MMA Link Club: Kenny Florian defends his commentary during Barboza vs. Pearson at UFC 134
Posted on September 2, 2011, 03:54 PM by Joey Santosus- Kenny Florian and 7 Fighters Who'd Be Great Full-Time Commentators (BleacherReport/MMA)
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I didn't know that was Ken-Flo was speaking, he was on Barboza nuts hard, Pearson won that fight in my opinion.
You might just be high when you watched it.
Guess I'm in the minority then eh? Guess Ross Pearson is too as he didn't look all that surprised when they Raised Barboza's hand.
If it was razor thin "either way" as you say, how would the "majority" of viewers see Pearson as the winner. It was close for sure bit Ross was anything but the clear winner. Not his best work.
I don't agree with that either edub, it was a great fight but it was still an easy decision that barboza won the fight, if you score for pearson you are only scoring with your heart.
I don't know what to say about the Florian thing. I certainly hope the UFC does not do that again. I think at one point. i remember him saying (after an awkward pause) "...he's really good..." when he was trying to find something to say about a particular fighter. WOW, deep insight there bro. He may be nick named Ken Flo, but it's not for his flowing commentary.
Now that I think about, the first time I saw Florian do ringside, I was actually impressed with the way he did things. He had the old school athlete turned commentator thing going ala Pat Miletich. He was def on his game. I wonder if he was a last minute replacement or was feeling under the weather? Just seemed to me that he was not organized and was being over shadowed by the cheesy-ness of Goldberg.
I think Ken Flo did a great job
@Jaypack , i was high when i watched it & i still think barboza won . ha
oh & kenflo boutta get tko bad by aldo !