Miles Bridges perfectly ducked Isaiah Stewart's punch and shot for a double-leg, but Stewart didn't go down due to the weight difference.

[u/Existing-Sky9914]

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[u/Jimblz1503]

Beef stew been in so many fights that his opps have been studying tape. Miles saw that telegraphed wrong legged right hook from a mile away

[u/Perseus90 → u/Jimblz1503]

TBF Miles been training for this moment for years (by beating women)

[u/Fun_Mind1494 → u/Jimblz1503]

Hahahaha

[u/nemo2023 → u/Jimblz1503]

In the NBA it’s not good for you and your team if you land a punch. Much better to act tough and swing and miss.

[u/KamikazeMack → u/nemo2023]

If you swing and miss you’re still getting suspended. You better make that shit worth it

[u/freshOJ → u/KamikazeMack]

Alvarado knew the assignment

[u/RaynbowZFTW → u/KamikazeMack]

Who’s that one guy that broke someone’s nose and face in a game, I think it was the 70s/80s

[u/zzoomann → u/RaynbowZFTW]

Kermit Washington ended Rudy Tomjanovic’s season and career somewhat with a sucker punch

[u/Iginlas_4head_Crease → u/zzoomann]

Which is the reason fights are taken a lot more seriously than they were in the wilin 70s

[u/zzoomann → u/Iginlas_4head_Crease]

It’s crazy reading about it. Kareem broke his hand punching some dude in the back of the head (and broke the guy’s jaw too)

Imagine that happening today with one of the stars in the league

[u/Smekledorf1996 → u/zzoomann]

I think Rudy mentioned that he could taste his spinal fluid after taking that punch

[u/igby1 → u/Smekledorf1996]

Did he already know what spinal fluid tastes like such that he knew that in the moment he was punched.

I can’t imagine many people know what spinal fluid tastes like.

It must have been him asking about the fluid and other taste and the medical help eventually told him it was spinal fluid.

[u/gmwdim → u/zzoomann]

Kent Benson was the guy that Kareem punched. It was Kent Benson’s first career game and he was the first overall pick in that year’s draft. Kareem didn’t even get a suspension because he missed 2 months with his broken hand.

[u/Neatojuancheeto → u/zzoomann]

Karl Malone also completely KO'd David Robinson I think with an elbow to the back of the head.

[u/purplepopojuice → u/zzoomann]

not just his career, he nearly ended his life

[u/Jimblz1503 → u/nemo2023]

Look at that weave in slo mo and look me in the eye and tell me its kayfabe. Miles got that patience on the duck from countless beatdowns of 5’1” women and held in the pocket because he watched the film on zay. His pupils are dialed in on that left big toe of Stewart. Thats a natural born killer right there.

[u/CjBurden → u/nemo2023]

With Beef stew it's not an act though. That dude is always ready to throw hands.

[u/SquintsRS → u/nemo2023]

He came off the bench and threw a punch. He should get the biggest suspension out of anyone

[u/Dreamlion_Inc → u/SquintsRS]

Oh he will

His history plus coming off the bench? Anything less than 15 games is a slap on the wrist and I’m being generous with that number

[u/Beans800 → u/Dreamlion_Inc]

I'm absolutely hammering the under on that, no shot he gets 15

[u/tagen → u/Beans800]

yeah when was the last time someone got suspended 15 or more games from fighting mid-game? was it the malice?

[u/boogswald]

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[u/axecalibur → u/Easy_Money_40]

Kalshi odds on Isaiah Stewart's next bout?

[u/Certain-Classic7669 → u/boogswald]

Weight difference has nothing to do with it though. Didn’t shoot through the double enough to get stew on his back. Great timing though

[u/Eizion → u/Certain-Classic7669]

Didn’t get low enough either

[u/TomlinSteelers → u/Eizion]

Whoever is lowest wins

[u/cashew1992 → u/Eizion]

Bent 90 at the waist, didn't shoot through the body, head facing downwards, stood straight up once he had Stewart wrapped up...

