The key for the massive Hawaiian is to maintain that kind of success when he takes his next step up the ladder and stands in the Octagon with another fighter in the upper echelon of the heavyweight division.Ħ.
Travis Browne isn’t far off from that level either.īrowne looked very good against Schaub, but he’s looked very good in these spots before. For the present time, new interim champ Fabricio Werdum has a tier to himself as well, though Junior dos Santos or Stipe Miocic could join him with a win next weekend.
Now the question is whether or not more will follow?Ĭain Velasquez stands alone atop the division. Pettis’ tremendous natural abilities and keen Fight IQ make him stand out amongst the pack and helped him secure his first title defence on Saturday. That kind of talent – and it is, indeed, a talent – isn’t something you can teach. Other times, like Saturday night, he simply takes what he’s given and still finds a way to secure the finish. Sometimes, he makes his own chances appear, pressing the action and forcing the opposition to make mistakes. Pettis is the ultimate opportunist, capable of exploiting any and ever opening that is presented to him. What has to be said, however, is that there needs to be some serious reforms and adjustments made in MMA scoring to get everyone on the same page – or as close to being on the same page as possible – because going to the scorecards really is becoming a crap shoot and that should not be the case. This is a subject that can’t be covered in the restricted confines of this column (not properly, at least), so expect a larger discussion soon. Sadly, that seems to happen far too often. You could make an easier case for 49-46 Hendricks than you can 49-46 Lawler unless we throw out all the precedent that has been set in the history of scoring fights. Watching the bout back not once, not twice, but thrice, 49-46 Lawler doesn’t make sense. As he saw it, Hendricks won only the middle stanza of the five-round affair. MMA scoring/judging has been an issue for a long, long time, but it reared its ugly head again in the main event, as Lawler picked up an inexplicable 49-46 score from judge Glenn Trowbridge. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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