Big Bad Blog Video Theater-Claudia Gadelha vs Angela Hill

Here's the match video of Claudia Gadelha vs Angela Hill from last night's UFC show in Jacksonville. I said on Friday's podcast that Claudia needed a dominant win. Anything else doesn't help her. She's an elite fighter but lacks endurance and fight IQ. She is now training with Mark Henry and the jury is still out if that will get her over the hump. Angela is on a three fight winning streak against low level competition. That's why she isn't ranked. I scored round one 10-9 for Claudia and so did all three judges. But I thought Claudia took too long to get a takedown and I thought she may have pooped herself out. That was confirmed in round two when Angela controlled the striking exchanges and even scored a knockdown though I don't know why she didn't pounce on her and try and get a finish. I scored round two 10-9 for Angela and so did all three judges. I thought that if Angela fought round three the way she fought round two, she could win the fight. It also looked like Claudia was too tired to go for a takedown. But she did hang in there in the striking exchanges though Angela should have the edge. I scored the round 9-9. I didn't think either of them did enough to win. So I scored the fight a draw. Judges are not encouraged to score tie rounds which is why you don't see them. Two judges scored the round 10-9 for Claudia and the other scored it 10-9 for Angela. So Claudia won by split decision. It doesn't matter because only a dominant win helps Claudia get closer to the title. Her lack of endurance is still her biggest problem. Afterwards Claudia called out Carla Esparza who she beat by split decision a couple of years ago. Carla accused her of greasing. This feud goes back to when they were supposed to fight in Invicta and Claudia got sick and pulled out. Invicta owner Shannon Knapp stupidly allowed Carla to address the crowd. And like with her idiotic greasing accusations, Carla looked very foolish. Neither fighter did themselves much good though they both won recently. They might as well fight each other. Enjoy the video!