UFC 252 is in the books and it saw Stipe Miocic complete the trilogy against Daniel Cormier, winning a hard fought unanimous decision. Not only did he successfully defend his title, he also cemented himself as the greatest UFC heavyweight champion of all time.
Here’s a quick twitter thread with a brief recap and analysis of the event, that’s fitting for people’s social media era attention spans:
DVALISHVILI BEATS DODSON
PROS: Quality win over a good name has been added to that nice win streak. It is not easy to outwrestle Dodson, but he did.
CONS: Some slow moments, but not really a big deal.
— Bloody Elbow (@BloodyElbow) August 16, 2020
PINEDA TKOs BURNS
PROS: I didn’t think it was a smart game plan early on, but Pineda willingly engaged with Burns on the ground and he actually beat him in his own game. Impressive stuff.
CONS: Burns missed weight and looked to be in terrible shape.
— Bloody Elbow (@BloodyElbow) August 16, 2020
BIGI BOY KOs JDS
PROS: We got a highlight reel finish.
CONS: Before that though, it was a terrible fight with both hesitating and not engaging. https://t.co/K3HGkt91K7
— Bloody Elbow (@BloodyElbow) August 16, 2020
O’MALLEY’S LEG GIVES OUT
PROS: None really. Vera takes the W and erases O’Malley’s unbeaten record, but that was very anticlimactic.
CONS: O’Malley’s leg buckled multiple times, and ended due to injury. Somewhat weird commentary too. https://t.co/lUbKfEOJ0k
— Bloody Elbow (@BloodyElbow) August 16, 2020
STIPE WINS TRILOGY OVER DC
PROS: Great back and forth fight. Miocic cemented himself as the UFC’s HW GOAT. Stipe’s power edge showed, and as he came in great shape, he also bridged the gap in speed a bit as well.
CONS: More nasty eye pokes played a factor in the fight (again!).
— Bloody Elbow (@BloodyElbow) August 16, 2020
#UFC252 OVERALL
PROS: It was a boxing style one-fight event, and that bout delivered. (Jones vs Stipe pls?)
CONS: It was a boxing style one-fight event, and the co-main also ended anticlimactically. Other than that, and the fouls, there was nothing that bad really.
— Bloody Elbow (@BloodyElbow) August 16, 2020
And that’s about it. For more social media musings, follow me on twitter over at @antontabuena, and of course you should do that for Bloody Elbow’s official twitter account as well.
Check out fighters’ twitter reactions along with more of our event coverage below:
- Pros react to Stipe Miocic’s trilogy win over Daniel Cormier at UFC 252
- Pros react to Marlon Vera’s TKO win, Sean O’Malley’s injury at UFC 252
- Pros react to Jairzinho Rozenstruik’s TKO of Junior dos Santos at UFC 252
- UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 3 results and post-fight analysis
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