I Was Impressed With Ronnys Torres At UFC 109 Against Guillard

by Kelvin Hunt on Feb 8, 2010 5:00 PM EST in News Comment 12 comments

UFC Lightweight Ronnys Torres

Those of you that saw UFC 109 got to see the UFC debut of a highly touted prospect lightweight by the name of Ronnys Torres. Torres went up against Melvin Guillard and lost a very close decision, in fact some viewers think Torres won the fight. However, I couldn't help but come away impressed with the guy. The main reason he lost that fight was his cardio, which was probably affected by cutting over 30 pounds to make weight. Also, not to mention he had not fought since Sept. 2008, which was a pretty long layoff for someone making their UFC debut. It appeared that Torres was beginning to gas about halfway through the second round or a little earlier. I think he would have probably submitted Guillard had his cardio been better.

Not only that, he exhibited some good attributes in the octagon. He ate several big knees from Guillard like they were cotton candy, and fought at a very high pace, almost relentless at times for the take down. He was able to get Guillard down several times as well which is no small task as Guillard has pretty good take down defense with his wrestling background. He is known to be well versed in submissions. He's only gone to a decision 3 times in 16 career fights with 12 finishes to his credit. Even with the loss, I think Torres is a good addition to the division and he may be able to make some noise provided he gets that cardio issue worked out. What say you?

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great piece

I too was very impressed by Torres. It’s his bad luck to meet up with Melvin post Greg Jackson.

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by Kid Nate on Feb 8, 2010 5:40 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

agreed

i though torres almost pulled it off even with a improved melvin. kinda reminded me of rafael dos anjos vs jeremy stephens sans the ko. even in the loss you know you wanted to see dos anjos again.

by bdw on Feb 8, 2010 6:02 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

the main reason he lost was because guillard was the better fighter that night

by staytrue2010 on Feb 8, 2010 6:25 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

and what about the time when Hamill was a better fighter than Bisping? or when Serra was a better fighter than Hughes? or when Vera was a better fighter than Couture? or when Rua was a better fighter than Machida? or when Wanderlei was a better fighter than Franklin?

Torres won rounds 1 and 3. Guillard won round 2.

by cauliflower_ears on Feb 8, 2010 8:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

wtf

again most of the times torres got guillard down guillard popped right back up… when he did keep melvin down he didn’t do shit. melvin stuffed some of his takedowns landed more shots and even reversed the slam in round 3 and mounted him. wtf do those fights have to do with this one, melvin won that damn fight..

by staytrue2010 on Feb 8, 2010 9:37 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

What do those fights have to do with this one? The way judges look at a fight.

Hughes did no damage to Serra after taking him down. Couture did no damage to Vera… all he did was hold him against the cage.

What I mean is you can’t score a fight purely on damage. Ronnys was in control. That reversal you’re talking about happened with a few seconds left on the clock …. a final flurry. Big deal.

No ones making excuses. Ronnys was coming back after a long layoff. Melvin avoided getting subbed. He fought well and didn’t find a way to lose.

In no way was this a unanimous decision win for Melvin. Look around, I’m not the only one who thinks so before you go all apeshit.

by cauliflower_ears on Feb 9, 2010 12:43 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

you look around alot of ppl know melvin won the fight

melvin did alot more than vera and serra did in there fights. when that fight went to the ground they were not there long, torres couldn’t keep him there.. melvin did more damage period. nothing happened the third round torres took him down did nothing tried to take him down again got reversed and mounted and that sealed it melvin won. nobodys going “all ape shit”. torres lost that shit. they are making excuses talking about he didn’t submit guillard because of cardio, bullshit he couldn’t submit guillard because guillard is fighting smarter. he had guillard on his back the beginning of the 1st round i know torres wasn’t tired then. the right person got they hand raised if you dont like it oh well

by staytrue2010 on Feb 9, 2010 3:01 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

yo

if you don’t believe taking over a year off from fighting didn’t affect Torres in that fight….then you trippin.

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by Kelvin Hunt on Feb 9, 2010 3:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

ya boy lost fair and square

yall said dude was going to submit guillard.. now since he lost you try to bring up reasons why he lost.. it probably did affect torres but he had melvin on his back the beginning of the 1st round and couldn’t do anything to him. melvin was the better fighter his ground game was on point thats why torres couldn’t submit him..

by staytrue2010 on Feb 9, 2010 4:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs