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    Adesanya, Hooker, Kara-France watching in the front row. They were confident it was 2-2 heading into the last

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    • DuluthD Duluth

      Adesanya, Hooker, Kara-France watching in the front row. They were confident it was 2-2 heading into the last

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      @Duluth cheers for sharing that. I'd seen them fizzing at the end of the fight, like Volk had won. I wasnt so sure but thought they've have a better idea than me so was stoked.

      Cant wait to see the rematch.

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        Edwards or Usman?

        Usman dominated the last fight until “Headshot. Dead.” He should win this.. unless his ego makes him want to get into a striking fight. Edwards is trolling him into it.

        I’m picking Edwards get the style of fight he wants. He works over the body/legs and doesn’t go headhunting

        Fiziev to KO Gaethje

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          @MiketheSnow

          Promising start to Jack Shore’s career at 145. Result was as expected but he looked comfortable at that weight

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          • DuluthD Duluth

            Edwards or Usman?

            Usman dominated the last fight until “Headshot. Dead.” He should win this.. unless his ego makes him want to get into a striking fight. Edwards is trolling him into it.

            I’m picking Edwards get the style of fight he wants. He works over the body/legs and doesn’t go headhunting

            Fiziev to KO Gaethje

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            #1232

            @Duluth said in UFC:

            Edwards or Usman?

            Usman dominated the last fight until “Headshot. Dead.” He should win this.. unless his ego makes him want to get into a striking fight. Edwards is trolling him into it.

            I’m picking Edwards get the style of fight he wants. He works over the body/legs and doesn’t go headhunting

            Fiziev to KO Gaethje

            Edwards
            Gaethje

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            • DuluthD Offline
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              Co-main was always going to be fun. Great 3rd round from Gaethje

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                #1234

                I scored that the same as two of the judges. Edwards won four rounds and lost a point. Cormier was a bit confused in the commentary

                Edwards great accuracy to the body and legs

                36/39 body
                50/53 legs

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                  Sherman
                  Meerschaert
                  Waterson
                  Gastelum
                  Rosas
                  Holland
                  Yanez
                  Burns
                  Pereira

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                    Izzy draws him against the cage, let’s him get sloppy and KO’s him

                    Adesanya’s best finish. Better the Whittaker I

                    If Pereira continues fighting I want to see him up against someone who can wrestle. I understand why the rushed him but he needs to face every test if he is to stay near the top of the rankings

                    Pereira v Whittaker would be fun

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                    • DuluthD Duluth

                      Izzy draws him against the cage, let’s him get sloppy and KO’s him

                      Adesanya’s best finish. Better the Whittaker I

                      If Pereira continues fighting I want to see him up against someone who can wrestle. I understand why the rushed him but he needs to face every test if he is to stay near the top of the rankings

                      Pereira v Whittaker would be fun

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                      @Duluth that was impressive alright.

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                        Amazing Rope a Dope ( or maybe that should be Cage a Dope ) from Izzy. Those punches came from nowhere but amazing KO power that I haven’t seen from him before.

                        What an incredible finish from him. Great set up for a third UFC fight too, every fighter needs a trilogy !

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                          alt text

                          https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1644926504386584577?s=20

                          some gifs of the KO here:
                          sherdog.com/threads/israel-adesanya-ko-alex-pereira-gifs

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                            Amazing Rope a Dope ( or maybe that should be Cage a Dope ) from Izzy. Those punches came from nowhere but amazing KO power that I haven’t seen from him before.

                            What an incredible finish from him. Great set up for a third UFC fight too, every fighter needs a trilogy !

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                            @MN5 said in UFC:

                            Great set up for a third UFC fight too, every fighter needs a trilogy !

                            It'll be interesting to see how that works out

                            Adesanya is one of the more active fighters and if he keeps his regular schedule he'll be fighting again in 3-4months. He wants to be active while he's at his peak so I can't imagine him waiting

                            Meanwhile AP will have a medical break after a KO like that. I think the usual amount of time the UFC doesn't want sparring is 10-12 weeks?

                            So they'll be out of sync. Izzy could lose in the meantime

                            Plus Whittaker has cleaned out the division of everyone except Izzy. He deserves a big fight. I think he is a really bad matchup for Periera

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                              @MN5 said in UFC:

                              Great set up for a third UFC fight too, every fighter needs a trilogy !

                              It'll be interesting to see how that works out

                              Adesanya is one of the more active fighters and if he keeps his regular schedule he'll be fighting again in 3-4months. He wants to be active while he's at his peak so I can't imagine him waiting

                              Meanwhile AP will have a medical break after a KO like that. I think the usual amount of time the UFC doesn't want sparring is 10-12 weeks?

