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  • DuluthD Offline
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    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

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    • MiketheSnowM Offline
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      #1272

      Matt Brown living his nickname

      Great finish from Battle

      Ulberg and Garry looked very comfortable

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        291 is another fun card

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

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          Should be very entertaining

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            #1275

            Good challenge for Kai Kara-France on Sunday. Albazi has a bit of hype behind him and he's going up the rankings fast. Striker v Wrestler

            Mullarkey worth watching on the prelims. His fights are always entertaining

            Hope Arlovski goes well. 44 years old, still competitive, pro debut last century back when he had hair like 1980s George Michael

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            • DuluthD Offline
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              Oh and TUF started this week. Barely recognised McGregor

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              • DuluthD Duluth

                Oh and TUF started this week. Barely recognised McGregor

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                @Duluth His face is really puffy.

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                • MiketheSnowM Offline
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                  Great first episode of TUF

                  Also came across this

                  Great doco

                  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27046664/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_6_tt_7_nm_1_q_catching

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                    #1279

                    The KKF decision was odd

                    I was drinking when watching but I see most other people had the same score

                    1,4 & 5 KKF
                    3 Albazi

                    Round 2 very close

                    So I was expecting 49-46 or 48-47

                    The judge that gave round 4 to Albazi should have to explain why. No takedowns and significant strikes were 27-5 in favour of KKF

                    Mullarkey got sloppy for a couple of seconds and paid the price

                    Caceres v Pineda was awesome

                    Loved the finish from Miller

                    https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1665188265136369664

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                    • JKJ Offline
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                      I missed this event but have seen the heat surrounding the KKF decision. Sure does sound odd!

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                        I missed this event but have seen the heat surrounding the KKF decision. Sure does sound odd!

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                        #1281

                        @JK said in UFC:

                        I missed this event but have seen the heat surrounding the KKF decision. Sure does sound odd!

                        Normally White would say something shitty about the judging but the UFC are keen on Albazi and his region

                        It'll be interesting to see the rankings when they get updated (tonight I think)

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                          Screenshot 2023-06-07 at 3.22.18 PM.png

                          So they did a standard change to the rankings. Nicolau and Perez should be a bit pissy about that too

                          KKF probably about as far from a title fight as he was before the weekend

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                            It’ll never happen but it would be fun: Wilder v Ngannou first fight in boxing, second fight in mma

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                              The usual Izzy video but with a few boxing cameo's. A short chat with Tyson Fury, plus David Nyika & Joseph Parker

                              I wouldn't be surprised if the French MMA fighter towards the end of the video turns up on the Contender series soon. Bareman has hinted that he might have a couple of fighters on it this season (presumably Navajo Sterling)

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                                Ultimate Fighter still interesting enough to watch

                                Been some very good cards

                                UFC 289
                                Fight of the Night performance from Erceg (Aus)
                                Zahabi, Jasudavicius, Barriault, and Mallot flew the Canadian flag well
                                Oliveira smashed Dariush
                                Nunes won and retired as female GOAT

                                UFC Fight Night
                                Fight of the Year contender between Vettori and Cannonier

                                Tafa fighting this weekend

                                And what should be a banger between Emmett and Topuria

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                                • MiketheSnowM MiketheSnow

                                  Ultimate Fighter still interesting enough to watch

                                  Been some very good cards

                                  UFC 289
                                  Fight of the Night performance from Erceg (Aus)
                                  Zahabi, Jasudavicius, Barriault, and Mallot flew the Canadian flag well
                                  Oliveira smashed Dariush
                                  Nunes won and retired as female GOAT

                                  UFC Fight Night
                                  Fight of the Year contender between Vettori and Cannonier

                                  Tafa fighting this weekend

                                  And what should be a banger between Emmett and Topuria

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                                  Duluth
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                                  #1286

                                  @MiketheSnow said in UFC / MMA:

                                  UFC Fight Night
                                  Fight of the Year contender between Vettori and Cannonier

                                  Cannonier's cardio and Vettori's chin made the fight.. but Vettori looked so easy to hit. JC recovered well after getting rocked twice early

                                  Not sure what it means for the division though. There still seem to be a big gap back from Adesanya/Whittaker to the rest now... unless Du Plessis is better than I think (a tri nations top three??)

                                  Maybe Cannonier should fight the loser of Whittaker v Du Plessis?

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                                    Pretty good KO in the PFL event today

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                                      https://twitter.com/danawhite/status/1672783491652796417?s=61&t=BvOVagcE1cz_yefqGTPKNw

                                      Finally, fighters I know.

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                                        Some great bouts and finishes in the Main Card of UFC Fight Night : Emmett v Topuria

                                        Brendan Allen looked good
                                        Huge KO from Onama
                                        Barber 2.0 looked vastly improved
                                        Masterclass from Topuria in an absolute battle

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                                          Elves is not dead

                                          Comeback of the Year contender

                                          Amazing

                                          Sean Strickland is a legend

                                          On the eye poke

                                          Bisping: Talk to me about those eye pokes. How hurt were you in Round 1?

                                          Strickland: Oh man I almost got pregnant off that one. It was pretty deep you guys

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