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  • MiketheSnowM Offline
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    MiketheSnow
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    #1012

    Great night of fighting

    4 out of 5 for the Brits a great return

    As one Liverpool door closes (Till) another one, maybe two open (Paddy and Tom)

    Jack Shore quietly going about his work

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      • DuluthD Offline
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        Duluth
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        #1014

        Short hype video about Volkanovski. Some footage of his rugby league days and his early fights when he was fighting in the wrong weight classes

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          #1015

          Great package

          But really hope that Ortega gets back to his best and beats him a week Saturday.

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            #1016

            Picks for 266?

            Volkanovski v Ortega
            Shevchenko v Murphy
            Diaz v Lawler
            Blaydes v Rozenstruik
            Andrade v Calvillo
            Moraes v Dvalishvili
            Hooker v Haqparast
            Abdurakhimov v Daukaus


            Not that confident about the main event though.

            Volk is the most underrated champ but Ortega is a scary opponent. He can go from nothing to a submission so quickly. Also his striking has improved recently.

            Plus Volkanovski has had a limited camp because of gov policies in Aus. If he turns up as well prepared as normal I'll back him to outlast Ortega and get a stoppage late

            Shevchenko is the best female MMA fighter and she'll win however she wants

            I hope Diaz puts up a good fight. The signs aren't looking good

            Good matchup. I think Rozenstruik might be slightly underrated at the moment. Only lost against the two best fighters in the division. All depends on how he copes with Blaydes takedowns

            A dangerous fight for Hooker. All the other ranked LW fighters don't want to fight.. they're waiting on the outcomes of some other matchups. So it's a big risk with little upside
            Both fighters had visa issues and shitty travel itineraries. Hooker had some other external bollocks during his camp. I expect a pissed off Hooker to be more aggressive than normal

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              #1017

              Hooker talking about visa issues/finding an opponent etc

              He’s on the prelims so that’s on regular espn in NZ. Probably around 2:15pm on Sunday

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              • DuluthD Duluth

                Picks for 266?

                Volkanovski v Ortega
                Shevchenko v Murphy
                Diaz v Lawler
                Blaydes v Rozenstruik
                Andrade v Calvillo
                Moraes v Dvalishvili
                Hooker v Haqparast
                Abdurakhimov v Daukaus


                Not that confident about the main event though.

                Volk is the most underrated champ but Ortega is a scary opponent. He can go from nothing to a submission so quickly. Also his striking has improved recently.

                Plus Volkanovski has had a limited camp because of gov policies in Aus. If he turns up as well prepared as normal I'll back him to outlast Ortega and get a stoppage late

                Shevchenko is the best female MMA fighter and she'll win however she wants

                I hope Diaz puts up a good fight. The signs aren't looking good

                Good matchup. I think Rozenstruik might be slightly underrated at the moment. Only lost against the two best fighters in the division. All depends on how he copes with Blaydes takedowns

                A dangerous fight for Hooker. All the other ranked LW fighters don't want to fight.. they're waiting on the outcomes of some other matchups. So it's a big risk with little upside
                Both fighters had visa issues and shitty travel itineraries. Hooker had some other external bollocks during his camp. I expect a pissed off Hooker to be more aggressive than normal

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                MiketheSnow
                wrote on last edited by MiketheSnow
                #1018

                @duluth said in UFC:

                Picks for 266?

                Volkanovski v Ortega
                Shevchenko v Murphy
                Diaz v Lawler
                Blaydes v Rozenstruik
                Andrade v Calvillo
                Moraes v Dvalishvili
                Hooker v Haqparast
                Abdurakhimov v Daukaus


                Ortega
                Shevchenko
                Diaz
                Blaydes

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                  #1019

                  Dominant performance from Hooker. The timing on those takedowns was great.

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                    #1020

                    Hooker looked very good.

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                    • BovidaeB Bovidae

                      Hooker looked very good.

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                      Steven Harris
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                      @bovidae did he win..?

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                        @bovidae did he win..?