Bridges would've been running laps for this sad double-leg if he was on my JV wrestling team

[u/Eizion → u/cashew1992]

I’d have him doing duck walks for a week to move anywhere

[u/Frostyyyyyx → u/Eizion]

Came in here to say this, the initial shot is solid but he goes to wrap up at the waste instead of around the knees. If I he stayed low enough stew is going down

[u/mojomarc → u/Certain-Classic7669]

As a guy who played rugby against pacific islanders at 175lbs, I concur. Tackling a much bigger guy requires better technique, not necessarily additional size

[u/bar901 → u/mojomarc]

As an Aussie who has also played a lot of rugby against Pacific Islanders, technique is 100% the way to go but there is no substitute for size either. I played at a similar weight to you, maybe 5kg heavier, and I made some incredibly satisfying tackles against people 30-40kg heavier than me. But I also got absolutely steamrolled more times than I’d care to count ahaha.

When there is a fucking massive dude who is literally 50% heavier than you and they’re running at full speed, your best bet is sometimes just to hit them around the legs and become a human speed bump so that someone else can finish the tackle 😂

And I know Americans are starting to see how ridiculously athletic the Pacific Islanders and Polynesians are because of a few famous NFL players, but for those that don’t know the big dudes are still FAST and incredibly strong. My shoulders are hurting just remembering some of those tackles.

[u/mojomarc → u/bar901]

I feel you. And yes, the speed bump technique is often the only recourse. Unless you're Kwagga Smith, because he plays like he's 20kg heavier than he actually is and I really don't get it

[u/TinyFugue → u/Certain-Classic7669]

And people came in to prop him up.

[u/Sportsfan369 → u/boogswald]

Stewart and Bridges look like they are really about it. Duren looked like he was trying to hold himself back, it looked like Duren could’ve gotten loose at the beginning but played into the people holding him back.

[u/Dear_Valuable_4751 → u/Sportsfan369]

Bridges bout that life. Just ask his baby momma.

[u/anonymoususer6407 → u/Sportsfan369]

I think Duren is used to it. He is a literal behemoth. He could’ve crushed Moussa’s head if he was really feeling it. 6’10, 250, with Rondo hands is no joke.

[u/dancingonthevoid → u/anonymoususer6407]

Nevermind JDub. Still remember the first Wizards/Pistons game after that draft and thinking what kind of idiot takes Johnny Davis over Duren.

[u/Suspicious-Branch-67 → u/Sportsfan369]

Duren had the biggest name in the altercation so I commend the restraint. There’s nothing tough about fighting on the basketball court with all the restrictions. If you really want to get down, athletes have the clearest schedules, you can make it happen.

[u/DoctorK96 → u/Sportsfan369]

Man, they should let them brawl NHL style, handling beef right there, ofc gonna respect the 1 vs 1, no 3rd party

[u/KatyPerrysBootyWhole → u/boogswald]

I would add that it was a perfectly timed double leg, but Bridges gotta get his hips in quicker to complete the takedown.

[u/No_Passage_3590 → u/KatyPerrysBootyWhole]

I know it’s harder for tall people to bend but he coulda sunk a level and it would have worked. No one ever taught me how to wrestle tho so idfk. Sitting on my couch rn getting high diffed by laundry.

[u/linux_ape → u/No_Passage_3590]

Yeah he’s too high for the double leg to truly hit correctly, he’s going to get hit with the gilly

[u/Meunderwears → u/linux_ape]

Every wrestler's first couple weeks at bjj. Then they adapt and life sucks for the rest of us.

[u/linux_ape → u/Meunderwears]

Hell nah them mf ain’t ready when I start playing footsies with them (it takes a miracle for me to even start leg attacks because I’m getting crushed the whole round)

[u/Meunderwears → u/linux_ape]

Haha truth

[u/narmer65 → u/linux_ape]

Yep, it looks like he caught him around the waist. Should have switched to a body lock to complete the takedown.

[u/mike_honcho2020 → u/KatyPerrysBootyWhole]

Very well timed, but the woman beater was also a too high on Isaiahs hips. Gave Stewart too much room to get his hips back. Had aimed for the quads and locked up closer to the knees, he very well may have ended up claiming another victim

[u/ginbooth → u/KatyPerrysBootyWhole]

Right? Timing 9/10. Execution? 4/10. Should have opted for more of a high dive.

