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Duluth

So Edgar gets a title shot vs Holloway

Booo! It should have been the Aussie Volkanovski

I wasn't expecting Volkanovski to beat Aldo on the weekend but he fofought a great tactical fight. He constantly kept Aldo busy, particularly with the little leg kicks, and Aldo never got into his rhythm

Aldo was the number one contender
Only three people have beaten Aldo in the UFC - Conor McGregor, Max Holloway and now Alexander Volkanovski
Volkanovski has one of the longest active win streaks in the UFC having won all 7 of his fights

But no, Edgar gets the title shot..

The rationale is that the Holloway vs Edgar fight was scheduled and cancelled before. To me it looks like the UFC wants Holloway to have an easier fight coming off that Poirier loss

Duluth

UFC has been posting a few old videos on their youtube channel

Here's the original event from 1993.

Not many rules at this stage. So there's kicks to the head of a downed opponent, head butts and hair pulling

Brian Kilmeade from Fox News does the post match interviews

The crowd has no idea what Royce Gracie is doing.

The boxer wearing a single boxing glove made a serious mistake.. it's a little difficult to fight the hands with that on

MiketheSnow

Excellent addition to the YouTube channel.

Some fantastic viewing.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9m3-_Hv6qNjuJAx_7EuUjx9meAD-PzhI

Duluth

So Gustafsson retired after his loss to Smith. It makes sense given his flat performance and how far away another title shot would be.
The LHW division is looking a bit shallow.

I hope Manuwa retires too.

I don't think I've cheered for the guy in a fight but it's hard watching him get KO'ed so often. The guy has ridiculous power.. that power, coupled with his limitations, always made for fun fights

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MiketheSnow

Yes, good call from Gustafsson.

So close and yet so far away.

Smith is learning and improving from every fight.

I think (and hope) Santos defeats Jones and then it would be a great rematch with Santos and Smith, this time at light heavy.

Rakic

Duluth

@MiketheSnow said in UFC:

I think (and hope) Santos defeats Jones and then it would be a great rematch with Santos and Smith, this time at light heavy.

Big call. I hope you are right. I want to see someone give Jones a beating.

MiketheSnow

@Duluth said in UFC:

@MiketheSnow said in UFC:

I think (and hope) Santos defeats Jones and then it would be a great rematch with Santos and Smith, this time at light heavy.

Big call. I hope you are right. I want to see someone give Jones a beating.

Been calling it for a while. Fingers crossed.

MiketheSnow

UFC 238

Great card top to bottom with some of the most evenly matched bouts for some time.

That meant great contests going to decision as well as great finishes.

Definitely worth a watch and certainly creates some great bouts down the line.

Duluth

Ferguson is my favourite fighter to watch. It took him a little while to get going but that second round was amazing. Shame about the punch after the bell taking away some of the attention.

Hopefully we see Ferguson v Khabib and Ferguson v Conor in the next year. A fight with Gaethje would be chaos and easy to sell too

Impressive comeback from Cejudo. I'd like to see Sterling have a shot before Cruz

Valentina with one of the better female KO's. The kick immediately prior to this was to the body so Eye dropped her hands to keep her elbow low.
Eye was out cold for a few minutes

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MiketheSnow

@Duluth said in UFC:

Ferguson is my favourite fighter to watch. It took him a little while to get going but that second round was amazing. Shame about the punch after the bell taking away some of the attention.

Hopefully we see Ferguson v Khabib and Ferguson v Conor in the next year. A fight with Gaethje would be chaos and easy to sell too

Impressive comeback from Cejudo. I'd like to see Sterling have a shot before Cruz

Valentina with one of the better female KO's. The kick immediately prior to this was to the body so Eye dropped her hands to keep her elbow low.
Eye was out cold for a few minutes

Yeah Ferguson is like T2

If God is an MMA fan

Poirier beats Khabib
Ferguson beats McG
Ferguson beats Poirier
Ferguson beats Khabib

MiketheSnow

Great card in Minneapolis last Saturday.

BIG, BIG Card coming up this Saturday.

https://www.ufc.com/event/ufc-239

In the meantime, the UFC 25 Years in Short films have been getting better and better

Watch them all

And this one from BT Sport

Duluth

@MiketheSnow said in UFC:

BIG, BIG Card coming up this Saturday.

https://www.ufc.com/event/ufc-239

What are your predictions for the main card?

