I was pulling for Randy and I thought he had a shot, but not the upper hand; I would have called it about 60% to 40% for Sylvia. I was very pleasantly surprised. He looked great, really avoided strikes well. Babalu’s loss surprised and disappointed me, too. I like Franklin and was glad to see him looking more like the Franklin we know.
What really pissed me off, though, was the crowd booing the Hughes/Lytle fight. Lytle was a huge underdog and fought a close fight against one of the toughest fighters in the UFC for what could have been the fight that knocked him out of the league. He fought a great fight and had nothing to be ashamed of. Booing fans always piss me off. Get your beered-up out of shape ass out there and try it and tell me if you feel like booing!
I agree. Booing is almost never called for. The only cases I can think of are Sylvia/Monson when BJM had to stop them in the 5th round and say something like “Remember guys, you’re in a fight here” and one other heavyweight snoozefest - I think it was Gabriel Gonzaga Vs. Kevin Jordan but it’s hard to recall because it put me so quickly and soundly to sleep. Even in those cases I probably would not personally boo but I can understand other people doing it.
I think booing should be reserved for things like extremely bad judges or ref decisions and egregiously poor sportsmanship (such as Saturday night when the Walrus said, “I thought I could fight with an injury but I guess I couldn’t.”)
Booing is one of the problems I have with UFC and hence why I don’t watch it generally. I haven’t seen all of Pride/K1 matches, but the ones I’ve seen there is no booing (I’m sure someone will prove me wrong however). In a recent K1 GP match a fighter almost fell out of the ring and was pulled back in by his rival. The crowd applauded. Of course, there’s not much UFC can do about the behavior.