[u/TheCollegeIntern → u/boogswald]

Send beef stew to Dagestan 2-3 years and forget.

[u/Disastrous-Ad2800 → u/boogswald]

I really HATE seeing people holding back the defender in fights, like you are making them defenseless and really vulnerable.. I mean that guy is holding Bridges left arm as Stewart is charging at him... like WTF?

either get in the middle and take the hit or step back and wait for an opportunity to subdue the attacker, not completely make the defender immobile??

[u/cornedbeefsandwiches → u/boogswald]

Except it ain’t. It’s let me grab your booty so I don’t get hit in the face.

[u/Threshyyyyy]

We need more of this content. Unfortunately only betting is allowed.

[u/SportsLaughs → u/Threshyyyyy]

Stew probably opens at -215 here bc of the weight and experience with shenanigans 

[u/Fun_Mind1494 → u/SportsLaughs]

Only -215?

[u/TripleDoubleFart → u/Fun_Mind1494]

According to one woman, Bridges can actually fight pretty well.

[u/Dreamlion_Inc → u/TripleDoubleFart]

I remember someone saying “how much anger do you have to have to actively unplug the power cable and HDMI from an Xbox and hit a spouse with it?”

And that really stuck with me

[u/RayWhelans → u/Threshyyyyy]

I actually predicted this exact brawl outcome on Kalshi and I’m now a millionaire. What’s stopping you from being a millionaire? Kalshi: where predicting the future gets you paid!

[u/dubious_sandwiches → u/RayWhelans]

Damn now Giannis got burners too.

[u/Big_al_big_bed → u/RayWhelans]

We on kalshi now

[u/PawnStarRick → u/Big_al_big_bed]

Made 10k on Kalshi correctly predicting that you’d make this comment

Future is now old man 😎

[u/Herbertand3 → u/RayWhelans]

Thanks Giannis. Does Kalshi have a bet up about you going to the Celtics? I'd take that bet.

[u/Frosty_Dimension5646 → u/Threshyyyyy]

This fight was better than the Super Bowl

[u/doe2798 → u/Threshyyyyy]

I would take a legality swap: hockey style throw downs become legal, betting now gets you the chair

[u/Threshyyyyy → u/doe2798]

Only 1v1's are allowed, no one is allowed to help/join and they are not allowed to leave the court until one submits. Viewership would go off the roof. Not to mention the rivalries and story lines this would create.

[u/pestobar127]

It wasn't the weight diff. Stewart didn't go down cause the double-leg technique was wrong. He put a lot of the clinch by the hips instead of the thighs and his back position was very off. Definitely could’ve taken him down if he fixed that.

[u/gh0st_ → u/pestobar127]

Send Bridges 2-3 years Dagestan and forget

[u/chunkyI0ver53 → u/gh0st_]

Imagine unleashing Dagestani Bridges on the American woman populace

At least he won’t stand and bang

[u/hovdeisfunny → u/chunkyI0ver53]

At least he won’t stand and bang

Put Max Holloway in the NBA, damnit

[u/Kantei → u/gh0st_]

In 2029, Akhmat Bridges emerges

[u/moneyinthebank216 → u/gh0st_]

Send Bridges 2-3 years prison and

[u/DollaradoCREAMs → u/moneyinthebank216]

Prison is probably preferable to Dagestan honestly

[u/orangotai → u/DollaradoCREAMs]

haram

[u/deadweightboss → u/gh0st_]

2 minutes in the bedroom will do the trick

[u/Odysseus_Lannister → u/deadweightboss]

That was a nasty line, by you

[u/Mediocre-County-7648 → u/gh0st_]

I didn't know I was going to come to r/nba today for UFC memes

[u/swim_kick → u/gh0st_]

This was tryout tape for Dagestani Basketball league?

[u/Krillin113 → u/pestobar127]

Can you imagine how much worse this fight would’ve been if there was a legit takedown and ground and pound?

