What last night proved is what an incredibly one-dimensional and weak fighter Brock actually is. Anybody who thinks a man who literally RUNS from a standup fight and defends himself by way of a fetal position could take on somebody like Fedor is clearly delusional. Brock got his ass handed to him and was down on the ground like a child being pummeled. There was no strategy at that point and given the types of blows he was taking it's clear the fight should have been stopped in round one.
I kept waiting for the ref to end the fight and clearly, Carwin expected the ref to TKO Brock, which is why he kept punching away. It's obvious at this point that Dana White and his staff are going to protect their former WWE superstar whenever possible, which is why a guy as untested as Brock has the belt to begin with. I've seen plenty of other UFC matches stopped for far less than the beating Brock took last night. I'm also certain that had the roles been reversed and Carwin was on the receiving end of such a flurry the ref would have stopped the fight but last night that ref seemed uninterested in intervening while Brock was down on the ground and doing very little to defend himself.
Something about last night's fight stinks and it's precisely this type of crap that has kept so many quality fighter out of the UFC; they understand that Dana wants a brand to sell more than a legitimate home for the sport and right now, Brock is clearly that brand. He attracts a certain fan base and their collective mentality is illustrated by those who actually think his 6-1 record means something against the likes of men like Fedor, Nogueria, etc.
Brock's entire skill set is rooted in his freakish size and nothing more; he beat Carwin by falling on top of him and applying a basic submission, which no decent grappler (Carwin is no submission expert) would have allowed. Again, we saw the man last night literally panicking; he was running away from Carwin's standup game and it was downright amusing. A man like Fedor would take Brock apart systematically; Fedor's standup game is better than Carwin's, he doesn't run out of gas, and on the ground the man is one of the best Sambo experts on earth.
Frankly, I don't think Brock won anything last night. He got lucky with the ref and Carwin gassed himself out and Brock laid on top of the guy, which is all he seems capable of doing.
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