jmog;1077053 wrote:I do not believe that moving forward automatically wins you the aggression battle.

Condit threw and landed a lot more strikes, and against either Diaz brother (who throw TONS of strikes) that is an accomplishment in itself. Condit threw, landed, and landed SIGNIFICANT (aka power) strikes at a better pace than Diaz.

Look at Diaz's face after the fight and look at Condits, who was beaten up and who had some redness only?

Also, circling away is not the same as backing up. In wrestling you are not called for stalling if you are returning to the center of the ring, even if that includes circling or backing up. Diaz would stalk while Condit threw strikes, whenever it would end up at the cage Condit would circle out and return to the middle of the Octagon.

If you blame Condit for not playing into Diaz's game of letting himself get pinned against the cage, then isn't it also Diaz's fault for not wanting to stay in the middle of the ring which is where Condit wanted it?

Every possible fight metric used, Condit wins, except for personal opinions.

I had Diaz winning 2 rounds, and even though I gave him round 5 for the TD and superior position, can we please stop with the "almost finished the fight" crap? Anyone who has ever taken BJJ knows that Condit was defending the submissions perfectly and Diaz was never close to a RNC or an armbar. He was definitely working for those, but it was NEVER close.

The power strikes that Condit threw would have KO or TKO'd most fighters, Diaz just has an amazing chin. With the number of power strikes, flying knees, spinning backfists, elbows, head kicks, there is NO WAY you can say he wasn't just as aggressive as Diaz and he was NOT point fighting.

Again, walking forward does not win you the aggression part of the fight automatically, you have to out strike the guy your walking towards.

Also, at every one of those cage instances where Condit circled out, he landed vicious power strikes, many to the body. So lets not act like he was just running out, he struck his way out of those instances.

I actually wanted Diaz to win that fight because I wanted to see a Diaz/GSP fight. However, I just have to laugh at the whining by the Diaz fans.

And please lets not compare this to Shogun/Machida 1 again, Machida got ate alive and his face showed it in that fight. THAT was a controversial decision. Pure damage wasn't even close in the Diaz/Condit fight. Look at the two fighters afterwards.

I Wear Pants;1077412 wrote:Problem is they would have a clear bias towards their style of fight or towards fighters they train with/affiliate with.

The atletic comissions just need to train their guys better.

Raw Dawgin' it;1077446 wrote:how do you know judges and refs don't have a bias right now? I don't think that's a fair argument. I honestly believe they could find enough former fighters to put in without a conflict of interest.

But yes, 100% agree they need to educate current judges

Raw Dawgin' it;1077518 wrote:Why can't a former fighter do what he needs to do to become a judge? What about refs becoming judges? They know the rules better than anyone.

Fab1b;1079161 wrote:Link crosby? Not saying it isn't true just not seeing it on mmajunkie, yahoo?

Cesar thinks Nick will take time off and return possible end of year or 2013
http://mmajunkie.com/news/27331/cesar-gracie-envisions-a-nick-diaz-return-to-ufc-but-says-fighter-deserves-time-off.mma

Fab1b;1079522 wrote:Thanks just reading it. If GSP isn't returning to fall it makes $$ sense but IMO Condit has nothing to gain from this he won that fight!

Raw Dawgin' it;1079523 wrote:Not much different than Rua and Machida.

I Wear Pants;1079659 wrote:Except that decision was actually a mistake. Rua won the first fight.

Diaz didn't.

I Wear Pants;1079659 wrote:Except that decision was actually a mistake. Rua won the first fight.

Diaz didn't.