I was forced to watch the entire first round of Gerald Harris vs. Maiquel Falcao because my illegal stream of UFC 123 did not have any sound. That's a joke ZUFFA. No need to get your ravenous attorneys on me, again. If you have completely no concept of how to utilize social media, then you're probably not aware of the current debate of the first round of Gerald Harris vs. Maiquel Falcao. The argument was that the bell rung roughly around five seconds too early to denote the end of the round, a round that in which Falcao seemed to have Harris in a very tight submission. Now a few Brazilians have actually timed the entire first round with a stopwatch and the round didn't end five seconds early, it was nearly seven seconds.

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+13 # merlin 2010-11-22 13:41

yeah i just saw this on facebook a minute ago, thats crazy, good thing he ended up winning the fight anyways, but the ufc has to get their shit together, they should give a press release or something about it

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+2 # Guest 2010-11-22 23:54

Has nothing to do with the UFC!

The old farts at the commission seem not able to operate a stopwatch correctly.

UFC doesn't take the time. If they would - round 1 of Lesnar vs. Velasquez would have ended after 4 minutes...

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+22 # Guest 2010-11-22 13:46

This Falcao dude is getting a lot of heat for not doing anything in the 3rd round, but he was clearly winning and being smart by not giving into Harris' schemes, which is smart.

If anything Harris should've been the aggressor at that point, which he wasn't, so I don't understand why the new guy gets all the blame... because he's new? Bullshit.

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+8 # Dr. Frasier Crane-kick 2010-11-22 18:47

foreigners are easy scapegoats

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+1 # Guest 2010-11-22 23:56

Bla, bla, bla...

And if Machida or others do something similar they're boring fighters not exciting enough and need to be punished by not getting title shots, etc.

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+10 # Minowaman 2010-11-22 13:49

Well that's problematic.

It's doubtful that Harris would've made it more than another couple seconds in that choke.

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-24 # Mickey 2010-11-22 14:09

Harris wasnt going to tap out. Falcao held it almost as long as actual time expired.

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0 # Guest 2010-11-22 14:45

well then, harris would have went to sleep, there is nothing more dumb and stupid than a fighter who refuses to tap, there's no honor in it, its just retardedness.

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0 # Guest 2010-11-22 23:58

Why tap when the round is going out?

If u panic you might give a certain next round away for a loss.

It's not like he would have gotten his arm broken but just gone to sleep.

Never give up is the MO for most fighters. Respect it.

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+6 # Minowaman 2010-11-22 14:45

If that was actually held for another 6 or 7 seconds, Harris wouldn't have had to tap out, because he'd have been taking a public nap.

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-13 # Mickey 2010-11-22 16:14

Did the athletic commission and the UFC broadcasters make a mistake in removing the clock and ending the round early? Absolutely.
The point is even though the round ended early, Falcao held it after the horn blew.
Harris obviously didnt feel like he was in enough danger to tapout. So go fuck yourselves, bitches.

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+10 # Minowaman 2010-11-22 16:24

He didn't hold it for 7 more seconds bro, so whatever you're trying to convey here, you're wrong.

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-3 # Mickey 2010-11-22 16:40

How many seconds after the horn blew did Falcao hold the choke then?
Youre right, Harris tapped.

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+3 # powers 2010-11-23 03:00

Quoting Minowaman:

He didn't hold it for 7 more seconds bro, so whatever you're trying to convey here, you're wrong.

I didn't know minowaman was armenian

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+8 # Guest 2010-11-22 16:36

Dawg, the clock is removed in the final seconds all the time.

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0 # Guest 2010-11-23 00:00

Yeah, esp. since the clock displayed on tv is just the reference clock of the UFC tv crew but not the real timing watch of the commission ringside!


Remember the TUF fight where the old commish cow had a 6 minute round because she was too dumb to read the watch?

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+12 # Guest 2010-11-22 14:02

Imagine if 6-7 seconds were shaved off the clock in any other major sport. That's real bad especially considering the fact that Falcao had a choke locked in.

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+17 # synthsis 2010-11-22 14:16

Not the UFC problem, per se, it's the Athletic Commission who runs the clock and the bell.

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+10 # Guest 2010-11-22 15:50

Right on the money there. The UFC doesn't handle the clock, the commission does. Blame them.

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+7 # Joey Jo Jo 2010-11-22 14:37

Look at Harris's hand at 4:56...

The guy was a cunt hair from passing out.

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+2 # Guest 2010-11-22 14:43

did anybody see how falcao charged at harris at the end of rd 3, i was like holy shit, this dude is not gassed at all. imho falcao is a future contender and true shute boxe specimen despite of what rogan said. only falcao and his crew knows why he let harris go so easy, when he could have easily finished him in rd 3.
i like this guy, he's very eccentric, not finishing the fight when he easily could have was big FU to the detroit crowd.

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+5 # Mickey 2010-11-22 16:17

Quoting ropes:

i like this guy, he's very eccentric, not finishing the fight when he easily could have was big FU to the detroit crowd.

Go have an acai flavored energy drink, Sally.

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+1 # Guest 2010-11-22 16:25

yeah, id say the same.

Did you see how Harris had the balls to give Falcao the "bring it on" gesture towards the end of that round? Harris was in some deep shit if the bell hadnt saved him.

Then how in the hell could Harris prance around the ring holding his hand up as if he won the fight? bahhhhhhh dont like this guy at all..prob a friend of Stankyleg Evans too

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+6 # Starseed 2010-11-22 16:26

I think people also seem to be forgetting the fact that the majority of Gerald Harris Vs David Branch was met with boo's from the audience because of it being a dull and lackluster fight until the slam that knocked Branch out. And yet Harris doesn't seem to be getting much slack for his lack of pushing the fight in the third round besides his wild looping punches.
As for the 7 second early stoppage that is ridiculous that something like that happened, the time keeper has one job and somehow managed to mess it up that badly. Sucks for Falcao.

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+1 # Guest 2010-11-22 18:34

Ive seen the horn blow early in the UFC b4. Im pretty sure it was a Randy Couture fight.(pos randy vs sylvia) ill check my dvds if i have time.

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0 # AndersonStyllva 2010-11-22 19:33

he won the unanimous decision anyway.. i don't see what all the fuss is about. If he lost the fight, would be a completely different situation i'm sure.

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-3 # Master E 2010-11-22 20:43

This guy reminded me of the Wand of Pride days... War Maiquel Falcao

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+4 # Guest 2010-11-23 00:03

Then you have a bad memory!


When did Wandy dance around not engaging for half of a fight!

He would have kicked the shit out of the low rasslin' stance of Harris and then served some knucklesandwich es.

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-6 # Tha Premiere 2010-11-22 20:50

You know I thought to myself that the bell sounded early but just shrugged it off as being an error on my part. The UFC is losing it's credibility one BS occurrence at a time.

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+6 # SERDAFIED 2010-11-22 22:33

Why do people keep blaming the UFC for the Michigan State Athletic Commission's error?
Everyone hates the king. UFC is on top and people feel like they can't bee MMA fans and UFC fans. It's like they're too mainstream for you. I love DREAM Sengoku, PRIDE was amazing, and I love watching my local amateur MMA bouts. None of that means I can't like the UFC. MMA elitists are as annoying as music elitists.

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+2 # Guest 2010-11-23 00:04

Because they are stupid and just visit mma boards to whine about stuff they don't understand.

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-2 # Guest 2010-11-23 00:39

Just add 7 seconds to his next fight.

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+4 # Guest 2010-11-23 04:48

I think there is only one way to resolve this...a 7 second rematch at UFC 124.

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