UFC 2467 - Jon Jones v Dominic Reyes

#UFC 2467 - Jon Jones v Dominic Reyes and Shevchenko v Chookagian

The UFC main card on their 247th event, was a great fight between Valentina Shevchenko and Katlyn Chookagian and Jon Bones Jones, probably the best light heavyweight we have seen in the UFC against the good Dominic Reyes
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The co-main event fight at #UFC247 was between the ladies. It was an impressive display bv Shevchenko, as she showed off a wide range of strikes, from downward "axe" kicks, side kicks, strikes and an impressive floor display.

She took Chookagian down multiple times and Katyln just couldn't contain her, despite her longer legs and arms which should have enabled her to hook a tight lock around her opponent when on her back. She just couldn't manage it and Shevencko picked her opponent apart bit by bit. Katlyns leg kicks hit mostly thin air, and as Shevchenko tried to narrow the distance her own leg kicks inflicted much more damage to her opponent.

Shevencko managed to split Chookagain's face open early with her strikes and once on the ground, with no bottom defense by Katlyn seeming to work, she opened up a flurry of strikes with elbows and fists and the referee had to stop the match.

Watch the full fight between Shevchenko and Chookagian here

The fight between Jon Jones and Dominick Reyes 

 

The big fight was a five round display of great striking and kicking by both Jon Jones and Dominic Reyes. Jones hit the mat once but it was more of an accident from a caught kick than any strike that floored him.

The fight wen the whole 5 rounds and at the end the referees awarded the fight to the current champion, Jon Bones Jones, however many people were disputing this result, especially one referees decision to give most rounds to Jones when it was clear by the number of significant strikes that Reyes had probably won the first 3 rounds.

However the last 2 rounds are champion rounds, and it was here that Jones was in his element having fought most of his career defending his light heavyweight title. Reyes was visibly struggling, open mouthed and panting for air as Jones upped his strike count, with leg kicks, side kicks and submission attempts as Reyes spend most of the fight just circling Jones in the Octagon, making it hard for his opponent to land consecutive strikes on him accurately.

Watch the Fight Highlights of Jon Jones vs Dominick Reyes at UFC 247 

The Controversy about the result

The referees decision to award the fight to Reyes was discussed by Joe Rogan after the fight and he was upset that the decision had gone to Jones as it was quite clear to people watching that Reyes had won probably the first 3 rounds, plus he had kept upright, not hit the mat, and hadn't been taken down by any of Jon's submission attempts or strikes.

He also had more significant strikes overall than Jones which should have given the fight to him instead of the current champion.The decision of the one referee to give 4 rounds to Jones was just ridiculous in my opinion and it seems Joe Rogan agrees as well.

You can listen to Joe Rogan discuss the fight and the referees decision here in his podcast.

Joe Rogan Discusses the Referees Decision at UFC 247 here

What did you think about the decision, should the title have gone to Reyes and did he win the first 3 rounds?

Please let me know what you thought about the fight and the decision in the comment section below.

Conor McGregor v Donald Cowboy Cerrone - UFC 246

Conor McGregor Defeats Donald Cowboy Cerrone in 40 seconds at UFC 246

Like many UK MMA fans I stayed up all night to watch the main event at UFC 246 last weekend.

With the headline fight being fought around 5.30 AM UK time I didn't get to bed until 6am and with BT Sport changing their programming to charge PPV prices to customers.

I spoke to a woman at BT and asked her why they were now charging for UFC when up until now it had always been free to customers.

We are only going to charge for "Big Fights" she said over the phone. What constitutes a "Big Fight" to BT though?

The headline event at UFC was Conor McGregors comeback against Donald Cowboy Cerrone, and whilst it was a much anticipated event, it wasn't a title fight, and whilst the prelims were free to watch, the 4 fights on the main card weren't, and no belts were up to win.

So unlike many boxing events when UK TV channels only charge PPV for a title fight it seems BT might start charging for all future UFC events. If that is the case I might have to reconsider my BT Sport subscription as free UFC fights were one of the attractions for me to join BT, one of the good things about BT sport apart from their European Football and Premiership games.

