Stvarno odličan turnir, puno bolji nego sam očekival. Strašna poluga Palharesa, još strašniji Barbosin nokaut. Žal mi je zapravo Johnsona, jer je odličan borac, veliki potencijal i svako bi mogal imati problema s njim, ali cirkusi s kilažom su ga koštali poraza i na kraju otkaza.

zasto na wikipediji pise da palhares ima skor 14-3, a na predstavljanju na ufc 142 su naveli da mu je skor 22-3, ili nakon pobjede 23-3. di su nestale ove ostale borbe??

Užasno suđenje, Silva je ubio ovog drugog legalnim udarcima a sudac dao pobjedu drugom, šteta je napravljena mladom i super-perspektivnom borcu, Murgliota je tri puta bezveze dignuo borce i pomogao Belfortu (jednom kada su bili u klinču), domaće suđenje možda.

Brutalan nokaut Barboze, Terry je pao ko klada.

Palhares je jedina osoba u ufc-u kome bi dao zabranu da se bori, lik je opasan po život strga ti ruku i njome te namlati, zvijer. Da mu prekstura daju prvaka ima šanse da i njega dokrajći ispod 2 minute, moderni Hulk.

Aldo je opet pokazao zašto je možda i prvi p2p borac, dao je ovome da ga malo guzi ali kada ga se naljutio  lagani okret, koljeno u glavu i laku noć, strašna dominacija.

Festival nokautiranih amera 

UFC 142 Morning After: MMA Needs Better Rules and Better Refs

The latest example came at UFC 142, where referee Mario Yamasaki disqualified Erick Silva for hitting Carlo Prater in the back of the head, even though no one seems to agree about whether a disqualification was the correct response, or even about what constitutes the back of the head.

UFC President Dana White wrote on Twitter immediately afterward that disqualifying Silva was a "BS call," and he was right: Silva deserved to win. The UFC needs to work with the athletic commissions to more clearly define the rules, and to recruit and train better referees to enforce those rules.

I don't know what the precise rule on strikes to the back of the head is, and neither do you, and neither does anyone. No one knows because there is no precise definition of "back of the head." Some referees use the term "mohawk," meaning the back of the head is an inch-side strip right in the middle of the back of the head, the area that would be covered by a mohawk haircut. Other referees use the term "earmuffs," meaning the back of the head is a larger area that includes everything that would be behind a pair of earmuffs.

Under the "mohawk" definition, Silva didn't hit Prater in the back of the head. Under the "earmuffs" definition, Silva did hit Prater in the back of the head.

UFC announcer Joe Rogan clearly was buying into the "mohawk" definition, and he went off on Yamasaki during an awkward post-fight interview in which Yamasaki clearly wasn't prepared to defend his decision. Yamasaki didn't inspire a lot of confidence by his inability to defend his decision, but in fairness to Yamasaki, referees aren't generally put on the spot the way Rogan put him on the spot, so it's not surprising that Yamasaki was caught off guard.

Even if you think SIlva did commit a foul by hitting Prater in the "earmuffs" area, Yamasaki didn't handle it the right way. If Silva committed an illegal strike, Yamasaki should have stepped in and taken a point away from Silva, and only stopped the fight after having the doctor check on Prater and determine whether Prater could continue. Instead, Yamasaki stepped in and waved his arms to stop the fight instantly.

A disqualification for an illegal strike should only take place if the illegal strike is what caused the fight to end. But it appeared that Silva's legal strikes -- a brutal knee to the body and several powerful hammer fists to the side of the head -- were enough to finish Prater off. Prater suggested after the fight that it was really the knee that did him in.

"I'm not a judge," Prater said afterward. "I didn't stop the fight. All I know is that he hit me and it sent a shock of pain through my body unlike anything I've ever experienced. I don't know if the shots were legal. I just know it was unlike anything I've ever felt."

It's frustrating for fans -- and could be dangerous for fighters -- to see how inconsistent referees are about enforcing the rule against hitting opponents in the back of the head. For high-profile examples of much more severe strikes to the back of the head that the referees let go, watch Vitor Belfort's victory over Rich Franklin or Shane Carwin's win over Frank Mir. In those fights, the victors landed much harder strikes to the back of the loser's head, and the referees let those strikes go. Consistency is needed in refereeing of any sport, and it's seriously lacking in MMA. (Fedor - Henderson, 3 udarca u zatiljak)

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nije da branim suce...ali lako je nama preko tv-snimke zakljuciti da je bilo legalno...
u toj brzini udaraca i euforiji,te pred 20.000 ljudi u dvorani koji huču...i još kad te borci zaklone tijelima i rukama,pa ni nevidiš dobro,a ovaj udara gdje stigne i to toliko brzo da ljudsko oko i mozak jedva registriraju sto se događa...morate se složiti da nije lako donijeti odluku,pogotovo jer ona mora biti u djelicu sekunde...jer recimo da su bili udarci u potiljak (ovaj put nisu) a on nije zaustavio,i dođe do ozljede borca...onda veliku odgovornost ima i sudac zasto to nije prekinio...jer zdravlje boraca je najvaznije...
iako sam itekako navijao za Ericka Silvu i bas mi bilo krivo jer je dobio DQ,bilo mi baš žao Yamasakia kad ga je Rogan počeo ispitivat a ovaj jedan nezna sto reći u svoju obranu...jer logično da je onda krivo/ili nije dobro vidio dok se borba odvijala...jer je ovdje shvatio da je pogriješio...

Evo i jedan intervju sa Truščekom,par dana nakon te borbe za naslov..

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