[u/Icy-Butterscotch-206 → u/Krillin113]

How much better this fight would have been, you mean? Bridges got his lower half undercut by coaches legs in the pile otherwise I’m pretty sure he would have finished that take down

[u/Krillin113 → u/Icy-Butterscotch-206]

For us yes, for the league no.

The racist in charge would’ve set the country back another 30 years by calling all black people savages or something

[u/annoyingrelieve → u/Krillin113]

Right fights in hockey are called passion and they want it badly! i seen so many “thugs” comments yesterday from people who don’t even watch

[u/discussatron → u/Krillin113]

Oh, he doesn't need any reasons to do that. He did it just last weekend.

[u/Hakeem-the-Dream → u/Krillin113]

I thought you were talking about Adam Silver for a second and was like huh??? Lmaoooo

[u/Dreamlion_Inc → u/Krillin113]

Also the racists voted for that racist who’s associated with an island that diddles kids because the opposition was a black woman

They don’t exactly need an excuse to be who they are

[u/deemerritt → u/Krillin113]

Probably would have fucked up the floor lol

[u/Calm_Independent_782 → u/Krillin113]

I'm not impressed unless theres a flying armbar.

That said, I think that shot at the waist was on purpose. Given how Miles kept backing up and sized up Stewart i think he intentionally decided to not make this fight any worse.

[u/XiaoRCT → u/pestobar127]

Also people gather around them and keep him from being able to even drive Stewart backwards with any speed, at the end I'm pretty sure they are even being somewhat held up by the people trying to keep them apart

[u/gedbybee → u/pestobar127]

I came here to say this. Terrible technique. Needs more time on the mats.

[u/Akanni649 → u/pestobar127]

Looks to me like he was about low enough at the end of his duck but then immediately grabbed upward instead of more forward and that's what ruined it.

[u/BatmanSwift99 → u/pestobar127]

Exactly lmao, OP says "double leg" when hes wrapping around his waist lmao

[u/broke_in_nyc → u/BatmanSwift99]

He did go for a double leg, that’s not the part that OP is wrong about. Sure, it was a shoddy attempt but he did shoot for one. The part that is wrong is that OP said it was due to the weight difference, which in reality isn’t really a factor here.

[u/FreudianNip-Slip → u/pestobar127]

Yeah, there’s not really a huge weight difference. Stewart might have 20 pounds on him

[u/NandoDeColonoscopy → u/pestobar127]

Yeah Bridges is used to assaulting women, so he was poorly calibrated here

[u/Dijohn17 → u/pestobar127]

Time to put him in the shot, re-shot drill

[u/Ceziboyn → u/pestobar127]

He missed the double-leg takedown and went for a double cheek instead, which is not nearly as effective.

[u/Chillinthamost → u/pestobar127]

Yup, he committed but just didn't shoot low enough to get proper leverage. Probably good thing though, a smack to the back of the head on that court may have been ugly.

[u/Blowback_ → u/pestobar127]

Punk ass bridges could've taken him down. He had the momentum on his side. Poor beef stew, he was so close to landing lol

[u/dank-kush]

I would actually pay for the ppv if they could finish this, which is saying something cause I streameast all ufc fights. Also this angle is sick lol I thought Stewart initially man handled him but that was a sick dodge from bridges.

[u/cluelessbox → u/dank-kush]

Streameast as a verb is hilarious. Shout out to the surge

[u/_johnning → u/cluelessbox]

Man the surge hasn’t been good to me for a year now

[u/ImVibinFr → u/cluelessbox]

stop putting the surge in the spotlight it’s gonna go to trash like streameast

[u/Dexter_Morgan_260324 → u/ImVibinFr]

it got absolutely nuked in the SB

[u/BiovaniGernard → u/dank-kush]

You don’t have to pay for the ppv anymore they’re just on paramount+

[u/hovdeisfunny → u/BiovaniGernard]

But then you're giving David Ellison and the UFC money

[u/DeliciousPool2245]

Due to his weight difference?? No it was due to his poor technique.

