As one of the first sporting contests to come back live amid the vocal clamor for normalcy, UFC 249 event presented the gritty aspect of fighting often lost in the spectacle.
Live sports returned with UFC 249 on Sunday, leading what was the best fight in the short closed-doors MMA history. Justin Gaethje pummeled Tony Ferguson to win the lightweight championship and set up a date with the unbeatable Dagestani champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.
US President Donald Trump congratulated his "great" friend and UFC Chief Dana White on ending two months of waiting for major sports work in the United States due to the coronavirus pandemic. "We want our sport back," Trump said in a video message outside the Oval Office.
In turn, White supported the hosts in Florida and shared that he was already swamped with calls from "other states and sports leagues". “You can learn a lot from what we do there. White told reporters after that, not only for professional sports but also to get people back to work ...”
There were also other meals. Someone recorded (pun intended in some way) during the aforementioned 24 min-slugfest Gaethje-Ferguson. Upon hearing the bone-crunching sound of bone-on-bone collision and hitting the high-speed strikes meeting flesh, one realized what "POWs" and "BLAMs" were trying to convey in those comic panels.
In professional sports, the noise is good and commotion even better. However, there was always room for silence.
Among the points, "calm" is not only welcome on tennis courts but is mandatory. Golfers complain about the conversations in the background. The NFL rule book contains a 900-word section to handle crowd noise. Any cricket fan watching the Ranji match knows that the sound of leather and wood is enough to play.
But has the sports viewing experience been boosted before due to the lack of an audience like UFC on Sunday?
One of the last major professional sports to pause after mounting criticism, and her first resumption amid equal natural hype, UFC held its first major pay-per-action event for an empty stadium in Jacksonville. The closure means that the program has been stripped of the thousands of blood-causing viewers and the accompanying exhibition.
As a result, the work was much stronger.
First, Disclaimer: Nothing can replace the roar of jumping from crowd seats after knockout or submission. While presenting a brilliant event, a closed UFC event presented the brave side of the fighting that is often lost in the show.
Watching the telecast on Sunday, it was difficult to separate the fighters from the punishment they exchanged. Once “human cockfighting” mocked her, UFC looked like a sport, and odd wrestlers looked human. Nothing more than Ferguson and Gaethjhe, cult favorites and two of the most violent competitors.
Each exhales and exhale out loud as they land or shoot heavily. The sounds of spitting blood or expelling it from its increasingly disfigured nose. Sweaty feet creaking on the carpet. The sounds you might hear at a boxing gym or jiu-jitsu gym have made them all surprisingly intimate.
There was no crowd that also meant that there was no booing or low hummus, generally reserved for inaction periods or non-advertising stars.
There was also talk of garbage that was generally missed in tone. Keep it away from this stool. You suck the wind, boy. ”Ferguson shouted at the end of the second round when Gaethje collapsed in his corner.
Training can also be heard in real-time from both angles, although the advice of the broadcasters' office is what helped most of the fighters.
Daniel Cormier, Joe Rogan, and John Anik sit separately around the appraiser, and soon they learn at work not to talk to each other and make a coherent transition. But Cormier, a former hero in two parts, was the fighters themselves could easily pick up their loud and loud calls.
Straw contestant Carla Esparza said her criticism of Cormier for not mixing strikes and fighting helped her change the game plan in the middle of the round. Heavyweight Greg Hardy admitted he started controlling upcoming kicks with his leg after hearing Cormer's talk about it. Calvin Kattar featherweight also referred to as the DC line.
"We have to whisper a little bit, people can hear everything," medieval world wrestler Cormier realized at the main event.
Henry Segudo, the Cormier American teammate at the Sydney Olympics and a 55 kg gold medal, defended his title and announced a sudden withdrawal. Ceiling champion bantamweight and flyweight Cejudo decided to go out on top. The 33-year-old's speech was surprisingly sharp. Cejudo, also called the "Sugar King" of his heroine, spoke without interruption in the absence of the usual mix of cheering and clamor.
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The interviews that followed the fighting in all areas were less provocative, trained, and more gloomy and influential. Most fighters noticed the unrealistic situation and wanted everyone safe.
The bigger picture is still full of bad optics. First, it is difficult for the UFC to get rid of the usual filth associated with combat sports. White's proximity to Trump and the duo's rush to get things back on track have long been criticized.
Brazilian wrestler Jacquard Souza and his appearances in the corner were positive the day before the event and the fighting had to be eliminated. UFC looks at the positives, and White said the positive case was only talking about strict “1100+ tests” they would do for their three events in eight days. However, it was still uncomfortable to see broadcaster Joe Rogan shake hands and be around the fighters during the interviews.
The size of the maneuver at UFC will be evident in the coming days. On Sunday at least, the Symphony of Violence played all the right notes.
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