Comments on: Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale Review

By: Ian Dean

Ian Dean — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:22:52 +0000

If anything James Wilks will struggle in the UFC as he doesnt have that much time on his side and the WW TUF9 division was dire. Jim Wallhead would of walked through the house with his eyes shut

By: Ian Dean

Ian Dean — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:20:54 +0000

Pearson/Winner

Two guys who have trained with each other, know each other, and are fighting infront of US fans that don’t care in the biggest fight of their life…surely you can understand why they might have been cautious.

But if you stuck that fight in front of Uk fans at the02 or MEN it would of been different cos the crowd would have got into it.

It was a techical bout between two evenly matched guys…next time i’ll tell them to do some flying cartwheels and moonsaults to keep people happy.

Both guys (especally Pearson) have time on their side and they 3 fights to get where they are and will only get better.

Sure i’m bias but i know both guys are ready to learn more and want to fight again. I wouldn’t write them off yet

ian

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:28:24 +0000

29-29, huh? I had it 30-26 for Sanchez.

By: oleg

oleg — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:45:57 +0000

I’ll have to rewatch Sanchez-Guida, very hard fight to score. I could see the first round as 10-8 Sanchez, I could also see second as 10-9 Sanchez or draw, all those are reasonable scores.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:59:40 +0000

Considering guard is NOT a dominant position and Diego landed what had to have been at least a dozen powerful elbows from the bottom that split Guida wide open, and he attempted a few subs, I gave the 2nd round to Diego. He won the 3rd round as well by having a legit dominant position, more effective striking and 2-3 submission attempts. Round one was easily 10-8 being Guida was seriously rocked within the first minute and knocked down with strikes minutes later. I had it 30-26 Sanchez.

By: ThonolansGhost

ThonolansGhost — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:46:56 +0000

As for Sanchez vs. Guida, I had it 29-27 Sanchez. Diego won the first round 10-8, Guida rebounded to win the second round 10-9, and Diego clearly won the third round, 10-9. All in all, Diego was the obvious winner.

By: ThonolansGhost

ThonolansGhost — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:39:56 +0000

Pearson vs. Winner was one of the worst UFC fights in recent memory. It reminded me of Serra vs. Lytle (a couple of years ago), which was equally horrible. Speaking of Lytle, his fight with Kevin Burns wasn’t that great, either. The rest of this card was great.

By: IcyB

IcyB — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:29:13 +0000

I very much enjoyed the clinchfest that you found boring. In my eyes it was very technical, and interesting to watch. Different strokes for different folks I guess. But to me a good clinch war can be just as exciting as a standup or ground war.

Also, I scored the Guida/Diego bout. 10-9 Diego, 10-10 (if I had to choose I guess Guida, but could see it going to Shancez) however in my eyes round 3 was definetly all Guida. You say Diego was picking him apart in the stand up in Rd 3, but if you check Guida actually got the better of the stand up.