Pacquiao wins....

[Porkchop]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

The media is so obsessed with Pacquiao, fuck him, tired of hearing about him lol

Because he is that good. Anybody at the top of their game gets sickening media coverage... Think Lebron, Pujols, Brady.

Originally Posted by Flexin

I didn't see the fight but read about it. UFC has bad decisions or early stoppages. Its a problem with all judged sports.

James

Early stoppages are more about fighter safety, so thats a judgement call. There have been some bad decisions in ufc, but they were close fights, aka shogun/machida draw. This was an outright sham.

[Flexin]

Originally Posted by Porkchop

Because he is that good. Anybody at the top of their game gets sickening media coverage... Think Lebron, Pujols, Brady.



Early stoppages are more about fighter safety, so thats a judgement call. There have been some bad decisions in ufc, but they were close fights, aka shogun/machida draw. This was an outright sham.

Once again its a judgement call. You will have that in all judged sports. I haven't watched the fight but from what I hear it Bradley tried hard with to hurt ankles but the fight wasn't even close. The judges each have a different viewing angle of the fight. So one judge being wrong in a close fight isn't a huge deal. Two being wrong in a one sided fight is.

Hopefully they will look at the judges and if they did mess up that bad then they will be stopped from judging anymore fights.

James

[defector]

Originally Posted by Porkchop

There have been some bad decisions in ufc, but they were close fights, aka shogun/machida draw. This was an outright sham.

Nam vs Garcia was pretty bad. So was Bisping vs Hamil. Same for Kampmann vs Sanchez.....these 3 were the ones that popped into memory immediately. It happens in all judged sports, as Flexin posted.

Here is my opinion (conspiracy theory!):
Boxers that aren't HW and aren't named Mayweather or Pacquiao don't sell PPV's. Win or lose, Pacquiao will still sell PPV's, regardless of opponent. I don't think the same can be said for Bradley as a main draw.
Add in that Mayweather is currently locked up for a bit, and there you have it. You have to have Pacquiao on a PPV, and what better sell than the revenge factor? Boxing is still a business.