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Originally Posted by Profits of Doom
I'm a bit disappointed because I admire Alexander and was hoping he had more on the ground than he showed, but he really got away from what got him so hyped in the first place. He should have came out like the animal he was in his first two UFC fights and let the chips fall where they may. He was way too calm and measured for a guy that should have been swinging for the fences.
I do find it funny, in reading some of the MMA forums, how everyone is pulling the "I told you so" bullshit after the fact. You seem to have taken the same stance as I did, that I don't really know and I'll reserve judgment on his ground game until I see. Every fake expert on the MMA forums that never stated a position before the fact are now puffing their chests out and yelling "Oh shit, I knew he would be exposed!!!" Unbelievable...
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i was really hoping for more out of him on the ground, but i'm still not gonna write the guy off. he's young, he's got time to grow. i think he needed an eye opener, and hopefully he takes to training for alot more groundwork in the future, which i'm sure he will. i think some of it was that he wanted to prove he could handle himself on the ground and he got away from the gameplan which works for him. maybe, just maybe, a chutebox trained blackbelt in bjj wasn't the best opponent to do this with though. hehe. either way, i don't think its the last we've seen of houston alexander.
oh, and am i DAMN HAPPY to have seen bisping lose. even tough it wasn't the spectaclar ko i was pulling for. actually i was ggetting a little worried rashad wasn't going to pull it off watching him go into that 3rd round looking winded as he did...