UFC / MMA
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Main event went mostly as expected. Woodley gets frustrated against top class guys now. Covington was impressive.. he's underrated because people pay too much attention to his silly wrestling persona
Cerrone's chin held up better than I thought it would. A draw pauses his slide
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Stewart shafted IMHO
Thought Cowboy did enough too. You could see Price was surprised.
Walker is loose but tough as fuck.
Chimaev. Machine.
Dern great finish.
Covington deserved winner but average bout.
Prelims were exciting as fuck.
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My 253 predictions/guesses
The Kiwis
Israel Adesanya v Paulo Costa
The longer this goes the better for Adesanya. I suspect he'll avoid the early danger and get a stoppage in the 5thI wouldn't be that surprised if he gets caught early though. All the questions about this fight relate to Costa because he doesn't have a long record in the UFC. Can he catch a high quality counter striker? Does the weight cut, muscle mass and volume of his work count against him in a five round fight?
Kai Kara-France v Brandon Royval
All depends on KKF's takedown defence. KKF by KO or Royval by subBrad Riddell v Alex da Silva
This should be the easiest of the kiwi fights. Riddell by KOShane Young v Ľudovít Klein
No idea. Klein is on debut but he seems to be rated. Young almost quit in recent times because of injuries etc. Hoping to see Young back to his best but he's the slight underdog
Others
Diego Sanchez v Jake Matthews
The Aussie by decision. Sanchez looked a bit shit recentlyDominick Reyes v Jan Błachowicz
Reyes to keep this on the feet where he has an advantage. A stoppage in the 4th -
I think Izzy loses the belt. I'm not happy about it but I just have a feeling that he's going to get his clock cleaned. So want to be wrong. If I am wrong then Izzy by UD if Im right, Costa KO round 1.
@raznomore said in UFC:
I think Izzy loses the belt. I'm not happy about it but I just have a feeling that he's going to get his clock cleaned. So want to be wrong. If I am wrong then Izzy by UD if Im right, Costa KO round 1.
Yeah I'll be nervous watching this one. If it gets past the first couple I'm relatively confident though
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Was definitely gyno noticed itr straight away but there is plenty of reasons for gyno especially with big weight cuts. If the tests dont pop him hes safe as houses
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Somethings brewing. Lots of chatter about Izzy right pec. I noticed during the ring intros that it looked weird. People are claiming it’s Gynecomastia.
I really hope it’s just a pec tear.
@raznomore said in UFC:
Somethings brewing. Lots of chatter about Izzy right pec. I noticed during the ring intros that it looked weird. People are claiming it’s Gynecomastia.
I really hope it’s just a pec tear.
He certainly looked older/drawn/tighter in the skin.
But made Costa his bitch.
Very happy for Jan. Silent assassin.
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Here's the top 15 challengers at middleweight
Robert Whittaker
Paulo Costa
Jared Cannonier
Jack Hermansson
Yoel Romero
Darren Till
Derek Brunson
Kelvin Gastelum
Chris Weidman
Uriah Hall
Edmen Shahbazyan
Brad Tavares
Omari Akhmedov
Marvin Vettori
Ian HeinischHe's likely facing the winner of Cannonier v Whittaker next (a high quality Till v Hermansson fight may change that)
Cannonier, Hermansson & Till are the ones I want to see him fight over the next 18 months
If he fights Whittaker again hopefully its post covid with crowds back. You could make a good argument for a ppv event in NZ for that one
