Wlad-Fury - Plus Rod Stewart. 10pm. Saturday/SKY PPV. Fact.

[TitoFan]

That is PRECISELY what Wlad fought like....... a scared little deer afraid of throwing a meaningful punch lest he get his fragile chin grazed.
A disgraceful display by one of the worst champions in history.

That's a bit much, Wlad may not be the most entertaining, but there have been so many people, particularly in the current era who have been able to get a share of the heavyweight title, and there is no way that he is one of the worst.

If I've exaggerated a bit, it's out of the frustration of seeing the division held hostage by a boring fighter who proved once and for all that he doesn't fight to win, but rather protect his fragile chin. The only thing that would have made this more complete is if Fury would've flattened him for his troubles.

[superheavyrhun]

That is PRECISELY what Wlad fought like....... a scared little deer afraid of throwing a meaningful punch lest he get his fragile chin grazed.
A disgraceful display by one of the worst champions in history.

That's a bit much, Wlad may not be the most entertaining, but there have been so many people, particularly in the current era who have been able to get a share of the heavyweight title, and there is no way that he is one of the worst.

If I've exaggerated a bit, it's out of the frustration of seeing the division held hostage by a boring fighter who proved once and for all that he doesn't fight to win, but rather protect his fragile chin. The only thing that would have made this more complete is if Fury would've flattened him for his troubles.

I agree that he was (already flipping into past tense...no rematch in my mind) horribly boring to watch but I do have a grudging respect for how he realized that his main flaw was the weak chin, and how he went on to create a gameplan that was so difficult to overcome for so long that protected his key weakness. I do agree that his defeat makes it a much more exciting place in the heavyweight division.

[Kirkland Laing]

OOoooh! Two headbutts in round 11! One crafty one and then one full frontal butt with Tony Weeks having a perfect view and as I write he's currently taking a point from Fury. What a shocking display of cheating and bad sportsmanship by the Russian peasant! He's getting exposed and he's too scared to throw a punch but he'll cheat and use his head instead. He's losing and he's showing what he's really made of. I can't wait to watch the last round and see who win this.

[No Contest]

Congrats to Fury and his team. He used his height picked his spots and had Wlad in trouble towards the end. I'm not going to harp on Weeks taking that point but it was a bit much, especially after Wlad did that headbutt charge. Wasn't a dominating performance but I had Fury winning pretty easily with a lot of close rounds. If Wlad had more balls it may have been closer. Wlad is done IMO he needs to ride off into the sunset. Now hopefully the HW division gets some excitement.