UFC / MMA

[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

[MiketheSnow]

Agreed so many could go either way

Winners first

Early Prelims
Garbrandt v Figueiredo
Miller v Green
Rodriguez v Andrade
Moicano v Turner

Prelims
Lopes v Yusuff
Holm v Harrison
Sterling v Kattar
Rakic v Prochazka

Main Card

Nickal v Brundage
Oliveira v Tsarukyan
Gaethje v Holloway
Xiaonan v Weili
Pereira v Hill

[Duluth]

@MiketheSnow said in UFC / MMA:

Agreed so many could go either way

Great match making. IMO there 9 that are close to 50/50

[MajorPom]

Wow wow wow. Rogan's commentating on point!!

[MiketheSnow]

Great card

Lived up to all the hype

And still.........The Best Show in Town

[Duluth]

@MajorRage

Region blocked unfortunately

Was it the end of the Holloway fight?

https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1779364532735074338

KO at 24.59 in a 25min fight. Max was winning comfortably and took the risk to win in style

[Duluth]

Tough night to pick. I wound up on 7/13

Turner made a huge error in the early prelims trying for a walkaway KO and then losing in the next round

Sterling & Harrison were impressive making their fights one sided. Although did Holm go in there with a strange game plan to take on Harrison's strength?

Tsarukyan should be the no1 contender now.

Pereira with another great KO. LHW looks easier for him than MW. He's less depleted and has the speed advantage. Loads of guys at LHW are strikers that are happy to take one to land one.. which will not work. Maybe Ankalaev next for a different challenge?

[Duluth]

Pereira telling Herb that he'll deal with the low blow

https://media.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExbDB2OXFheDFob3puZjFwdWp5NDIxODA5Z2l6ZWlpbnpvdWJkNTYweCZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/QZWNw9v03Ku8nX1k2f/giphy-downsized-large.gif