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                        #1022

                        @steven-harris By unanimous decision

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                          #1023

                          Awesome performance from Volkanovski

                          3rd round was crazy. No one gets out of Ortega submission attempts. He does it twice in the round and still manages to win the round.
                          Ortega deserves credit for surviving the 4th

                          One of the best fights of the year

                          Diaz was slightly better than I was expecting. I was surprised that Lawler was so content to stay in range. Pleased with the Lawler win after Diaz switched weight classes

                          Dvalishvili had a crazy comeback

                          Great card

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                          • DuluthD Duluth

                            Awesome performance from Volkanovski

                            3rd round was crazy. No one gets out of Ortega submission attempts. He does it twice in the round and still manages to win the round.
                            Ortega deserves credit for surviving the 4th

                            One of the best fights of the year

                            Diaz was slightly better than I was expecting. I was surprised that Lawler was so content to stay in range. Pleased with the Lawler win after Diaz switched weight classes

                            Dvalishvili had a crazy comeback

                            Great card

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                            #1024

                            @duluth said in UFC:

                            Awesome performance from Volkanovski

                            3rd round was crazy. No one gets out of Ortega submission attempts. He does it twice in the round and still manages to win the round.
                            Ortega deserves credit for surviving the 4th

                            One of the best fights of the year

                            Diaz was slightly better than I was expecting. I was surprised that Lawler was so content to stay in range. Pleased with the Lawler win after Diaz switched weight classes

                            Dvalishvili had a crazy comeback

                            Great card

                            All of the above

                            7 out of 8

                            Well played

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                              Duluth
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                              #1025

                              Quick turnaround for Hooker. He's fighting on the next PPV at the end of October

                              Islam Makhachev is a tough matchup. Striker v wrestler. There's been a lot of talk that people have been avoiding fighting him. I'm not convinced that's true.. I think the top 7-8 LW's have been fighting each other and Islam just wasn't in that group until recently

                              Big test for Islam too. Despite being highly rated, he's never fought anyone in the top 10

                              This means Hooker has no MIQ spot. I believe that's 5 CKB fighters currently in the US with no return date. CKB opening a US gym is looking even more likely

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                                #1026

                                Fun fight in the weekend between Costa and Vettori. Amazed that Costa had enough gas in the tank to win the final round

                                Happy that Costa lost after the weight shenanigans. Adesanya mentally broke this guy

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                                  #1027

                                  Good hype video on Dan Hooker. Easily my favourite NZ sportsman right now

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                                    Good hype video on Dan Hooker. Easily my favourite NZ sportsman right now

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                                    muddyriver
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                                    @duluth Im a big fan.

                                    He went through a bit of a cringe stage, i think maybe the ufc told him to be a heel, or something.

                                    He looks liek hes in a good place right now. Hard fight for him, hope he gets it done

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                                    • DuluthD Duluth

                                      Fun fight in the weekend between Costa and Vettori. Amazed that Costa had enough gas in the tank to win the final round

                                      Happy that Costa lost after the weight shenanigans. Adesanya mentally broke this guy

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                                      MiketheSnow
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                                      #1029

                                      @duluth said in UFC:

                                      Fun fight in the weekend between Costa and Vettori. Amazed that Costa had enough gas in the tank to win the final round

                                      Happy that Costa lost after the weight shenanigans. Adesanya mentally broke this guy

                                      Such a gulf between Adesanya and the rest.

                                      Great win, performance and sportsmanship from Caceres.

                                      Mason Jones got his first win. One to watch hopefully.

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                                      • MiketheSnowM MiketheSnow

                                        @duluth said in UFC:

                                        Fun fight in the weekend between Costa and Vettori. Amazed that Costa had enough gas in the tank to win the final round

                                        Happy that Costa lost after the weight shenanigans. Adesanya mentally broke this guy

                                        Such a gulf between Adesanya and the rest.

                                        Great win, performance and sportsmanship from Caceres.

                                        Mason Jones got his first win. One to watch hopefully.

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                                        muddyriver
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                                        #1030

                                        @mikethesnow

                                        Adesanya
                                        big gap
                                        Rob
                                        Big gap.
                                        Rest

                                        In saying that i hope rob can get up vs adesanya, call me a hater but i just like rob a lot more out side the ring

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                                          Duluth
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                                          Makhachev will get his title shot soon. That was impressive

                                          Hopefully Hooker gets another fight this year

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