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Do note that a work and a fix are not the same thing. A worked fight is more a fight in which the course of events is somewhat controlled. It was a fight designed to showcase Gonzalez before the Japanese fans. Had Gonzalez just gone out and unloaded I believe the fight would have not lasted a minute.
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A work and a fix are the same thing. This sounded like a tune-up/really bad mismatch.
But fair enough, you were there and I haven't even watched it yet.Comment
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No they are not. The term work is actually from professional wrestling. A work is the opposite of a shoot. In any case, I explained the sense in which I intended the term so semantics can be damned.
And I promise you Gonzalez was explicitly told to carry the opponent. This wasn't a match it was a show. Being japan, this sort of thing is not exactly strange.
As for the main event, it was fishy. When a top fighter has a night like that it should always raise questions. Hernandez was not himself. He was either sick or something more sinister.Comment
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Looked like Hernandez was pacing himself early but got wrecked to the body , came out in the 6th to make a stand and got put down. could of been weight or travel he's been to Asia twice been stopped twice, Inoue was just to quick anyway.Comment
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His chin looks solid. Its not like Hernandez didn't land anything, he did but they just had no affect on Inoue. Part of that could be that Hernandez was drained from making weight, but he still landed some good shots and Inoue took like them like nothing. He still needs to work on defense but so far his chin seems to be durable at least.Comment
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I'll wait to see the fights before making any judgements. But Gonzalez could've carried Purisima because he may wave wanted to get some rounds in before going into a big fight with Yaegashi.
I did see the 5th and 6th round of Inoue Hernandez on youtube and it did look like Hernandez quit. Im not so sure it was something fishy, Hernandez could've easily been drained and knew he was out gunned last night. Nothing he landed had any effect and Inoue was landing punishing shots at will. That can discourage even world class fighters.Comment
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I'm looking forward to watching the video too. Watching from the stands is obviously different than on film, and all my posts were in the moment.
I've seen plenty of mismatches in which a fighter carried the other to get rounds. It's possible. It is just that this was such an extreme mismatch. Gonzalez was basically just shadowing his man, getting in perfect position and simply not throwing. He scored a knockdown in the second, and it almost looked like he did it accidentally. The Japanese ref, when up in the count, seemed to actually bend over and signal at the fighter to stand up (like encouraging him to carry on a little more), and he stood up immediately.
As for Hernandez-Inoue, the one thing I want to point out (not aiming to contradict, just trying to be informative) is that the 5th and 6th rounds were by far Hernandez's most active. He did very little in the first 3 rounds, especially. I don't think it was just starting slow, he simply looked like he didn't have anything to give. I was typing in between rounds, and I said after the first that he just mosied back, and after the second that he was shaking his head a little (in dismay). There was something wrong with him before the opening bell. A lot can go wrong of course and travel, weight cutting, sickness can all be factors. But Hernandez was never in this fight. Inoue is extremely talented, but I can't help taking away that he beat a Hernandez who was only a shell. It is never nice to see that sort of thing.Comment
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