Did DC's eye pokes really affect the first stipe match?

[josh345]

Because I don't think they would have changed the result . Stipe was doing it too and DCs boxing looked a lot better in that fight than in the next two fights. Two all time greats. Not saying DC is better but I think he won the first fight fair and square.

 

[nonoob]

Well it's not like Stipe needed his eyes.

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[The Big Babou]

Someone here will answer this easily...

Maybe I've gotten my fights mixed up but I thought Stipe was poked then tkod while distracted by the poke

 

[OLD RED]

DC would have knocked Stipe out that night either way. Stipe only adjusted to the collar tie punch combo by the second fight. In the first fight he had no answer for it and didn't even see it coming.

 

[Arm Barbarian]

Maybe, but Stipe paid him back in the hematch.

Both dudes made Juicehead Jones proud with their retinal skewering skills.

 

[markg171]

Did getting punched from the side you no longer could see from cause a loss?

That didn't happen again in the next 2 fights?

It's just a TOTALLY mystery.

 

[markg171]

DC would have knocked Stipe out that night either way. Stipe only adjusted to the collar tie punch combo by the second fight. In the first fight he had no answer for it and didn't even see it coming.

Yeah, that's the problem.

 

[drbolony]

Did getting punched from the side you no longer could see from cause a loss?

That didn't happen again in the next 2 fights?

It's just a TOTALLY mystery.

This is the way I see it.

 

[OLD RED]

Yeah, that's the problem.

Didn't see it before the eye pokes either. He didn't adjust to the collar tie punch combo until the second fight. DC would have kept clocking him with it all night in the first fight.

 

[Croton]

 

[IronGolem007]

Because I don't. Stipe was doing it too and DCs boxing looked a lot better in that fight than in the next two fights. Two all time greats. Not saying DC is better but I think he won the first fight fair and square.

How could you possibly say DC is "better" than Stipe ... when he lost twice to Miocic ... after his first dubious win right after a foul?

Stipe's wins were legit.

 

[ipowerslapmywife]

It did, he knocked out stipe right after the eye poke. In the next 2 fights he beat the shit out of DC

 

[ipowerslapmywife]

DC would have knocked Stipe out that night either way. Stipe only adjusted to the collar tie punch combo by the second fight. In the first fight he had no answer for it and didn't even see it coming.

Because the eye poke

 

[OLD RED]

Because the eye poke

The eye poke had nothing to do with Stipe having no defense for the collar tie.

 

[nonoob]

Someone here will answer this easily...

Maybe I've gotten my fights mixed up but I thought Stipe was poked then tkod while distracted by the poke

Never remember DC using that scumbag move until Jones proved it could be done repeatedly, without a single warning or a point being deducted, from the ones apparently allowed to cheat at will.

 

[Bigmoney4166]

Someone here will answer this easily...

Maybe I've gotten my fights mixed up but I thought Stipe was poked then tkod while distracted by the poke

I don't remember. I thought he got knocked out in the clinch. I definitely have to rewatch tho.

 

[Bigmoney4166]

How could you possibly say DC is "better" than Stipe ... when he lost twice to Miocic ... after his first dubious win right after a foul?

Stipe's wins were legit.

Stipe eye poked the funky out of DC in the rematch too. If his wins are legit, so I DC's.

 

[TempleoftheDog]

A couple people in here need to watch this carefully. The pokes by DC were not accidental. It was a strategy that worked once. Even though DC poked Stipe in ALL 3 fights. Stipe needed eye surgery after the second fight. What else do you need to know?

 

[Sean_wongster_wongmastter]

How could you possibly say DC is "better" than Stipe ... when he lost twice to Miocic ... after his first dubious win right after a foul?

Stipe's wins were legit.

Bra, Stipe poked the fk outta DC too lol. Jammed half a finger into that eye socket.

 

[Sean_wongster_wongmastter]

A couple people in here need to watch this carefully. The pokes by DC were not accidental. It was a strategy that worked once. Even though DC poked Stipe in ALL 3 fights. Stipe needed eye surgery after the second fight. What else do you need to know?

There has never been an intentional eye poke in the history of MMA. Tell me one time there was an intentional eye poke ruling.