Dream12 Winners and Losers

Great night of fights. Cage was hit or miss: good for the fights, bad for the camera (especially the white mat with the HD cameras). Quick recap:

Winners:
Eddie Alvarez faced some adversity, but proved why he is one of the top lightweights in the world. He needs a rematch with Aoki in early 2010, a fight he should win.
I would have considered Kazushi Sakuraba a winner if he had just made it out of last night uninjured; I never expected him to win. Congrats and props.
Note to anyone fighting Marius Zaromskis: he’s going to kick you in the head and you’re going to sleep. His kicks come out of nowhere and he is an exciting and dangerous striker. Itching to see someone get him to the ground.

Losers:
Chase Beebe cannot blame the judging as he was on the wrong end of a highlight reel submission. 1-4 in his last 5, the former WEC champ has to reevaluate his game plan.
Zelg Galesic needs some wins; last night was a great opportunity.

More winners than losers on an overall satisfying card!

Sunday, October 25th, 2009 Uncategorized

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2 Comments to Dream12 Winners and Losers

Jim
October 26, 2009

Beebe needs to go up in weight–he’s getting to the point where he can’t cut to 135. He’s only 24 and fundamentally a decent fighter, so he’s got plenty of time to re-establish himself at a different weight.

The Prophet
October 26, 2009

You know I’m a big Shinya Aoki honk, and I’m a big Alverez fan as well but I’m not sure that a rematch is a slamdunk victory for Eddie. His submission defense has always been the weak point in his game and he’s got a tendency to get over aggressive which makes that even more problematic here. Aoki is simply on another level with his submissions, plus he never gives the same ‘look’ in a fight twice.

And Zaromskis is a monster! I was a little disappointed that he didn’t have the ‘Street Fighter’ look with the big red wig he had in his last appearance.

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