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  • JKJ Offline
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    JK
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    Im really looking forward to it. I hope Izzy can win but not exactly sure what DDP will bring and if its full noise, he will need to be accurate or Izzy will catch him. Its an interesting matchup for sure.

    Im expecting a fair few South Africans to be there. SA vs Aus also in Perth on Sat so would be a good weekend to be a saffa there.

    Not too confident in how the other CKB boys will go. Could easily be 0-3

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    • JKJ JK

      Im really looking forward to it. I hope Izzy can win but not exactly sure what DDP will bring and if its full noise, he will need to be accurate or Izzy will catch him. Its an interesting matchup for sure.

      Im expecting a fair few South Africans to be there. SA vs Aus also in Perth on Sat so would be a good weekend to be a saffa there.

      Not too confident in how the other CKB boys will go. Could easily be 0-3

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      Duluth
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      @JK said in UFC / MMA:

      Not too confident in how the other CKB boys will go. Could easily be 0-3

      Betfair has them winning one

      Screenshot 2024-08-15 at 3.25.35 PM.png

      I think Hooker has more of a chance than that and I'd have Adesanya as a warmer favourite. But I am only picking the one win

      Hope I'm wrong

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        @JK said in UFC / MMA:

        Not too confident in how the other CKB boys will go. Could easily be 0-3

        Betfair has them winning one

        Screenshot 2024-08-15 at 3.25.35 PM.png

        I think Hooker has more of a chance than that and I'd have Adesanya as a warmer favourite. But I am only picking the one win

        Hope I'm wrong

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        JK
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        #1439

        @Duluth said in UFC / MMA:

        @JK said in UFC / MMA:

        Not too confident in how the other CKB boys will go. Could easily be 0-3

        Betfair has them winning one

        Screenshot 2024-08-15 at 3.25.35 PM.png

        I think Hooker has more of a chance than that and I'd have Adesanya as a warmer favourite. But I am only picking the one win

        Hope I'm wrong

        Pretty consistent with my thinking (also hope I'm wrong). Hooker will give it his all, prob take the dude further than expected but end up losing. I think Izy DDP odds are about right. Its close!

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          Rembrandt
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          No see Kai Kara yet. Erceg was awesome in that Pantoja fight, wasn't there some bad call in his corner which potentially cost him the win. From memory his corner had said he was behind in rounds and needed the finish when they were actually tied?

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            No see Kai Kara yet. Erceg was awesome in that Pantoja fight, wasn't there some bad call in his corner which potentially cost him the win. From memory his corner had said he was behind in rounds and needed the finish when they were actually tied?

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            Duluth
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            #1441

            @Rembrandt

            At this stage they are both a similar level. Erceg has gotten there very quickly though.. I'm assuming he has a higher ceiling

            In KKF's favour he has more power. But that might not be a factor given well Erceg took shots from Pantoja

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              Duluth
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              #1442

              Surprised at the crowd being so against DDP at the press conference and the weigh ins.

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                Rembrandt
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                #1443

                Yeah it was weird alright. Adesanya is just so awful on the mic, he is a hard person to support if you watch anything more than the fights. Dricus is smashing him outside of the cage so far

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                  Rembrandt
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                  #1444

                  Funnily enough the press conference highlights cut out a lot of the highlights

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                    MiketheSnow
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                    #1445

                    UFC 305

                    Jenkins to beat Burns
                    Santos to beat O'Neill
                    Ramos to beat Culibao
                    Tafa to beat Walker

                    Jingliang to beat Prates
                    Rozenstruik to beat Tuivasa
                    Gamrot to beat Hooker
                    Erceg to beat KKF
                    Adesanya to beat DDP

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                    • JKJ JK

                      @Duluth said in UFC / MMA:

                      @JK said in UFC / MMA:

                      Not too confident in how the other CKB boys will go. Could easily be 0-3

                      Betfair has them winning one

                      Screenshot 2024-08-15 at 3.25.35 PM.png

                      I think Hooker has more of a chance than that and I'd have Adesanya as a warmer favourite. But I am only picking the one win

                      Hope I'm wrong

                      Pretty consistent with my thinking (also hope I'm wrong). Hooker will give it his all, prob take the dude further than expected but end up losing. I think Izy DDP odds are about right. Its close!

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                      Duluth
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                      #1446

                      @JK said in UFC / MMA:

                      Pretty consistent with my thinking (also hope I'm wrong)

                      But not that wrong. I picked all 3 ckb fights wrong. Izzy looked good though

                      As usual the pre fight chat form both sides is forgotten. It really does seem to mean more to some fans. It’s why I don’t follow it.

                      KKF caught Erceg. Hopefully he gets a title shot now

                      So happy for Hooker. My favourite NZ sportsman. He was given almost no chance. Forced the fight to go in the direction he wanted.. great fight.

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                        MN5
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                        #1447

                        Izzy might learn a bit more humility after that ( I didn’t see it, just caught the headlines on stuff )

                        His antics make him a very hard guy to like and support at times.

