Who won the fight last night: Lucian Bute or Denis Grachev?

[Guest]

I wasn't keeping a proper score, more just a vague total in my head. I had Bute winning close, but he didn't look great in most of the rounds.

[-Kev-]

Bute close.

Grachev is making a name for himself. Upset TKO win over Ismayl Sillakh, close arguable fight with Lucian Bute. This guy has 14 damn fights. Get him in there with the top guys, he's 30, he doesn't have that much time left with his style. He's not just a pressure fighter, he knows what he's doing, he's just so slow. There was some punches if he landed would have knocked Bute's head right off his shoulders.

[The Hammer]

Bute won, but his face lost.

Yes, Bute's face showed Grachev landed the more damaging shots.

[paulf]

Announcer from WealthTV got it right after the fight. He said something along the lines of: "We have Bute winning comfortably, but who would you rather be right now? Grachev or Bute? I'd rather be Grachev."

[Spray_resistant]

Bute close.

Grachev is making a name for himself. Upset TKO win over Ismayl Sillakh, close arguable fight with Lucian Bute. This guy has 14 damn fights. Get him in there with the top guys, he's 30, he doesn't have that much time left with his style. He's not just a pressure fighter, he knows what he's doing, he's just so slow. There was some punches if he landed would have knocked Bute's head right off his shoulders.

Totally agree Kev, losing a close fight to Bute in your 14th fight is nothing to be ashamed of he did very well considering the talent gap.

[UglyPug]

I can't believe Grachev did this to Bute. . . Grachev is very crude. . Very, very crude. .

Sillakh should rematch him. He'd easily outbox him.

[UglyPug]

But Bute won 116-112 on my card.

He should hang 'em up. . . Froch destroys him again. He can't take a punch like that. . His knees give out like a baby giraffe.

[Motofan]

I had Denis up by a couple into the tenth. I stopped watching once it became clear he wouldn't ko Bute and would therefore certainly lose on the cards.

[Light_Speed]

Grachev is making a name for himself. Upset TKO win over Ismayl Sillakh, close arguable fight with Lucian Bute. This guy has 14 damn fights. Get him in there with the top guys, he's 30, he doesn't have that much time left with his style. He's not just a pressure fighter, he knows what he's doing, he's just so slow. There was some punches if he landed would have knocked Bute's head right off his shoulders.

He ain't that good, he was getting dominated by Sillakh until he landed a good shot and Bute is a mentally damaged fighter now.

[Motofan]

Denis has the worst balance I've seen in a long, long time. He always looks like he is just about to fall onto his face.