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[–]d00mraptorTeam 209, WHAT 109 points110 points  (29 children)

good night of finishes. 2 in one fight even!

[–]deathtotheemperor 47 points48 points  (27 children)

First time I've ever seen the winner get finished...

[–]Fornez 40 points41 points  (9 children)

[–]WorldStarCroCopBig ol’ Mexican with a big ol’ head 16 points17 points  (8 children)

i used to show this fight to fans who weren't interested in the grappling aspect.

[–][deleted] 22 points23 points  (7 children)

It's such an interesting debate! There are only two viewpoints, either Hughes slammed Newton and KO'd him, or Newton choked Hughes unconscious and got KO'd when Hughes fell from being out cold. I think Newton choked Hughes out cold.

[–]blckblt416 9 points10 points  (5 children)

Matt admitted he was out from the choke first. It's not a debate. He doesn't even know he won when it was called at first. I'm sure there was definitely some instinct on matts part on trying to slam when he realized he was screwed and hey it worked out. No doubt newtons triangle choked him out before he was KOd.

[–]Lampmonster1 3 points4 points  (4 children)

What about the illegal fence grab though? Matt might well have slammed him before passing out if he hadn't grabbed the fence.

[–]BoopdelahoopJacare has an overrated ground game 7 points8 points  (3 children)

Should have been a DQ in my opinion: Newton committed a foul which directly helped him end the fight. If he'd locked in a RNC and then poked Hughes in the eyes to stop him defending it before choking him out, that'd be a DQ as well, right?

[–]MMANewbie 2 points3 points  (2 children)

If the ref didn't interfere that's not a DQ. You can't call a DQ post factum.

[–]BoopdelahoopJacare has an overrated ground game 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I was talking as if I were an omniscient referee, but fair enough. If someone ends a fight with a foul but the ref ends it as a KO, what's the result if the fight is reviewed? Even if it's something explicitly a foul, like Wes Sims stomping Frank Mir; if the ref had called that a KO for Sims, would Mir have been able to get the result overturned?

[–]WorldStarCroCopBig ol’ Mexican with a big ol’ head 0 points1 point  (0 children)

well that was the point. you have 10 people who were mostly interested in the standup discussing who they think who the winner was and next fight they're staring at the grappling aspect to see who is winning that part.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (15 children)

What happened?

[–]deathtotheemperor 43 points44 points  (11 children)

https://twitter.com/UFCFightPass/status/820452023199875072

Out cold, but ref didn't see it. Bell rang, fight's over, she wins on points.

[–]rpgarry 46 points47 points  (8 children)

She was out before the bell the fight should be overturned.

[–]SpezTheCunt 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I bet they'll try, they definitely should try.

[–]LevGlebovich 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Should be, but probably wont be. It was incredibly obvious from the one angle they showed. As soon as her back side slumped into her, she was out.

[–][deleted] -2 points-1 points  (1 child)

Ref didn't call it in time. It probably won't be overturned.

[–]apricohtyl 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It will be overturned. She was very clearly out and remained unconscious for a good amount of time after the bell.

[–]AlmostFamous502 -3 points-2 points  (3 children)

Not sure what the ruling or precedent is, but I can see it standing. You stop a fight when a fighter is no longer able to continue, but she didn't have to continue because the fight was over. And you can't say "oh take-backsies I stop the fight right at 4:59". If a fighter finishes all three rounds and then drops dead of an aneurysm the second after the bell rings, you still have to declare them the winner if the scorecards dictate they won the fight.

[–]CreamPeters 22 points23 points  (2 children)

[–]AlmostFamous502 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Big John's word is worth everything, haha. It was a blown call then.

[–]cokevirgin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It actually makes a lot of sense.

It's like a fighter is not being able to answer the bell except it's the bell to get up and go to the corner, and not be attended to. lol

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Woah! That's crazy!

[–]WhereyoursisterwentI was Rockhold's plus sized rocket AMA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She got a tap and took a nap

[–]cashmaster_luke_nuke 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Also, Haga, the one that choked out Montenegro at the end there, looked like she tapped to Montenegro's armbar to finish round one. But apparently the round ended a split second before the tap, so it continued.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

That's insane.

