UFC / MMA

[MiketheSnow]

Huge fight for both

[MiketheSnow]

Another great card with some top notch contests and excellent finishes

[Duluth]

A close fight between RDR and RW. I agreed with two of the judges: 48-47 RDR

They were both a bit disappointing IMO. Whittaker looked classy in round 1 but never recovered after a chaotic round 2 where both fighters were hurt.

RDR needs to improve before he challenges the top 5. That puts some perspective on where Bo Nickal sits

The Nguyen v Yahya was nuts. It should've been stopped earlier. I can understand what Herzog was thinking, Yahya was immediately looking good after each knockdown.. but 6 knockdowns?

A bit of swelling under his eye

Spoiler

[Rembrandt]

Caught up on this finally. Nothing to add except disappointed for Rob, I thought he edged it. Blew himself out going for that finish, great recovery by RDR on that. Oh and that Magomedov/Barriault fidht was awesome.

[Rembrandt]

A bit gutted about this matchup. Really loving Reyes resurgence but I gotta back the kiwi

[Duluth]

@Rembrandt said in UFC / MMA:

A bit gutted about this matchup. Really loving Reyes resurgence but I gotta back the kiwi

There's at least two more kiwis on that card

Stirling is fighting Rodolfo Bellato. We were talking about him a couple of months ago.. he's the fighter who had the strange 'no contest' fight when he had a delayed reaction to Paul Craigs up kick

There'll also be the debut of NZ first female UFC fighter Michelle Montague. She fights out of 'American Top Team' in Florida

NZH did a story on her before the fight was announced

UFC, Sport, Sport, Waikato News

Montague becomes first Kiwi woman to sign with UFC

Montague joins the UFC with a 6-0 record; all six wins coming by submission.

[Rembrandt]

@Duluth oh nice didn't realise. Makes for a very interesting card.

[Duluth]

Volk & Adesanya training together

Bareman talking about the Perth card

[MiketheSnow]

Some very good fights over the weekend

[Duluth]

A rare slam KO. Follow up shots were a bit unnecessary

[MiketheSnow]

Brutal

[MiketheSnow]

[Rembrandt]

Finally caught up on last weekend. Way better than the previous week! Very unlikely Ill be able to watch 319 for a few days/weeks (baby due today) odds arent great for not having the result spoilt but we'll see.

[Rembrandt]

Just watched the press conference. What an absolutely stacked card. Best of the year along with the most anticipated headliner of the year?

Picks
Asakura
MVP
Prates
Pico
DDP

[Duluth]

@Rembrandt said in UFC / MMA:

Just watched the press conference. What an absolutely stacked card. Best of the year along with the most anticipated headliner of the year?

Picks
Asakura
MVP
Prates
Pico
DDP

Almost the same as mine. I'm cheering for DDP but picking Chimaev

Still waiting for the baby?

[Rembrandt]

@Duluth arrived yesterday, so far super chilled compared to #1, managed to eye a pub with ufc advertising on a walk near the hospital...

[MiketheSnow]

Congratulations

[MiketheSnow]

Hooper v Hernandez could be great

Asakura
Page
Neal
Murphy
Chimaev

[Rembrandt]

I was all-in on Chimaev after the Whittiker face crush but apparently that was an existing injury that he got lucky with. I think DDP style is just weird enough to throw Chimaev's game off. General consensus seems to be DDPs chances improve the longer the fight goes on

[Duluth]

@Rembrandt said in UFC / MMA:

General consensus seems to be DDPs chances improve the longer the fight goes on

Yeah if it gets past round two I expect a DDP finish

The question is how DDP deals with Chimaev aggressively chasing takedowns early. DDP has faced a lot of striking specialists in the UFC so no one really knows