Yesterday morning Beijing time, UFC274, a long-awaited ultra-luxurious fighting feast for global audiences, slowly came to an end in an unexpected and reasonable dramatic way, in the shock, admiration, sighing and sadness of all witnesses. This time full of surprises, embarrassments and shocks in the digital competition, although it is not the best in history, but some of the things that happened on the field made all the people who love martial arts in the world more deeply understand the true meaning of this sport.
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Race 2 of the main race Light heavyweight
Owen Saint-Prue disagreement was decided to prevail over Meresio Hua
In the face of the descendants who became famous for defeating themselves many years ago, today's "general" Hua is no longer as eager to save or prove anything as he did when he first fell to the peak. In this game, the "general" who has read thousands of sails and has been up and down for a long time has done everything he can with his own skills, experience and patience.
Even if today's physical functions can no longer make him as unstoppable and sweep the world as he was then, in the face of the excellent body and single technology of Owen Saint-Prue, the "general" who is difficult to hide his old attitude is still a more active party, and as for winning or losing, for him, it is actually not important. The scene of equal strength and the result of the judgment of disagreement fully show that in the arena of confrontation with time, the tenacious and indomitable "general" is still standing here.
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Race 3 of the main tournament Lightweight
Michael Chandler KO ends Tony Ferguson
Although the shocking kick of "old money" is a stroke of genius, the main reason why he WON by KO is because today's "night devil" is really old and slow. Although Ferguson was not yet 40 years old, years of top-level battles and horrific injuries accumulated, but this strange style, difficult to imitate the "martial arts wizard" prematurely ended the peak of his career, and was forced to withdraw from the ranks of first-line competitors.
After the game, when the winning Chandler roared his bold words in the octagon cage and received the enthusiastic cheers of the audience, the lonely "Night Devil" could only accept the comfort and hug of the predecessor god "Iceman" Chuck Riddle on the sidelines. Perhaps at that moment, only the old "Iceman" who had ascended to the top of the world in his prime and fell into the abyss of fiasco after aging could best understand the mood of the "Night Devil".
Amazing talents, and strange techniques that are difficult to replicate, let them bloom dazzling light at the peak of their respective lives, but after the hua passed away and the talent slipped away quietly, it will also make them become a dull party between the electric light and flint that determines the victory or defeat.
Heroes are late, originally no one can escape the fate, but for the "Night Devil" and "Iceman" such as the unborn "wizards", their farewell will always be particularly tragic...
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Joint Mains Women's GrassWeight Championship
Carla Espazar the victory over Ross Namayunas
"Using the rules" is never a shameful thing. As long as the rules of the game exist, people will try to explore the beneficial side of them while observing them. Therefore, whether it is the GSP who was the "god of control flow" at that time, or the current "rule master" Stirling, in fact, while being criticized by some audiences, it has won the respect of many senior fans and industry insiders, after all, being good at "rational use of rules" is a rare advantage.
However, when the player's use of the rules goes beyond the "reasonable" category, the nature of the matter changes. In this game, the defending champion Rose and his team used the "champion rule" too extremely, hoping to "win" a victory by making the opponent "do nothing", but they forgot that the passive tactics of the whole field made the opponent useless for a long time, and at the same time, they also made themselves a more "inaction" party. To be fair, Rose's defense is doing well, but in the absence of a counter-attack, she's on the beaten side.
Although Carla did not achieve a clear result, she was definitely the one who was more qualified for the belt in this game. As for Rose, when she tried to use the rules to insult the game, she was already doomed to be abandoned by the rules. I believe that after this scene, everyone, including Dana, is missing Zhang Weili.
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Headlines Main Tournament Lightweight Championship Battle
Charles Oliveira surrenders to end Justin Gage
This championship battle full of unexpected conditions has actually been divided before it starts. When Gage, the "honey badger" who successfully passed the pre-match weighing, showed schadenfreude and complacency because the defending champion was unexpectedly overweight and lost his belt, the challenger who had been pinned high hopes had lost the correct mentality of competing for the throne. Thankful for his smooth recovery, he ridiculed his opponent for being tired of losing weight, revealing Gage's lack of confidence and expectation of help.
Oliveira, who suddenly lost his belt before the match, showed a completely different pattern and attitude. After a short period of grievance, unwillingness and anger, this "counterattack king" who rose from the predicament to the top quickly accepted this unchangeable fact, and with amazing courage and fighting spirit, issued a declaration to the world to regain the championship - even if the timing is not good, even if it is a creation of people, what he has lost will definitely be taken back with his own hands! At this time, the opponent in Oliveira's heart is no longer Justin Gage, but his old opponent for many years, the unseen fate...
In the end, the demon-ridden Gage retrieved the lost humility in front of the real champion, and the unfortunate Charles Oliveira used his performance to become the first championship in UFC history without a belt but undisputed. Witnesses around the world once again understand that no matter how technology develops and how the rules change, fighting is ultimately a game for the brave.