Okay, I'm back for my initial thoughts and takeaways on the fights.
The Quillin-Lee fight was a good one. Quillin started off very strong and was practically dominating the fight. The people in my section (couple of CACs) were like
This dude Lee was essentially circling around Peter's left and eating rights every single time. It was looking like Quillin was gonna get the stoppage Lee turned the tide in the 2nd half. When Peter got dropped, the arena went wild. I laughed my ass off when they called it a draw. I had Quillin winning though (barely) as he did enough in the beginning to edge it out, especially with the 2 KDs (even though the 2nd one should've been a slip, Quillin was stepping on Lee's foot when he threw the punch). And every time they exchanged, Quillin got the best of him. Don't have a problem with the draw though
As for the main event; it was a tough one (one that had me a bit disappointed). But I had Garcia edging it out. I give Lamont a ton of credit, especially since I've said I don't think he's that good. He had a gameplan, and it seemed to work out. Problem is he did it too late. As many said, he did very little to earn himself the early rounds. He frustrated Danny with his movement no doubt, and definitely made him miss a ton. But he was barely throwing himself. You'll never hear me use the term running, so I'm not gonna use that term, But rather he wasn't active enough. And what are you guys talking about with Peterson's jab? Some of yall act like he was really sticking it to him with a jab ala Herrera. That was not the case at all, he threw a couple jabs and many of them didn't even land. Oh, and I love how nobody even mentioned the endless amount of times Peterson was pulling Swift's head down
. The 2nd half was damn near all Peterson though. He was landing real meaningful shots. Garcia was gassed, and his power just wasn't there.
Personally, I thought Peterson lost it more than Danny won. Had he done a bit more in the 1st half, I would have given him the W. I wouldn't have a problem with a Draw either. Then again, I didn't do a round by round score right then and there (when I'm seeing a fight live, I don't do that. I taped the fight though, so I'll watch them a 2nd time. Either way, I'm still disappointed in Swift's performance. He escaped with a W (in my eyes) but it wasn't pretty at all. I don't know if he was drained or if Lamont 's performance made him look that way, but it was poor. And the way he gassed in the later half has me worried.
Makes me wonder how he'll do at 147. Unlike everybody else on here, I don't think he'll be food at Welterweight. But that doesn't mean I think he'll be a world beater either at that level. It really depends on who they match him up with. The one thing he has going for him is that most of the guys at 147 aren't legit Welterweights. It's mostly smaller guys that came up from 140 just like Swift.