UFC / MMA

[muddyriver]

@MN5 Perreia is not a counter fighter. Izzy is the best Counterfighter, a long counter fighter with good takedown D is Rob Whittakers nemesis as he likes to blitz in from range despite his own length being very average.
Perreia pressures you with his cage control and immense power. More single shots until he gets you trapped.

It would not be an easy fight for rob, but if he get Pereiras Back early in a round he could really work him over. Rob Mixes it up very well, and he could KO him or submit him on the ground. Rob would have to avoid calf kicks at all costs.

[Duluth]

Slow motion of the KO

(Posted earlier but the YouTube link got taken down)

https://twitter.com/bloodyelbow/status/1645382409494380544?s=61&t=yrbdgyVSPqW0kVLD8ijMKA

[Duluth]

All that Whittaker v Pereira chat was pointless... Pereira just announced he's moving up to LHW

I see Bareman wants Adesanya to fight Hill for the LHW belt. Maybe the UFC will allow it because it will give time for something to develop at MW

Whittaker v Du Plessis for an interim belt?

[MiketheSnow]

@Duluth said in UFC:

All that Whittaker v Pereira chat was pointless... Pereira just announced he's moving up to LHW

I see Bareman wants Adesanya to fight Hill for the LHW belt. Maybe the UFC will allow it because it will give time for something to develop at MW

Whittaker v Du Plessis for an interim belt?

Bo Nickal for Adesanya?

[Duluth]

@MiketheSnow said in UFC:

Bo Nickal for Adesanya?

Eventually, but even if they fast track him thats 2-3 fights away.

Move Khamzat up a division?

The UFC wants a big event in Africa soon. I think they'll want Adesanya v Du Plessis to be the headline but it's hard to argue for him having a title fight without beating Whittaker

[Duluth]

@Duluth said in UFC:

Whittaker v Du Plessis for an interim belt?

This fight is confirmed for UFC 290 in July. Not for an interim belt.. that may change depending on what Adesanya does next

290 will have Hooker v Turner and probably Volk v Yair. A fun card

I suspect they are going to let Adesanya go for the LHW belt. There were several MW fights confirmed this week, so the potential opponents are all busy now. Whittaker/Du Plessis, Hermansson/Allen, Vettori/Cannonier, Strickland/Magomedov

[MiketheSnow]

UFC 288

Some great match ups, and loads of FOTN contenders

My victors in BOLD

Holmes v Ribiero
Hawes v Aliskerov
Smith v Porter
Rodriguez v Jandiroba
Williams v Bedoya
Nzechukwu v Clark
Dober v Frevola
Gracie v Jourdain
Evloev v Lopes
Andrade v Xiaonan
Muhammad v Burns
Sterling v Cejudo

[Duluth]

Burns & Sterling in the last two fights

[Duluth]

No ring rust from Cejudo

A very close fight. I had it Cejudo 48-47

[MiketheSnow]

@Duluth said in UFC:

No ring rust from Cejudo

A very close fight. I had it Cejudo 48-47

Me too

Belal is the epitome of non-flashy but man is he hard to beat

Thought the Dober stoppage was premature

Great debut from Lopes

[Duluth]

I hope Cejudo has a few more fights. Not sure how interested he is in fighting in non title fights though

I see some have suggested he fight Holloway at 145. The size difference would be huge but Cejudo would still have a chance

It's a way of giving both of them a big fight. Neither of them are getting a title shot again soon

[MiketheSnow]

@Duluth said in UFC:

I hope Cejudo has a few more fights. Not sure how interested he is in fighting in non title fights though

I see some have suggested he fight Holloway at 145. The size difference would be huge but Cejudo would still have a chance

It's a way of giving both of them a big fight. Neither of them are getting a title shot again soon

If the numbers were good, a rematch against Sterling is on the cards

Sterling has been a very fortunate champion

[Duluth]

@MiketheSnow

Very fortunate. It looks like O'Malley was already contracted for the winner no matter what happened.

I guess Cejudo could wait a year

Such a good division. I want Sterling to lose the belt so Dvalishvili can have a good crack at it

[MiketheSnow]

UFC 290

Here we go

https://www.ufc.com/event/ufc-290

[Duluth]

@MiketheSnow said in UFC:

UFC 290

Here we go

This might be the best card of the year

So many entertaining matchups

[Duluth]

Looking forward to seeing how Ulberg goes overnight. He's shown big improvements each fight.. hope it continues

Walker is always fun. If he doesn't fight like a tard he's better than Smith. But it's entirely possible he puts on a show for 3-4mins and gasses

Garry to extend his winning streak

A couple of interesting HW matchups too. A decent card.

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Jairzinho Rozenstruik v Jailton Almeida
Anthony Smith v Johnny Walker
Daniel Rodriguez v Ian Garry
Carlos Ulberg v Ihor Potieria
Alex Morono v Tim Means

Matt Brown v Court McGee
Karl Williams v Chase Sherman

[MiketheSnow]

@Duluth said in UFC:

Looking forward to seeing how Ulberg goes overnight. He's shown big improvements each fight.. hope it continues

Walker is always fun. If he doesn't fight like a tard he's better than Smith. But it's entirely possible he puts on a show for 3-4mins and gasses

Garry to extend his winning streak

A couple of interesting HW matchups too. A decent card.

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Jairzinho Rozenstruik v Jailton Almeida
Anthony Smith v Johnny Walker
Daniel Rodriguez v Ian Garry
Carlos Ulberg v Ihor Potieria
Alex Morono v Tim Means

Matt Brown v Court McGee
Karl Williams v Chase Sherman

Should be some swinging and banging

[Duluth]

I missed the prelims. The card had some heavy favourites. I guess with the ABC audience the UFC wanted finishes and to showcase some fighters they think will kick on

Ulberg got it done but that was a strange finish.. keep punching until ref tells you to stop. Accurate punch that got the knock down

What the fuck was Smith talking about and why didn’t Walker go for the kill late in the 3rd? Weird fight

[MiketheSnow]

Matt Brown living his nickname

Great finish from Battle

Ulberg and Garry looked very comfortable

[Duluth]

291 is another fun card

Good to see they are giving Pereira a different type of test. I’m picking Jan in this one.