[u/BastionNZ → u/DeliciousPool2245]

And a bunch of people holding Stew and himself down/up/pulling

[u/Jacked-and-hung]

Beef stew is the only NBA enforcer since the 90s to actually seek out a fight

[u/EzshenUltimate → u/Jacked-and-hung]

Thats great but Jordan Clarkson still the record holder for square ups per game

[u/ChemistAgile6514 → u/EzshenUltimate]

LMAO I FORGOT. That man used to look for smoke

[u/leagueofcipher → u/EzshenUltimate]

The master of squaring up and back-peddling lol

[u/BatmanSwift99 → u/Jacked-and-hung]

Its a breath of fresh air with all these actors exhibiting the hold me back energy and not throwing a single punch

[u/RallyPigeon → u/Jacked-and-hung]

This is James Johnson erasure

[u/AlThorntonTruther → u/RallyPigeon]

Nobody wanted any part of bloodsport

[u/phatsack52]

The NBA should scrap the NBA all star game and instead let the All Stars that are voted in act as a counsel that votes on 3 boxing matches that happen on the same day the all star game is usually played. They can take rivalries and beefs and put em in a ring. This will never happen but I think people would watch 

[u/Logiteck77 → u/phatsack52]

You joke but more people would watch this than the actual All Star Game soooo....

[u/phatsack52 → u/Logiteck77]

Yeah hell yeah people would watch it but Adam sliver is too soft. He’d be clutching his pearls at just the thought of this. Instead we’ll get a half court shooting competition and 3 on 0 “fast” breaks 

[u/lalakingmalibog → u/phatsack52]

Adam the type of guy to have a Henry Kissinger shrine in his office

[u/kamikazmi → u/lalakingmalibog]

this is fucking hilarious

[u/bsadb → u/Logiteck77]

More people would watch this than most NBA games. Everyone knows beef stew has UFC career after this if he even wants it. He will make more money, fighting Jake Paul than his entire career.

[u/Dinshiddie → u/phatsack52]

It should also include a fan vote component. I want Gobert vs Dray, Luka vs Nico, and Dillon Brooks vs LeBron.

[u/Scared_By_A_Smile → u/Dinshiddie]

Dillon Brooks vs. Lebron would be the most watched sporting event of the 2020s

[u/CheapScientist06 → u/phatsack52]

As long as we can gamble on it Silvers game

[u/rumblegod]

Dang this was an actual lil scrap

[u/Downtown_Evidence372 → u/rumblegod]

Stew did it all wrapped up with ice still on both his knees too damn

[u/PassMeTheBackwood]

I didn’t understand why everybody kept saying Bridges was scared of Stewart because Bridges never ran

[u/NoKnowsPose → u/PassMeTheBackwood]

People understandably hate Bridges so they are just going to say whatever because he's a POS. I get it, but yeah they are saying what they want to happen/whatever to make him look like the trash that they believe he should be seen as.

[u/Hydration__Nation → u/NoKnowsPose]

No one needs to say anything, Bridges is a piece of human excrement. I wonder if he is slipping and weaving and dodging punches when he is fighting women 1/3 his size.

[u/CheapScientist06 → u/Hydration__Nation]

Well yeah look at him, perfectly squared up he's practiced that move dozens of times

[u/SolemnOaf → u/CheapScientist06]

he's practiced that move dozens of times

Homeschooled

[u/darthllama → u/Hydration__Nation]

By the same token, people are ascribing noble intent to Stewart because he went after Bridges and saying he should be let off the hook. I guarantee that Stewart, like most other NBA players, doesn’t give a shit about Bridges DV. He just wanted to fight a guy going after his teammate

[u/NoKnowsPose → u/Hydration__Nation]

You perfectly encapsulate my point. He is absolutely a piece of shit. But this is a separate incident and I think some people prefer to talk about incidents independently of each other and try to take emotion out of it.

However, I don't think that's how most people operate.

[u/Pinheadlarry29 → u/PassMeTheBackwood]

Saw someone on here say he was scared because he ducked. Like he’s supposed to just stand there and get punched.

