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  • DuluthD Duluth

    @MiketheSnow I assume you watch a bit of Cage Warriors? Any opinion on how Paddy Pimblett will go in the UFC?

    As for the main event I hope Till wins convincingly. MW desperately needs a contender that Izzy hasn't already beaten

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    @duluth said in UFC:

    @MiketheSnow I assume you watch a bit of Cage Warriors? Any opinion on how Paddy Pimblett will go in the UFC?

    As for the main event I hope Till wins convincingly. MW desperately needs a contender that Izzy hasn't already beaten

    He’s the real deal.

    Jack Shore too.

    Agreed, Till needs to finish Brunson

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      Great night of fighting

      4 out of 5 for the Brits a great return

      As one Liverpool door closes (Till) another one, maybe two open (Paddy and Tom)

      Jack Shore quietly going about his work

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          Short hype video about Volkanovski. Some footage of his rugby league days and his early fights when he was fighting in the wrong weight classes

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            Great package

            But really hope that Ortega gets back to his best and beats him a week Saturday.

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              Picks for 266?

              Volkanovski v Ortega
              Shevchenko v Murphy
              Diaz v Lawler
              Blaydes v Rozenstruik
              Andrade v Calvillo
              Moraes v Dvalishvili
              Hooker v Haqparast
              Abdurakhimov v Daukaus


              Not that confident about the main event though.

              Volk is the most underrated champ but Ortega is a scary opponent. He can go from nothing to a submission so quickly. Also his striking has improved recently.

              Plus Volkanovski has had a limited camp because of gov policies in Aus. If he turns up as well prepared as normal I'll back him to outlast Ortega and get a stoppage late

              Shevchenko is the best female MMA fighter and she'll win however she wants

              I hope Diaz puts up a good fight. The signs aren't looking good

              Good matchup. I think Rozenstruik might be slightly underrated at the moment. Only lost against the two best fighters in the division. All depends on how he copes with Blaydes takedowns

              A dangerous fight for Hooker. All the other ranked LW fighters don't want to fight.. they're waiting on the outcomes of some other matchups. So it's a big risk with little upside
              Both fighters had visa issues and shitty travel itineraries. Hooker had some other external bollocks during his camp. I expect a pissed off Hooker to be more aggressive than normal

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                Hooker talking about visa issues/finding an opponent etc

                He’s on the prelims so that’s on regular espn in NZ. Probably around 2:15pm on Sunday

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                • DuluthD Duluth

                  Picks for 266?

                  Volkanovski v Ortega
                  Shevchenko v Murphy
                  Diaz v Lawler
                  Blaydes v Rozenstruik
                  Andrade v Calvillo
                  Moraes v Dvalishvili
                  Hooker v Haqparast
                  Abdurakhimov v Daukaus


                  Not that confident about the main event though.

                  Volk is the most underrated champ but Ortega is a scary opponent. He can go from nothing to a submission so quickly. Also his striking has improved recently.

                  Plus Volkanovski has had a limited camp because of gov policies in Aus. If he turns up as well prepared as normal I'll back him to outlast Ortega and get a stoppage late

                  Shevchenko is the best female MMA fighter and she'll win however she wants

                  I hope Diaz puts up a good fight. The signs aren't looking good

                  Good matchup. I think Rozenstruik might be slightly underrated at the moment. Only lost against the two best fighters in the division. All depends on how he copes with Blaydes takedowns

                  A dangerous fight for Hooker. All the other ranked LW fighters don't want to fight.. they're waiting on the outcomes of some other matchups. So it's a big risk with little upside
                  Both fighters had visa issues and shitty travel itineraries. Hooker had some other external bollocks during his camp. I expect a pissed off Hooker to be more aggressive than normal

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                  @duluth said in UFC:

                  Picks for 266?

                  Volkanovski v Ortega
                  Shevchenko v Murphy
                  Diaz v Lawler
                  Blaydes v Rozenstruik
                  Andrade v Calvillo
                  Moraes v Dvalishvili
                  Hooker v Haqparast
                  Abdurakhimov v Daukaus


                  Ortega
                  Shevchenko
                  Diaz
                  Blaydes

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                    Dominant performance from Hooker. The timing on those takedowns was great.

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                      Hooker looked very good.

