Clav wrote:UFC in Denver tonight Namajunas v Tracy Cortez
Here's my picks tn... Late night of fights for US markets, main card starts at 7PM Pacific, so plan accordingly!
I was 6-for-11 on Saturday - but picking with my heart is a bad thing, I never learn. Also I was drunk watching the main card, and half-watching the prelims.
FOTN - Charles Johnson (has a back-beard??) with a great 3-rd fight against Josh Van. KO uppercut!
top performance - Namajunas DEC against Cortez. It was game main event, Cortez was out matched IMO, but Rose needed this win and showed a solid performance. Though I don't think it was dominant, just enough to be the superior fighter. Home crowd liked the win, and enjoyed the other DEN fighters on the card too.
silver star - Jean Silva forcing a DrStoppage v Dober. It was a scrap
big win - Julian Erosa's guillotine choke v C-rod, who I picked. That was unexpected for me!
Best stoppage - The 'Quik' KO from Montel Jackson. Left right, Lights out! It took, what, 15 seconds?
Please no more - Accidental blows tot he back of the head ended the fight v Brundage and Alhassan, I think it was BS and Brundage, after being gifted a UFC 300 appearance, basically quit. My homies lost all respect for him, because the 'accidental head strike' to the back of the head was because **** Cody Brundage covered up and didnt' defend himself and put his head there. He was rocked by a punch or two before, legal ones, and played if off. I'm glad it was ruled NC not DQ.
Get better soon - Darrius' Flowers, Josh Fremd's UFC careers. Poor showing from both.
PS - fights in Denver seem to highly affect fighters, but I actually think it's a challenge some fighters should accept. It shows who is in shape and who isn't. That being said, these cards in elevation (Utah, Denver, Mexico City) ~~Albuqueque, if they ever visit there~~ mean just jumping in and accepting a fight here and looking good, those fighters are in great shape.
Tracy Cortez, for example, she accepted this fight on slightly short notice and looked unaffected by the elevation, her fight game was just a notch below Rose's (Also, looked fine in elevation, but she lives in DEN).