tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467971303548718549.post3282127149036898775..comments2023-11-05T07:49:28.953-05:00Comments on SAM ALL JAM: UFC 131: Dos Santos & Florian prove their worthSam All Jamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16824450645686082374noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467971303548718549.post-56985708315998612122011-06-17T00:46:37.419-04:002011-06-17T00:46:37.419-04:00Heya Sam, I've been listening to your comments...Heya Sam, I've been listening to your comments on MMA Junky for years -- you have the best laugh of any caller.<br /><br />Let me ask ya: Did you see any interviews with Carwin before the Dos Santos fight? Because I saw one pre-fight interview AFTER the fight and saw something I didn't notice before; his right eye was already blackened up a bit and the bridge of his nose was a little dark.<br /><br />It was a UFC interview and I don't know if they have to do any TV makeup for those, but having seen that after Dos Santos Picasso'd his face made me wonder if he hadn't already cracked or partially broken his nose in training camp. Dos Santos then finished the nose job. <br /><br />Once a nose breaks it's easy to break it again, so maybe Dos Santos was the beneficiary of a little Carwin pre-fight misfortune. (Former wrestler here; I stopped counting my own nose breaks at 11, and know whereof I speak from bloody, snotty experience.)<br /><br />Thinking back on the fight, it made me wonder if Carwin HADN'T come in with a cracked schnozz, he might not have been as gunshy or lost some pepper on his takedowns in the second round (but Dos Santos had much improved takedown defense). <br /><br />Carwin seemed to get past it by the end of the third when he sunk in that nasty rolling choke, but that was too little too late. Maybe if he came in with a solid sniffer he could have rolled that choke sooner, even if Dos Santos cracked the bridge of Carwin's nose (instead of flattening it).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com