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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Dec 17, 2010 16:24:20 GMT -5
Sorry, Room, but the dunk was better. Unlike the typical "boring" dunks, Smith went flying from like 5 or 6 feet away from the rim and slammed it in. If anything, he flew more than the MMA fighter doing his "kick". And honestly, when you break it down the kick wasn't that awesome. He pushed off the cage, and it looks like he freaking missed the guy! If anything, it looks like the guy fell down because he was trying to avoid the kick. So the "flying kick" gets points for effort, but isn't better than the dunk because it didn't truly succeed. The dunk, however, did succeed, and it was sweet.
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Post by Ghostorm on Dec 17, 2010 16:58:39 GMT -5
Sorry but the kick wins.... i would vote for the dunk if the rim was a moving target like henderson.
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Dec 17, 2010 17:12:59 GMT -5
Sorry, Room, but the dunk was better. Unlike the typical "boring" dunks, Smith went flying from like 5 or 6 feet away from the rim and slammed it in. If anything, he flew more than the MMA fighter doing his "kick". And honestly, when you break it down the kick wasn't that awesome. He pushed off the cage, and it looks like he freaking missed the guy! If anything, it looks like the guy fell down because he was trying to avoid the kick. So the "flying kick" gets points for effort, but isn't better than the dunk because it didn't truly succeed. The dunk, however, did succeed, and it was sweet. Watch the video you can hear the foot hit head. Also just the balls to try that and after 24 min of a one on one fight |
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Dec 17, 2010 17:22:46 GMT -5
Sorry, Room, but the dunk was better. Unlike the typical "boring" dunks, Smith went flying from like 5 or 6 feet away from the rim and slammed it in. If anything, he flew more than the MMA fighter doing his "kick". And honestly, when you break it down the kick wasn't that awesome. He pushed off the cage, and it looks like he freaking missed the guy! If anything, it looks like the guy fell down because he was trying to avoid the kick. So the "flying kick" gets points for effort, but isn't better than the dunk because it didn't truly succeed. The dunk, however, did succeed, and it was sweet. Watch the video you can hear the foot hit head. Also just the balls to try that and after 24 min of a one on one fight Ok, so he did kick him, but it still isn't better than the dunk. Unlike the dunk, the kick needed the help of a push off of the wall to go airborne. The dunk was 5 feet of flight without needing to push off of an additional surface beside the floor, thus it is better. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2010 20:08:01 GMT -5
Watch the video you can hear the foot hit head. Also just the balls to try that and after 24 min of a one on one fight Ok, so he did kick him, but it still isn't better than the dunk. Unlike the dunk, the kick needed the help of a push off of the wall to go airborne. The dunk was 5 feet of flight without needing to push off of an additional surface beside the floor, thus it is better. i dont understand your logic so if he had been further away when he jumped it would've been cooler? it would've been slower and less effective/cooler imho we could invent criteria for hours over which one is better... the kick harmed the opposition more than that dunk did overall thus it is better. I voted for the kick. one of the coolest things i've seen ever in an mma ring but i could be biased as i enjoy MMA much more than i enjoy basketball |
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Post by Lupin the Third on Dec 17, 2010 20:14:24 GMT -5
All I have to say is this.
Pettis wins......
FATALITY.
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Post by percymania on Dec 17, 2010 20:15:54 GMT -5
Well thanks for showing us the dunk. OK, it was a pretty sweet dunk, but I still liked the kick better. I've seen plenty of great dunks before - but great flying roundhouse kicks are far more rare. ESPN promotes NBA way more than MMA, so the choice doesn't surprise me.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2010 20:17:20 GMT -5
If that kick ended the fight then and there, then if would've been #1. But since it didn't, the dunk wins hands down.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2010 20:22:22 GMT -5
If that kick ended the fight then and there, then if would've been #1. But since it didn't, the dunk wins hands down. but the dunk didn't win them the game... |
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Post by Square on Dec 17, 2010 20:23:44 GMT -5
The man flew, FLEW. Much better than jumping off the cage, which should be illegal in my opinion
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2010 20:27:03 GMT -5
after watching the videos one thing i have to comment on is the great commentary in the NBA video. "we've just seen a man fly" is such a great line
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Dec 18, 2010 0:21:22 GMT -5
after watching the videos one thing i have to comment on is the great commentary in the NBA video. "we've just seen a man fly" is such a great line Should have said boom shakalaka... that should be standard line for every game. |
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Dec 18, 2010 0:33:08 GMT -5
The man flew, FLEW. Much better than jumping off the cage, which should be illegal in my opinion Exactly. In the dunk, the guy flew 5 feet and probably could've gone for a greater length if the basket wasn't in the way. In the kick, the guy went what, two feet? Hell he could've done that kick WITHOUT kicking off of the cage wall. It was just a freaking jump kick. I've seen plenty of those in MMA. |
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Dec 18, 2010 0:34:17 GMT -5
Well thanks for showing us the dunk. OK, it was a pretty sweet dunk, but I still liked the kick better. I've seen plenty of great dunks before - but great flying roundhouse kicks are far more rare. ESPN promotes NBA way more than MMA, so the choice doesn't surprise me. It wasn't a roundhouse. He didn't spin around. Not a roundhouse. Just a jump kick, or to be more technical, a wall run jump kick. |
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Dec 18, 2010 0:42:09 GMT -5
How is the balls to try it and the fact he actually hit the wall kick not impressive to you? Hell the guy would have the initial kick blocked but the wall jump was how he got the guys guard down to begin with.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Dec 18, 2010 0:46:45 GMT -5
How is the balls to try it and the fact he actually hit the wall kick not impressive to you? Hell the guy would have the initial kick blocked but the wall jump was how he got the guys guard down to begin with. Because, it just isn't impressive. Creative, yes. Impressive, no. Especially since you need to watch the video to even tell he hit it. Looking at the gif makes it look like he missed. If anything, he's LUCKY that it hit. And, as someone else said, if the kick in and of itself ended the fight right then and there, then yeah, I'd be impressed, but it didn't. |
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Post by Bald Bull on Dec 18, 2010 0:48:54 GMT -5
It was a buzzer beater too. He got the dunk within .6 seconds of the buzzer going off. That was in round 3 of a 5 round decision. The dunk was better. Straight up. And I'm normally all about complaining about ESPN. I will be the first one to pull straws on ESPN. But that dunk was awesome. |
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Dec 18, 2010 0:54:01 GMT -5
It was a buzzer beater too. He got the dunk within .6 seconds of the buzzer going off. That was in round 3 of a 5 round decision. The dunk was better. Straight up. And I'm normally all about complaining about ESPN. I will be the first one to pull straws on ESPN. But that dunk was awesome. It was round 5 of 5 with a min left |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2010 0:56:58 GMT -5
If there was some sort of award for unnecessary anger, the OP and this thread would get it. Both were sweet and there's no reason to get heated because of a Top 10 list. Even on SportsNation the vote was 51% to 49%, so it's not like they weren't close.
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Post by Glitch on Dec 18, 2010 1:00:25 GMT -5
That clip was the "f*** you!" to all douche bags who say flying kicks never work in a real fight.
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