The other "Fight of the Year" candidate that happened this weekend

by Zak Woods on Jun 22, 2009 2:15 PM EDT Comment 4 comments

I was finally able to watch the Jorge Gurgel Conor Heun fight from Friday's Strikeforce Challenger series and it lived up to the hype. Both fighters engaged in a war that was unfortunately overshadowed by Diego Sanchez and Clay Guida. Comparing these two fights is hard, Guida and Sanchez had a healthy dose of UFC hype behind it where as Gurgel-Heun wasn't the main event of the Strikeforce show. Besides watching any sporting event live is much better than on youtube three days later.

Gurgel and Heun didn't start out like rapid badgers but the two Strikeforce fighters kept a higher pace into the later rounds. Watch it for yourself.

Conor Heun vs Jorge Gurgel - round 2 (via djiq31)

Conor Heun vs Jorge Gurgel - round 3 (via djiq31)

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Gurgel

There is something to be said about Gurgel’s willingness to give the fans their money’s worth. However, it is unfortunate that he doesn’t use his jits more. If he was more concerned about winning instead of entertaining, he could very well be a contender in the UFC. Regardless, I’m a Jorge Gurgel fan and want to see him excel….this was a great fight.

by MMAMoneyLine on Jun 22, 2009 3:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

this is a guy that wants to make everybody happy.nobody will take him down because of his bjj, but a great striker will pick him apart not fearing the take down because he wants to please the fans

by valtheguy on Jun 22, 2009 3:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I don’t get why Gurgel thinks that everyone wants to see a stand-up war. Some of the most hyped-UFC fighters are the JJ aces they have now. I could understand if he said he wanted to be ferocious on his feet and then he could dominate both aspects of the game, but I get the impression that he thinks the fans only want a slugfest.

I, for one, am just as amazed by a slick submission that happens in the first minute of the first round as I am by a 3-round bloody slugfest.

by scoozna on Jun 23, 2009 5:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs