Quote from: tokeweed on August 18, 2019, 01:07:12 PM

Quote from: Baofeng on August 18, 2019, 05:55:31 AM

And the results are in:

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Stipe Miocic (c) def. Daniel Cormier via fourth-round TKO (punches)
Nate Diaz def. Anthony Pettis via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Paulo Costa def. Yoel Romero via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Sodiq Yusuff def. Gabriel Benitez via first-round TKO (punches)
Derek Brunson def. Ian Heinisch via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Khama Worthy def. Devonte Smith via first-round TKO (punches)
Cory Sandhagen def. Raphael Assuncao via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Drakkar Klose def. Christos Giagos via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Casey Kenney def. Manny Bermudez via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Source: https://www.cbssports.com/mma/news/ufc-241-results-highlights-stipe-miocic-rallies-to-tko-daniel-cormier-regain-heavyweight-title/

@tokeweed - how much you won on Stipe? Grin

. From day one you have been talking about Stipe taking this one so I assume you made a significant bet. Good call!!

I think its more of DC getting tired and gassing out and Miocic taking advantage of it. The landscape has change again with this win and more story board (I'm sounding like @bbc.reporter here Cheesy

) branching out.

Congrats to those who won in this event.

I dropped hints on Diaz too. Lol. Wink

I don't bet that huge, so nothing to brag.

And you have to give Miocic some credit... He did start going for the body as an adjustment and it worked.

UFC 241: Post Fight Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV3v6H7-Ecs

Yep, those body punches made huge difference.

In the first 15 minutes Miocic made only 15 successful body punches, while in 4th round alone he managed to made 14 body punches, and we saw the result.

Based on the hits received difference, this is 2nd best comeback. Out of 263 attempts, Cormier made
181 hit, while Miocic had 123 successful hits out of 229 attempts. So Miocic received 58 hits more and still managed to survive all that and even win.
Only bigger comeback was in UFC 117 when Anderson Silva beat Sonnen.

I think this might be end of Cormier career, maybe he should have step down as a champion, but then again, he obviously didn't want to calculate and kudos to that, he showed that he is(was) real champion and that's why he is considered as one of the greatest fighters in UFC history.