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Duluth

The card for the Sydney event next month is coming together

Israel Adesanya (c) v Sean Strickland
Tai Tuivasa v Alexander Volkov
Kai Kara-France v Manel Kape
Jamie Mullarkey v John Makdessi
Carlos Ulberg v Jung Da-un
Tyson Pedro v Anton Turkalj
Justin Tafa v Austen Lane
Jack Jenkins v Chepe Mariscal
Shane Young v Gabriel Miranda
Mike Diamond v Charlie Radtke

Eugene is going to be busy. Six CKB fighters

Duluth

Unusual for the UFC to put a fight up on youtube only a few hours after it happened. Nice clean shot.

They are going to push O'Malley hard.. he's a twat but they clearly see him as the next big star.

Ian Garry looked good despite not quite getting the finish. Was there bad blood in the leadup? If not, I guess he'll be another polarising fighter.

Ultimate fighter bantamweight final was awesome

MiketheSnow

@Duluth said in UFC / MMA:

Unusual for the UFC to put a fight up on youtube only a few hours after it happened. Nice clean shot.

They are going to push O'Malley hard.. he's a twat but they clearly see him as the next big star.

Ian Garry looked good despite not quite getting the finish. Was there bad blood in the leadup? If not, I guess he'll be another polarising fighter.

Ultimate fighter bantamweight final was awesome

Huge result for Suga
Huge result for the UFC
He's Social media catnip

Aldo was very gracious in defeat, Suga very gracious and honest in victory

Garry had a beef about Magny saying he hit his kids when they arced up

I like Garry, he's very skillful

But he's starting to come across like Darren Till, and we all know how that panned out

Superb FOTN from Katona and Gibson for the Ultimate Fighter Bantamweight Finale

Duluth

There's been a bit of CKB/UFC news recently

Kai Kara-France got a concussion during training so is out of the Sydney card (Sep 10th)

CKB still have 6 fighters on that card as Kevin Jousset has been added to the UFC roster. He's French but has been with CKB for 4 years now.
He's fighting Kiefer Crosbie who has moved across from Bellator

CKB might have another UFC soon. Aussie Cam Rowston is on the contender series in just over a week

MN5

Does it still kick off on Sunday avo ( NZ/Aus time ? )

I love having UFC as an excuse to try and get out of doing chores, I hope this is the case.

Duluth

@MN5

The Sydney card? Yeah it’s a sunday afternoon

MN5

@Duluth said in UFC / MMA:

@MN5

The Sydney card? Yeah it’s a sunday afternoon

Good shit. Obviously keeping the NH audiences happy.

Duluth

@Duluth said in UFC / MMA:

CKB might have another UFC soon. Aussie Cam Rowston is on the contender series in just over a week

Nope

This event starts in an hour but apparently Rowston had to withdraw for medical reasons.

MN5

With the World Cup, my sons visiting and this on Sunday it’s a good thing I got through a mountain of chores last weekend cos I’ll be doing fuck all this weekend.

I really wanted to see Izzy fight Dricus Du Plessis but I’m sure this will be sensational entertainment.

Duluth

@MN5 said in UFC / MMA:

I’m sure this will be sensational entertainment.

It's a slightly weak card esp after Kara-France pulled out. However it's a great card for fans from this part of the world.

10 of the 12 fights are people fighting out of CKB or Aussies

Unfortunately 3 CKB fights are on the early prelims (fight pass stream). Jousset's debut and massive fights for Blood Diamond & Shane Young.. both fighters probably need a win to keep their contracts

MiketheSnow

Entertaining

Duluth

My guesses

Kevin Jousset v Kiefer Crosbie
Don't know much about the opponent. Picking Jousset because I know he's good. Apparently gave Izzy loads of trouble early in their camps

Shane Young v Gabriel Miranda
I hope I'm wrong but I'm pessimistic about Youngs ability at this level. Great cardio but not as athletic as some other fighters.
There's always a bit of chat about outside distractions with Young. Apparently they are gone (whatever they were)

Blood Diamond v Charlie Radtke
Seen him do some freakish stuff as a kickboxer, although a little reckless. His two UFC fights have been genuinely bad so far. Apparently he always looks great in trianing.. so it must be a mental thing.
Picking him to finally click against a striker. If not he'll probably get cut.

Nasrat Haqparast v Landon Quiñones
Don't really care but I'll go Haqparast

Jamie Mullarkey v John Makdessi
This could be tricky for Mullarkey. He should win though

Jack Jenkins v Chepe Mariscal
This should be a fun fight - Jenkins

Carlos Ulberg v Jung Da-un
Ulberg has made significant improvements eac fight. I'll pick that to continue with a kick KO

Tyson Pedro v Anton Turkalj
Pedro looked great when he first returned then had a couple of flat fights. I'm hoping he's back on track

Justin Tafa v Austen Lane
Tafa could easily get the KO. Lane has the edge

Manel Kape v Felipe dos Santos
Kape too good

Tai Tuivasa v Alexander Volkov
Tai certainly has a good chance. I think his slide continues though

Israel Adesanya v Sean Strickland
I like Strickland but this will be hard. It's a bad match up for the style of striker that Strickland is. I presume it'll be a take down heavy attack but as others have found out taking down Adesanya is difficult

Still, there's plenty of ways to lose a MMA fight and Strickland will be relentless. Picking a late knockout to Izzy.. the fight to stay mostly on the feet and Strickland to take a lot of damage trying to get into range

MiketheSnow

Agreed, except Turkalj for the win

And for shits and giggles Strickland

Duluth

Good debut for Jousset. Got better as the round went on, jab and calf kicks working well. Got a submission in the last few seconds of round 1

Duluth

Unfortunately my SY prediction was correct. Miranda took his back early and cloaked him out

Not sure what his contract situation is but that might be the end of Young’s time in the UFC

7 fights 2 wins

He also missed weight by almost 4lbs. No idea what went wrong. The first CKB fighter to miss weight in the UFC I believe?

Duluth

Improvements from Blood Diamond in his tdd. Struggled to get any offence going until round 3. Lost a point for low blows. Ultimately it was disappointing again.

29-27

I assume he was on a 3 fight contract.. that might be the end of his time in the UFC?

Duluth

@Duluth said in UFC / MMA:

Still, there's plenty of ways to lose a MMA fight and Strickland will be relentless

Haha I meant a KO or submission. Didn’t expect an easy decision with no takedowns

I assume Izzy will have a rematch clause. If not, there’s a few MW’s that will be desperate for a crack at Strickland.

Duluth

Ulberg getting a little better each time. Pleased that Pedro had an emphatic win after as some mixed form. Tafa with a good Hunt impersonation

Cormier had to cut two interviews shorts after naughty words were said. Apparently motherfucker is fine though. Who cares. They punch people for a living.

MN5

Good to see two of the hometown boys with early KOs. Tuivasa ruined the steak going down to a pretty ruthless submission. Isn’t that three losses on the trot for him ?

Pretty amazing effort from Strickland. To borrow a boxing comparison of the 70s his style is all wrong for Izzy in the way that Ken Norton’s was for Ali. Never allowed him to get in a rhythm and you just knew Izzy lacked the power to put him away when he needed to in the final round. Strickland looked fresh as a daisy after his win.

But yeah, others will be lining up for a crack at him for sure. Definitely beatable for any straight ahead power punching types.

Next to no grappling all night, I reckon that’s a good thing speaking as a big boxing fan.

The Silver Fern

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