UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs. Bader (Sept. 4th)

[SDM]

Frankie's a point fighter. An exciting one, but he still fights to the scorecard.

[REDDzone]

Frankie's a point fighter. An exciting one, but he still fights to the scorecard.

Mostly standing, too. A lot of people would say the same about Machida. Actually, a lot of people DID, just a few weeks ago. I maintain there is no lack of pointfighting standup fighters. What is the stand up equivalent of lay and pray or wall and stall?

[SDM]

What is the stand up equivalent of lay and pray or wall and stall?

Bisping on the bicycle or Frankie's 1-2 and step back combinations.

[REDDzone]

I thought Joe B would take Mighty Mouse the first time around by matching speed, while possessing better power. I was wrong. But I'm sticking to my belief for the rematch now that all the Alpha Male kids are working with Duane Bang. It's done so much for their techniques. And I think he'll draw up the gameplan to catch Mighty Mouse this time.

IIRC, Team Alpha Male is 13-0 since Bang joined them.

99% of the reason I bring this up is to bust sdm's balls lol

[REDDzone]

I won one final bet last night, but I'm changing sportsbooks. I want prop odds and parlays damnit. Plus I use sportsbook.com right now and they almost always seem to have the worst odds of anyone (they seem great for betting everything BUT mma, actually). Does anyone have any recommendations?

I checked out 5 dimes, but the "$40-$80" withdrawal fees are just too much for me to swallow, considering how small time a gambler I am. I bet like $10-$14 at a time, not $100 bucks. Not in this to win huge or lose my shirt, just fun for me. Bovada (formerly bodog) looks like the best bet for me as of now with one free check withdrawal per month. Anyone have thoughts or reasons as to why that is a bad idea? Bern you talk about betting, what do you use, I forgot.

[SDM]

I thought Joe B would take Mighty Mouse the first time around by matching speed, while possessing better power. I was wrong. But I'm sticking to my belief for the rematch now that all the Alpha Male kids are working with Duane Bang. It's done so much for their techniques. And I think he'll draw up the gameplan to catch Mighty Mouse this time.

IIRC, Team Alpha Male is 13-0 since Bang joined them.

99% of the reason I bring this up is to bust sdm's balls lol

Nah, I like some of their fighters. Bang is the man, JB seems to be a cool guy, and even Mendes has grown on me.

Dillashaw and Faber can still suck eggs.

[REDDzone]

I didn't like Benavidez for some reason in wec but I can't remember why. Maybe I just rooted against him a lot because I did/do like Cruz. But everything I've seen, he seems like funny, down to earth dude. His latest mmahour interview when he was going nuts still because the Spurs lost to the Heat was hilarious.

Its kind of awkward that it can be argued that 3 of their 5 popular fighters are set firmly in 2nd place in the division (let's pretend like Cruz is still tbd).

[cowboyronnie]

Bader was shook well before the fight started. You could see the doubt on his face when he was introduced. And he fought anticipating getting clipped - he'd jump in way too hard on his punches trying to cover distance, and then end up with his feet planted unable to do any follow-up movement (punch, upperbody movement, stepping...). Not loose, relying too much on single or double punches. That's nerves. Or maybe that was the plan, a quick finish, but I don't really think so.

I've never seen anyone with that proportion of upperbody fight in MMA, IDT. Maybe Alistair. The man is a crazy mesomorph. To me, also jacked on steroids, I don't see how you can have that much upperback development without them unless entirely a bodybuilder (a bb on steroids). It seemed like he was going all-in on this fight. What a tough one too, jeez - Glover in his home province???

IDK if Bader should continue to fight. His limitations are too clear. Combination punching would help, maybe, but not fit for his body or natural talents IDT. You want long loose muscle for that.

[REDDzone]

Finally watched this. Natal/Troeng was indeed a good fight!

Jacare looked gigantic to me. Yikes, his shoulders.

Florian and Anik acting so surprised that Glover could take Bader down, imo, is a sign of cluelessness about Glover's game.

[SDM]

Bader was shook well before the fight started. You could see the doubt on his face when he was introduced. And he fought anticipating getting clipped - he'd jump in way too hard on his punches trying to cover distance, and then end up with his feet planted unable to do any follow-up movement (punch, upperbody movement, stepping...). Not loose, relying too much on single or double punches. That's nerves. Or maybe that was the plan, a quick finish, but I don't really think so.

I've never seen anyone with that proportion of upperbody fight in MMA, IDT. Maybe Alistair. The man is a crazy mesomorph. To me, also jacked on steroids, I don't see how you can have that much upperback development without them unless entirely a bodybuilder (a bb on steroids). It seemed like he was going all-in on this fight. What a tough one too, jeez - Glover in his home province???

IDK if Bader should continue to fight. His limitations are too clear. Combination punching would help, maybe, but not fit for his body or natural talents IDT. You want long loose muscle for that.

I think his IQ is a big issue. That's twice now that he's run into a punch.

[REDDzone]

Jacare said yesterday he would be willing to fight Anderson.

Honestly, I think he'd have a good chance. I've heard people on other boards say he's a matchup nightmare for Weidman but to me its the opposite. I'd favor Weidman for sure. Not too many others at mw I'd favor over Jacare though, that's for sure. Wish he'd fight that mutant Vitor and beat him up.

[REDDzone]

I just read on sherdog, sourced by one of those Brazilian mma sites, that Jacare is thinking of moving to lhw and calling out Phil Davis. I'm usually skeptical enough about those sites that I don't bother posting, but the website was sportv.globo.com which if I'm not mistaking globo is the huge television network that the ufc has a deal with. Still, take it fwiw.

http://sportv.globo.com/site/combate/no ... davis.html

[Gregoire]

Top-2 candidates for fighting with Jones: Teixeira and Mousasi