AISLING DALY TASTED defeat for the first time in the Ultimate Fighting Championship tonight.
Despite a courageous display, the 27-year-old Irish fighter suffered a unanimous-decision loss to Canadian opponent Randa Markos at UFC 186 at the Bell Centre in Montreal.
Markos took the first round after landing the cleaner strikes early on, before rear-naked choke and arm-triangle attempts which Daly bravely withstood. However, the Dubliner did end the round in top position after securing a takedown.
The second round was much better for Daly as Markos appeared to tire. After scoring another takedown, Daly chased a kimura and then a rear-naked choke, but the Canadian was saved by the bell.
However, the final and decisive round went the way of Markos. The 29-year-old had the better of the grappling exchanges and Daly spent most of the latter stages defending against an armbar attempt.
The fight went the distance and the judges gave a deserved unanimous-decision win to Markos. It was 29-28 against Daly on our scorecard and that’s how two of the three judges saw it, with the other bizarrely handing in a 30-27 score.
I know we’ve had no decent striker since Robbie Keane and we want to hang our hat on anyone who can fill his shoes but when are the Irish media gonna stop gushing about Ferguson?
He scored a few goals against a poor Newcastle side months ago and has don very little since.
If he’s fortunate enough to start for Brighton, he gets subbed after an hour, if he doesn’t start, he comes on as a sub. He’s done nothing in an Ireland jersey, in fact, I’m yet to see him have a good game for us.
Until Ferguson holds down his place for Brighton and starts scoring 15+ goals a season, I don’t see him as the solution to Ireland’s goal scoring problem.
@Heywood Jablome: Well let’s hear your suggestions, then we can see what you are trying to get across to us!!
@Heywood Jablome: this is correct. He’s being hyped up to the sky. I don’t see an awful lot coming from him if people are going to continue to write this type of article about him.