UFC / MMA
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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
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.
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.
That was awful, also along with his interview where he claimed Aussies were just racist for not cheering him on against Strickland. The bloke made his own dumb headlines as far as I'm concerned.
My brother reckons some fighters now have writers to hype fights due to that integration with WWE, thought that was BS but Izzy's antics seem so unnatural that..well may he has some really dumb writers.
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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.
That was awful, also along with his interview where he claimed Aussies were just racist for not cheering him on against Strickland. The bloke made his own dumb headlines as far as I'm concerned.
My brother reckons some fighters now have writers to hype fights due to that integration with WWE, thought that was BS but Izzy's antics seem so unnatural that..well may he has some really dumb writers.
@Rembrandt said in UFC / MMA:
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.
That was awful, also along with his interview where he claimed Aussies were just racist for not cheering him on against Strickland. The bloke made his own dumb headlines as far as I'm concerned.
My brother reckons some fighters now have writers to hype fights due to that integration with WWE, thought that was BS but Izzy's antics seem so unnatural that..well may he has some really dumb writers.
That’s just it. Every time I feel I should cheer him as a “kiwi” I always think of stuff like this.
……but then again combat sports need a villain, perhaps its just him being good at that ?
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@Rembrandt said in UFC / MMA:
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.
That was awful, also along with his interview where he claimed Aussies were just racist for not cheering him on against Strickland. The bloke made his own dumb headlines as far as I'm concerned.
My brother reckons some fighters now have writers to hype fights due to that integration with WWE, thought that was BS but Izzy's antics seem so unnatural that..well may he has some really dumb writers.
That’s just it. Every time I feel I should cheer him as a “kiwi” I always think of stuff like this.
……but then again combat sports need a villain, perhaps its just him being good at that ?
@MN5 When I started getting into UFC I watched all of MacGregors fights and then all of Izzys, was a huge fan until I saw the stuff outside of the fight. Bloke seems to have a real identity crisis kiwi/nigerian/chinese and that dumbass N-word BS trying to act like some US gangbanger? Seems to think that because he is black then that is his culture? Retarded and probably offensive as fuck to actual Nigerians
Almost too dumb to be real so yeah maybe a USA based writer who doesn't actually know any black people.
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Always impressed at how insightful and intelligent the fighters are
Victors right history but I thought Izzy blew that rather than DDP winning it
DDP was gassed when Izzy was striking from the outside but when Izzy had DDP on the ropes he closed the gap rather than reinforce his successes
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And I was way off my predictions
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https://twitter.com/MMAJunkie/status/1825604280335876290
CKB might have another UFC fighter tomorrow
Cam Rowston is fighting on the Contender series. It's on espn, it looks like his fight should be ~11:30am nzt
As you can see from the video above he has a height advantage. He is a huge underdog though. People seem to really rate his opponent Finney who was on the 2023 contender series
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A lady KO in the Contender series yesterday. From a huge underdog too
Mick Maynards face is funny.. he generally doesn't react much
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Stirling gets another crack tomorrow
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Stirling gets another crack tomorrow
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https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1833687123591061869
Another fighter in the UFC
Hopefully Tau does the same next week
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Tau fights on the contender series later today. Probably around 2pm on espn2 in nz
Haven't seen too much of him but he has good power for the division. CKB seem very confident about his ability.. odds are favouring his opponent currently (2.8 v 1.38 on betfair)
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UFC 306 Noche
What an amazing spectacle
Was like watching a fight from the future from a 90s action flick
Epic
Souza v Jauregi was a top fight and finish
Great finish from Bahamondes
Ribovics v Zellhuber was an all-time classsic
Lopes looked very good against Ortega but could/should have finished it in the first
Schevchenko took Grasso's soulMerab pulled off the unexpected. Made O'Malley look ordinary
Going to be interesting to see how both fighters go in their next fights
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Just caught up on this yesterday as was travelling over the weekend. Sphere looks amazing, definitely becoming a bucket list attraction.
Awesome fights up until the co-main events, got bored during the women's match, just not a great spectacle for the uneducated fan like me. Merab/O'Malley was only slightly better maybe more for Merab's antics, the dude is hilarious. O'Malley just didn't fire until too late, could have been a hell of a match had he gone with those front kicks early.
Not particularly excited about 307 though keen to see Harrison in action again, 308 is where it is at though. Need to clear my calendar for that
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Great fight. Smith faster and with more reach, he got the first two rounds. Tau had a great 3rd round
I assume he's lost but maybe has a chance at a contract as a loser?
Edit nope. Got some praise for the comeback but no contract
Great fight. Smith faster and with more reach, he got the first two rounds. Tau had a great 3rd round
I assume he's lost but maybe has a chance at a contract as a loser?
Edit nope. Got some praise for the comeback but no contract
Tau is a bit of a beast eh! Just kept going forward and I was so impressed he didnt tap in the 2nd as he looked to be in a pretty shit place there but got out of it really well. Massive last round but just not enough.
