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Originally Posted by LefthookStcrook  Not to be douche but most of this is your own opinion. Not what actually happened. Frankie won all rounds on all judges scorecards, what you, I or the next guy "Thinks" it "should" have been scored is irrelavant. Im my respectful opinion.
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You might note that I said it's up for debate, and clearly stated it as opinion.
But I think it's funny that you're willing to use Fightmetric to "prove" a point in one post, and yet ignore it's findings in another, in the same thread.
But all of your conjecture regarding comparing 3rounders to 5rounders is again, up for debate.
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Sorry dude but thats all an excuse.
"He has the skills to beat him", well he had two seperate tries and failed both times. If I said Faber has all the tools to beat Cruz, would I be wrong? Cuz technically im sure he does, just the facts/stats dont point to that outcome.
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Sorry dude, but it isn't.
It's an opinion. I'm not trying to excuse the loss, or pretend that it didn't happen. I'm stating an opinion...kind of like I'm stating that my opinion of your reading comprehension is dropping as your postcount goes up. Your hash of my statements in an attempt to paraphrase them is way off.
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"He wasnt planning fights at that point", How exactly do you know this?
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Because he's stated in interviews that the first fight he ever actually planned for was the Fitch fight. Go back to fightmetric if you need help figuring out which one came first.
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Even so, sucks to be him for underestimating his opponent. Again this gets no extra "cred" from me. These should be considered Flaws of Penns, not Merits.
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I'm not looking to give Penn any credit, or to have a hater suddenly convert. I'm stating pretty simple facts. One guy hates John Jones for having double-digit reach advantages, one guy loves the fact that he's got them...there are always going to be ways to interpret/misinterpret information.
Penn not planning a specific fight plan isn't necessarily underestimating anyone. It's just not following a school of thought that other fighters do. Not everyone is the same: GSP trains year round, never gets out of fighting shape; Anderson takes time off and often balloons up 50lbs over his weightclass...it doesn't mean that one way is better than the other, does it?
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I cant think of any #1 and #2 guy in any division having the same outcome 10 out of 10 times. But with that said the same could be said for Penn..and I bet the stats would heavily lean towards Frankie if god forbid a 3rd match happened.
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God forbid a 3rd match? I'd love to see one, even if I'd have Frankie favored to win a second time. I thought both fights were great.
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