UFC / MMA

[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

[MiketheSnow]

Could easily have gone in ‘Awesome’ but if you don’t know of him it doesn’t resonate

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGeBh5x97/

[Duluth]

My guesses for the weekend:

Volk v Topuria
Whittaker v Costa
Geoff Neal v Ian Garry
Dvalishvili v Cejudo
Hernandez v Kopylov
Lemos v Dern
de Lima v Tafa

[MiketheSnow]

@Duluth said in UFC / MMA:

My guesses for the weekend:

Volk v Topuria
Whittaker v Costa
Geoff Neal v Ian Garry
Dvalishvili v Cejudo
Hernandez v Kopylov
Lemos v Dern
de Lima v Tafa

Think/hope you’re correct with all of those

Cejudo may pull a surprise

[Duluth]

Justin out, Junior in

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/ufc-298-volkanovski-v-topuria-justin-tafa-out-junior-tafa-steps-in-for-brother-on-days-notice/

Only a day out from the biggest fight of his career, against No 15-ranked Marcos Rogerio de Lima at UFC 298 in California, the Kiwi heavyweight was forced to withdraw due to a knee injury.

Though Tafa will be disappointed, it has provided his younger brother, Junior, the opportunity to become a legend in the eyes of UFC fans.

Junior, also a UFC heavyweight, has stepped in for his brother, signing his fight contract on Saturday morning (NZ time) a little more than an hour before getting on the scales to make the fight official.

[Duluth]

Junior on the end on some really nasty calf kicks. Impressive he lasted that long on one leg

[Duluth]

Good card

Volk got caught after being slightly in front over two rounds. All the talk for the next fight is going to be about his chin.. two big knockouts in a row

Whittaker extremely quick and Costa, despite losing, looked as good as he ever has

Garry in control throughout. Not sure how one judge gave it to Neal

Dvalishvili will be champ soon. The 135lb division is so good at the moment

[Duluth]

A lot of changes of belts recently

Edwards has the longest reign of a current champ

5 current mens champions haven't had a defence yet

[MiketheSnow]

UFC 299

From the bottom

Great last round from Joanne Wood on which to end her career

Big Boy looked destructive. Will be interesting to see how he progresses

Pereira fight was a great watch, and great finish

Great comeback from Blaydes. He’s still in the mix

Huge comeback from Della Maddelena in his toughest fight to date

Page too good for Holland, but will have to improve to go deep in this division

Dustin is a beast. Benoit too. Great fight.

Suga put on a masterclass

Hope he gets the Topoura fight

[Duluth]

@MiketheSnow

It's going to be interesting to see who they match Page up against. Given his age I think they'll keep feeding him strikers and build him up as a contender. Thompson next maybe?

I thought Dustin was struggling but he had the will to stay in it. Great turnaround

I didn't think O'Malley would be that dominant. Has to fight Dvalishvili next. I'll pick the Georgian in that one.. he won't give O'Malley any room

[MiketheSnow]

Bobby Knuckles v Chimaev in Middleweight title eliminator

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/mixed-martial-arts/68667041

[Duluth]

@MiketheSnow said in UFC / MMA:

Bobby Knuckles v Chimaev in Middleweight title eliminator

Good fight. Go Whittaker. It raises a few questions though

Where does this leave Strickland? He's still claiming he didn't lose.. he's not going to get an immediate rematch. He needs to fight someone. Maybe a rematch with Cannonier, another fight he claims he won?

Whittaker was being talked about as headlining Perth. That won't happen now. Della Maddalena will surely be on the card but will he headline a PPV?

My guess is DDP and Izzy fight in Perth a fight that DDP has delayed twice already. The winner of that will then fight Whitaker/Khamzat

[MN5]

@Duluth said in UFC / MMA:

@MiketheSnow said in UFC / MMA:

Bobby Knuckles v Chimaev in Middleweight title eliminator

Good fight. Go Whittaker. It raises a few questions though

Where does this leave Strickland? He's still claiming he didn't lose.. he's not going to get an immediate rematch. He needs to fight someone. Maybe a rematch with Cannonier, another fight he claims he won?

Whittaker was being talked about as headlining Perth. That won't happen now. Della Maddalena will surely be on the card but will he headline a PPV?

My guess is DDP and Izzy fight in Perth a fight that DDP has delayed twice already. The winner of that will then fight Whitaker/Khamzat

Looked like a fair bit of bad blood between them after DDPs victory over Whitaker where Izzy acted like a complete piston wristed gibbon.

Add in all that shit after his court appearance and it’s very easy to cheer for DDP in this one.

[Duluth]

Huge card. Even the early prelims are good

Almost all the fights are close.. really hard to pick. My guesses will be worse than normal

Alex Pereira v Jamahal Hill
Zhang Weili v Yan Xiaonan
Justin Gaethje v Max Holloway
Charles Oliveira v Arman Tsarukyan
Bo Nickal v Cody Brundage

Jiří Procházka v Aleksandar Rakić
Calvin Kattar v Aljamain Sterling
Holly Holm v Kayla Harrison
Sodiq Yusuff v Diego Lopes

Jalin Turner v Renato Moicano
Jéssica Andrade v Marina Rodriguez
Bobby Green v v Jim Miller
Deiveson Figueiredo v Cody Garbrandt

Pereira v Hill is 50/50 IMO. I lean towards Hill because he's been in more MMA situations

Gaethje v Holloway - I think the dumb belt encourages a certain type of fight and the help Gaethje

Bo Nickal - zzzzz. He's an interesting prospect. It's time for him to fight better people though. Lots of pressure on him to do it in style though

Holm v Harrison - I'm suspicious of how well Harrison can handle that weight cut. I think Holm keeps this at distance and gets a late stoppage

I hope Miller wins but Bobby has been in good form