I have to admit, though I had a pretty good idea how a bunch of these fights would go, it was still very entertaining. I watched it alongside a friend (albeit in another state; we all have Netflix and Discord, these days) who is a lapsed combat sports guy much like myself. He couldn't stop talking about how much fun this event was and that he was down for giving MMA another shot if they kept showing fun cards like this one on Netflix.
Sure, it was largely an irresponsible nostalgia play, but it helped put a few names on my radar (particularly Parnasse.) most importantly though, it's got people excited and talking, regardless of the sentiment online. I don't hear anyone talking that excitedly about the UFC these days.
Give this event a very solid 8/10 (not on a 🍏 to 🍏 way with UFC, as I know the top 2 fights lacked best fighters on the 🌍 at the moment, but great entertainment).
It had it all. Great moments. Amazing production. It’s going to be near impossible to replicate for MVP, unless they try Ronda v Holly 2.
INTUIT Dome looked amazing! The production was top class. UFC 311 looked great, but this looked better watching from my couch.
Elle Duncan was fantastic at holding down the desk. Watching from 🇮🇪 so we don’t have SportsCenter, and it was my first ever time hearing of her or seeing her broadcast.
Cris Cyborg is the only logical fight for Ronda history, and there's no chance in hell that Ronda takes it because she knows she can't win this one. Honestly the Gina-Ronda fight felt similar to the Jones-Stipe fight.
As for Francis, people talk about him fighting Despaigne, but I would say more interesting would be Rico Verhoeven. That was the plan in the first before he booked the Usyk fight.
I have to say, I was laughing when he clowned Jon Jones' business acumen in his post fight interview.
I have to admit, though I had a pretty good idea how a bunch of these fights would go, it was still very entertaining. I watched it alongside a friend (albeit in another state; we all have Netflix and Discord, these days) who is a lapsed combat sports guy much like myself. He couldn't stop talking about how much fun this event was and that he was down for giving MMA another shot if they kept showing fun cards like this one on Netflix.
Sure, it was largely an irresponsible nostalgia play, but it helped put a few names on my radar (particularly Parnasse.) most importantly though, it's got people excited and talking, regardless of the sentiment online. I don't hear anyone talking that excitedly about the UFC these days.
Give this event a very solid 8/10 (not on a 🍏 to 🍏 way with UFC, as I know the top 2 fights lacked best fighters on the 🌍 at the moment, but great entertainment).
It had it all. Great moments. Amazing production. It’s going to be near impossible to replicate for MVP, unless they try Ronda v Holly 2.
INTUIT Dome looked amazing! The production was top class. UFC 311 looked great, but this looked better watching from my couch.
Elle Duncan was fantastic at holding down the desk. Watching from 🇮🇪 so we don’t have SportsCenter, and it was my first ever time hearing of her or seeing her broadcast.
Cris Cyborg is the only logical fight for Ronda history, and there's no chance in hell that Ronda takes it because she knows she can't win this one. Honestly the Gina-Ronda fight felt similar to the Jones-Stipe fight.
As for Francis, people talk about him fighting Despaigne, but I would say more interesting would be Rico Verhoeven. That was the plan in the first before he booked the Usyk fight.
I have to say, I was laughing when he clowned Jon Jones' business acumen in his post fight interview.