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What did you think of the flyweight title fight?

What did you think of Joseph Benadivez/Demitrious Johnson? POLL INCLUDED

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#1 ·
I was shocked some people seemed to be dissapointed in this fight cause I thought it was a FOTY contender and was incredibly entertained by what I thought was an exciting fight. That said what are others opinions?
 
#5 ·
What a coicidence anybody claiming it was anything but entertaining and exciting baffles me. I can't see your point of view considering that fight had fast back and forth technical exchanges, submission attempts, Benadivez had DM rocked at one point. It had it all really.
 
#6 ·
The 4th round was good, but overall for me, I just didn't really care.

People enjoy watching larger than life / freak athletes battle. And although these guys are fantastic athletes, you just don't seem to get the BONE-CRUSHING ACTION that you do with the bigger guys.

The 145 belt is OK, but really it's all the classes over that which are the most exciting for me.

But back to your original point... as someone who is a fan of the sport but not a super fan. I watched and enjoyed the fight but, probably won't remember it. I felt the booes were justified to the drunk adrenaline junkies (not that I condone boo'ing, but I get why they booed).
 
#7 ·
Freaking awesome fight. This is coming from someone who is far less interested in seeing the really small guys fight. I cant help it, I always get excited to see the big boys fight. It probably has something to do with the fact that i'm a big guy and my wife has like 3 inches and 20 pounds on these guys, but I just do not get as excited to see the little guys go at it as I do the big guys.

That being said, this was an amazing fight. The technique, speed, and overall excitement that the fight produced was the second best on the card (the near submission of Jones being the most exciting moment in my opinion).

The fourth round was just amazing. My wife, who actually doesn't follow much mma, commented "i bet these guys would be even more exciting on the ground". As soon as the fourth hit and the scrambles ensued I knew she was right. That round was off the hook. Great fight.
 
#8 ·
Except for anything approaching entertainment or excitement outside of round 4. It just wasn't that great a fight. It was two guys point fight for 4 rounds and one round with a rock and a bad sub attempt.
 
#11 ·
Why do people say FOTY? It wasn't even FOTN.

The only part of the fight that was really technical was the ground game. Benavidez' striking is not that good. He wings big shots that look more impressive because they are quick. The technique and timing is completely lacking. MM has quick, technical striking but no real timing or power. Both are missing 2 of the 4 required elements for effective striking.

The ground game was a different story. The scrambles were well done but looked better because they were faster than what people are used to seeing. But that's really it. All they had on the ground were the scrambles. The one real submission attempt wasn't even close to being locked in.

I just don't see why anyone found this fight to be amazing.
 
#15 ·
It's sad that the little guys never get their dues. There was some serious technical moves going on in that fight that is very hard to see because they're moving so fast. I mean Joe swinging and Demitrous sidestepping instantly was a beauty, getting out of super tight guillotine was another, etc.

They put on a show for everyone and got booed. That's wack.
There wasn't any moment where they stalled. It was non-stop movement.
 
#18 ·
I was enjoying it, really seemed like the top level of the weight class going at it but Rogan was getting on my nerves making it seem less competitive than it actually was. But when he couldn't believe the crowd was booing and could only explain it by saying they only want to see bloody finishes, I couldn't disagree with him. Maybe the smaller weight classes' fighters' skills would be more appreciated earlier in the card when the crowd is a little less inebriated.
 
#22 ·
I can't help it if I thought tonight's card sucked and I don't care if they thought it was a tight guillotine. That one's not an opinion thing. That was not a tight guillotine. Anyone with real grappling experience will tell you that. All the commentators in the world won't convince me of that.
 
#25 ·
I enjoyed it when it was on the ground. The exchanges on the floor were pretty exciting. On the feet, I disagree. It seemed like both guys were trying to "out-speed" eachother and simply ran and danced around the octagon.

Decent fight, I enjoyed it, but didn't think it was FOTY by any means.
 
#33 ·
It's typical for those people to call you a moron in humorous form? That seems odd somehow.

Actually the UFC is being run like the old school boxing promotions right. Just with better marketing. It's how every combat sport in the history of the world has been run. Gladiators, boxers, pankration, judo, kickboxing... you name it and it's been run this way.

You use personality and accomplishments to appeal to the masses. Personality will always draw more than anything else. It's human nature. We find it easier to identify with someone we love or hate based off personality than it is for us to connect to physical accomplishments we have no experience in.
 
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