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MN5

@MN5 said in UFC / MMA:

@MiketheSnow said in UFC / MMA:

@Duluth said in UFC / MMA:

CKB’s Kevin Jousset looked promising again in his 2nd UFC fight. Very accurate with his striking. The UFC will be very happy to have another French fighter to push

Rountree had a good finish

https://twitter.com/spinninbackfist/status/1733711698530349450?s=61&t=yrbdgyVSPqW0kVLD8ijMKA

Real strong jab

Looked very relaxed behind it

Lead uppercut followed up by a beautiful overhand left ( just checking I got that right….I mean left….I mean…..) fucken southpaws.

Great timing and power.

Sorry, I was talking about Jousset.

I should have realised. There was no jabs in that clip

Duluth

It’s unlikely but I’m hoping a couple of the old guys win tomorrow - Ferguson & Thompson

MiketheSnow

Hopefully a series of cockheads will get their comeuppance (including Paddy)

From the bottom

Gaziev
Almeida
Ulanbekov

Lipski
Kelleher
Rosa
Menifield

Mitchell
Ferguson
Rakhmonov
Pantoja
Edwards

MiketheSnow

Great card

Some top, top fights and great finishes

Fili looked great
Garbrandt too
He’s matured and is less of a cock

Aldana v Rosa was a banger
Easily FOTN

Emmet sent Mitchell to the Shadow Realm
Was like watching Lord of the Rings
Mitch the Twitch
Good to see he’s recovered

That’s the best I’ve seen Paddy
Never going to be champ but he’ll have a good career

Shavkat is the business

Pantoja dominant but also lucky he didn’t get sparked in the 5th

Leon made Colby his bitch

Machpants

I hope he gets convicted the fucking tosser, and losses millions. Ok for getting off, but then posting this sort of shit

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crime/ufc-star-israel-adesanya-mocks-auckland-prosecutor-to-fans-after-drink-driving-discharge/PITW6V4GIVAILA4J5OWHJ7MNR4/

MN5

Du Plessis vs Strickland was epic. As promised it was a war and VERY close. DDPs takedowns won the day and both guys looked like they’d been in car wrecks afterwards.

Due to me being really put off by some of Izzy’s dickhead behaviour of late my interest is more in the sport itself than what any ramifications from this bout mean to him directly.

Both fighters tonight showed serious class afterwards.

MN5

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Duluth

DDP got 2, 3, 4 IMO. Strickland dominant in the first round and did well to come back and get the last round

I expect to see Adesanya v DDP at 300

Amazing comeback from Magny

Tough night for the Canadians

Duluth

Strickland is telling everyone he won and is now blaming a headbutt for the loss. Zzzzzz

He should blame his passivity in the middle of the fight. DDP was taking plenty of risks closing the distance and was getting caught plenty but Strickland was happy to back off. That also made the takedowns easier

It seemed the tactic was to rely on DDP running out of gas. Someone in his corner needed to let him know the score was possibly 2-1 DDP at the end of the 3rd. If he pulled the trigger in round 4 instead of 5 he would've won. So much quicker and accurate on the feet

I thought this fight would've been lot more interesting

So I suspect Izzy v DDP at 300. Meanwhile I think Strickland will try and avoid fighting, keep complaining and try to keep his name in the media for the winner of that fight. I doubt he'd want to risk a fight with Khamzat for no1 contender

MN5

@Duluth said in UFC / MMA:

DDP got 2, 3, 4 IMO. Strickland dominant in the first round and did well to come back and get the last round

I expect to see Adesanya v DDP at 300

Amazing comeback from Magny

Tough night for the Canadians

Going completely from memory I think Strickland got the first two rounds didn’t he ?

This was a tough one in one sense as I am a fan of both of them.

DDP may struggle against Izzy due to his reach but then according to the stats his ( DDP ) reach is 75 inches ? He is virtually identical to Strickland in size but looked so much smaller and more compact due to their difference in stances to a casual observer.

Duluth

@MN5 said in UFC / MMA:

Going completely from memory I think Strickland got the first two rounds didn’t he ?

Round 2 is the round that decided the fight. 1 & 5 clear for Strickland, 3 & 4 for DDP. Round 2 was very close

I had round two for DDP. All three judges gave him the round too

MN5

@Duluth said in UFC / MMA:

@MN5 said in UFC / MMA:

Going completely from memory I think Strickland got the first two rounds didn’t he ?

Round 2 is the round that decided the fight. 1 & 5 clear for Strickland, 3 & 4 for DDP. Round 2 was very close

I had round two for DDP. All three judges gave him the round too

Yeah fair enough, wasn’t sure if the takedowns were convincing ( plus the internet shat itself and I missed a few bits )

If Strickland won I wouldn’t have been surprised though, one judge thought this too.

Duluth

@MN5 said in UFC / MMA:

DDP may struggle against Izzy due to his reach but then according to the stats his ( DDP ) reach is 75 inches ? He is virtually identical to Strickland in size but looked so much smaller and more compact due to their difference in stances to a casual observer.

Yeah his wild technique plays into Adesanya's counter striking style too. But who knows? We don't know if the the last shitty Izzy fight was a one off or the start of a slide?

He was way off the pace in that fight and there were stories coming out of the camp about him getting dominated by Jousset (a WW with a couple of UFC fights).

Duluth

@MN5 said in UFC / MMA:

wasn’t sure if the takedowns were convincing

They weren't really. Six takedowns but DDP couldn't keep him down or do any real damage. Enough to win rounds where the striking was close though

MiketheSnow

I'm with Dana

DDP didn't do enough to take it away for me. Strickland was bloodied, but DDP was bruised.

Strickland will kick himself for coasting, hoping DDP would gas.

Great comebacks for Magny and Flick

Thought the disruption threw momentum Evloev's way.

bayimports

Strickland got out each time without much more than a glorified hug with a reach-around.. typical nothing more than a Piet van Zyl effort from DDP in those take downs

no..I wouldn't say it to his face

JK

@MiketheSnow said in UFC / MMA:

I'm with Dana

DDP didn't do enough to take it away for me. Strickland was bloodied, but DDP was bruised.

Strickland will kick himself for coasting, hoping DDP would gas.

That was my view too. Knew it was close but just didnt think DDP had done quite enough. Turns out he had!

Duluth

@MiketheSnow said in UFC / MMA:

I'm with Dana

DDP didn't do enough to take it away for me. Strickland was bloodied, but DDP was bruised.

Strickland will kick himself for coasting, hoping DDP would gas.

I get the sentiment when looking at the fight overall but it's scored round by round. Stricklands corner should've been more urgent and let him now he was digging a hole for himself on the scoreboard

I thought he did a similar thing vs Cannonier too. He mistakes being relatively comfortable in a round with doing enough to win the round. He had enough in him to beat Cannonier and let too many rounds drift

Duluth

Who should Strickland face next? Khamzat? Whittaker? A rematch with Cannonier? Someone else?

Duluth

https://twitter.com/SStricklandMMA/status/1749527821314306062?s=20

The video he posted is at the start of the 4th round. He was already down 2 rounds to 1 on most cards when this happened

But apparently this is the reason it wasn't 5-0

The Silver Fern

UFC / MMA