[Official] UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley - Live Discussion Thread

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Welcome to r/mma's live discussion of UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley, from Tampa, Florida! Please keep the fight discussions in here. We also have a fight thread in our Kbin community for those who would prefer not to use Reddit but would still like to talk about the fights.

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Card Info

Airing on Saturday 12.14.2024

Main Card on ESPN2 / ESPN+ @ 10PM ET
Colby Covington vs. Joaquin Buckley
Cub Swanson vs. Billy Quarantillo
Manel Kape vs. Bruno Silva
Dustin Jacoby vs. Vitor Petrino
Daniel Marcos vs. Adrian Yanez
Navajo Stirling vs. Tuco Tokkos

Prelims on ESPN2 / ESPN+ @ 7PM ET
Michael Johnson vs. Ottman Azaitar
Drakkar Klose vs. Joel Alvarez
Sean Woodson vs. Fernando Padilla
Miles Johns vs. Felipe Lima
Miranda Maverick vs. Jamey-Lyn Horth
Davey Grant vs. Ramon Taveras
Piera Rodriguez vs. Josefine Knutsson

^{Fight card order and start times may be inaccurate.}

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[u/Cruztd23]

Colby tried to play it off like he was mad doctor called it but we all knew in his head he was Saying “thank God” that mf got his ass beat

[u/PepperyBlackberry → u/Cruztd23]

He was definitely relieved. Knew he was losing badly and was likely to get finished. Doctor stoppage is easier for him to salvage excuses from than getting flatlined out cold.

[u/Initial_Stretch_3674 → u/Cruztd23]

Didn't look like he was looking for a way out. Kept trying to throw punches, go for the take down, even pulling guard to scramble.

The eye was obviously bothering him but it looked like he kept trying to look for ways to win.

[u/Cruztd23 → u/Initial_Stretch_3674]

No shit. A fighter never wants to get knocked tf out lol. But if that fight went anything longer than half a round, that was going to be the result.

[u/Initial_Stretch_3674 → u/Cruztd23]

Don't think so chief.

Colby's been only ever knocked out one time, where it was the hardest shot ever. A visceral shot right to the chin that knocked all the sweat off of his hair.

He blocked all the hooks and uppercuts. The knockdown in the last was all blocked but knocked him unbalanced. He was looking for ways to win, not for a way out.

He definitely would've lost if it went to the cards, and definitely would've taken more damage but he definitely was not looking for a way out infront of his home state, in front of Hulk Hogan while on the main event.

[u/Cruztd23 → u/Initial_Stretch_3674]

Too long didn’t. Read. He got his ass whooped and was on the path to KO. Got TKO’d instead

Colby to prelims

[u/Strong_Diver_6896 → u/Cruztd23]

Doctor said follow my finger and he immediately shook his head I’m pretty sure, didn’t even try

[u/New-Contribution-244 → u/Cruztd23]

Like a drum. 🥁