On this edition of The MMA H.E.A.T. Podcast, UFC On ESPN anchor Karyn Bryant and UFC Welterweight Alan Jouban discuss the action that went down at UFC 248. In the main event Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya defeated Yoel Romero via unanimous decision. In the co-main event, Women’s Strawweight Champ Zhang Weili defeated Joanna Jedrzejczyk via split decision. Karyn and Alan talk about the specific stylistic match-ups, the difficulty in scoring and their overall impressions of the two title fights. They also discuss wins by Beneil Dariush, Sean O’Malley and Neil Magny before previewing the upcoming UFC Brasilia card featuring Kevin Lee vs Charles Oliveira and Demian Maia vs Gilbert Burns.
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The interpreter is Zhang's strength and conditioning coach. Romero did absolutely nothing during the fight, apart from one shot in the first round.
Joanna won that fight. It was a robbery.
I don’t know what you guys were watching Weili won the fight enough said .
After the bell 1st round, J punched Weili (ooops my bad), At the end of 2nd round J head butted her (ooops my bad). Damage? Obvious! Forehead and broken nose. Agressor? Obvious! Questions about the Champs stamina in 4th and 5th? Now answered! She went in the Champ, came out the Champ!
UFC Fans were to excited on the co-main stopped keeping score after the 2nd round.UFC Fans were so paralyzed on the main event couldn't figure out whatta hell they were to score. Yes it was weird.
The MMA fights are scored differently from taekwondo right? 20+ more heavy shots on JJ's head, literally changed her face. All respect to both ladies. This was a clear win for Weili.
I really don’t think coach was trying to steal her moment. I’m sure it was just a lot of Adrenalin and emotion running through and he didn’t notice. Chinese culture is not like that, they don’t care about fame or the spotlight.
He’s not a legitimate translator, he’s actually her strength and conditioning coach
Man Alan should just stfu
These fools talking about the translator trying to steal the attention? Lol what a joke on top of saying Joanna won
Nice!
Weili clearly won, I do not care for points, I look at damage!
lol stfu you two bias fools. if you're going to have a podcast discussing certain matches, make sure you either watched it a second time or even a third time before making bold proclamation as to who won the fight. you preferred Joanna so you're going to talk like Joanna edged out. Joanna had so little success in the fight apart from the punch after the bell in the first, the illegal headbutt in the second. the ones that were good was the kick to wei li's jaw second round and the spinning backfist in the 5th. she looked like that cause she was losing the fire fight. and to even suggest that she won, i know you're either bias, or have not rewatched the fight again, but have the cheek to talk about it on a podcast. i mean if you're going to talk about something make sure you're up and up with the subject matter. if not, its just noise.
Here is the card for UFC Fight Night 170- Lee vs OliveriaPrelims @ 5pm/2pmWomens Bantamweight DivisionBea Malecki 6-3-1: 1-3-1 vs. Bea Malecki 3-0: 1-0Flyweight DivisonBruno Gustafo Da Silva 10-4-2: 0-1 vs. David Dvorak 17-3Womens Flyweight DivisionMaryna Moroz vs Mayro Buerno Silva 5-0: 1-0Bantamweight DivisionRani Yahya 26-10,1NC: 11-4,1NC vs. Enrique Barzola 16-5-1; 6-5Flyweight Division3. Jussier Formaga 23-6; 9-5 vs. 5. Brandon Moreno 16-5-1; 4-2-1Womens Strawweight DivisionAmanda Ribas 8-1: 2-0 vs. Randa Markso 10-7-1; 6-6-1Welterweight DivisionElizeu Zaleski Dos Santos 21-6; 7-2 vs. Alexey Kunicscko 20-1: 2-1Main Card @ 8pm/5pmLightweight DivisionFrancsico Trinaldo 24-7; 14-6 vs. John Makedssi 17-6: 10-6Light Heayvweight Divsion10. Johnny Walker 17-4: 4-1 vs. 12. Nikita Krylov 26-7: 6-6Lightweight DivisionRenato Moicano 13-3-1: 5-3 vs. Damir Hadzovic 13-5; 3-3Welterweight Division5. Demian Maia 28-9: 22-9. vs 12. Gilbert Burns 17-3: 10-2Lightweight Division8. Kevin Lee 18-5: 11-5 vs. 13. Charles Oliveria 28-8, 1NC: 16-8,1NC
I thought it would have been a draw between Joanna and Weili. It was too close to call. I dont think it would have been wrong either way. It will be interesting to see where Joanna goes from here. I can see Weili taking some time off and let the division work itself out. There is no clear no 1 contender. Beneli has won 4 in a row. Crazy two years ago, people were calling for him to be cut. Times have changed.
