UFC / MMA
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@MajorRage said in UFC:
@Duluth there are female refs in the UFC? Thats PC gone complete and utterly mad. Maybe in the womans division at a cinch ...
But yes, refs should be be strong guys who would be able to withstand the force of a misdirected punch.
Don't know if you'd find many that could take anything more than a glancing blow.
I know little to nothing about MMA itself. It just doesn't interest me as a sport but I am getting quite interested in hearing about some of the training they do. My son was showing me a video last night of some S&C training he did yesterday with that Jimi Manuwa that I linked above. He was standing about 2 metres out from a wall with his back to it and hiffing a 15kg medicine ball behind him that was bouncing back and being caught about 4 metres out. That is some power! Certainly not a stray hit I'd like to take.
BTW if anyone is looking for a flutter this weekend, the inside word is that Jimi has upped all his numbers quite a bit since his last fight. Just needs to do a good weight drop for weigh in now.
BTW if anyone is looking for a flutter this weekend, the inside word is that Jimi has upped all his numbers quite a bit since his last fight. Just needs to do a good weight drop for weigh in now.
Not sure about that. Manuwa is rightly the favourite but there is not much value there
If the fight stays on the feet Manuwa is the better striker by a long way.
Anderson has been unimpressive but he has a style that could take advantage of Manuwa's take down defence. It doesn't matter what numbers he's pushing in the gym if his can't sort that out. Anderson could win in a dull humping match
Then there is the question of age: Manuwa 37 vs Anderson 27 and Manuwa has been put to sleep in 2 of his last 4 fights
I still pick Manuwa to win but those odds I've seen aren't attractive enough given the risk
Oh and hopefully one day we'll see Corey Anderson vs Pat Cummins to really confuse cricket fans
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A shitty end to Pickett's career, it looked like he comfortably won the first two rounds then got caught by a kick in the third. Just one win in his last seven fights
Gunnar look great against Jouban. So many good match ups coming in the WW division.
Manuwa got the expected early knock out against Corey 'bitch tits' Anderson. Corey had a decent chance if he got the fight to ground, but he was waaay too eager for the take down and was shooting from distance.
On the feet it was just a matter of time. It was a clean knock out shot that Rumble Johnson would be proud of.I had to laugh when he claimed that knocking out Anderson should get him a title shot. There's a gap between the top of LHW (Cormier, Johnson, Gustafsson, Jones) and the rest. The top guys have a lot of sorting out to do before Manuwa deserves a look in.
Maybe he should fight the loser of Cormier/Johnson, the loser of Teixeira/Gustafsson or if he gets lucky a return fight for Jones (I suspect Jones will get a title shot immediately) -
Nothing formally confirmed for the Auckland Fight Night but these are the rumoured fights so far:
Division Derrick Lewis Mark Hunt Heavyweight Derek Brunson Dan Kelly Middleweight Joseph Benavidez Ben Nguyen Flyweight John Moraga Ashkan Mokhtarian Flyweight Dan Hooker Ross Pearson Lightweight Damien Brown Vinc Pichel Lightweight Thats a hard fight for Hunt. Lewis would be one of the scariest fighters in the UFC
Dan Kelly shouldn't be a test for Brunson but that guy finds a way to stay in fights
Looking forward to seeing how Hooker goes against a veteran
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Nothing formally confirmed for the Auckland Fight Night but these are the rumoured fights so far:
Division Derrick Lewis Mark Hunt Heavyweight Derek Brunson Dan Kelly Middleweight Joseph Benavidez Ben Nguyen Flyweight John Moraga Ashkan Mokhtarian Flyweight Dan Hooker Ross Pearson Lightweight Damien Brown Vinc Pichel Lightweight Thats a hard fight for Hunt. Lewis would be one of the scariest fighters in the UFC
Dan Kelly shouldn't be a test for Brunson but that guy finds a way to stay in fights
Looking forward to seeing how Hooker goes against a veteran
Nothing formally confirmed for the Auckland Fight Night but these are the rumoured fights so far:
Division Derrick Lewis Mark Hunt Heavyweight Derek Brunson Dan Kelly Middleweight Joseph Benavidez Ben Nguyen Flyweight John Moraga Ashkan Mokhtarian Flyweight Dan Hooker Ross Pearson Lightweight Damien Brown Vinc Pichel Lightweight Thats a hard fight for Hunt. Lewis would be one of the scariest fighters in the UFC
Dan Kelly shouldn't be a test for Brunson but that guy finds a way to stay in fights
Looking forward to seeing how Hooker goes against a veteran
Are you going to this?
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Nothing formally confirmed for the Auckland Fight Night but these are the rumoured fights so far:
Division Derrick Lewis Mark Hunt Heavyweight Derek Brunson Dan Kelly Middleweight Joseph Benavidez Ben Nguyen Flyweight John Moraga Ashkan Mokhtarian Flyweight Dan Hooker Ross Pearson Lightweight Damien Brown Vinc Pichel Lightweight Thats a hard fight for Hunt. Lewis would be one of the scariest fighters in the UFC
Dan Kelly shouldn't be a test for Brunson but that guy finds a way to stay in fights
Looking forward to seeing how Hooker goes against a veteran
Are you going to this?
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UFC 211
Watching the Prelims
What a fight between Chase Sherman and Rashad Coulter
Heavyweight heart and heavy hitting. Cracking.
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Skelly v Knight
Another cracker.
Mississippi in the House -
Alvarez v Poirier
WOW
Lots of talk about the 6th round between Joshua v Klitschko
Watch the second round of this match. Next level.
Tough as.
