Whitaker looked nervous early on, but picked up the timing and found his jab, and edged out Till. Till was setting traps with his feints and distance control and streaking forward, but Whitaker didn't bite on any big feints, and found his range and workrate as the rounds wore on. It doesn't diminish Till's stock much at Middleweight as Whitaker is a former champ with wins over a Hall of Fame worthy resume, and if anything, fighting 5 rounds in his newfound weightclass I suspect is more of a net gain for his career and confidence as opposed to short sightedly seeing it as a loss or suggestive as an overall assessment of his place in the division as a whole.
Werdum snatched up a single leg, hit a trip, and despite some neary escapes by Gustaffson, the ADCC champ did as was expected once he had the back: transitioned to an armbar and took his time, working toward the wrist and extricating the arm to get a first round submission.
Shogun edged out Lil Nog over 3 rounds to make his record against him 3-0 in a fight that I guess was a legacy to pay Lil Nog one last time before he probably retires. He's something like 2-8 in his last 10 fights, and as much as I support paying legends money in the twilight of their career, watching these 2 hurt one another was at times hard for me watch. They're adults, and every fighter gets to do this as long as they'd like, but it's a fine line between consenting adults and cosigning shopworn fighters to pad a main event card.
Paul Craig did what he likes to do which is chain together submissions as soon as his back hits the mat. He briefly looked for a guillotine to counter a single leg takedown, locked up a Mir lock/keylock from open guard. He went to feet on hips, overhooking one arm and palm-posting on the bicep and shot his long ass legs up, with some adjustments, continued to cinch in the triangle from bottom, ultimately getting another submission to add to his record.
Chimaev came true to his word and picked up a second stoppage win inside of about 2 weeks. He had his hands locked around his opponent within 13 seconds, dragged him to the mat, used the Dagestani handcuff grip to transition between top, back, and mount while landing punches, ultimately leading to a TKO inside of round 1. Glad to see a prospect fast tracking himself with some quick stoppage wins in succession to get himself apart from the rest of the relatively unknown guys at his tier in the weight class.
Werdum snatched up a single leg, hit a trip, and despite some neary escapes by Gustaffson, the ADCC champ did as was expected once he had the back: transitioned to an armbar and took his time, working toward the wrist and extricating the arm to get a first round submission.
Shogun edged out Lil Nog over 3 rounds to make his record against him 3-0 in a fight that I guess was a legacy to pay Lil Nog one last time before he probably retires. He's something like 2-8 in his last 10 fights, and as much as I support paying legends money in the twilight of their career, watching these 2 hurt one another was at times hard for me watch. They're adults, and every fighter gets to do this as long as they'd like, but it's a fine line between consenting adults and cosigning shopworn fighters to pad a main event card.
Paul Craig did what he likes to do which is chain together submissions as soon as his back hits the mat. He briefly looked for a guillotine to counter a single leg takedown, locked up a Mir lock/keylock from open guard. He went to feet on hips, overhooking one arm and palm-posting on the bicep and shot his long ass legs up, with some adjustments, continued to cinch in the triangle from bottom, ultimately getting another submission to add to his record.
Chimaev came true to his word and picked up a second stoppage win inside of about 2 weeks. He had his hands locked around his opponent within 13 seconds, dragged him to the mat, used the Dagestani handcuff grip to transition between top, back, and mount while landing punches, ultimately leading to a TKO inside of round 1. Glad to see a prospect fast tracking himself with some quick stoppage wins in succession to get himself apart from the rest of the relatively unknown guys at his tier in the weight class.
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