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Grove dominated the veteran in all aspects, battering Tanner on the feet and in the clinch. He landed knees, kicks, elbows and punches in a dominating performance. Grove blistered Tanner with a knee in the first that wobbled the former middleweight champion badly.
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McFedries controlled the fight with a series of right hands, nearly all of which hurt Eastman. Eastman had the advantage in the bout’s opening seconds, but as soon as McFedries landed a clean shot that it turned the bout around. McFedries landed a blistering straight right hand that badly wobbled Eastman.
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Sanchez was impressive in what was essentially a kickboxing match. The fight was primarily a battle on the feet and Sanchez got the better of most of the exchanges. He was largely unable to take Fioravanti down, because Fioravanti had excellent takedown defense, but Sanchez beat Fioravanti at his own game. Sanchez landed a left kick to the head and then a right knee.
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Sadollah was taken down quickly, but did exactly what he had done during the filming of the reality show. Sadollah kept his composure and slapped an armbar on while taking big shots from Dollaway, who had side control. Sadollah took the big shots from Dollaway and managed to find a way to put on the armbar. Dollaway protested that he didn’t tap, but replays indicated he tapped one time. Sadollah won “The Ultimate Fighter” competition and the UFC contract that comes with it.
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Let’s face it… some MMA fights are boring, even if the fighters are top notch. Here are some reasons why fights get dull:
1. When both excellent ground fighters decide to fight standing up. Unless one fighter is well-rounded, this usually resolves to a point-style sucky stalemate, both throwing lame punches and lousy kicks. Safe to say, no one’s getting knocked out. Example: Penn vs. Sherk (UFC 84, First 2 rounds)
2. When an excellent wrestler takes down a striker, lays on top of him, controls the guy on the ground… and does nothing! Occasionally, the wrestler will throw pot shots and weak elbows, but it’s not even scratching the opponent. Wrestlers who can’t finish by submission or knockout have no business inside the cage.
3. When a fighter decides to run around the ring and be “elusive.” Example: Kalib Starnes (UFC 83).
4. When a jiu-jitsu fighter spends too much time on his back getting his face pounded by the person on top. The blood spurting out of your eyelid may be interesting for a while, but it gets boring fast.
What other reasons make a fight boring?
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