God, after weeks of Olympic boxing and this past week of absurd Olympic Taekwondo, the UFC is ultra-satisfying right now.
Jhonata Diniz with ultra-disciplined and super technical kickboxing versus a grappler at heavyweight is the perfect antidote to the Olympic silliness now the Judo's over — at least until the wrestling gets going.
Snippet from a Telegraph piece on this.
I wonder what JKR thinks about being grouped with her ideological allies like this?
OL debat i boksning (kønsdebat)
Stangspring. Det er simpelt hen vildt så meget bedre Duplantis er end alle andre. #OL2024
This controversy is heartbreaking.
A world-class athlete was previously barred from competing by a Russian athletic organisation on the whim of its CEO, who were stripped of association with the IOC due to poor governance and corruption. She then won a fight due to her opponent walking on to two hard straights with her hands down, who then reacted badly after.
Fair play to Carini for apologising.
#boxing #olympics #2024olympics #olympics2024 #ol2024 #ParisOlympics
Man, Macado just lost by shido after dominating the Frenchman for the bronze medal, and I have no idea what he was penalised for.
He had an amazing overthrow that should've been waza-ari imho but didn't score, then in newaza had a beautiful armbar in progress.
A two hour gap in the judo has me perturbed :(
I can't wait for the Taekwondo and Wrestling overlap to begin next week. If it's like previous Olympics I'll have the opportunity to flip between both sports without any major gaps at all.
Plus the Taekwondo always makes me laugh.
I'm home and ready to begin my #Olympics obsession, starting with the women's #Judo in 20 minutes.
For reference, there are two forms of point in #Olympic Judo: an Ippon and a Waza-ari.
An Ippon is awarded for a convincing throw that gets the opponent on their back with speed, strength, and control, or for a submission or a 20-second pin. It's a golden snitch that immediately ends the match.
A Waza-ari is a lesser point, two of which count as an Ippon.
