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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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        Hooker looked very good.

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        Steven Harris
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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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          • DuluthD Offline
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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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              #1024

              @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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                    #1027

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

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                    • DuluthD Duluth

                      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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                            Makhachev will get his title shot soon. That was impressive

                            Hopefully Hooker gets another fight this year

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                              Glover!

                              I was cheering for him but was expecting Jan to win

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                                Glover!

                                I was cheering for him but was expecting Jan to win

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                                @duluth said in UFC:

                                Glover!

                                I was cheering for him but was expecting Jan to win

                                Great result

                                Great story

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                                  Dan Hooker did a test weight cut and he can still make 145. He has an enormous frame for that division

                                  It was done at the UFC performance institute so I guess the UFC has plans for him at that weight. Holloway? Ortega?

                                  https://twitter.com/danthehangman/status/1462956932486946820

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                                    It looks like fun card this afternoon. Well matched, entertaining fighters.. good for a non ppv event

                                    Kiwi Brad Riddell is the co-main event and should be fighting around 6:15pm. It's another tough fight for him. Fiziev is a good striker, they are ranked about he same and they used to train together

                                    Riddell has 4 UFC fights and they've all been difficult. He's lost the first round every time but gone on to win everyone. A likely candidate for fight of the night

                                    I think Font might catch Aldo in the main event. Font has the power and I'm still suspicious off the weight cut Aldo is putting himself through

                                    I really rate Jimmy Crute. Hopefully he comes back from the leg injury well

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                                      It looks like fun card this afternoon. Well matched, entertaining fighters.. good for a non ppv event

                                      Kiwi Brad Riddell is the co-main event and should be fighting around 6:15pm. It's another tough fight for him. Fiziev is a good striker, they are ranked about he same and they used to train together

                                      Riddell has 4 UFC fights and they've all been difficult. He's lost the first round every time but gone on to win everyone. A likely candidate for fight of the night

                                      I think Font might catch Aldo in the main event. Font has the power and I'm still suspicious off the weight cut Aldo is putting himself through

                                      I really rate Jimmy Crute. Hopefully he comes back from the leg injury well

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                                      Duluth
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                                      @duluth said in UFC:

                                      I really rate Jimmy Crute. Hopefully he comes back from the leg injury well

                                      Shit. Caught early and never recovered. Impressive from Hill

                                      Amazing comeback from Guida in the previous fight

                                      Riddell up next…

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                                        Well Fiziev will be into the top ten after that

                                        First round was really close. Fiziev’s speed advantage was more apparent in the second. Then that kick in the 3rd

                                        A few people were predicting Riddell was going to have a wrestle heavy attack. We didn’t see any take down attempts until the 3rd. He had some success with that before the the kick

                                        Oh well

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                                          Here's the kick that ended it

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                                          Then in the main event, Aldo gets the decision v Font. The way he looks at weigh in doesn't seem to have an impact on his performance. On fight night he looks enormous

                                          I had a terrible run on predicting results all day. The only thing I got right was that it was a fun card. Glad I didn't bet

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