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raznomore

@Duluth Bisping was their guy. He was the big money guy. Totally never supposed to be a champion but he got the strap and in the most unlikely of ways. Has always been outspoken but as it turns out is a pretty likeable guy.

MiketheSnow

@raznomore said in UFC:

@Duluth Bising was their guy. He was the big money guy. Totally never supposed to be a champion but he got the strap and in the most likely of ways. Has always been outspoken but as it turns out if a pretty likeable guy.

Rags to riches (read TUF to UFC Champeen).

Perfect story, perfect TV.

MiketheSnow

@Duluth said in UFC:

@MiketheSnow said in UFC:

Have a gander at the main card

Gutted for Till and Jorge is a twat

Edwards looks ready for a title shot soon

The Bisping Hall of Fame announcement:

Till needs to wise up and stop being a Chav.

Get to the gym, get smarter, get title.

What's wrong with Jorge. He was the massive underdog who delivered on his promise.

Cracking finish.

Not convinced with Edwards.

Duluth

@MiketheSnow said in UFC:

What's wrong with Jorge. He was the massive underdog who delivered on his promise.

It was not a comment on the fight. It was a comment on Jorge being a twat.

I've heard Bisping tell a few stories about him on his podcast, so I held this opinion prior to the weekend. But consider what happened backstage after the fight

Edwards says something to Jorge about fighting in June. Jorge leaves and interview and follows him across the room. Then as they come together Jorge throws a punch.
Standard dickish stuff from both of them and then Jorge escalates it with a punch

Not a huge deal

Then Jorge has an interview where he claims to be the victim. He claims Edwards was the aggressor. He claims to be shaking from fear and then says that he threw the first punch because he was fearing for his life

If you're a loose cannon who throws punches backstage after a fight - own it. There's plenty of nutters in the ufc who do stupid shit.

But to be a loose cannon who throws punches backstage and then lies about basic facts and plays the victim.. that is a twat.

Duluth

@MiketheSnow said in UFC:

Not convinced with Edwards.

Yeah there's still questions about him. But the way he controlled Gunnar was impressive

One good win against a top 5 guy and they can put him in a title fight with a straight face.

That might happen next time they go back to London. Some of the other Brits need to have a run of good results before they can headline an event again (Till 2 losses, Manuwa 3 losses in a row)

Meanwhile Edwards is on a 7 fight win streak with his last loss coming against the current champ. He'd need to get past a guy like Thompson or RDA first though

Duluth

Thompson was looking good until Pettis landed a great superman punch. Here's some gifs from sherdog:

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MiketheSnow

@Duluth said in UFC:

Thompson was looking good until Pettis landed a great superman punch. Here's some gifs from sherdog:

Yep.

Just watched it - away on holiday and remarkably managed to avoid the result.

Think people have worked 'Wonderboy' out.

Hell of a finish.

MiketheSnow

UFC On ESPN 2 Barboza v Gaethje

4 of the 6 Main Card fights were finished not decided.

Great night of fights.

Rembrandt

Anyone following the twitter exchange between Khabib & McGregor?
Pretty serious stuff when one person can't take an offensive joke from a shit talker. I wonder if it will be enough to create a rematch?

MiketheSnow

Slow week

MajorPom

@Rembrandt said in UFC:

Anyone following the twitter exchange between Khabib & McGregor?
Pretty serious stuff when one person can't take an offensive joke from a shit talker. I wonder if it will be enough to create a rematch?

Think it got deleted - what did it say?

Rembrandt

@MajorRage

More tweets than I realised, guess a few got deleted.
https://www.mmafighting.com/2019/4/3/18294074/conor-mcgregor-vs-khabib-nurmagomedov-twitter-war-turns-ugly

Surely the best response to McGregor is simply a gif from the fight.
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Duluth

I'm really looking forward to the two main fights this weekend

Max Holloway vs Dustin Poirier
Kelvin Gastelum vs Israel Adesanya

Both tough to call

I think Holloway is the best fighter in the organisation. His class should edge it.. Not putting any money on it though

I'll be cheering for Adesanya but this is going to be a tough one. Everyone talks about KG's punching power but his wrestling background might be the decider here.
Israel keeps talking up his ability on the ground but we haven't seen that tested yet

I'm still hoping for a NZ v Aus title fight... and even the remote possibility it happens in Auckland

MiketheSnow

@Duluth said in UFC:

I'm really looking forward to the two main fights this weekend

Max Holloway vs Dustin Poirier
Kelvin Gastelum vs Israel Adesanya

Both tough to call

I think Holloway is the best fighter in the organisation. His class should edge it.. Not putting any money on it though

I'll be cheering for Adesanya but this is going to be a tough one. Everyone talks about KG's punching power but his wrestling background might be the decider here.
Israel keeps talking up his ability on the ground but we haven't seen that tested yet

I'm still hoping for a NZ v Aus title fight... and even the remote possibility it happens in Auckland

Poirier and Gastelum for the upset wins.

Duluth

The Adesanya fight was incredible. Worth finding if you are a causal fan

2-2 going into the 5th and Adesanya pulls out a massive 10-8 round

NZ has an interim champ. NZ vs Aus for the real belt later this year

Duluth

The main event was almost as good as the co-main. The best PPV for a while

Poirier dominated apart from a few moments. Unfortunately it looked like guys in different weight classes fighting.. Holloway is so tough though

I hope Poirier knocks Khabib out

Earlier Rountree was very good too. Brutal leg kicks. Maybe he's turned the corner... the LHW division needs some more class

jegga

Post match

MajorPom

Finally managed to watch one.

Israel fight was great - all square going into the lady then just dominated him for a 10-8. Great fight, both guys super super tough.

Main event was its equal tho, we just kept waiting for Holloway to turn it, looked like he could thrn the knee which opened the cut effectively ended it.

Both fighters worthy of the belts

Duluth

White said the title fight will be in a stadium in Aus

Good to see Israel in the press conference suggesting the fight should be in Auckland. Pointing out Whittaker is a Maori born in Auckland..

It’ll most likely be in Aus, but Whittaker has failed to show up in a couple of home fights. Also Aucklands City Kickboxing has earned a big event

MajorPom

@Duluth white probably thinks NZ is part of Aus ...

Aus makes more sense - UFC is a money game and there more there than in NZ.

Noted today thst although he fights for NZ he has a Nigerian flag by his name on the telecast.

The Silver Fern

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