[–]cashmaster_luke_nuke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did you see the fight? It was great. I can't believe Haga actually choked her out from that position, it looked like she had very little leverage just hanging off at the side.

[–]BrownCanadianThe real General of r/mma 68 points69 points  (2 children)

When in doubt, spin it out!

[–]M3NiKFiRsT tImE SlaMmeR? 15 points16 points  (1 child)

Charmaine Twirl

[–]xtremeradnessFrancis “10 figure gimmick” Ngannou 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Sassy Slap

[–]sloty321 115 points116 points  (35 children)

I want Megan to get paid but she aint ready for Holly or Germaine or Cyborg so they're gonna have to bring in some other Invicta featherweights. Maybe a rematch with Cindy Dandois.

I have no doubt the UFC wil sign her though so hopefully they can figure out some way to let her develop.

[–]WorldStarCroCopBig ol’ Mexican with a big ol’ head 2 points3 points  (0 children)

rematch with Cindy Dandois

Cindy Dandois would somehow win a decision against Cyborg before getting knocked out by Roxy.

[–]BurtDickinsonfollow me on pictogram 2 points3 points  (1 child)

She seems like she's at least got a somewhat significant size advantage over either of them though. Plus the featherweight division isn't in a place where anyone can slow play their hand. Who is the winner of Holm/De Randamie going to fight during Cyborg's suspension?

[–]AlmostFamous502 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh she'll dwarf them. That's the weird thing about this title fight, it's just two good sized bantamweights. GDR went 1-1 at featherweight five years ago, and Holly has only fought MMA at 135.

[–]ChilllFamMcGregor did nuthin' wrong 2 points3 points  (1 child)

She would have a chance against Germaine I think

[–]Csardonic1✅ Ryan Wagner | Writer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think she would have less of a chance against GDR than Holm, but an incredibly slim chance against either anyway. Most likely she gets completely embarrassed and destroyed by both.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (4 children)

She has a legit puncher's chance against Holm.

[–]sloty321 17 points18 points  (1 child)

She has a punchers chance against anybody. She punches harder than anyone not named Cyborg.

[–]AlmostFamous502 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm biased because I'm on the receiving end of them a couple times a week, but I think if Megan can put you at exactly the range she wants with her feet planted that might be a grayer area than you realize. Cyborg's a buzzsaw, no doubt, but she's always been more of an unholy swarmer than a one-hitter quitter. Megan has straight up disfigured her last two opponents. If she caught the mandible they would have been napping, but we'll "settle" for breaking faces every day.

[–]ZessDevon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think that fight would look like a slightly less gnarly version of Ronda vs Holly

[–]cashmaster_luke_nuke 0 points1 point  (4 children)

No way they give her Dandois after Dandois handled her. They're going to protect Megan.

But vicious finish. The .gif doesn't do it justice. The way Tweet turns away in submission after that kick was awesome and you need so see the actual video.

[–]sloty321 7 points8 points  (3 children)

To be fair, that fight was before Megan moved to Kansas and learned all the things that make her a prospect. By her own admission, her jiu jitsu and wrestling were garbage before that. 15 months later Megan has filled out her body and actually looks like a professional athlete and in the two fights after Cindy, when Megan was threatened with submissions, she actually knew how to defend instead of trying to brute force her way out. Cindy meanwhile still looks like she wants no part of the stand up game. I got Megan by TKO in the first round if a rematch happens.

[–]AlmostFamous502 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Technically she's on the Missouri side of Kansas City, but yeah, she's unrecognizable as a grappler compared to when she first got here.

[–]BaconAndEggsBernays[S] 205 points206 points  (13 children)

[–]jeric13xdTeam McGregor 195 points196 points  (4 children)

[–]AlmostFamous502 28 points29 points  (2 children)

This, plus the Peggy Morgan incident. Megan Fucking Anderson breaks faces.

[–]GindyTheKid 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I see you.