                        Sounds like a rematch in SA might be on the cards

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                          W32
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                          The main event was pretty underwhelming. Cool to see eben and siya walking ddp in

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                            Izzy might learn a bit more humility after that ( I didn’t see it, just caught the headlines on stuff )

                            His antics make him a very hard guy to like and support at times.

                            Sounds like a rematch in SA might be on the cards

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                            Duluth
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                            #1449

                            @MN5

                            Adesanya was humble as he has been after every loss. Something someone Strickland could learn from

                            He was looking good then a punch set up a choke, small margins in mma. There’s so many ways to lose

                            The chat really is bullshit though. I don’t understand why so many keep falling for it. Seeing Jones and Adesanya giggle and play fight each other when they finally met face to face… Bisping and Rockhold goofing around with each other. Most super serious chat evaporates after selling a fight is over

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                              Rembrandt
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                              Only caught the last 3 fights. All great to watch. Hooker is an absolute madman, laughing in his corner between rds 2 and 3. Dricus classy in victory and Adesanya classy in defeat, if only he could talk like that normally and just be himself.

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                              • W W32

                                The main event was pretty underwhelming. Cool to see eben and siya walking ddp in

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                                Duluth
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                                @W32 said in UFC / MMA:

                                The main event was pretty underwhelming

                                Really? I thought it was a good fight. Momentum was going towards Adesanya then DDP landed a strike that set up taking the back. Plenty of good moments in the lead up to that

                                Not as entertaining as the Hooker fight but still good

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                                  Rembrandt
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                                  Yeah I thought it was pretty good, close rounds, both connecting. DDP looked gassed and then comes up with that flurry and finally the submission.

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                                    W32
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                                    #1453

                                    Always impressed at how insightful and intelligent the fighters are

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                                    • DuluthD Duluth

                                      @MN5

                                      Adesanya was humble as he has been after every loss. Something someone Strickland could learn from

                                      He was looking good then a punch set up a choke, small margins in mma. There’s so many ways to lose

                                      The chat really is bullshit though. I don’t understand why so many keep falling for it. Seeing Jones and Adesanya giggle and play fight each other when they finally met face to face… Bisping and Rockhold goofing around with each other. Most super serious chat evaporates after selling a fight is over

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                                      JK
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #1454

                                      @Duluth said in UFC / MMA:

                                      @MN5

                                      Adesanya was humble as he has been after every loss. Something someone Strickland could learn from

                                      He was looking good then a punch set up a choke, small margins in mma. There’s so many ways to lose

                                      The chat really is bullshit though. I don’t understand why so many keep falling for it. Seeing Jones and Adesanya giggle and play fight each other when they finally met face to face… Bisping and Rockhold goofing around with each other. Most super serious chat evaporates after selling a fight is over

                                      Totally agree. Izzy was actually looking good. He was leading the strikes and I thought DDP was starting to look pretty tired. It did feel like we were gonna get a result, I just wasn't expecting that. Small margins alright and then bam fight over.

                                      Decent card overall and great to see Kai and Dan get the results.

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                                      • MN5M MN5

                                        Izzy might learn a bit more humility after that ( I didn’t see it, just caught the headlines on stuff )

                                        His antics make him a very hard guy to like and support at times.

                                        Sounds like a rematch in SA might be on the cards

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                                        JK
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #1455

                                        @MN5 said in UFC / MMA:

                                        Izzy might learn a bit more humility after that ( I didn’t see it, just caught the headlines on stuff )

                                        His antics make him a very hard guy to like and support at times.

                                        Sounds like a rematch in SA might be on the cards

                                        He has plenty of humility and has always had. But you wont pick this up from just following media headlines.....

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                                        • JKJ JK

                                          @MN5 said in UFC / MMA:

                                          Izzy might learn a bit more humility after that ( I didn’t see it, just caught the headlines on stuff )

                                          His antics make him a very hard guy to like and support at times.

                                          Sounds like a rematch in SA might be on the cards

                                          He has plenty of humility and has always had. But you wont pick this up from just following media headlines.....

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                                          MN5
                                          wrote on last edited by MN5
                                          #1456

                                          @JK said in UFC / MMA:

                                          @MN5 said in UFC / MMA:

                                          Izzy might learn a bit more humility after that ( I didn’t see it, just caught the headlines on stuff )

                                          His antics make him a very hard guy to like and support at times.

                                          Sounds like a rematch in SA might be on the cards

                                          He has plenty of humility and has always had. But you wont pick this up from just following media headlines.....

                                          I saw footage of them interacting after the fight and yeah, he seemed pretty humble, definitely not always the case though !

                                          I suppose he did his part to promote the fight when he essentially crashed DDPs victory party with all that cringy “N word” stuff a year or so back.

                                          Always interesting hearing how many combat sport athletes become mates when everything is over and they’re long retired.

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