NORMAN PARKE WAS unable to keep his unbeaten run going tonight at UFC Boston.
The Antrim native put in a brave performance against experienced Brazilian veteran Gleison Tibau, with the fight going all three rounds.
It was a difficult one for the judges to call — one gave it to Parke, but the other two had it in favour of Tibau, who took the victory by split decision on scores of 29-28, 28-29, 29-28.
The second round certainly went to Tibau, with Parke likely to have taken the third. The first was the closest of the three, but unfortunately for the 28-year-old Bushmills man it didn’t go his way.
The loss was Parke’s first in five years — a brilliant run that goes right back to March 2010 when he was beaten by fellow Irishman Joseph Duffy.
Parke said afterwards: “I think he won round two, I won round three, the first round was pretty close but I thought I did enough to win the fight.”
He’s right. And its annoying the way Klopp is treated by the English media like the second coming of Jebus just coz he’s a “right on” guy, but hasn’t actually achieved anything yet
In fairness to Klopp, he has managed to turn a bang average squad into title challengers while maintaining an entertaining style of play.
The high tempo style may cost them in the run in though with tiring legs and all that.
Did he not win the Bundesliga twice and get to a champions league final with Dortmund?
What with one game a week most weeks ?? Behave!
Mark, I think he was talking not achieving anything at Liverpool yet.
Of course Liverpool won,t the league, thats not their thing. Might top league for a couple of weeks then top clubs take over at the business end of things
No $hit sherlock !!!
Only saying what Klopp has already said himself. Would require too many good teams to have extended bad runs as it stands, and with the weaknesses in the squad he inherited. The likes of Matip, Klavern (and even Mane) will be better next season.. But when you see how well some of the new players have integrated already, and then the improvement in for for the like of Lallana, whatever about winning PL titles he’s certainly building a formidable LFC challenge to other contenders….
Next year is Liverpools year
@Irishoversea: don’t know about that but certainly with Klopp at the helm, and extra revenue from 15,000 extra bums on seats there is every possibility that LFC will be consistently contending for major honours over the next couple of seasons.
Reality is only one team can win every year, so even with all the improvements you still need a big dollop of luck (injuries, schedul etc..) to pick up the silverware…
Nothing brings out the idiots better than a Liverpool thread….. Beating there chests when there own team is beating up nobodies, much with the help of terrible officiating…..
“their”
@Aaron Hynes: yes, your right. Great accomplishment.
@William Kavanagh: you’re
ah dave don’t resort to that nonesence
*Nonsense* couldn’t resist!