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Friday Fun Thread for October 27, 2023

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Anyone watched the Fury-Ngannou fight? Spoilers below.

As an MMA fan: what the fuck? We're kinda used to the unreasonable effectiveness of Francis Ngannou (Rozenstruik is a tenured kickboxer, for context. So was Overeem) and he has a general reputation as a very fast learner but this is kind of ridiculous.

Before the fight, even fans of his were mainly glad he was going to get a boxing style payday, despite the likely KO.

I almost suspect Saudi shenanigans but they're having Fury-Usyk so it wouldn't be in their interests. I guess Fury's used to tiring people in the clinch and Francis' famous strength + greater experience clinching turned the tables. It was absurd how he threw him around at some points. But Francis looked good even outside that.

Ngannou went into MMA because the skill level was seen as much more favorable for a late starter. But, as a latecomer, he beat multiple strikers, submitted wrestlers, adapted so much to his one serious loss that Stipe Miocic looked like he had nothing for him, wrestlefucked Gane...him going straight into boxing or being discovered as a teen is the biggest what-if in combat sports.

I had Fury ahead on points and he barely looked fazed when knocked-down compared to the times when he was knocked-down by Wilder, but it was an embarrassing performance.

I saw a post-fight /r/boxing comment to the effect of: "This fight is boxing's 9/11."

"Unreasonably effective" is a great way to describe Ngannou. We've gone from "hahaha how is MMA real?! Just punch hard" to "hahaha how is boxing real?! Just punch hard". We've gone from "MMA-fighters stand no chance in boxing" to "Ngannou vs. Wilder/Joshua when and what excuse will Wilder/Joshua provide while ducking?"

Fury has long been DYEL skinny-fat, but it actually annoyed me a bit this time seeing him juxtaposed against Ngannou in the ring. The lack of fucks given is almost offensive. If I were Fury and cared about my lEgAcY in addition to other con$ern$, I'd blast a steroid cycle, eat some Ubereem horse meat, and/or take a Lebron-style trip to South Beach before unifying the belts against Usyk. Then re-match with Ngannou and deliver a convincing defeat.

I had Fury ahead on points and he barely looked fazed when knocked-down compared to the times when he was knocked-down by Wilder, but it was an embarrassing performance.

Wilder definitely knocked more brain cells loose. But it feels like Fury was still wary of Ngannou's power even before the KD (the first time he landed was in R2) and Ngannou was much stronger than Wilder in the clinch

But yeah, I think a close split decision is fair if humiliating. The specific rounds on the scorecard? Well, there's always something with the boxing judges.

If I were Fury and cared about my lEgAcY in addition to other con$ern$

At this point both are thankfully aligned for him. He can't lose after this or he's hurting his purse as much as his legacy. I wouldn't be surprised if he pushed the Usyk fight to train and recover more.

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