*** Official UFC 214 Thread ***

[alnorth]

UFC 214
Anaheim, CA

Main card - PPV - 9pm
Prelims - FXX - 7pm
Early Prelims - UFC Fightpass - 5:30 pm



Main Event

Light Heavyweight Title Bout



Daniel Cormier (c)

Record: 19-1
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 205 lb
Reach: 72"
Nationality:

Last 5 fights:

4/8/17: Anthony Johnson - W, Sub (Rear Naked Choke)
7/9/16: Anderson Silva - W, UD (30-26x3)
10/3/15: Alexander Gustafsson - W, SD (47–48, 48–47, 49–46)
5/23/15: Anthony Johnson - W, Sub (Rear Naked Choke)
1/3/15: Jon Jones - L, UD (49-46x3)

VS.

Jon Jones (#1)

Record: 22-1
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 205 lb
Reach: 84"
Nationality:

Last 5 fights:

4/23/16: Ovince Saint Preux - W, UD (50-45x2, 50-44)
1/3/15: Daniel Cormier - W, UD (49-46x3)
4/26/14: Glover Teixeira - W, UD (50-45x3)
9/21/13: Alexander Gustaffson - W, UD (48-47x2, 49-46)
4/27/13: Chael Sonnen - W, TKO (Elbows and punches)

Results

(#1) Jon Jones defeats (c) Daniel Cormier - R3 TKO (head kick and punches) and is the new Light Heavyweight Champion
(c) Tyron Woodley defeats (#1) Demian Maia - UD (50-45, 49-46x2) and defends his Welterweight Championship
Cris Cyborg defeats Tonya Evinger - R3 TKO (knees and punches) and becomes the UFC Women's Featherweight Champion
(#3) Robbie Lawler defeats (#6) Donald Cerrone - UD (29-28x3)
(#5) Volkan Oezdemir defeats (#3) Jimi Manuwa - R1 KO (punches)
(#3) Ricardo Lamas defeats (#15) Jason Knight - R1 TKO (punches)
(#8) Aljamain Sterling defeats (#13) Renan Barao - UD (29-28, 29-27, 30-26)
(#8) Brian Ortega defeats (#9) Renato Moicano - R3 Sub (guillotine choke)
Calvin Kattar defeats Andre Fili - UD (30-27x3)
Alexandra Albu defeats Cailin Curran - UD (29-28x3)
Jarred Brooks defeats Eric Shelton - SD (29-28x2, 28-29)
Drew Dober defeats Joshua Burkman - R1 KO (punches)

[WhiteWhale]

Originally Posted by kcxiv

I game alot, so alot of us hang out in this chat program called discord. W ell after the fight, some dude of my friend logged in and he was like **** im mad. Im like why? because DC got his ass beat. Dude got SOO ****ing man. Anyone that think he got his ass beat doesnt know ****ing shit! lol, I was like, when someone is wobbling on their feet 5 min after the fight was over, you got your ass beat! lol He was all mad! It happens, sometimes you take an asss beating if you fight. Dont get me WRong. DC put up a good 2 rounds, but in the end, speed, size, power and athleticism kicked in. A superior fighter did what he was supposed to do.

I'm not saying he got his ass whipped for 3 rounds. DC put up a good fight prior to the kick.

I'm saying that when Jones finished him, it was NASTY. High kick and then doing what Jones does better than anyone I've ever seen... just smashed him with elbows and fists on the ground until he was legit not moving. The ref should have stopped it 3-4 punches earlier.

It was a brutal finish. I don't usually feel bad during these fights, but goodness that was ugly.

[Pants]

Originally Posted by WhiteWhale

I'm not saying he got his ass whipped for 3 rounds. DC put up a good fight in the first 2 rounds.

I'm saying that when Jones finished him, it was NASTY. High kick and then doing what Jones does better than anyone I've ever seen... just smashed him with elbows and fists on the ground until he was legit not moving. The ref should have stopped it 3-4 punches earlier.

It was a brutal finish.

John McCarthy knew how much this meant to DC. I'm sure he wanted to make sure there would be no talk of early stoppage. I see your point, though.

[kcxiv]

Originally Posted by WhiteWhale

I'm not saying he got his ass whipped for 3 rounds. DC put up a good fight prior to the kick.

I'm saying that when Jones finished him, it was NASTY. High kick and then doing what Jones does better than anyone I've ever seen... just smashed him with elbows and fists on the ground until he was legit not moving. The ref should have stopped it 3-4 punches earlier.

It was a brutal finish. I don't usually feel bad during these fights, but goodness that was ugly.

DC did really well for until that kick. like i said, when you are still stumbling and dont know quite whats going on 5 min after the fight ended, thats pretty serious. Something BAD happened.

[WhiteWhale]

Originally Posted by Pants

John McCarthy knew how much this meant to DC. I'm sure he wanted to make sure there would be no talk of early stoppage. I see your point, though.

As a fan of MMA I still feel uncomfortable watching someone punch a visibly unconscious man. I'm not blaming anyone (jones or McCarthy) or anything, it was just a nasty finish.

