Official UFC on FOX: Gustafsson vs Rumble Thread (Sat, Jan. 24)
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I'm a casual fan, I don't really follow mma like that but yes NCAA is USA Wrestling
I've only been following it a bit more recently because a lot of mma fighters/wrestlers do their strength and conditioning at the gym I go to. It's connected to my son's wrestling school and a renzo gracie bjj so a lot of ufc/bellator guys come through.
Check out the main event, short and brutal. Well worth your time:
http://mmatopvs.blogspot.ca/2015/01/anthony-johnson-vs-alexander-gustafsson.html
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Gustafsson: Stepping on someone while he's down is 'screwed up'
By Anton Tabuena @antontabuena on Jan 24 2015, 11:52p 18
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Anthony Johnson reacts to Jon Jones' tweet to Alexander Gustafsson. He isn't a fan of stepping on people when they're down.
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Anthony Johnson secured the biggest win of his career, with an impressive first round finish at the main event of UFC on FOX 14. Right after victory though, Johnson had mixed emotions and felt bad after seeing his heartbroken opponent in Alexander Gustafsson react after the loss.
"Alex had a goal, and I felt really bad. I saw him crying, and I know how it is when you have a goal and something like this gets in the way," Johnson said about trying to console his opponent. "I guess I'm human. I just felt bad. He didn't reach his goal tonight, but I'm sure he will be back 10 times stronger on his next go around."
It was a stark contrast on how the UFC light heavyweight champ reacted after the fight. Shortly after Gustafsson's tough loss in his home country, Jon Jones sent out a tweet (which was deleted shortly after) to take a shot at his former rival.
While Anthony Johnson said that he has never had any personal problems with Jones, he made it clear that he isn't a fan of that statement, especially after such a devastating loss.
Related: Jon Jones takes a shot at Phil Davis after split decision loss at UFC on Fox 14
"This world is screwed up," Johnson said about Jones' tweet. "In my opinion, when somebody is down, people always wants to step on you and keep you down. No one really wants to help you up. That's why I think this world is screwed up."
"I don't know, man. Jon is who he is," he said. "He's got bigger things to worry about than Alex."
Johnson earned a UFC title shot with his efforts and says that when they face off in a few months, Jones will know that he is the "hardest puncher he's ever faced".
Much respect to humble Rumble
I see Jones bulling Rumble in the clinch, especially if he can't outmuscle him.
Gus doesn't have nearly has many tools as jones, Gus thought he had this fight in the bag because he went the distance with jones
just like jones thought he had the shyt in the bag against Gus going in, only reason the fight with Gus was close its because he got rocked in the first round by that right hand and NEVER RECOVERED, he was fighting with cob webs the whole fight, and he still won. But he was never hit like that again the rest of the fight
Jones win his fight because of intelligence, rumble was power, but jones is good at body control especially in the clinch just listen to Cormier's post fight conference when he explains he controlled his hands
Jones is the best in fighter in the UFC, him trying to kick boxing rumble is not a good idea, trying to keep distance from rumble for 5 rounds is not a good strategy, because he has 5 rounds to land a big shot, when you disrupt his rhythm by smothering him and also preventing him
Jones is also good at slipping punches in the clinch, somebody he debut in the glover fight and continued in cormier, he knows how to take the steam of punches using his shoulders and he will more than likely improve on that
rumbles only chance is to hurt jones with a big shot and drop him
Much respect to humble Rumble
get that bullshyt outta here
Gus tweeted I am not impressed after the cormier fight, so jones had every right tweet what he said and should not have deleted that
He don't bully him, he just beats them up, he didn't bully cormier, he just beat him
he hurt him with a knee in the first round in the clinch, that cormier admitted took a lot out of him
jones knows how to slide in clinch and also knows how to apply wrist control to stifle his opponent
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Like Rumble said, you don't step on someone when they're down. Jones won that Cormier fight and Gus tweeted 'I'm not impressed'. Had Gus beat Rumble and Jones tweeted 'I'm not impressed', nobody would have an issue. Jones did the same thing when Phil lost to Rumble.
He outmuscled, outgrappled, and outstruck him in the clinch.
Gus has been shyt talking about Jones for awhile now
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what about Vitor
fukk outta here, don't talk shyt period then if you don't want to be shytted on
jones never start it, but he always finishes it, and people wanna say he the bad guy
gus was humble in defeat at first, but once the internet start gassing him up, he was talking shyt on twitter
talking about, that's my belt, remember what I did to your etc
don't cry like a bytch after the fact, take that shyt like a man
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It's called hype. Phil Davis was and is currently doing the same thing.