Then mix up with old rules v new rules and it's a No Contest
Shame. That was going to finish one way or another
Rematch for definiteBest Prelim Card I've ever seen
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Joanna is the GOAT woman fighter. Rhonda is so one dimensional compared to her.
Edgar, nails.
Maia, nails.
Miocic, nails.Boxing has Triple G, Women's MMA has Triple J
Joanna 'Jab' Jedrzejczyk
Awesome, awesome display against a very tough opponent
Prelim plus Main Card = one of the best in a very, very long time
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UFC wants Bisping to fight Romero in the next few months, however Bisping is injured
He believes there will be an interim belt and the fight will between Romero and the Aussie/Kiwi Robert Whittaker
I suspect both of those guys would beat Bisping (along with the a few other middleweights) so theres a reasonable chance this part of the world has a UFC champion soon.
Romero would be favourite though.
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Strong card for Fight Night Gustafsson vs Teixeira
Great finish from Hadzovic
Solid performance from Till
Velickovic rang Musoke's bellBig win for Oezdemir
And hard, hard fight between Gustafsson and Teixeira, with a devastating finish
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UFC 212
Alcantara v Kelleher
Big upset, great patience and confidence from Kelleher on his debut. Got the guillotine in early and tight.Eduardo v Lopez
Another upset. Lopez pummelled Eduardo after he slipped the leg lockCarlos Junior v Spicely
Really technical and interesting ground fight with Carlos Junior submitting Spicely by rear naked choke in the 2ndAssuncao v Moraes
Shadow boxing session with a few fireworks at the death
Assuncao as the 3rd ranked fighter in the division was very unimpressive and could easily have lost the slpit decisionSilva v Medeiros
Great left hook from Medeiros to put Silva on his back, then ground & pound to finish the fight. Early as far as Silva was concerned.Borrachinha v Bamgbose
Borrachinha punished Bamgbose. Brutal kicks to the bodyBelfort v Marquardt
Tough, tough fight between two veterans
Belfort gets the unanimous decision. Not sure about thatGadelha v Kowalkiewicz
Great finish from Gadelha. Made it look easy.Aldo v Holloway
Rnd 1 to Aldo, but Holloway showed a great chin
Rnd 2 to Holloway, with Aldo showing his toughness under pressure
Rnd 3 and New Undisputed Featherweight Champion of the World, Max Holloway
Stepped the pace up and floored Aldo, then wanted to make a statement and gave up the submission attempt to continue to gound and pound until McCarthy called it -
UFC Fight Night 110
Auckland, NZSome cracking finishes and a fabulous, fan loving finale
Pichel v Brown
Goodnight Mr BrownCutelaba v da Silva
Goodnight Mr da SilvaHooker v Pearson
Goonight Mr PearsonBrunson v Kelly
Goodnight Mr KellyHunt v Lewis
Hunt with the TKO victory would have been Goodnight Mr Lewis if the ref hadn't stepped in -
UFC Fight Night 110
Auckland, NZSome cracking finishes and a fabulous, fan loving finale
Pichel v Brown
Goodnight Mr BrownCutelaba v da Silva
Goodnight Mr da SilvaHooker v Pearson
Goonight Mr PearsonBrunson v Kelly
Goodnight Mr KellyHunt v Lewis
Hunt with the TKO victory would have been Goodnight Mr Lewis if the ref hadn't stepped in@MiketheSnow said in UFC:
Some cracking finishes and a fabulous, fan loving finale
Yeah, some brutal finishes. This fight night was so much better than the last one they had in Auckland. Incredible noise for the kiwi fighters
3 from 3 for the NZers was impressive. None of them were easy fights to boost up the locals
First up Luke Jumeau. He got better the longer the fight went
https://twitter.com/UFCONFOX/status/873715380891525120
Next kiwi was Dan Hooker. I thought he had the performance of the night. Pearson is on the decline but he can still throw a great punch.
Hooker had to eat a few of those punches before getting the finish and he took it well.I'm excited by how comfortable he looks since moving up a weight class.
https://twitter.com/UFCONFOX/status/873747239482425344
Hunt was smart in the main event. Lots of people were complaining in the crowd that Hunt wasn't forcing the pace when Lewis was hurt/tired. However Lewis showed against Travis Browne in his last fight what he can do when he looks out of it.
I was predicting an early Lewis victory but the longer it went the more in the odds went in Hunts favourHopefully Lewis doesn't follow through on that retirement announcement
Of the non Kiwis, Cutelaba was a beast. He should have a decent run in the light heavyweight division.
He did this in 22 seconds against a solid opponenthttps://twitter.com/UFCONFOX/status/873739631958794241
Plenty of finishes on this card
https://twitter.com/UFCONFOX/status/873718036343083008
https://twitter.com/UFCONFOX/status/873726296710197249
https://twitter.com/UFCONFOX/status/873734287878533121
..and poor Dan Kelly got run over by Brunson. He normally finds a way to stay in the battle and grind out results but this time he only lasted a minute
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Cutelaba reminded me of Arlovski in his Champion days, esp the fight against Paul Buentello
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Holly Holm finally gets her first win since beating Rousey way back in Nov 2015
A dull fight until the KO finish, both fighters looking to counter strike.
Correia taunts Holm just before the kick arrives
Holly Holm finally gets her first win since beating Rousey way back in Nov 2015
A dull fight until the KO finish, both fighters looking to counter strike.
Correia taunts Holm just before the kick arrives
The timing was priceless
Arlovski made a big mistake trying to take Tybura down. Should have continued to box. Tybura was ready to go.