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                      • BovidaeB Bovidae

                        Hooker looked very good.

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                        @bovidae did he win..?

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                          @bovidae did he win..?

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                          @steven-harris By unanimous decision

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                            Awesome performance from Volkanovski

                            3rd round was crazy. No one gets out of Ortega submission attempts. He does it twice in the round and still manages to win the round.
                            Ortega deserves credit for surviving the 4th

                            One of the best fights of the year

                            Diaz was slightly better than I was expecting. I was surprised that Lawler was so content to stay in range. Pleased with the Lawler win after Diaz switched weight classes

                            Dvalishvili had a crazy comeback

                            Great card

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                            • DuluthD Duluth

                              Awesome performance from Volkanovski

                              3rd round was crazy. No one gets out of Ortega submission attempts. He does it twice in the round and still manages to win the round.
                              Ortega deserves credit for surviving the 4th

                              One of the best fights of the year

                              Diaz was slightly better than I was expecting. I was surprised that Lawler was so content to stay in range. Pleased with the Lawler win after Diaz switched weight classes

                              Dvalishvili had a crazy comeback

                              Great card

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                              @duluth said in UFC:

                              Awesome performance from Volkanovski

                              3rd round was crazy. No one gets out of Ortega submission attempts. He does it twice in the round and still manages to win the round.
                              Ortega deserves credit for surviving the 4th

                              One of the best fights of the year

                              Diaz was slightly better than I was expecting. I was surprised that Lawler was so content to stay in range. Pleased with the Lawler win after Diaz switched weight classes

                              Dvalishvili had a crazy comeback

                              Great card

                              All of the above

                              7 out of 8

                              Well played

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                                Quick turnaround for Hooker. He's fighting on the next PPV at the end of October

                                Islam Makhachev is a tough matchup. Striker v wrestler. There's been a lot of talk that people have been avoiding fighting him. I'm not convinced that's true.. I think the top 7-8 LW's have been fighting each other and Islam just wasn't in that group until recently

                                Big test for Islam too. Despite being highly rated, he's never fought anyone in the top 10

                                This means Hooker has no MIQ spot. I believe that's 5 CKB fighters currently in the US with no return date. CKB opening a US gym is looking even more likely

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                                  Fun fight in the weekend between Costa and Vettori. Amazed that Costa had enough gas in the tank to win the final round

                                  Happy that Costa lost after the weight shenanigans. Adesanya mentally broke this guy

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                                    Good hype video on Dan Hooker. Easily my favourite NZ sportsman right now

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                                      Good hype video on Dan Hooker. Easily my favourite NZ sportsman right now

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                                      muddyriver
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                                      @duluth Im a big fan.

                                      He went through a bit of a cringe stage, i think maybe the ufc told him to be a heel, or something.

                                      He looks liek hes in a good place right now. Hard fight for him, hope he gets it done

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                                      • DuluthD Duluth

                                        Fun fight in the weekend between Costa and Vettori. Amazed that Costa had enough gas in the tank to win the final round

                                        Happy that Costa lost after the weight shenanigans. Adesanya mentally broke this guy

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                                        @duluth said in UFC:

                                        Fun fight in the weekend between Costa and Vettori. Amazed that Costa had enough gas in the tank to win the final round

                                        Happy that Costa lost after the weight shenanigans. Adesanya mentally broke this guy

                                        Such a gulf between Adesanya and the rest.

                                        Great win, performance and sportsmanship from Caceres.

                                        Mason Jones got his first win. One to watch hopefully.

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                                        • MiketheSnowM MiketheSnow

                                          @duluth said in UFC:

                                          Fun fight in the weekend between Costa and Vettori. Amazed that Costa had enough gas in the tank to win the final round

                                          Happy that Costa lost after the weight shenanigans. Adesanya mentally broke this guy

                                          Such a gulf between Adesanya and the rest.

                                          Great win, performance and sportsmanship from Caceres.

                                          Mason Jones got his first win. One to watch hopefully.

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                                          muddyriver
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                                          @mikethesnow

                                          Adesanya
                                          big gap
                                          Rob
                                          Big gap.
                                          Rest

                                          In saying that i hope rob can get up vs adesanya, call me a hater but i just like rob a lot more out side the ring

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