Comments on: Travis Wiuff vs. Christian M Pumbu Fight Video Bellator 55

By: kuelniss

kuelniss — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 01:02:50 +0000

emrb is perfectly right. Stop bitching about people “lay n praying”, Wiuff was the better wrestler AND the better fighter since wrestling is part of mma. Being one dimensional doesn’t cut it in this sport if you’re a striker, at least learn some tdd, and if you can’t either leave mma or get used to losing decisions. Sounds perfectly fine to me.

By: casyboy

casyboy — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:56:36 +0000

pumbas corner helped lose that fight by following wiuff to the floor when got clipped end of rd3, make him stand back up?

By: MMAGiantSilva

MMAGiantSilva — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:41:24 +0000

Wiuff was the bigger man Mpumbu was the better striker. Good strategy for Wiuff all it be not entertaining.

By: PitfighterZ

PitfighterZ — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:55:16 +0000

@Beast w/ 8 Limbs and Bellend Bisping: This is Bellator’s dilemma. They can’t just keep the champion in the freezer, but they can’t get rid of the tourney as it is what makes Bellator the most exciting org. around.
The way I see it, the problem is how to market the tourney instead of the individual fighters. It’s the best system for the sport, but it simply isn’t as financially appealing in a charisma society. Being better doesn’t mean being profitable. A weird conundrum. All I can do is support the org. for being both different and good and hope others will enjoy it for what it offers: awesome fights.

@The Tao of F.U.: It’s bad mental conditioning. These strikers are programmed to control distance by moving away from the opponent (although they should move in angles). I don’t understand it myself, as my original backgrounds in judo and karate never let me be so afraid of charges. For me it was the opposite, usually a fighter charging me was a good thing. I hated when they ran away as I never had great cardio. But most of these strikers are not used to it and they brain-fart in the cage. It takes time and lots of specific training to deprogram a natural/conditioned reaction.

By: KungFuLowKick

KungFuLowKick — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:29:15 +0000

@fritz
Thats how bad judges(the majority of MMA judges) score fights.A takedown to them is more points then a guy beating you up with punches and kicks for a whole round.If you watch Diego Sanchez vs Clay Guida you will see how judging is broken.Diego destroyed Clay standing up and he dropped him twice.But Clay got 1 takedown at the end and a judge who has the brain size of a pea decided to give the round to Clay.

By: juniordoslightsout

juniordoslightsout — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:11:51 +0000

one of those judges ruled it 30-27 WTF how can you say that?

By: bigevil1

bigevil1 — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:04:34 +0000

Non title fights suck. If your the Champion and you lose.. you should lose your belt.

By: emrb

emrb — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:49:04 +0000

Wrestling is a part of MMA. If you don’t want to go to the ground, learn takedown defense. Otherwise, STFU. The Mind is also a part of MMA. M’Pumbu was an idiot for not making Wiuff stand up in the third. One smart choice and M’Pumbu would have almost certainly KO’d Wiuff. M’Pumbu deserved to lose because he made a terrible decision in going to the ground in the third.I agree that the judge who gave round 3 to Wiuff was off base. This was a 29-28 win for Wiuff. The most shocking thing to come out of the fight is this – for once, Card Urso got it right.

By: fritz5011

fritz5011 — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:13:27 +0000

i agree with wuiff winning by gay n pray but how the hell did that one judge give him the 3rd round?
he was almost knocked out for most of the round

By: KungFuLowKick

KungFuLowKick — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:22:18 +0000

M’Pumbu is awesome.He’s a MW beating up LHWs.Travis did win this one by being a boring fighter but if there was 5 rounds Christian would’ve won.Christian fights to beat people not to make points that’s why I like him.