UFC Fight Night 53 (10/4): Nelson vs. Story (Sweden, FP)

Post #1 » by **CPT** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 6:36 am

MAIN CARD
UFC Fight Pass, 3 p.m. ET
Gunnar Nelson vs. Rick Story
Akira Corassani vs. Chan Sung Jung
Jan Blachowicz vs. Ilir Latifi
Niklas Backstrom vs. Mike Wilkinson

PRELIMINARY CARD
UFC Fight Pass, 12:10 p.m. ET
Scott Askham vs. Magnus Cedenblad
Nico Musoke vs. Alexander Yakovlev
Dennis Siver vs. Robert Whiteford
Cathal Pendred vs. Gasan Umalatov
Krzysztof Jotko vs. Tor Troeng
Marcin Bandel vs. Mairbek Taisumov
Ernest Chavez vs. Zubaira Tukhugov

It's got Gunnar and Zombie, so I'm in.

SDM · Post #2 » by **SDM** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 2:38 pm

Błachowicz!

One of those Euro guys I've often come across while killing time Fight Findering and being like, "holy crap, this guy has a good record... why isn't he in UFC?".

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REDDzone · Post #3 » by **REDDzone** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 8:38 pm

I hope KZ blasts Corassani.

REDDzone · Post #4 » by **REDDzone** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 9:26 pm

Andddd 2 minutes later, KZ is out.

SDM · Post #5 » by **SDM** » Wed Aug 27, 2014 12:16 pm

REDDzone wrote:Andddd 2 minutes later, KZ is out.

OH FFS. What happened?

REDDzone · Post #6 » by **REDDzone** » Thu Aug 28, 2014 9:25 pm

Holloway replaces KZ. Nice, he should beat up Akira which was what I wanted to see from the start.

Post #7 » by **CPT** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 10:21 pm

Full card

MAIN CARD
UFC Fight Pass, 3 p.m. ET
Gunnar Nelson vs. Rick Story
Akira Corassani vs. Max Holloway
Jan Blachowicz vs. Ilir Latifi
Niklas Backstrom vs. Mike Wilkinson

PRELIMINARY CARD
UFC Fight Pass, 12:10 p.m. ET
Scott Askham vs. Magnus Cedenblad
Nico Musoke vs. Alexander Yakovlev
Charles Rosa vs. Dennis Siver
Cathal Pendred vs. Gasan Umalatov
Krzysztof Jotko vs. Tor Troeng
Marcin Bandel vs. Mairbek Taisumov
Ernest Chavez vs. Zubaira Tukhugov

The first half of a UFC marathon of mediocrity. I'll watch the main for sure, probably the co-main, and then the rest on 2x speed or just skip it entirely.

REDDzone · Post #8 » by **REDDzone** » Wed Oct 1, 2014 12:55 am

Story is the perfect test for Gunnar. Story is just aggressive and skilled enough to be a perfect gatekeeper type (not to pigeonhole him in that role). He's like the ww Joey Beltran. Anyone who is actually skilled and willing to apply it will beat him, but if you sleep on him he'll beat your ass.

REDDzone · Post #9 » by **REDDzone** » Wed Oct 1, 2014 1:39 am

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEMzNuSIjB4[/youtube]

Nelson is just a beast on the ground.

REDDzone · Post #10 » by **REDDzone** » Fri Oct 3, 2014 2:55 pm

I heard Ariel say on the mmabeat that Gunnar cuts zero weight for 170. Is this true? I know he isn't huge but I'm skeptical.

He last competed in 2011 at adcc at 88kgs which is an upper limit of like 195. The next lowest class was 77kgs which is 77kgs is almost exactly 170 right? Usually grappling contests are a truer tell of actual weight because they weigh in same day so there is much, much less cutting than mma. I can't imagine he has lost a ton of weight since going into mma.

Regardless, IF that is true, that's pretty crazy.

Bernman · Post #11 » by **Bernman** » Sat Oct 4, 2014 4:32 pm

I hate missing out on seeing guys like Holloway, and having these cards dilute the ones that are actually available to the non MMA fan degenerate public. Fight Pass Never Live past tomorrow.

Bernman · Post #12 » by **Bernman** » Sat Oct 4, 2014 9:01 pm

Nelson got exposed like I always thought he would with that indifferent striking d. He takes it to an extreme. His reaction to attempts at hitting him and then afterward is like if he was playing a board game, not fighting. You should care more about brain damage, man. It's like Dave Herman. He's Dave Herman with advanced bjj skills.

That said, Story did previously have some real quality wins in spite of recent struggles, and I did sense a turnaround thanks to a change of camps when watching his last fight. But he does lack range, footwork, and much kicking. His strength is heavily his boxing combos. So a karate guy with kicks should be able to have an advantage in that match-up if he's good. He's not overall though. It's all the lulls when he is in striking distance for opponents that are the problem.

Post #13 » by **CPT** » Sun Oct 5, 2014 4:07 am

This will probably fly under the radar because 1) nobody was watching this event and 2) the right guy won, but how did one judge score that 48-47 Nelson?

That **** needs to be called out.

Varejao17 · Post #14 » by **Varejao17** » Sun Oct 5, 2014 9:17 pm

CPT wrote:This will probably fly under the radar because 1) nobody was watching this event and 2) the right guy won, but how did one judge score that 48-47 Nelson?

That **** needs to be called out.

Agreed sir, unbelievable how nobody talked about it...

GoRapstheoriginal · Post #15 » by **GoRapstheoriginal** » Mon Oct 6, 2014 12:33 am

The Siver/De Rosa fight was FOTN for me, imo. One of the judges scored it 50-44?

That was a bit unexpected for me so. Kinda sad that all? the swedes lost at home? Aw!

Lets see how much Gunnar can improve for his next fight.

Post #16 » by **CPT** » Mon Oct 6, 2014 2:10 am

I think 50-44 Story is far more reasonable than 48-47 Nelson.

The 49-46 people seem to have given Nelson rd 1, and I'm not completely sure why. Maybe I need to watch it again.

Round...4? Where Story was punching him on the ground from standing position and IMO close to finishing could have been scored 10-8. I was thinking that until Nelson got back up and was somewhat competitive in the last few minutes.

I encourage liberal use of the 10-8, but I'm more concerned about guys flat out picking the wrong winner of the round.

cowboyronnie · Post #17 » by **cowboyronnie** » Mon Oct 6, 2014 2:27 am

Great maincard.

Latifi against Blachowicz...sheet, hands being winged, frightening. I want to see more from both.

Nelson barely threw kicks, unsure why.

SDM · Post #18 » by **SDM** » Mon Oct 6, 2014 1:13 pm

Nelson looked bad... little power, Kampmann-level hittable, waaaaaay too much movement in the early rounds. Talking about how he knew Story has a good gas tank and pressure and ****. Yeah, spinning WTF kicks two minutes into a 25 minute fight, genius.

And the Toronto Greek won. About time we have accomplishments beyond excelling at dropping out of school and chain smoking in track suits.