Jones landed 3 BOMBS after DC stopped moving. That's coulda been dangerous. I was worried DC was gonna be hurt worse than he was... and he was hurt pretty bad.

[OnTheWarpath15]

I was actually pretty impressed with Woodley's restraint in the post match interview. He's getting his ass booed off - I would have said:

1.) See this belt? It's mine.

2.) See that dude's face? I destroyed it.

3.) Rinse, repeat with a helping of **** off.

[Rudy tossed tigger's salad]

Originally Posted by kcxiv

I game alot, so alot of us hang out in this chat program called discord. W ell after the fight, some dude of my friend logged in and he was like **** im mad. Im like why? because DC got his ass beat. Dude got SOO ****ing man. Anyone that think he got his ass beat doesnt know ****ing shit! lol, I was like, when someone is wobbling on their feet 5 min after the fight was over, you got your ass beat! lol He was all mad! It happens, sometimes you take an asss beating if you fight. Dont get me WRong. DC put up a good 2 rounds, but in the end, speed, size, power and athleticism kicked in. A superior fighter did what he was supposed to do.

WTF is this? Quite possibly the worst post I've ever seen.

[CoMoChief]

Originally Posted by kcxiv

DC did really well for until that kick. like i said, when you are still stumbling and dont know quite whats going on 5 min after the fight ended, thats pretty serious. Something BAD happened.

yeah he got ktfo.

mccarthy was just fine. some of those last throws by jones didn't connect. that last one did and he was limp.

in a fight like this...as big as it was...you want to give them every last possible chance to defend themselves and then stop when they can't. even after dc went to the ground he was still protecting himself enough imo.

similar as to how they let it go w/ carwin and lesnar (and there are other examples). that fight could have been stopped the first rd easily but ref let them go, lesnar was still coherent defending himself. gotta let it go.

[CoMoChief]

i will say this....most of these fighters don't make jack shit unless you're a top3 draw in the company and you get some ppv revenue sharing.

dana white rips off a lot of these guys for ****ing peanuts. $50k fight bonus?? lmao that's ****in chump change. a slap in the face to a lot of these guys. floyd wipes his ass with 50k (maybe not now w/ his irs back taxes issue - but you get what im saying).

And boxing isn't shit anymore. other than ppl over 40yrs old living in vegas or the northeast region of the us, most general sports fans couldn't name 5 current boxers if they had to. the sport is pretty much dead. and if by some ridiculous miracle mcgregor happens to beat floyd (he won't), then that will be it for boxing. it would 100% kill the sport all together...at least from a spectators standpoint.

[Pants]

Originally Posted by CoMoChief

And boxing isn't shit anymore. other than ppl over 40yrs old living in vegas or the northeast region of the us, most general sports fans couldn't name 5 current boxers if they had to. the sport is pretty much dead. and if by some ridiculous miracle mcgregor happens to beat floyd (he won't), then that will be it for boxing. it would 100% kill the sport all together...at least from a spectators standpoint.

Dumb take.

This is one of the best times for boxing ever. SOOO much amazing talent across a bunch of weight classes.

Most general sports fans couldn't name 5 current boxes if they had to? Sure. That has also pretty much always been the case.

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by CoMoChief

Good.

That was one of the most boring fights I've ever seen. Woodley pulled a Herrm Edwards in this fight, played not to lose.

Last time I saw Maia fight was when he was clowned by Anderson Silva 8-9 yrs ago.

I don't want much UFC, but I had to watch this thing. It was amazing how scared he was to get on the ground. He just wanted to stand up right the entire time and take as little hits as possible. Woodley should join Money Mayweathers crew as the most boring defensive puss fighters in the world.

[tredadda]

Originally Posted by BWillie

I don't want much UFC, but I had to watch this thing. It was amazing how scared he was to get on the ground. He just wanted to stand up right the entire time and take as little hits as possible. Woodley should join Money Mayweathers crew as the most boring defensive puss fighters in the world.

Disagree. While that was easily the most boring UFC fight I ever saw, I can't blame Woodley's strategy. Maia is outstanding on the mat, why would Woodley want to fight him like that? It's asking to lose. Maia is just as bad for throwing very few strikes while repetitively trying and failing to take down Woodley.

[alnorth]

Originally Posted by tredadda

Disagree. While that was easily the most boring UFC fight I ever saw, I can't blame Woodley's strategy. Maia is outstanding on the mat, why would Woodley want to fight him like that? It's asking to lose. Maia is just as bad for throwing very few strikes while repetitively trying and failing to take down Woodley.

I halfway agree. I was at a party (while keeping an eye on this thread to update with results) and I made sure to prepare the casual fans for a slow fight. I told them Maia was the greatest BJJ fighter in the UFC (which is probably true), and so Woodley would have to make damn sure it doesnt go to the ground.

However, after 3 rounds, I even had to admit that Maia was tired from all the failed takedown attempts, and Woodley should have been able to finish the fight. So, by the end I could no longer defend him.