RE: UFC 313: Well that was (mostly) shit
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I think a takedown is a tough one to judge because a lot of fighters do it just because they know it scores points for them and not because they actually intend to do anything once they are down there. Takedown defense is of paramount importance for sure, but prevention of damage is ... importanter...
Fans tend to turn on fighters who takedown with no intention, and I suppose that is at least as bad or even worse than judges frowning on it. Many times I feel like takedowns are intentional time wasters as well and I was happy to see that officials are a lot more likely to stand the fighters back up if nothing is going on, on the ground.
I did see Usman v Buckley, that was a great war... everything about it was fantastic.
I see your thought. I think it's a fine line though. Because I think been able to defend a takedown takes great skill, so taking down it self should be huge, but staying down for too long of course would require a break off which makes sense.
I couldn't see the fight as I wasn't even in the no of the match, but I caught up and boy it's nice to see Usman get up to speed after that career destroying loss against Leon Edwards. Let's see how it goes from here