I would have been pretty pissed off if I had paid considering the fight only lasted 40 seconds, and the other main fights weren't as good as some of the prelims, with the Holly Holms fight consisting of a really wound up Holly pacing the Octagon before and in-between rounds, then spending much of the fight against the fence in a clinch. Like the booing crowd I cannot be the only person who is upset at this change at BT Sports and I am pretty glad I used another free stream to show the main card to me.

Conor McGregor demolishes Donald Cowboy Cerrone

The main event whilst short was a spectacular quick destruction of the all time highest winner by head kicks, but unfortunately was over so quick, Cerrone didn't even get to throw a punch and only one kick. I was hoping the Cowboy would be able to provide a good stand up fight between two kick-boxers, a spectacle I find much more exciting to watch than a fight consisting of sparse stand up and full of BJJ. Although technical and complex finishes and locks are involved I just prefer stand up than floor fights.

The fight between Conor and Donald was so quick I think I can describe the 40 seconds from memory in-case the videos are taken down by YouTube.

Straight off in round 1 Conor ran out to meet Donald and threw a left hook that Donald ducked and they ended up in a clinch.

Conor then used a move I had never seen, neither it seems had Joe Rogan or the other commentators as he used the clinch to jump up and down repeatedly throwing his shoulder into Donald's nose, smashing it open.

They then broke apart and Donald threw a right kick to Conor's body before McGregor responded with his own left kick to the head of the Cowboy. 

As Donald fell back stunned, Conor followed up with a left knee to his head that pushed Cerrone to the fence and Conor jumped on him with a flurry of punches taking him to the floor, where he jumped on top of him and hammered his head with his fists before the fight was stopped.

The doctors rushed in and had to tend to the Cowboy after the hammering to his head smashed his face in by both Conor's shoulder, kick, knee and fists.

Watch Conor McGregor Full Fight against Donald Cowboy Cerrone

The original video of the fight from a crowd member got taken down but it doesn't matter as finally BT have put up a full fight video for us to watch. I guess they have realised anyone who wanted to watch the fight would have done so by now. Anyway this is the full fight from walk in

UFC 246 Highlights

If you just want to see the Conor v Cowboy highlights scroll to 4 minutes 29 seconds, not that you can really show just highlights from a 40 second event. The only thing missing is the violent finishing of Donald on the ground after Conors kick to his head.

The Big News

Although Conor had just delivered a complete perfect quick win over Donald who had to have the doctors attend him for a while after the stoppage, it seemed that the big news to McGregor was not the win but his new sized bottles of Whisky.

You can watch the post fight interview with Joe Rogan here.

The arrogance of the 31 year old is so complete, I cannot believe he used his interview with Joe Rogan to advertise his goods.  

"That's the big news", he actually said after talking about his Whisky.

Not the fact he had won fights at 3 weight levels, or the fact he had just won a fight in 40 seconds, or defeated the all time finisher by head kicks with a head kick, but his new Whisky bottles.

I wonder what Joe thought of that, if anyone knows please comment, as I thought it was just rude and disrespectful to his opponent to say that in his interview.

 

Holly Holms beats Raquel Pennington at UFC 246

The other main event on the card was the women's fight between Holly Holm and Raquel Pennington. I was expecting Rachel to do much better than she did against Holly and it seemed she ran out of ideas very quickly.

The original video was taken down and it seems there are loads of animated videos with cartoon like fighters in the ring replicating the moves on YouTube. Very odd to watch but I guess it's a way of getting round showing the real fight and being removed, however this video is the full fight with real people.

Holly Holms v Rachquel Pennington - Fight Highlights UFC 246

Post Fight Interview With Holly Holms and Joe Rogan

There was little stand up action and lots of clinches against the fence during the fight, which didn't really excite me or the crowd. I even heard boos at one point, and this was the co-headline event, another reason I am angry at BT Sports for charging PPV for non title belt fights.

Holly actually apologised in her post fight interview with Joe Rogan about the lack of stand up combat afterwards and said she was disappointed that she couldn't provide more action. You can watch her interview with Joe below.

Let me know what you thought of UFC 246, Conors 40 second win, his "big news" about his Whisky, BT Sports charging PPV for the main card, and anything else....