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This is UFC 241 in a few short tweets.
UFC 241 is in the books, and it saw the top three fights on the card deliver with some entertaining back and forth exchanges. Stipe Miocic came back from likely losing on the judges scorecards to TKO Daniel Cormier and regain his heavyweight title. Nate Diaz impressed on his return from layoff, and both Yoel Romero and Paulo Costa slugged it out for 15 mins.
Here’s a quick twitter thread with a brief recap and analysis of the event, that’s fitting for people’s social media era attention spans:
BRUNSON DECISIONS HEINISCH
PROS: Brunson fought more controlled and a lot smarter than normal. He picked his spots on the feet, and mixed up his wrestling properly.
CONS: It’s not the type of fight I really enjoy, but to each his own.
— Bloody Elbow (@BloodyElbow) August 18, 2019
YUSUFF TKOs BENITEZ
PROS: Yusuff’s MMA boxing looks good. That was a nice counter to get the knockdown and finish. He got a quality win on the main card of a relatively big UFC event.
CONS: None really.
— Bloody Elbow (@BloodyElbow) August 18, 2019
COSTA DECISIONS ROMERO
PROS: Well that lived up to the hype. They traded hard shots for 15 mins and they hurt each other multiple times. Give them a bonus.
CONS: From the actual fight? None.https://t.co/JPAB57hL4T
— Bloody Elbow (@BloodyElbow) August 18, 2019
DIAZ BUSTS UP PETTIS
CONS: GTFO. 209!
PROS: Give Diaz a bonus too. That was incredible. Apart from their contrasting styles striking, we also got to see nice ground exchanges too! Ring rust isn’t real for just Cruz and now Diaz too I guess.https://t.co/MmfFXa9Ac5
— Bloody Elbow (@BloodyElbow) August 18, 2019
MIOCIC TKOs CORMIER!
PROS: What a comeback! Down 3 rounds, Stipe worked the body, eventually landed big up top to regain his belt. I want a trilogy.
CONS: DC didn’t fight smart last 2 rounds. He stopped varying his attack, and just stood there without respect for Stipe’s hands
— Bloody Elbow (@BloodyElbow) August 18, 2019
#UFC241 OVERALL:
PROS: How many bonuses can they give? Because the last 3 bouts delivered! Costa should earn the next MW shot. Diaz vs Masvidal SHOULD happen too.
CONS: Herb stopped that late. There were slow bouts early, but the key bouts made up for it. Pls don’t retire, DC.
— Bloody Elbow (@BloodyElbow) August 18, 2019
And that’s about it. For more social media musings, follow me on twitter over at @antontabuena, and of course you should do that for Bloody Elbow’s official twitter account as well.
Check out fighters’ twitter reactions along with more of our UFC 241 coverage below:
- Pros react to Miocic’s vicious TKO of Cormier at UFC 241
- Pros react to Diaz’s thrilling win over Pettis at UFC 241
- Pros react to Costa’s wild brawl with Romero
- UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2 results and post-fight analysis