Strikeforce: Robbie Lawler 'should have done more' against Babalu Sobral in 'Los Angeles'
by Jesse Holland on Jun 17, 2010 8:56 AM EDT
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"I wasn’t hurt, I just wanted to make him think I was. It was a ploy, a decoy, for him to fight me so I could knock him out. I’m disappointed with the result, but I have no complaints. The two takedowns in the first round may have been the difference. I know that I could have done much more. I should have done more."
Strikeforce middleweight Robbie Lawler talks to media during last night's post-fight press conference about his 195-pound catchweight fight against Renato Sobral in "Los Angeles." Lawler feel that perhaps he wasn't "Ruthless" enough, thus allowing "Babalu" to take home the unanimous decision win. Was the Brazilian the better fighter on June 16? Or the better strategist? And do any Maniacs out there disagree with the judge's scorecards?
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i thought the fight was close...
and maybe it was because i was pulling for sobral to win it and avoid lawlers heavy hands, but i saw lawler winning it. it really could have gone either way.
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It Could Have From The Judges..
But I was telling my wife the starting witht the 2nd round, Robbie was playing with Babalu and it cost him the fight, He was letting Babalu do well in stand up so he would stop trying to take Lawler down and it worked. Robbie kept playing possum, I think he tried to set Bablu up to get aggressive over and over knowing he would KO Babalu if Babalu came in really hard, and Babalu never took the bite.
Give a man to fish and feed him for a day. Kick his stupid ass and maybe he will leave you alone.
Yeah the hollywood baiting stuff would have been cool had it worked
But Babalu wasn’t falling for it. Once he saw that it wasn’t going to work the games should have stopped.
I liked Babalu in rounds 1 and 2
because of the takedowns in round 1. Lawlers best round was the 3rd. I was suprised at how well Babalu looked on his feet in rd 1.
I am also so tired of these announcers that are so biased because they are friends with a fighter or expect a fighter to win. Pat Militech and not sure if it was Renalo or who the 3rd announcer was were so Lawler biased. It almost sounded as if Babalu was not in the fight listening to them. Rogan gets caught up in that a lot of times and it really can change the feel of a fight if you are listening to them.
Shivello "The Voice": That jab is stiffer than a box of Viagra!" and I am still wondering if I heard this one right on Dream 14...."These guys are busier than a cucumber in a women's prison!"
Pat Militech and not sure if it was Renalo or who the 3rd announcer was were so Lawler biased
i completely forgot this (thats what happens when you stay up till 1am and have to get up early for work). i get it, militech trained lawler for years, but was it such a KJ Noons & Lawler love fest last night?
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im a strikeforce fan, but
That broadcast was garbage. Too many long moments of silence. I ended up rewinding it to see what happened because they took forever to show a replay. The broadcast team was horrible. Strikeforce and or showtime need to rethink this. That broadcast made me pause it after the second fight just so I could fast forward throught the crap to get to the fights
by LOKIE on Jun 17, 2010 9:29 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
what was up with the stupid mini half cage that mauro talked from in those awkward segments? just dumb
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like when tim kennedy choked out trevor prangley
those guys had no clue what happened. it was like dead silence and then, no replay for a long time. all they could say was “kennedy is technical, kennedy is very technical”
at least rogan knows whats going on, and goldie will always say something even if it is stupid or wrong. but to just sit there and scratch your ass is hilarious.
Yeah I to understand Pat with Lawler....
but really the love for KJ, I didn’t get it. He struggled to beat a guy who fought him on a 11 days notice. Imo, Conner could have won that fight with a different set of judges. He got a split as it was. Conner could have easily gotten the second round on another night. He mos def looked worse for the wear but I think he was the busier more active fighter, just didn’t land the more powerful shots. Lawler as well. If I were blind I would have thought Babalu was not even in that fight, had I not seen it myself.
SF does lag a bit when it come to their calling a fight. Renalo gets alotta love in the mma community, well deserved I suppose considering all the fights he has called and been part of. I just don’t don’t think for someone with his experience he flows as well as he should.
Shivello "The Voice": That jab is stiffer than a box of Viagra!" and I am still wondering if I heard this one right on Dream 14...."These guys are busier than a cucumber in a women's prison!"
I disagree
And I don’t get why you should get points for being busy. If a guy get’s in their and start running a maraton, dancing and throwing punches in the air, would you score that? I thought KJ got good shots in all night and Connor just tried to punch and kick without success. Sure, he got some punches in, but not nearly enough as KJ. The takedowns, sure, but he didn’t do anything on the ground. I would have scored that fight to KJ any night. I really like KJ’s smooth boxingstyle. It deffinitily need some polishing but his really coolminfrf in there and his punches lands alot and hard.
man those were crazy fights!
I narrowly escaped going 0-4 on my picks! Went 1-3 thx to Noons, who did clearly win that fight. But nonetheless, lots of credit to Huen, who definitely brought it! Great fight!
I wanted Robbie, but I feel Sobral won, so I’m not disappointed in the call. Lawler wasn’t “ruthless” enough. I think he could’ve put Sobral away, and didn’t due to staying to tentative.
Cyborg KO’ing Zaromskis? Wtf?!? Lol, I adore Marius. Didn’t like seeing that, and kinda wish Dean would’ve let him land one or two more, kinda questionable as to how “done” Zaromskis actually was. Sad. That fight was f*ckin rank, wish it went a little longer.
Don’t care about Prangley/Kennedy so I’m glad it ended fast.
Noons/Huen was one of the best 15 minute fights in a very long time, in my opinion. I dvr’d and ff’d everything but the fights so I can’t weigh in on the rest, but the fights were great. If you missed em, you missed out IMO.
*ABM*
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by daniel worby on Jun 17, 2010 9:40 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
I thought the same thing about zaromskis being done but I watched it this morning again. And he just layed there after herb stopped it. He was done. He lost his will to fight it looked liked
by LOKIE on Jun 17, 2010 9:45 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I hate the fact that they air there events on a channel that I dont have.
SuperChannel2 is not a typical channel, for me to watch these events I would have to pay 19.00/month to have this, not happening. I already have 231 channels, how is this not one of them? Im pissed about it!
Good fights
Sure the pre fight production hype is corny, but once again good matchups and fights especially for a wednesday night. No complaints here.
Lawler stated it best, the takedowns in the first cost him the fight, way to go and tell it like it is Lawler, pure class dude, no excuses.
by Dball on Jun 17, 2010 12:25 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Good fights
Sure the pre fight production hype is corny, but once again good matchups and fights especially for a wednesday night. No complaints here.
Lawler stated it best, the takedowns in the first cost him the fight, way to go and tell it like it is Lawler, pure class dude, no excuses.
by Dball on Jun 17, 2010 12:28 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
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