[–]AlmostFamous502 1 point2 points  (0 children)

👀

[–]_Lowd 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Pepe is getting ugly

[–]ragingpoosuperhard 10 points11 points  (0 children)

That's some fighter respect right there

[–]project2501 11 points12 points  (1 child)

Did she knock out teeth or something? What was the mouth point gesture?

[–]AlmostFamous502 5 points6 points  (0 children)

She wanted her mouth piece, it has a logo on the front.

[–]dynoraptor 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Sorry for... ?

[–]Reviri 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The broken nose I'd say.

[–]AlmostFamous502 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Breaking her face.

[–]dynoraptor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah

[–]McHomer#1 Boolshit 42 points43 points  (3 children)

Had no idea Tweet is 39, in excellent shape for her age and did well in the 1st. That ending was brutal, think Anderson went over and apologized to Tweet after she saw the replay

[–]BaconAndEggsBernays[S] 15 points16 points  (1 child)

The apology. I think it was because Tweet's mouthpiece was out towards the end as well?

[–]AlmostFamous502 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think she just didn't realize how bad her face was fucked up, pointing at her own teeth was asking for her mouthpiece because it has a logo on it.

[–]WorldStarCroCopBig ol’ Mexican with a big ol’ head 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I thought she was going to come out to the 80s music video she entered as.

[–]BaconAndEggsBernays[S] 45 points46 points  (4 children)

That blood drip...

[–]AlmostFamous502 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That stopped being a drip and started being a shower.

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (1 child)

Brutal. Late stoppage imo.

[–]eaglemosesGOOFCON 1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For real. I watch a lot of MMA, but that made me gag a little watching it live for some reason.

[–]DankeymcdankWhere's your kid at Rafael? 31 points32 points  (1 child)

She went into emergency helicopter mode! And came crashing down..

[–]SUCKMEoffyouCASUALHow long must I wait? 2020 edition 30 points31 points  (5 children)

Fuck i should have watched this instead of pats vs texans

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Same

[–]WanderleiSilvaMake r/MMA Great Again 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Fuck Tom Brady, he's hiding something.

[–]WorldStarCroCopBig ol’ Mexican with a big ol’ head 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I get the feeling it's going to be the best card of the year for a few months unless BJ Penn goes insane on Yair.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is still time to watch it free on fightpass! Has to be today though.

[–]MyAwesomeNameI want to be gangster with Joanna 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Vera De Milo just lit up Mayhem Miller!

[–]B0NERSTORM3 piece with the soda 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Second time in a month I've watched an old lady get beat up.

[–][deleted] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

damn I was hoping Tweet could come away with the win, at 39 she is in amazing shape and still comes out hard every fight, that first round was really good. I'm lucky to have met her a few times, incredibly kind person, hate seeing her get beat like this.

That being said Anderson did a great job putting her away, I could definitely see her making waves against some bigger names, I would like to see how much better she gets, she already hits like a truck. Pretty exciting times for WMMA.

[–]JoshyginFaych foha de belch 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's like a wmma right of passage to beat Tweet. She's had some rough fights.

[–]SeafoodNoodlesUnited States 7 points8 points  (9 children)

Member when Charmaine Tweet was a sacrifical lamb offered up to Cyborg's unholy testosterone-fueled wrath? Then Kim Winslow wanted her double TKO'd in one fight to make sure the roid gods were pleased? Oh I member.

[–]rainizismTeamCupNoodles > #TeamTiramisu 8 points9 points  (1 child)

Completely irrelevant, but everytime I watch Invicta I am always uncomfortably annoyed how the mat cover is so loose that it gets wrinkled every step.

[–]AlmostFamous502 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Eh, you don't notice when you're in there.

Source: fought and trained on wrinkly mats

[–]deathtotheemperor 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Tweet's poor nose! That's gonna need surgery.

[–]rpgarry 6 points7 points  (2 children)

That GIF cuts out one of the best parts of the finish. When Megan kicks Tweet in her nose her foot comes back down covered in blood.

[–]AlmostFamous502 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Not specks either, went from clean to coated.

