This is UFC 236: Poirier vs Holloway 2 in a few short tweets.
UFC 236 is in the books, and the two interim title bouts on the card showcased two all-out wars. In the main event, Dustin Poirier edged out featherweight champ Max Holloway to win the interim lightweight title, while Israel Adesanya came from behind to defeat Kelvin Gastelum.
Both title fights had back and forth drama throughout 25 minutes, and all four fighters showed heart, grit, and a boat load of technique. This made Dana White give out the rare instance of sending two fight of the night bonuses for both match ups.
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:
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.
KRYLOV CHOKES OUT OSP
PROS: Krylov’s striking looked good, but his grappling seemed to improve a bit too. He got back to his feet well, and even got dominant position on the ground before the eventual submission.
CONS: OSP seemed to gas early before really landing any offense.
— Bloody Elbow (@BloodyElbow) April 14, 2019
GRANT SPLIT DECISIONZZZ JOUBAN
PROS: Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
CONS: For two fighters known for action, they both didn’t really do much. Jouban probably could’ve spent all that energy throwing strikes instead of just screaming about the decision after the fight.
— Bloody Elbow (@BloodyElbow) April 14, 2019
ROUNTREE BRUTALIZES ANDERS
PROS: As Rogan repeated a million times, looks like training in Thailand really evolved Rountree’s striking.
CONS: Anders is tough, but his corner should’ve stopped this in the 2nd and protected him from more unnecessary damage https://t.co/wnup3XS7JI
— Bloody Elbow (@BloodyElbow) April 14, 2019
ADESANYA WINS WAR (AND BELT*) WITH GASTELUM
PROS: WOOOOOOOOW. That was such a great fight. Both fighters went to war, showed heart, and it was a dramatic contest literally until the final bell.
CONS: Not really the worst thing tonight, but… https://t.co/oK6MPkb3sR
— Bloody Elbow (@BloodyElbow) April 14, 2019
POIRIER OUTLASTS HOLLOWAY
PROS: Poirier’s power vs Holloway’s pace and volume. This fight had everything. Heart, technique, back & forth drama, and lots of blood
CONS: It could’ve gone either way, but I don’t know how judges ended up with their scores https://t.co/rUHe2MKXzj
— Bloody Elbow (@BloodyElbow) April 14, 2019
#UFC236 OVERALL:
PROS: This card deserves two FOTN bonuses, after two wild title* fights
CONS: Few weird ref/corner decisions, a couple of dull fights. Rich Franklin was a good choice, but I have a general issue with UFC’s other HOF inductions/policies https://t.co/xE1pXZZ81B
— Bloody Elbow (@BloodyElbow) April 14, 2019
Check out fighters’ twitter reactions along with more of our UFC 236 coverage below: