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    Is he actually a JAFA? I thought he was from Wanganui

    https://twitter.com/Henry__Oliver/status/1235097327599116288

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    • DuluthD Duluth

      @raznomore said in UFC:

      @Duluth they call her Gollum?? That’s rough.

      Here's Penne offering her a ring at a weigh in

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      I think she claims it's about JJ's crouched weigh-in pose. But it was really bitchy and she wasn't the only female fighter calling her Gollum

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      @Duluth said in UFC:

      @raznomore said in UFC:

      @Duluth they call her Gollum?? That’s rough.

      Here's Penne offering her a ring at a weigh in

      alt text

      I think she claims it's about JJ's crouched weigh-in pose. But it was really bitchy and she wasn't the only female fighter calling her Gollum

      That’s a bit shit and I usually love a good sledge

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      • jeggaJ jegga

        Is he actually a JAFA? I thought he was from Wanganui

        https://twitter.com/Henry__Oliver/status/1235097327599116288

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        @jegga said in UFC:

        Is he actually a JAFA? I thought he was from Wanganui

        He also went to school in Rotorua

        I think he's lived in Auckland for most of the last decade

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          Just saw Zhang open work out pad work. JJ is getting slept.

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          • raznomoreR raznomore

            Just saw Zhang open work out pad work. JJ is getting slept.

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            Duluth
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            @raznomore said in UFC:

            Just saw Zhang open work out pad work. JJ is getting slept.

            I hope you're wrong, but I think you're right

            Zhang will be champ for a long time

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              Zhang looked drained after the face off. I saw just now she's still cutting weight.

              That's enough for me to put a sneaky $20 on JJ for KO/TKO or SUB

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              • raznomoreR raznomore

                Zhang looked drained after the face off. I saw just now she's still cutting weight.

                That's enough for me to put a sneaky $20 on JJ for KO/TKO or SUB

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                @raznomore said in UFC:

                Zhang looked drained after the face off. I saw just now she's still cutting weight.

                That's enough for me to put a sneaky $20 on JJ for KO/TKO or SUB

                I'm starting to lean this way too.. and JJ is looking the best she has for years

                I was surprised at how big Adesanya looked next to Romero too

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                  Well that's easily the best womens MMA fight I've seen. Joanna is tough.. could anyone else take those punches??
                  Her face is a mess right now

                  She had plenty of success, a razor thin decision again

                  The finish of the Dariush fight was amazing too

                  Great card already. Now it's time for Izzy...

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                    ..and the main event didn't deliver

                    The tone was set by Romero standing still for the first minute of the fight

                    Adesanya won relatively comfortably by just throwing a modest amount of volume from distance. Good legs kicks though.

                    Romero's 10 second bursts didn't achieve much

                    Adesanya is already unpopular in the US. This won't help

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                    • DuluthD Duluth

                      ..and the main event didn't deliver

                      The tone was set by Romero standing still for the first minute of the fight

                      Adesanya won relatively comfortably by just throwing a modest amount of volume from distance. Good legs kicks though.

                      Romero's 10 second bursts didn't achieve much

                      Adesanya is already unpopular in the US. This won't help

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                      @Duluth That's the first Izzy fight I've seen. Just from the highlights of his next opponent you'd think he'd be in trouble, that a fair assessment or can he do the work up close as well?

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                        @Duluth That's the first Izzy fight I've seen. Just from the highlights of his next opponent you'd think he'd be in trouble, that a fair assessment or can he do the work up close as well?

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                        @Rembrandt

                        Watch the the Adesanya v Gastelum or Whittaker. They are on youtube

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                          @Duluth That's the first Izzy fight I've seen. Just from the highlights of his next opponent you'd think he'd be in trouble, that a fair assessment or can he do the work up close as well?

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                          Duluth
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                          @Rembrandt

                          Some more context.. I expect the Costa fight to be more like the ones I mentioned. Costa will come forward and engage

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                          • DuluthD Duluth

                            ..and the main event didn't deliver

                            The tone was set by Romero standing still for the first minute of the fight

                            Adesanya won relatively comfortably by just throwing a modest amount of volume from distance. Good legs kicks though.

                            Romero's 10 second bursts didn't achieve much

                            Adesanya is already unpopular in the US. This won't help

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                            mofitzy_
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                            @Duluth
                            People expected fireworks and instead got a boring fight where neither fighter engaged much. Both fighters were looking for the counter and since neither fighter really engaged, it never got going. Typical flush the dunny performance, Izzy did what he felt he needed to do but he won't win any fans on that performance.

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                              Yeah very weird fight but you got the feeling it was gonna be after Romero took to a standing fetal position for the first minute or so. Izzy did what he had to do and nothing more.

                              Kind of reminded me of the blues win last night. Take the win and move on...

                              The women’s fight before it was amazing

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                                O’Malley looked great after a long lay off. He’s going to make a run at the title and it’s going to be fun.

                                Zhang and Joanna was a fight for the ages. Not just as a woman’s fight but for all mma fights. It was amazing. If Joanna had won no one, who understands and loves mma, would have been disappointed. But fuck me with the braids and that haematoma Joanna initially looked like a klingon and by the final round she looked like Grendal from the CGI Beowulf movie from a few years ago.

                                Izzy was smart and stayed out of the way. That’s not running. Especially when Romero has a leg that looked like tenderised steak. Yoel is a strange guy. World class wrestler that doesn’t wrestle. So when your other weapons are counter striking and that’s not working for you, you would expect him to attempt to wrestle. But aside from 1 ineffective take down and one stuffed take down Yoel fought like an idiot. I thought, at first, he’s very smart. Doing nothing but stand with his guard up for the first round. No energy exerted, now it’s a 4 round fight. But he did that for the whole fucking fight.

                                Then to bitch about it after the fact and lay the blame at Izzy?! He was beaten because he did fuck all. I can’t believe the shit I’ve read on Instagram. People saying he was robbed and he fought the perfect fight. Other saying this was the worst title fight ever. Silva vs Maia was the worst title fight I have seen but then the casuals complaining about this fight have no idea who Silva or Maia are.

                                The one take away I got was that Costa has been eating way too much coxhina. He looked fat and seemed to be wearing lippy.

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                                  MiketheSnow
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                                  Spot on

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                                  • raznomoreR raznomore

                                    O’Malley looked great after a long lay off. He’s going to make a run at the title and it’s going to be fun.

                                    Zhang and Joanna was a fight for the ages. Not just as a woman’s fight but for all mma fights. It was amazing. If Joanna had won no one, who understands and loves mma, would have been disappointed. But fuck me with the braids and that haematoma Joanna initially looked like a klingon and by the final round she looked like Grendal from the CGI Beowulf movie from a few years ago.

                                    Izzy was smart and stayed out of the way. That’s not running. Especially when Romero has a leg that looked like tenderised steak. Yoel is a strange guy. World class wrestler that doesn’t wrestle. So when your other weapons are counter striking and that’s not working for you, you would expect him to attempt to wrestle. But aside from 1 ineffective take down and one stuffed take down Yoel fought like an idiot. I thought, at first, he’s very smart. Doing nothing but stand with his guard up for the first round. No energy exerted, now it’s a 4 round fight. But he did that for the whole fucking fight.

                                    Then to bitch about it after the fact and lay the blame at Izzy?! He was beaten because he did fuck all. I can’t believe the shit I’ve read on Instagram. People saying he was robbed and he fought the perfect fight. Other saying this was the worst title fight ever. Silva vs Maia was the worst title fight I have seen but then the casuals complaining about this fight have no idea who Silva or Maia are.

                                    The one take away I got was that Costa has been eating way too much coxhina. He looked fat and seemed to be wearing lippy.

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                                    @raznomore said in UFC:

                                    I thought, at first, he’s very smart. Doing nothing but stand with his guard up for the first round. No energy exerted, now it’s a 4 round fight. But he did that for the whole fucking fight.

                                    He's had some success with it before, shortening the fight, avoiding his cardio issues and impatient fighters have walked into his punching range.

                                    It was clear early that Israel was content to stand outside punching range and throw kicks. Now what? Romero had zero path to victory when the fight settled into that pattern.

                                    I was shocked Yoel didn't change anything. 42 years old, last chance of winning the belt and he let it drift towards a dull points loss

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                                    • DuluthD Duluth

                                      @raznomore said in UFC:

                                      I thought, at first, he’s very smart. Doing nothing but stand with his guard up for the first round. No energy exerted, now it’s a 4 round fight. But he did that for the whole fucking fight.

                                      He's had some success with it before, shortening the fight, avoiding his cardio issues and impatient fighters have walked into his punching range.

                                      It was clear early that Israel was content to stand outside punching range and throw kicks. Now what? Romero had zero path to victory when the fight settled into that pattern.

                                      I was shocked Yoel didn't change anything. 42 years old, last chance of winning the belt and he let it drift towards a dull points loss

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                                      @Duluth said in UFC:

                                      @raznomore said in UFC:

                                      I thought, at first, he’s very smart. Doing nothing but stand with his guard up for the first round. No energy exerted, now it’s a 4 round fight. But he did that for the whole fucking fight.

                                      He's had some success with it before, shortening the fight, avoiding his cardio issues and impatient fighters have walked into his punching range.

                                      It was clear early that Israel was content to stand outside punching range and throw kicks. Now what? Romero had zero path to victory when the fight settled into that pattern.

                                      I was shocked Yoel didn't change anything. 42 years old, last chance of winning the belt and he let it drift towards a dull points loss

                                      Yep Romero finished.

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                                        #651

                                        Apparently there's a virus going around..

                                        • The Brazil event (Lee v Oliveira) this weekend will have no crowd
                                        • The London event (Woodley v Edwards 21st March) is going ahead as planned.
                                        • Ngannou v Rozenstruik (28th March) is moved from Ohio to the UFC octagon in Vegas where they filmed ultimate fighter etc.. so no crowd
                                        • Overeem v Harris (Portland 11th April) is also rumoured to be moving to the Vegas octagon

                                        The cursed fight - Khabib v Ferguson is on April 18th in Brooklyn. This is the 4th time the fight has been scheduled. A ppv with no crowd?

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                                        • DuluthD Duluth

                                          Apparently there's a virus going around..

                                          • The Brazil event (Lee v Oliveira) this weekend will have no crowd
                                          • The London event (Woodley v Edwards 21st March) is going ahead as planned.
                                          • Ngannou v Rozenstruik (28th March) is moved from Ohio to the UFC octagon in Vegas where they filmed ultimate fighter etc.. so no crowd
                                          • Overeem v Harris (Portland 11th April) is also rumoured to be moving to the Vegas octagon

                                          The cursed fight - Khabib v Ferguson is on April 18th in Brooklyn. This is the 4th time the fight has been scheduled. A ppv with no crowd?

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                                          @Duluth said in UFC:

                                          Apparently there's a virus going around..

                                          • The Brazil event (Lee v Oliveira) this weekend will have no crowd
                                          • The London event (Woodley v Edwards 21st March) is going ahead as planned.
                                          • Ngannou v Rozenstruik (28th March) is moved from Ohio to the UFC octagon in Vegas where they filmed ultimate fighter etc.. so no crowd
                                          • Overeem v Harris (Portland 11th April) is also rumoured to be moving to be moved to the Vegas octagon

                                          The cursed fight - Khabib v Ferguson is on April 18th in Brooklyn. This is the 4th time the fight has been scheduled. A ppv with no crowd?

                                          Fuck no.

                                          It's like Pacquiao v Mayweather all over again

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