UFC / MMA
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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.
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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.
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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.
Nah Izzy has enough power. His timing was off though.
Strickland can be awkward. It could’ve been that, maybe the punch at the end of the first rocked him more than it looked, or maybe something else was wrong? Who knows. He barely got any combos off, lots of single strikes
Opens up the division though. There’s several fighters I think are better than Strickland. Does Pereira come back down?
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Nah Izzy has enough power. His timing was off though.
Strickland can be awkward. It could’ve been that, maybe the punch at the end of the first rocked him more than it looked, or maybe something else was wrong? Who knows. He barely got any combos off, lots of single strikes
Opens up the division though. There’s several fighters I think are better than Strickland. Does Pereira come back down?
Nah Izzy has enough power. His timing was off though.
Strickland can be awkward. It could’ve been that, maybe the punch at the end of the first rocked him more than it looked, or maybe something else was wrong? Who knows. He barely got any combos off, lots of single strikes
Opens up the division though. There’s several fighters I think are better than Strickland. Does Pereira come back down?
Yeah that might be the case but from what he had done previously I knew he was no chance to knock him out.
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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
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Strickland dominated
He’s far better than many are giving him credit for
Made Izzy look like the challenger
Great game plan, great discipline
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Still The Greatest Show in Town
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Brilliant debut from Dos Santos
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Enjoyable card and a couple of pretty awesome finishes for Pedro and Tafa.
First of the co-main events went as expected.
The second...wow. Strickland came in with a plan and executed it so well. Simply outboxed Izzy. That jab got through so consistently. Brilliant.
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Been a great series
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Costa could be out too
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Magomedov comes in with a lot of hype
Be interesting to see how he goes
Elliott v Makaev should be fun
Just can’t warm to Ankalaev
