UFC Fight Night 49: Henderson vs. dos Anjos Discussion Thread

Take an afternoon nap after UFC Macao (I'll need one), then get right back here for a pretty solid Tulsa card. 

We've got one Fight Pass prelim at 730pm ET, followed by four prelims on FS2, then the six-fight main card on FS1. 

Only fight that makes sense is the winner of Pettis/Melendez. He just beat the #2 guy on the planet. If RDA really doesn't want to wait, I'd say Bobby Green is a nice match up. But RDA SHOULD be next in line. 

I want to see the prediction of someone who got perfect for the main. That is one successful award hunt.

Benson Henderson is highly overrated. I'm not saying I saw this coming, but I'm not stupefied by it either. If you look at his wins, a lot of them were split decisions, and a lot of those splits went the wrong way. Let's not forget that. 

RDA lost to Khabib though. So wouldn't Khabib be over RDA?

Post fight presser .

It depends man ...

I'm actually a firm enthusiast of the "if you went out the fight should be stopped even if you woke up again" judging, but since there's no real consistency you can understand his complaints.

I mean if all fights were judged like that one, Maynard would've been world champion, Reem would've made millions of $$$ losing to Cain and Pat Barry might've been on a winning streak lasting to this day (not really, but he'd have a win over Congo, that's for sure).

The problem is that you have the Bendo/RDA, Faber/Barao, Mir/Barnett and then the Reem/Browne, Maynard/Frankie, Shogun/Hendo II and Barry/Congo - sometimes opposite calls by the same refs - so how can you blame the fighters for not knowing where they stand. Do we get a chance to recover or is it immediate. Naturally if there are examples (and there are many of them) of fighters given extra chances to recover you're gonna have those that don't complaining and rightfully so.

In my opinion, if you were out even for a second or two, the fight should be stopped and you're not allowed to be punched in the head until you're cleared to do so by a doctor. It may take away some of the greatest and most exciting comebacks of the sport but you'd be protecting their brain cells a tad better.

It's a tough one to tackle, but I can understand why a fighter's complaining and can't blame him for it.

Pretty sure everyone knows who you're talking about but it's Kongo not Congo. I agree about the stoppage. I think the biggest loser of that barely early stoppage is Dos Anjos because he was most likely a few seconds away from a very clear stoppage and now Ben's fans have an excuse. Barao/Faber is the best comparison.

I love how Benson has no problem running with the most dubious split decisions, but he challenges a stoppage in which his limp body fell to the canvas. I wonder if he would have protested any of those decisions if he had he been on the losing end of one of them. 

@mulefloyd, yup sorry, Kongo :)

Also, "and now Ben's fans" -- who are these imaginary people you speak of? ;)

Just found out the result today. Should've stayed up

Saw the stoppage today. Didnt like it.

I fell asleep and woke up to Benson getting knocked out. I thought I was dreaming, but no. I looked at a gif today and Benson wasn't really protecting himself and was looking away.

Here's a tip: If Jake Ellenberger makes a prediction, no matter how odd it may seem, go with what he says. I saw no way in hell RDA knocking Bendo out... Ellenberger is psychic or something

It was homer pick. Ellenberger trains with RDA.

So? He still got it right

The only two picks I got wrong were Niinimaki and Phillips. Pretty good UFC card for me