UFC / MMA
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Yes, RW is more well rounded. Whittaker's highlights are mostly striking but he has a wrestling base. He can test Pereira in other ways.
Adesanya is a kickboxer with good takedown defence. Pereira is a kickboxer whose fights in the UFC have basically been kickboxing fights
Interesting. I’d assume Whitaker would lose to Pereira in a similar vein as he lost to Izzy.
I do get what you mean though, the old ‘styles make fights’ adage
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‘styles make fights’
Yeah and there's a lot of questions about Pereira. They rushed him because they knew he matched up well with Adesanya. How good is his gas tank when he's in a clinch battle? Can he work his way back to his feet etc
Who knows? Maybe he KO's everyone else and it doesn't matter
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‘styles make fights’
Yeah and there's a lot of questions about Pereira. They rushed him because they knew he matched up well with Adesanya. How good is his gas tank when he's in a clinch battle? Can he work his way back to his feet etc
Who knows? Maybe he KO's everyone else and it doesn't matter
Yeah fair call. Just cos fighter A beat fighter B and fighter B beat fighter C doesn’t guarantee that fighter A beats fighter C.
Pereira just seems to have similar strengths to Izzy ( more so I would have thought before todays fight )
Joe Rogan and the gang certainly talked him up as a huge challenge but then again this is hardly unusual for them.
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Great night
I was way off with nearly all my calls
Kelvin looked great
So too Gilbert
Rodriguez played it so smart
And great finishes from Holland and Font
Then Izzy
Boooooom
UFC is the Greatest Show On Earth
By a country mile
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@MiketheSnow said in UFC:
Great night
I was way off with nearly all my calls
Kelvin looked great
So too Gilbert
Rodriguez played it so smart
And great finishes from Holland and Font
Then Izzy
Boooooom
UFC is the Greatest Show On Earth
By a country mile
I reckon Bruce Buffer would be more spent than any of the fighters, his announcements are off the charts, I fully expect him to keel over at any moment.
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KO power that I haven’t seen from him before
Just on that punch, Adesanya has rocked him with it several times before. Particularly in their second kickboxing fight
I went back and had a look at the end of the first round at UFC281. This video should be queued up for 5:34 Izzy lands almost the exact same punch and Pereira is out on his feet
UFC281 Pereira is saved by the bell goes on to win, UFC285 Izzy lands a follow up
Tiny margins
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KO power that I haven’t seen from him before
Just on that punch, Adesanya has rocked him with it several times before. Particularly in their second kickboxing fight
I went back and had a look at the end of the first round at UFC281. This video should be queued up for 5:34 Izzy lands almost the exact same punch and Pereira is out on his feet
UFC281 Pereira is saved by the bell goes on to win, UFC285 Izzy lands a follow up
Tiny margins
Indeed but they could have counted to twenty and he wouldn’t have gotten up in time I reckon.
Was watching with the old man and a mate and we compared it to Alis punch to knock out Liston ( as did Izzy himself )
Of course I believe he threw that fight but that’s another story.
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Adesanya slammed for ‘pathetic’ act toward rival’s son
Kiwi UFC star Israel Adesanya has been slammed by fans after taunting the son of his rival Alex Pereira after his knockout win at UFC 287 yesterday. Adesan
Righto, hardly “slammed”, the only thing pathetic is the New Zealand news “reporting” but thats not surprising.
Sounds like the little fluffybunny deserved it to me.
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@MN5 Perreia is not a counter fighter. Izzy is the best Counterfighter, a long counter fighter with good takedown D is Rob Whittakers nemesis as he likes to blitz in from range despite his own length being very average.
Perreia pressures you with his cage control and immense power. More single shots until he gets you trapped.It would not be an easy fight for rob, but if he get Pereiras Back early in a round he could really work him over. Rob Mixes it up very well, and he could KO him or submit him on the ground. Rob would have to avoid calf kicks at all costs.
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All that Whittaker v Pereira chat was pointless... Pereira just announced he's moving up to LHW
I see Bareman wants Adesanya to fight Hill for the LHW belt. Maybe the UFC will allow it because it will give time for something to develop at MW
Whittaker v Du Plessis for an interim belt?
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All that Whittaker v Pereira chat was pointless... Pereira just announced he's moving up to LHW
I see Bareman wants Adesanya to fight Hill for the LHW belt. Maybe the UFC will allow it because it will give time for something to develop at MW
Whittaker v Du Plessis for an interim belt?
Bo Nickal for Adesanya?
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@MiketheSnow said in UFC:
Bo Nickal for Adesanya?
Eventually, but even if they fast track him thats 2-3 fights away.
Move Khamzat up a division?
The UFC wants a big event in Africa soon. I think they'll want Adesanya v Du Plessis to be the headline but it's hard to argue for him having a title fight without beating Whittaker
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Whittaker v Du Plessis for an interim belt?
This fight is confirmed for UFC 290 in July. Not for an interim belt.. that may change depending on what Adesanya does next
290 will have Hooker v Turner and probably Volk v Yair. A fun card
I suspect they are going to let Adesanya go for the LHW belt. There were several MW fights confirmed this week, so the potential opponents are all busy now. Whittaker/Du Plessis, Hermansson/Allen, Vettori/Cannonier, Strickland/Magomedov
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UFC 288
Some great match ups, and loads of FOTN contenders
My victors in BOLD
Holmes v Ribiero
Hawes v Aliskerov
Smith v Porter
Rodriguez v Jandiroba
Williams v Bedoya
Nzechukwu v Clark
Dober v Frevola
Gracie v Jourdain
Evloev v Lopes
Andrade v Xiaonan
Muhammad v Burns
Sterling v Cejudo -
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