Did Frankie run in the 1st?

Or was he just hurt, trying to avoid more damage and recover?

He ran but it worked, he survived so I guess it was OK.

oh is this jsut an attempt to make Brock look better?

Birdofthad wrote:

oh is this jsut an attempt to make Brock look better?

Well it does show other guys do it also.

Just asking a question and/or making an observation.

I see where u are going with this lol.

yes Frankie ran the first round when he got tagged but fortunantely he had a game plan and knew how to handle it.

Frankie was in full survival mode in the 1st rd.

LA wrote:

Frankie was in full survival mode in the 1st rd.

Agreed, the only difference between him and Brock was that Frankie was able to survive.

Carwin....

LA wrote:

Or was he just hurt, trying to avoid more damage and recover?

Lol I was going to bring this up on Saturday night and forgot about it

I thought the same while watching. Very Brock like. There was almost a bit of break dancing in there as well.

Big difference of coarse, is Frankie was never viewed as an unbeatable juggernaut who would smash all comers with the greatest of ease. This despite Frankie having a MUCH better resume then Brock.

Perspective certainly plays a part.

i think the engine was running but nobody was behind the wheel. I don't think Frankie was thinking to himself "oh shit, i gotta get away from this guy". It was more like, cut a chickens head off and watch it run.

Kings and capt are onto something here. Frankie did kind of run, but then he took further shots and didn't run in the fight, and in fairness to Frankie he did fight back at points and didn't urinate himself or cower in the corner and pray to viking jebus to come save him from the bad man.

getting rocked and dropped that many times will have anyone running to survive.

But this is/was different with Brock getting rocked and trying to survive, the reaction by both fighters is remarkably simila.

Capt., in terms of number fights fought, Frankie obviously has the edge, but Brock did fight 3 former Champions, and have 4 fights (one twice) against top 5 HWs at the time of the fights.

And we know Frankie is 5x the fighter Brock is, but I thought I'd point this reaction to getting rocked out.

Had Frankie been pounded out the storyline would have been he ran like Broc-ch. But he didn't and went on to fight in one of the best fights I can remember watching.

Brock vs Carwin had you guys calling run too, Brock fought back in that fight and won.

But that was a different fight. Carwin blew his wad, and didn't go on to win competitive rounds like Gray did. Also, Brock appeared to be running a bit more than Frankie. Frankie wasn't billed as an unstoppable killing machine. And the lasting image of that fight wasn't him running and if you go back to the threads at the time that isn't what any of us were talking about. Perception is reality. You love Brock. He's over now. Lets discuss something new.

I'm a much bigger Frankie fan, though still a Brock fan too obviously, I'm just pointing out the bais in the reactions. There is no real difference between Frankie's reaction and Brock's. It's also in unfair to say, oh but Carwin gassed so....And Frankie wasn't an unstoppable killing machine, but he was a consensus #1 LW in the World. I'm just having some fun, Bobbit and Timmy got it.

I got it too partner. You have to understand the context of both fights.

the best thing frakie did in the first was grab onto the cage to help himself up while giving his back to maynard the whole time. had the ref not warned him to let it go he might of not and would of held on there for a while. also i agree that carwin blowing his wad was one of the reasons lesnar was able to finish him were as maynard had a much better gass tank but at the same time brock survived agaisnt one of the hardest hitter in his division were as frankie did agaisnt gray, a lw who hasnt finished a fight in a long time.

In the sig in sure looks like he's running, I can't comment I didn't get see it

MMAEYES wrote:

In the sig in sure looks like he's running, I can't comment I didn't get see it

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