                              So they'll be out of sync. Izzy could lose in the meantime

                              Plus Whittaker has cleaned out the division of everyone except Izzy. He deserves a big fight. I think he is a really bad matchup for Periera

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                              @Duluth said in UFC:

                              @MN5 said in UFC:

                              Great set up for a third UFC fight too, every fighter needs a trilogy !

                              It'll be interesting to see how that works out

                              Adesanya is one of the more active fighters and if he keeps his regular schedule he'll be fighting again in 3-4months. He wants to be active while he's at his peak so I can't imagine him waiting

                              Meanwhile AP will have a medical break after a KO like that. I think the usual amount of time the UFC doesn't want sparring is 10-12 weeks?

                              So they'll be out of sync. Izzy could lose in the meantime

                              Plus Whittaker has cleaned out the division of everyone except Izzy. He deserves a big fight. I think he is a really bad matchup for Periera

                              As in capable of beating him ?

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                                  @Duluth said in UFC:

                                  @MN5 said in UFC:

                                  Great set up for a third UFC fight too, every fighter needs a trilogy !

                                  It'll be interesting to see how that works out

                                  Adesanya is one of the more active fighters and if he keeps his regular schedule he'll be fighting again in 3-4months. He wants to be active while he's at his peak so I can't imagine him waiting

                                  Meanwhile AP will have a medical break after a KO like that. I think the usual amount of time the UFC doesn't want sparring is 10-12 weeks?

                                  So they'll be out of sync. Izzy could lose in the meantime

                                  Plus Whittaker has cleaned out the division of everyone except Izzy. He deserves a big fight. I think he is a really bad matchup for Periera

                                  As in capable of beating him ?

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                                  @MN5

                                  Yes, RW is more well rounded. Whittaker's highlights are mostly striking but he has a wrestling base. He can test Pereira in other ways.

                                  Adesanya is a kickboxer with good takedown defence. Pereira is a kickboxer whose fights in the UFC have basically been kickboxing fights

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                                    @MN5

                                    Yes, RW is more well rounded. Whittaker's highlights are mostly striking but he has a wrestling base. He can test Pereira in other ways.

                                    Adesanya is a kickboxer with good takedown defence. Pereira is a kickboxer whose fights in the UFC have basically been kickboxing fights

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                                    @Duluth said in UFC:

                                    @MN5

                                    Yes, RW is more well rounded. Whittaker's highlights are mostly striking but he has a wrestling base. He can test Pereira in other ways.

                                    Adesanya is a kickboxer with good takedown defence. Pereira is a kickboxer whose fights in the UFC have basically been kickboxing fights

                                    Interesting. I’d assume Whitaker would lose to Pereira in a similar vein as he lost to Izzy.

                                    I do get what you mean though, the old ‘styles make fights’ adage

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                                      @Duluth said in UFC:

                                      @MN5

                                      Yes, RW is more well rounded. Whittaker's highlights are mostly striking but he has a wrestling base. He can test Pereira in other ways.

                                      Adesanya is a kickboxer with good takedown defence. Pereira is a kickboxer whose fights in the UFC have basically been kickboxing fights

                                      Interesting. I’d assume Whitaker would lose to Pereira in a similar vein as he lost to Izzy.

                                      I do get what you mean though, the old ‘styles make fights’ adage

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                                      @MN5 said in UFC:

                                      ‘styles make fights’

                                      Yeah and there's a lot of questions about Pereira. They rushed him because they knew he matched up well with Adesanya. How good is his gas tank when he's in a clinch battle? Can he work his way back to his feet etc

                                      Who knows? Maybe he KO's everyone else and it doesn't matter

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                                      • DuluthD Duluth

                                        @MN5 said in UFC:

                                        ‘styles make fights’

                                        Yeah and there's a lot of questions about Pereira. They rushed him because they knew he matched up well with Adesanya. How good is his gas tank when he's in a clinch battle? Can he work his way back to his feet etc

                                        Who knows? Maybe he KO's everyone else and it doesn't matter

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                                        @Duluth said in UFC:

                                        @MN5 said in UFC:

                                        ‘styles make fights’

                                        Yeah and there's a lot of questions about Pereira. They rushed him because they knew he matched up well with Adesanya. How good is his gas tank when he's in a clinch battle? Can he work his way back to his feet etc

                                        Who knows? Maybe he KO's everyone else and it doesn't matter

                                        Yeah fair call. Just cos fighter A beat fighter B and fighter B beat fighter C doesn’t guarantee that fighter A beats fighter C.

                                        Pereira just seems to have similar strengths to Izzy ( more so I would have thought before todays fight )

                                        Joe Rogan and the gang certainly talked him up as a huge challenge but then again this is hardly unusual for them.

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                                          Volk watching the KO

                                          https://twitter.com/mmamircea/status/1644968370318589955?s=61&t=yrbdgyVSPqW0kVLD8ijMKA

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