Leonard Garcia breaking hands and making fans against 'The Korean Zombie' at WEC 48
by Jesse Holland on Apr 25, 2010 4:27 AM EDT
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Quoteworthy:
"For me to be able to put on shows and fight and have guys who are gonna fight me like that guy, that's a dream come true for me. I always said I wondered what it would be like to break my hand in any round and have to continue on in the fight. I told Coach 'I think my right hand's broken' and he was like 'It's gonna be broken until the fight ends anyway so you gotta go in there and finish.' I felt like he hit me with some shots that would have put anyone else down and I hit him with some shots that would have put anyone else down. He's a great fighter, I think he's gonna grow a lot. I heard some boos in the audience. I'm not here for judge's decisions, I'm here to make fans, to give the best fights to my ability and that's what I felt like I did tonight."
Leonard Garcia relives the three-round war of attrition that was his featherweight battle with Chan Sung Jung at WEC 48: "Aldo vs. Faber" on Saturday night (April 24) in Sacramento. While some fans may have scored the decision for "The Korean Zombie," "Bad Boy" is more concerned with putting on a great fight than winning or going to the judge's scorecards. As far as April 24 is concerned, mission accomplished. Early favorite for Fight of the year?
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Job Well Done
U have made a fan out of me anyway. That was some insane shit. Goes down on my top 5 fights to show a friend who dose not watch mma.
Never tell your problems to anyone...20% don't care and the other 80% are glad you have them.
by Jamie The Peach Hunter on Apr 25, 2010 4:47 AM EDT reply actions
Agreed.
That being said, I scored it 2-1 for Korean with only the last round going to Garcia.
But what an amazing night of fights! Fantastic!
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yep i watched it 2x cause they re aired it after the main event
Trying to score it 2-1 Garcia, and couldn’t do it, I had 1 and 2 going to Jung. Oh well just so long as everyone wants to see Jung again, and I don’t think that will be a problem.
3 SF title fight decisions is somehow "embarrassing garbage", but 3 UFC title fight decisions isn't?
by daniel worby on Apr 25, 2010 1:39 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
awesome fight
That is honestly one of the best fights…..or let me say most enjoyable and entertaining fights i’ve ever seen. The entire card was fantastic, definitely one of the best PPV’s ever in my book.
"Oh hell son, i was high that day. That doesn't make any sense at all, you can be second, third, fourth....hell, you can even be fifth" - Reese Bobby
Hands down a fight of the year contender...
I can’t believe people boo’d at the end of this one. While Jung could have gotten then W, it still was non stop action. It is not very often we get 15 minutes of that, with the higher level fighters.
"I thought I was getting raped by Freddy Mercury." – Tank after losing a decision to Dan Severn
Zombie is fuckin awesome!
I can see how he got his name, dude just kept coming.
by HappyLittleTreez on Apr 25, 2010 8:01 AM EDT up reply actions
yeh i thought the Zombie won that fight
they have to do something with the scoring system it is no good. Or maybe ill have to watch the fight again.
Open up the Shit Gates and where the Hell was Marv?
Holy fuck I missed that fight
I gotta find it now lol
u gotta give
garcia his props dude dropped his hands an took jung’s shots like it was nothing!!! wow what a fight!!
Train with the fear your opponent is training arder then you!! lol-GSP!!!!!!
by the chubbster on Apr 25, 2010 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions
hmm
Alot of people have been saying that but for some reason I scored the fist and thrid to the Korean Just cause he was pushing the pace and nearly finshed the fight or got the only flurry (in the thrid). As for the second i gave it to Garcia as he nearly finshed the fight in the second hmm.
Never tell your problems to anyone...20% don't care and the other 80% are glad you have them.
by Jamie The Peach Hunter on Apr 25, 2010 4:56 AM EDT reply actions
sorry meant to reply to freenow82
Never tell your problems to anyone...20% don't care and the other 80% are glad you have them.
by Jamie The Peach Hunter on Apr 25, 2010 4:57 AM EDT up reply actions
then Jesse proves me wrong with the gif lol
Never tell your problems to anyone...20% don't care and the other 80% are glad you have them.
by Jamie The Peach Hunter on Apr 25, 2010 4:58 AM EDT up reply actions
I wish people would appreciate the fight and stop crying about the out come
im tired of contraversy, give it up for these two they put on a show, no losers in my book..
actually
Jung ended up the “loser”. The sport’s judges lose because of incompentence, and the fans lose because it’s the wrong ending to a crazy fight.
i also saw no one "crying" about the result
I saw people intelligently stating their opinions. So maybe instead of wrongfully accusing ppl of “crying”, just don’t weigh in since clearly no one is questioning if Jung or Garcia put in a good effort. We just want to see proper calls for future fights.
