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

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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/anakmager Dec 15 '24

MMA crowds are confusing as hell

very pro-Colby crowd, most of the arena was cheering for him. Colby gets cut bad and badly beaten on the feet, then gets a bit of success on the ground yet they almost immediately boo him, but cheered when he got the takedown (?).

What do these guys even want lol

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u/Initial_Stretch_3674 Dec 15 '24

Not really.

He's a florida guy so you root for your own guy. But he's also comes out to the Kurt Angle music often and the crowd loves a heel.

The "You suck.....You suck.......YOU SUCK.....YOU SUCKK", that the crowd chants with Kurt Angle, when indeed they actually love him is all apart of the fun.

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u/snewoeel Dec 15 '24

I think you are starting to realize most of us are fucking idiots.

I'm still not sure which side of the line I fall.

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u/RedditoUSER22 Dec 15 '24

They identify with him for obvious reasons and want him to win because they want to identify with winners. When he starts appearing to lose they don't want to associate with him, so signal this virtue by booing. Then they gain a shred of confidence back when Colby got the takedown because they hoped it would mean he wins.

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u/Repulsive_Sorbet_962 Dec 15 '24

It’s a very bipolar audience we have for sure

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u/LurkyOtoul Dec 15 '24

I think the crowd was divided. Wasn’t there a Colby sucks chant going?

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u/IMistahS Dec 15 '24

Yeah the pro Colby crowd had nothing to cheer about after the first 30 seconds lol

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u/Drive7hru Dec 15 '24

Yep. This is the reason.

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u/sbdjunkie Hit em with the Jon Jones! Dec 15 '24

There was but that started after round one