I shoulda checked in here prior to watching the finals to comment on the other thread. I thought it was a shocking World GP. Badr looked wild in both of his first matches, like a man on a mission, I knew Raslan would be an easy fight for him, thought Uberreem might be the spoiler to the whole GP, but Badr did well there too, then thought he came out WAY to aggressive against Semmy. You have to be cool, calm and collected to stand a chance against him. Semmy is vulnerable once you work in, but he works his kicks and that straight left (I am not calling that thing a jab, lol) so well! Badr needed to calm down, but is immaturity showed it's head again in my mind.
Semmy just straight up hurt Remy, I don't know if he just never got his wits back or what… maybe took an injury early on, but he was just WAY to immobile, I think we can all see that though.
Honestly, as far as the bracket advancement, it was pretty predictable, Hari, Remi, Overreem and Schilt all had pretty easy first rounds, I thought LeBanner would be harder for Semmy, but he should have just stayed in the back and given his spot to Ares, it's a sad day to not see him in a final. He would have put up a better fight than Jerome, that is for sure.
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