3 SF title fight decisions is somehow "embarrassing garbage", but 3 UFC title fight decisions isn't?
by daniel worby on Apr 25, 2010 2:48 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
so we should just eliminate scoring??
In Garcia’s pre fight interview, he said “once he feels my right hand, he’ll want to take me down”. He ended up the one going for the take downs and backing up most of the fight.
Zombie got robbed.
Wasn't very technically sound
but that was one of the greatest fights/brawl I’ve ever seen.
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one of the few times in mma
that I thought the fight was a draw!
2nd round coulda been a 10-10 round with Jung winning the 1st and garcia winning the 2nd. Great fight, they’d go from throwing untechnical punches to being very technical within minutes!
Finally!!
Someone I could agree with! I thought it was a tight fight. Great show of heart in both ends. I think there really is no technique to score here. You just pick the one YOU thought landed the harder punches or did the more damage or took them the best. It’s totally relative and there was no “wrong way” to score it. I’m glad Leonard took it but Jung totally made a fan in me
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by Onemansyn on Apr 25, 2010 2:30 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
dont the rules strictly say
Winner of round scores 10 with his opponent scoring 9 or less?
Therefore making a 10-10 round impossible, thus being the only time we see draws, often ends up being when a fighter is deducted a point to make a round 9-9 instead of his 10. Then followed by a 10-9 for each fighter leading to a draw.
3 SF title fight decisions is somehow "embarrassing garbage", but 3 UFC title fight decisions isn't?
by daniel worby on Apr 25, 2010 8:24 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
no
thats what they say, but they are wrong. look it up worbs (google it buddy) i made a stink last year and someone told me to look it up, i was wrong!
they both
made fans out of me regardless of the outcome
by Jon-Michael Herlth on Apr 25, 2010 1:39 PM EDT reply actions
CUSHING - they fight to win, obviously.
If it wasn’t for that PENN-EDGAR bullshit decision, this would be an early favourite for “Worst Judging Decision of the Year.”
No way Garcia won that fight. And while we are on the subject. Garcia will probably get the nod for “Youngest fighter to develop Parkinsons.”
confused...
what does parkinson’s have to do with fighting? parkinson’s has been linked to exposure to pesticides and herbicides; not fighting.
formerly JB, trying to figure out this whole new SB deal. oh, and another thing; i'm not impressed by your performance.
Parkinson's and fighting?
Uh you’re kidding?
You know that Muhammed Ali has Parkinson’s disease, right? A disease in which those subject to severe head trauma, such as boxers or fighters, are many times more susceptible to developing its symptoms?
Do you think Ali was fertilizing his lawn all those years?
by Coach's Corner on Apr 26, 2010 12:56 AM EDT up reply actions
dude, that was a very close fight
I’ve seen way more egregious decisions than that. It was a split decision for christ’s sake….someone has to win and someone has to lose. I had Garcia winning rounds 1 and 3, and it was tight…i’d say the split decision was exactly what i thought would happen. Had it gone the other way, i wouldn’t be a bit surprised, but you can’t tell me that The Zombie got robbed……He lost a very close, split decision. It’s more like a win in the long run, as he probably just guaranteed himself another 3-4 fights no matter what….
"Oh hell son, i was high that day. That doesn't make any sense at all, you can be second, third, fourth....hell, you can even be fifth" - Reese Bobby
i honestly
thought edgar won. i hate to say it, but it’s true…..
by LeeroyJenkin$ on Apr 26, 2010 2:02 AM EDT up reply actions
the crowd was very classless
Even tho I didnt agree Garcia won the fight I would never boo a fighter after a fight like that
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yeh i hate most crowds at the mma events just a bunch of pricks . That know nothing about mma other than who is holding the belt.
Oh and if there isnt a KO then they boo. I have been lucky to the ones i have been to for the most part they have been great crowds
Open up the Shit Gates and where the Hell was Marv?
Very entertaining fight...
not real technical but entertaining. Hard to call a clear cut winner in that one. Garcia may have benefitted from a “home” call. Garcia takes way too much punishment which will hurt him later in life. I think the announcers have it wrong when they say he hits hard. To me he swings hard but doesn’t hit all that hard due to lack of technique and power.
Nonetheless, great fight to watch and hats off to the Zombie for his performance. What’s with all these smaller guys breaking hands?
Smaller guys throw more punches
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by O damn he got caught on Apr 26, 2010 8:10 AM EDT up reply actions
Korean Zombie.(Best nickname In MMA)
The Zombie got robbed In my opinion but I give both of those guys credit for putting on the fight of the years handsdown.Ive watched that fight so many times.
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