[Arminius 09]

Originally Posted by BuckSlayer50

Anyone who doesnt think it could have gone either way is equally as blind, it was a really close fight. Its not outrageous to me that they gave Franklin the fight, but I personally feel Wanderlei won the fight. Watching the fight with commentary and without were two different experiences for me, with commentary Franklin was "starting to pick Wanderlei apart", without, these exchanges were fairly even the whole time. And Wand was the only one trying to finish the fight, that means a lot to me. Sorry if I think that going for the finish should count for more than one-two, get the fuck out strategies. The truth is Franklin got one somewhat legit knockdown(and no im not one of those Wand fans that thinks he knocked down Liddell numerous times), and Wand was closer to finishing and atleast acted like he wanted to finish the fight, Wand pressed foward the whole time the last two rounds, and landed the more damaging blows. If Franklin's takedown at the end of the third won him the third round, why did Wand's takedown in the first not win him that round? Rich took Wand down, Wand got right back up, Wand took Rich down, worked some ground and pound, then later on got reversed and got a little GnP thrown his way but had control for longer than Franklin, that seems like inconsistent scoring to me. So yes, Wand nuthuggers go overboard a lot, but the anti-Wand nuthuggers have been just as bad if not worse about this fight. It was really close, could have gone either way, I feel Wand won, but what can you do. To claim an easy victory either way is nothing short of stupidity.

It ended up being somewhat close, but Wanderlei did not win that fight. If it went the other way the judges would have made the wrong decision.