deciding round if you give round 3 to bisping, which i wouldn't have, but is understandable to most people....
i'm not sure why your saying 'the cleaner strikes'....after watching the second round, bisping landed a total of 2 jabs that hit hamills head and an inside leg kick that led to a TD by hamill. everything else was hitting the forearms pretty evidently. hamill landed an 2 jabs of his own that round. hamill was also the one "pushing the action" or having "octagon control".....he got 2 solid takeodowns and while he didn't do anything significant with them, neither did bisping. hamill also landed a nice elbow coming out of a clinch with bisping which was probably the best strike thrown in the round.
so lets break down the criteria
effective striking - neither
grappling - hamill by solid margin
octagon control - hamill by solid margin
aggressiveness - neither
boring ass round, but giving that round to bisping is pretty much impossible. rogan and goldberg also note during the round that bisping is letting the rounds "slip away from him".....
10-9 hamill