Diego Sanchez v Michael Chiesa
I think Chiesa edges this one. They have both been inconsistent in recent fights but I'll back the younger fighter on this one.
It's hard to get excited by Sanchez's victories over a sick Gall and Craig White

Luke Rockhold v Jan Błachowicz
Rockhold looks more comfortable at this weight. However I think he loses this.. I'm not convinced about his chin can handle many LHW punches.
Also, Rockhold is a dick

Jorge Masvidal v Ben Askren
Askren by a submission. Masvidal has a good chance though. Particularly if Askren doesn't set up his take down and just lunges in like he did in his last fight

Amanda Nunes v Holly Holm
Should Holly have a title shot? 2 wins in her last 6 fights. 1 win in 3 at this weight. So a victory over Corrreia earns a shot?
I think Nunes will come out fast and get a TKO
I'll cheer for Holm though. If it gets past the 2nd round Nunes gets vulnerable to a decision

Jon Jones v Thiago Santos
I hope @MiketheSnow is right and Santos wins
I was surprised at the height difference when they stood next to each other. I thought Santos would be closer to him.
Unfortunately I see the normal Jones fight. Front kick keeping the distance, the opponent gets frustrated and then Jones finds an opening late in the fight as Santos gets desperate.

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MiketheSnow

@Duluth said in UFC:

@MiketheSnow said in UFC:

BIG, BIG Card coming up this Saturday.

https://www.ufc.com/event/ufc-239

What are your predictions for the main card?

Diego Sanchez v Michael Chiesa
I think Chiesa edges this one. They have both been inconsistent in recent fights but I'll back the younger fighter on this one.
It's hard to get excited by Sanchez's victories over a sick Gall and Craig White

Luke Rockhold v Jan Błachowicz
Rockhold looks more comfortable at this weight. However I think he loses this.. I'm not convinced about his chin can handle many LHW punches.
Also, Rockhold is a dick

Jorge Masvidal v Ben Askren
Askren by a submission. Masvidal has a good chance though. Particularly if Askren doesn't set up his take down and just lunges in like he did in his last fight

Amanda Nunes v Holly Holm
Should Holly have a title shot? 2 wins in her last 6 fights. 1 win in 3 at this weight. So a victory over Corrreia earns a shot?
I think Nunes will come out fast and get a TKO
I'll cheer for Holm though. If it gets past the 2nd round Nunes gets vulnerable to a decision

Jon Jones v Thiago Santos
I hope @MiketheSnow is right and Santos wins
I was surprised at the height difference when they stood next to each other. I thought Santos would be closer to him.
Unfortunately I see the normal Jones fight. Front kick keeping the distance, the opponent gets frustrated and then Jones finds an opening late in the fight as Santos gets desperate.

Pretty spot on analysis.

I was surprised at the size of Jones too.

I'm hoping for Sanchez, Blachowicz, Askren, Holm, Santos but could easily be 0 for 5.

Some interesting match-ups on the undercards too, esp Melendez v Allen.

And last chance saloon for our boy Jack Marshman.

Duluth

Wow

Jorge with a 5 sec KO

Runs forward and then launches a flying knee. Askren ducked into to it, making it even worse

Stockcar86

https://twitter.com/SeanSheehanBA/status/1147707108722380801

Duluth

Great effort from Santos

1 & 5 were Santos rounds, 3 & 4 were clear Jones rounds. I had Santos winning the second round as well.. unfortunately only one of the judges saw it that way

MiketheSnow

@Duluth said in UFC:

Great effort from Santos

1 & 5 were Santos rounds, 3 & 4 were clear Jones rounds. I had Santos winning the second round as well.. unfortunately only one of the judges saw it that way

Same.

Great fight. Shame about the knee, but class to blow it off and not take it as an excuse.

As much as I root against Jones he's nails.

The card lived up to the hype, with some classic knockouts.

Our boy Marshman is on borrowed time. Hasn't learned anything new in his time in the UFC. Easy to work out.

Allen looked all class.

They should clone Sanchez for the US Army. Chiesa was dominant and unfazed.

Thank you Jan.

Masvidal. Holy balls.

Nunes just too good.

mofitzy_

@Stockcar86
Askren is way too cocky for a guy who is a throwback to the early days of MMA where they would pit different fighting disciplines against each other. He is a very good wrestler but Masvidal knew exactly what he would do because he is one-dimensional. Guys like Khabib show you can be a very good wrestler as well as a good striker.

Duluth

Backstage interview with Adesanya. Talking about Whittaker and where the fight might happen

Then he sees the Jorge KO

About 2mins in

Duluth

Kiwi Dan Hooker getting a KO today:

I was expecting Vick to be an awkward fight but Hooker's timing was too much for him. Hopefully Hooker's next fight will be against someone ranked around 10.

Leon Edwards is improving fast. He should be ranked in the top five. I want to see him have a chance to hit Masvidal back.

The Silver Fern

UFC / MMA