[–]pseudotunasGreatest UFC fighter in twitter history 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And Anderson still stood there, waiting for Tweet to get cleaned up, with her foot covered in blood minutes later.

[–]BlueMondaze 6 points7 points  (4 children)

Please don't use Giphy anymore, OP

[–]BaconAndEggsBernays[S] 4 points5 points  (3 children)

Imgur or Gyfcat is better for you? Or something else?

[–]Fornez 10 points11 points  (2 children)

Still looks like she got kicked in the eye at first glance, I thought all that blood dripping from her face was from her eyesocket lol

[–]alienartifactAustralia 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i thought she got a toe to the eye straight away

[–]reallydumb4realTeam Weasel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same here, especially with how she reacted to that last kick

[–]JoeToolman 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This was so much fun to see live. So happy for Megan.

[–]EaseDelBig ol’ Mexican with a big ol’ head 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That was sad

[–][deleted] 17 points18 points  (6 children)

Chick is built like an alien. She could go places in MMA.

[–]meredithmfTeam Holloway 32 points33 points  (0 children)

*Amazon

[–]AlmostFamous502 22 points23 points  (3 children)

I, for one, welcome our new femalien overlord.

[–]kali005Team Siberian Express 2 points3 points  (0 children)

death by snu snu everyday

[–]WanderleiSilvaMake r/MMA Great Again 1 point2 points  (1 child)

She could've easily played one of the chick aliens in Dude Where's My Car

[–]AlmostFamous502 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never seen the movie, but that sounded like a diss until I looked them up.

No argument there.

[–]Sankaku_GeriTeam Dillashaw 33 points34 points  (6 children)

Damn who is juggalo cyborg

[–]sloty321 86 points87 points  (2 children)

Please tell me you ain't insulting bae.

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[–]rainizismTeamCupNoodles > #TeamTiramisu 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Legs for days.

[–]txstate420happy new fucken steroid year 9 points10 points  (1 child)

She's on those Mexican Faygo supplements

[–]ikilledtupac 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Uh yeah

[–]CimmerianX 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Is it me or should the ref have stopped that beating much sooner....

[–]FreudJesusGodCanada 16 points17 points  (0 children)

She clearly didn't want any more of the beating. That said, she kept doing spinning shit, so what's a ref to do?

[–]Powerdance📚 E. Casey Leydon | Journalist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

what a GREAT card!!!

[–]midjetGOOD FEELING! 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tweet is a local fighter, sort of bummed to see her lose but Megan was doing work that fight.

[–]nick_med 2 points3 points  (5 children)

I'm for sure going out to Glory MMA to ask about a job Monday

[–]AlmostFamous502 3 points4 points  (4 children)

Pretty sure the desk spots are on lock, what were you thinking of?

[–]nick_med 3 points4 points  (3 children)

Haha hadn't really thought it through tbh. Maybe they need someone to clean the mats

[–]AlmostFamous502 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Give it a shot!

Lee's Summit?

[–]nick_med 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Well Raytown but yeah!

[–]AlmostFamous502 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I meant which gym, but I gotcha.

[–]AframesStatuetteEDDDDDIEEEEEEEE 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tweet was bleeding like a stuck pig. She is gonna be sore in the morning. Anderson was in beast mode again. Can't wait to see her in the ufc.

[–]RazorFrazerCanada 1 point2 points  (1 child)

lol ... I'm getting lit up, better start throwing fucking spinning back fists.

[–]24hourknifefight 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, and by all means, when the first one doesn't work, throw another.

[–]thielemodululz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Charmain, another one of Cyborg's top opponents

[–]ash2102 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ouch! The Mayhem Miller lookin one did not want to be there anymore

[–]sasquatch90 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Megan has the wingspan of an orangutan

[–]ElTres 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Megan "Bloodfoot" Anderson.

[–]AlmostFamous502 1 point2 points  (1 child)

That's exactly what I said!

Great minds and all that.

[–]ElTres 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ha! Nice. She could make it a sweet personal logo and everything.

[–]Billthebutchrkiss my whole asshole 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looked like Megan beat up a fit lady who's a Part time instructor at 24 hour fitness.