Happy belated birthday to Wade too!!
Thank you! I appreciate it.
To me and every one I talked to said Zhang won that by unanimous or split. Although Joanna did a lot better than I thought she would. I just watched the fight again and felt the same. Great fight for both of them. Nice cast!! keep up the good stuff!!
Joanna had to retreat multiple times in the fight. All strikes aren't equal. Idk what you and Alan were seeing. Clear win for Zhang
Weili won that fight, Joanna landed more body shots, but in the 5th, she was fading badly, if they had a bonus round, Joanna would have been TKOd
Bunch of bias JJ fans
Cowboy has 9 children?! Jeez. Lol
I'm actually 1 of 11 so I shouldn't be shocked. My dad was/is a maniac too. I also have a brother who was born the exact same year as I was.
Joanna outlanded Welli in the 2nd and 5th..I think the end of the 2nd is where Zhang was rocked too and had to be carried to her corner..Cant see how anyone gave her those rounds..
You guys said something about Alex Cowboy have 9 childs…
He is not a good father though, not so long ago Alex Cowboy assaulted his ex girlfriend and rode a motorcycle with his 5 months old son, while he was drunk, he could have killed his own son
You guys can easily check those information on brazilian sites
Personally i am not a Alex Cowboy's fan anymore after this incident
I thought JJ may have done enough at the time however i rewatched the fight twice again once with commentary and once without. I think Weili won rounds 1 2 and 5
The coach stood infront of Weili because people were spitting and throwing drinks on her during the walk out, it was so disgusting to watch and no one talked about it. I was there at the fight and saw everything, i was so shocked people were so racist yelling Coronavirus slurs at her.
The co main event was crazy I had the champ retained the title because i don’t know about you guys but it was kinda hard to watch I thought that thing on her head was gonna pop I was honestly surprised it wasn’t stopped early would of been a nasty bloody mess if she was caught with an elbow…
Great episode
Scoring 5 judges credentialed in the latest mma rulesOpen scoring .5 deduction for all illegal actions/behaviors, no more warnings with the ability to confirm with video playback. Each cage grab, eye poke, etc is an automatic 5 deduction. Something needs to be done for groundgame scoring I just don’t know what would be fair
Karen is so beautiful. She always on point !
She didnt contest it or get upset because she knew it was close and couldve gone either way.
Contesting it and getting upset wouldve been a terrible look and people would peg her as a sore loser. The victor wasnt clear. You cant really complain about a close fight. Fan scores are straight down the middle and media scores are mostly for zhang.
JJ ROBBED
Bryant's shirt says "Fight for honor" (名誉戦う)
Great conversation.
Question for Alan, would you ever consider fighting Cowboy Olivera? I think that has fight of year written all over it!
Yoel landed all the big shots. Why is everyone praising Izzy for not engaging and slamming Yoel for it? Izzy got plopped in the face early and wasn't going in after that. How any of the judges could give 4 rounds to Adesanya is beyond me. Love this show though! Thanks KB and AJ!
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Theres no need for half points. The logic behind the idea is good. The only thing is we dont even use all 10 points. We actually are scoring rounds on a 2-0 point system… 10 – 8 points a round is really just 2 – 0. A fight that is 50 to 45 is really 5 to 0. We need to use all 10 point in the judging or why even have them>
These episodes wrap up so much for me, post UFC events. You guys did a great job here because it's hard to see the good side of MMA when fights end, with lackluster performances main events. Thank you for your wonderful work.
That guy is used as her translator very regularly. He's also her S&C coach. I don't think he was intending to steal her moment, just very happy/emotional for his friend.
Zhang weili IS A BEAST SHE WON PEOPLE NEED STOP DISRESPECTING weili NOT GIVING HER CREDIT YO LIKE WTF….TEAM weili Oh Joanna aka megamind THAT'S KARMA FOR THAT coronavirus JOKE TO Weili…….Karma karma Karma GREAT JOB WEILI
nice video keep it up bro
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