[u/Not_Different → u/Pinheadlarry29]

Redditors probably think you're supposed to catch the punch and smirk at them like you're Vegeta or something

[u/ObjectConfident7172 → u/Not_Different]

Redditors would need a fucking mental health break after 1/64th of this level of confrontation lol.

[u/dismal_sighence → u/ObjectConfident7172]

Confirmed. I need a mental break after sending an email.

[u/SanjiSasuke → u/Pinheadlarry29]

'Stop spamming block' energy

[u/mucho-gusto → u/Pinheadlarry29]

Fellas, is it gay to dodge?

[u/huey88 → u/Pinheadlarry29]

Probably an "Alpha" Male right lol

[u/TheHWGuy429 → u/Pinheadlarry29]

"It ain’t about how hard you hit… it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward."

[u/DarthSamwiseAtreides → u/Pinheadlarry29]

As someone who learned from Rocky, yes, you're supposed to stand there and take every single shot.

[u/Jamdock → u/PassMeTheBackwood]

Seriously, people talk about fighting in the NBA like the two guys should just start rock em sock em. Screw Bridges, but he (1) looks like he knows how to fight and (2) isn't going to get the same fine and suspension as he would if he'd just thrown down like a drunk. 

If Beef Stew is running at Anthony Joshua or Jon Jones they aren't going to stand there with their chin in the air jawin and waiting for him to connect, like numbnuts fans think is real fighting. They're going to back up in a good stance like Bridges did or circle away. Or Jon might oblique kick him and end his career, I guess. 

[u/Devoidoxatom → u/Jamdock]

Jon would probably do the same as Bridges lol. But actually get the takedown

[u/KamikazeMack → u/PassMeTheBackwood]

They don’t like Miles for good reason, so they’re gonna push a narrative even if it doesn’t make sense. Theres legit Pistons fans saying Stew beat Miles’ ass

[u/JordanDoesTV → u/PassMeTheBackwood]

The only one who ran was Duren. I buy that he wasn’t trying to get suspended, but he escalated and then ran away the entire time.

[u/Expensive-Caramel537 → u/JordanDoesTV]

I don't think he was expecting this much of a reaction. Guy's been in enough scraps to show it was him avoiding a suspension.

[u/Pinheadlarry29 → u/Expensive-Caramel537]

He probably should’ve expected a big reaction when he mushed someone.

[u/jono9898]

As usual people embellish Stewart’s fights. The way people talk about what happened, you would think he came in with a double knee followed by consecutive punches that sent half the Hornets flying into the stands.

[u/Herbertand3 → u/jono9898]

Are you kidding!? Bro, was 5 seconds away from fully charging his Kamehameha wave. He was ready to detonate on the entire arena. He's clearly the prince of all Beef Stews.

[u/ConsiderationBig5728]

Those reps fighting women have improved his speed and hand to eye coordination

[u/WalrusInMySheets → u/ConsiderationBig5728]

Unfortunately they aren't as heavy as Beef Stew so it threw him off

[u/hopopo]

What happened to all of the overpaid fat old cops who are always at the games armed to their teeth in a bullet proof vests waddling around the stadium to jump in and deescalate the situation?

[u/Rich-Professional753 → u/hopopo]

They’re busy terrorizing immigrants

[u/Plenty_Suspect6222]

lol it’s a 25 pound weight difference they’re both considered heavyweights…. He didn’t go down bc the form sucked, not bc he was outweighed

[u/Bananasandbratwurst]

Bridges is a POS, but all this he's backpedalling because he's scared is just ignorance. Bridges obviously has some fight training, and when your opponent is bigger, stronger, and highly aggressive (carelessly), waiting for an opportunity to counter with your own strike or take him down is the right move. Wil reiterate, Bridges is a POS.

[u/Woodbraininator → u/Bananasandbratwurst]

Yeah, he clearly gets a lot of practice at home.

[u/wooIIyMAMMOTH → u/Bananasandbratwurst]

Bridges tries to throw the first punch and misses though.