[–]LebronKingJames 0 points1 point  (13 children)

Random question but is it me or has there not really been a "butch" female MMA star or top tier?

I've watched a lot of invicta, UFC etc and seen many of the butch, male haircut, aggressive alpha style during the weigh in women but have yet to see a top tier or successful one.

I'm sure i'm a bit ignorant and don't have deep enough mma knowledge but I can't think of one, can someone tell me one?

All I see headlining and as the face of female MMA is beautiful "girly" women.

It's just kind of funny considering most people growing up or in the general public would think those butch females are the ones to watch out for and not fuck with.

Nunez is the closet I can think of but she still does not come across as butch to me.

[–]alienartifactAustralia 13 points14 points  (4 children)

no one is in a hurry to make Tonya Evinger the face of WMMA

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Her and Dan Henderson could be best friends

[–]alienartifactAustralia 3 points4 points  (0 children)

id take Hendo

[–]Leygrock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like that murderer Charlize Theron played

[–]ExquisitExamplECatalonia -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Poor Tauntaun...

[–]heinza1ketchup 0 points1 point  (1 child)

bec rawlings seems rather butch but she kinda tones it down a bit.

[–]ThereIRuinedItUnited States 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I generally agree, but then I saw her Facebook live Q&A video before her last fight where she was dolled up a bit and she looked attractive to me. It was weird.

[–]rahtin -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The "butch" types are usually fat. Not a lot of room for obesity at 145.

[–]Mikula_the_Rula 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So did Tweet succeed in filling up the octagon or did the doc stop her too?

[–]greatslyferTeam Reem 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nick Diaz was no impressed by any means at all.

[–]Coopster91🔧 Team Voltron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does anyone else think it was a bit of a late stoppage? I thought the fight could have been stopped a lot sooner.

[–]TheAuth0rAroused by Rin Nakai's empty stare 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Lateral movement, don't just stand on the cage. Was she already rocked, or did she just forget the basics?

[–]AlmostFamous502 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She'd been hit a few times before this, Megan snapper he head back bad with jabs at the beginning of both rounds, but I'm also pretty sure the first left in this gif broke her nose. And then the rest broke it worse.

[–]ZombizTeam Mighty Mouse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

...and don't forget the distracting back fist, that's the key

[–]MadFlavourPalestine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That was fucking rough.

[–]mglassen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So many standing kos in women's fights

[–]IndigoClo 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Well put her up against Cyborg.

[–]kali005Team Siberian Express -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No. Cyborg should be banned from fighting in civilized countries forever.

[–]MT1982I have an enormous dong 0 points1 point  (2 children)

How come smaller events never have good lighting? The outer edge of the cage is in the shadows. Also, they always have squishy mats. It's the surefire way I can identify smaller promotions vs UFC without seeing any logos.

[–]ElTres 1 point2 points  (1 child)

1) Really high quality lighting is a pain in the ass. Nightmare to set up in terms of equipment costs and labor. 2) There is 'good lighting for an audience,' and then there is 'good lighting for broadcast,' and the gap between those two is often pretty significant. Something can seem perfectly well lit in person, and then look terrible on the broadcast. 3) This is obviously unique circumstances, but last night was ESPECIALLY bad because of the ice storm they had going on. The power was unstable all night, which is why the lights were actually flickering so significantly throughout the event.

[–]dehemkeUnited States 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, that makes sense. I thought it was either my screen's back light adjusting up and down, or something in the camera to encoder pipeline dynamically over adjusting.

[–]NuteTheBarberup mod dudes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rough watching this. This chick comes to train with our varsity team once and a while.

[–]ZadexResurrectTeam Poirier 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hit her so hard she turned into a ballerina

[–]misterbadnews -2 points-1 points  (2 children)

Invicta has THE worst commentators in any sports period.

[–]dehemkeUnited States 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Worse than the English language EFN guy from the Fedor-Maldanado fight?

I think the invicta crew is fine. I like how TJ has adopted Goldie's cadence for certain things.

[–]ikilledtupac -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

What a shitshow