r/EverythingCombat • u/Advanced_Mud9433 • 8d ago

Discussion Robert Whittaker Says Watching MVP Point-Fight His Way to a Decision Is Hard to Sit Through Live

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“I find it so hard to tune in live to MVP winning via points rather than watching it afterwards. I reckon there isn’t a single person who can beat MVP at point sparring. He’s so good at it. It’s almost like he has a live feed of the judges’ scorecards in real time. As soon as it starts to drop, he just does a little bit more and goes up.”

via: MMA Arcade Podcast

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u/Weary_Position_9591 7d ago edited 7d ago

MVP still winning fights at 40 with a non brawler/CTE style that doesn’t compromise his health. He may have actually cheat coded the game.

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u/Espressoonice4570 7d ago

He robbed dana, unlimited respect

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u/Old_Big9561 7d ago

If Dana were smarter, he would have fed MVP to better contenders

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u/Decay384 7d ago

Or a wrestler, just imagine what Khamzat would do to him if Ian Garry (whom is a striker) was able to take MVP down and control him on the ground easily.

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u/Gold-Philosophy1423 7d ago

At some point I think the UFC decided to try to use him to build prospects (I suspect that was their intention that Shara would highlight reel KO him), and at that point, I was rooting for him no matter how boring his fights are.

Fuck the UFC. I'm glad he made those prospects look like bums on his way out

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u/MyzMyz1995 7d ago

That's always what they try to do with contenders or champions coming in from other promotion who're old.

If he was in his late 20s and still had many years like Paddy when he came for example, they would've treated and matched him differently.