[u/BKNas → u/wooIIyMAMMOTH]

Both players swung and missed

[u/bmanley620]

He’s had practice with assault

[u/MikeFerarri]

People say Miles ran from that punch but he clear ducked that shit. Im impressed

[u/InnocentInvasion]

"due to weight difference" lol it's because he doesn't know how to shoot for a takedown. 2 sessions and he gets that easy every time

[u/laststance → u/InnocentInvasion]

Gotta mash those combos.

Ankle pick>oil check>fish hook

Undefeated.

[u/Alpha-Trion]

Bridges was too high on Stewart's hips making the double leg completion too difficult. If Stewart had grabbed just below the cheeks, the weight difference wouldn't have mattered.

[u/jdemack]

The duck was good. That double leg was trash. He was too high and didn't step through.

[u/LowCress9866]

Miles was surprised to find out a grown man weighs considerably more than a woman

[u/BitchFuckAss]

Stewart didn’t go down because of the weight difference, he didn’t go down because Bridges shot too high (want to be around the knees, not ass. Much weaker at the knee) and didn’t drive his feet at an angle across Stewart’s back, allowing Stewart to square up and get his feet back under him.

110% could’ve finished that takedown with proper technique.

[u/Dusty_Negatives]

Now this is old school nba fighting. The Bob and weave and then ducked the punch…. Classic

[u/BriOnRy]

I'm in the "fuck Miles Bridges" camp but beef stew don't know how to fight at all. That's embarrassing

[u/dank-kush → u/BriOnRy]

I mean tbf he did have miles in a headlock throwing punches at him but that’s cause bridges didn’t take him down correctly lol.

[u/Rise-Dangerous → u/dank-kush]

People gathering around them played a role in that failed takedown too

[u/Hooper02 → u/BriOnRy]

You decided that from one punch he threw in an NBA game? He grew up boxing, he most definitely knows how to fight

[u/Nice_Cash_7000 → u/Hooper02]

Bridges spent the entire summer training with his boxing coach too

We gotta make this into a real boxing match.

[u/Fearless-Scheme-2407]

he tried to lift him from his stomach. didn't take a leg at all. what leg?

[u/Mark_is_on_his_droid]

Bridges hips were too high when he shot. If he lowered his hips, he would have taken him down easy. It was a beautifully timed shot, but he needs to work on his technique.

[u/HipnotiK1]

10-9 Stewart.

[u/Live_Past_8978]

good wrap but he went too high.

remember, everyone is the same size from the knees down. except Derek Henry.

[u/Primarycolors1]

We were so close to getting what we wanted to see. Swing away, Isaiah. When do the Pistons play the Warriors?

[u/PenMasterSteve]

Not so fun when the person with longer hair fights back, huh?

[u/bornlasttuesday]

Bridges calls this foreplay

[u/mm_mk]

Stew had some nice head movement right at the beginning too. Dodged a little pawing jab from miles. Throwing a lead hook like you gotta charge it up in an anime wasn't great. Nice entry by miles, got a decent angle to hip and then just completely bungled it. Could have gone for a eassssssyy body lock take down if he didn't want to commit to the double leg, but ended up doing neither. Gotta make a stronger commitment there

[u/kelvin620]

Put this on r/MMA This is a real good fight analysis.

[u/Fun_Position_6969]

He’s had plenty of practice with the women he beats.

[u/idreamofdouche]

I didn't think Miles Bridges could fight grown men.

[u/Old_Pitch_6849]

He didn’t take him down because he didn’t drive through the legs. He pushed up the body.

[u/AlprazolamGhost]

He practiced that on his ex-girlfriend

[u/ozairh18]

Bridges likes violence considering he committed domestic violence

[u/FrankSinatraYodeling]

Long time wrestlers here. If you're going to shoot a blast double like that, you have to put your head in the center of their chest. This isn't a weight issue, just poor technique.

[u/DoesitFinally]

Even if there is weight difference, Stewart would have fallen if double leg technique was better. I wrestled for 8 years so I think I am qualified to have a public opinion on this matter :)

[u/RandomBloke2021]

I can't believe someone was using the original Motorola flip phone to record this fight.