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  • DuluthD Offline
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    #877

    Not official but Hooker suggested he will be fighting Gaethje early next year (nothing signed yet)

    Lot's of huge fights coming up at lightweight

    McGregor v Poirier
    Ferguson v Chandler
    Hooker v Gaethje (probably)

    Edit: Ferguson v Oliveira confirmed now. Chandler needs to fight someone... that might bump Hooker

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      #878

      Impressive finish by Holland that started from his back
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      Oliveira dominated Ferguson. 12 wins in a row for Ferguson and now 2 losses in a row. Will be interesting to see who he gets matched with next. Maybe Hooker or Felder?

      Amazing flyweight championship fight. Moreno has a habit of exceeding expectations

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      • DuluthD Duluth

        Impressive finish by Holland that started from his back
        alt text

        Oliveira dominated Ferguson. 12 wins in a row for Ferguson and now 2 losses in a row. Will be interesting to see who he gets matched with next. Maybe Hooker or Felder?

        Amazing flyweight championship fight. Moreno has a habit of exceeding expectations

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        @Duluth said in UFC:

        Impressive finish by Holland that started from his back
        alt text

        Oliveira dominated Ferguson. 12 wins in a row for Ferguson and now 2 losses in a row. Will be interesting to see who he gets matched with next. Maybe Hooker or Felder?

        Amazing flyweight championship fight. Moreno has a habit of exceeding expectations

        Awesome card with a Fight of the Year contender to finish

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          #880

          #1 Buckley
          #2 Garbrandt

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            #881

            Buckley

            Daylight

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            • DuluthD Duluth

              #1 Buckley
              #2 Garbrandt

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              #882

              @Duluth said in UFC:

              #1 Buckley
              #2 Garbrandt

              think i agree, but i have a lot of time for knocking a bloke out from your back (flashbacks to rugby days and trying to win fights from that position, and how badly it used to go)

              That Garbandt one looked like a pub fight KO

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              • DuluthD Offline
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                #883

                So Dan Hooker is fighting Michael Chandler on Jan 23rd

                Interesting that it took so long to get announced. Hooker was keen to talk about it back in December so the delay appears to come from Chandlers end.
                Did Chandler not think Hooker was a big enough name? Or did he not like the match up?

                Personally I think the match up isn't great for Chandler. Hooker is tall, has a strong chin and is quite watchful in the first round. I'll pick Chandler to get frustrated and then walk onto a knee

                Huge opportunity for Hooker. It'll be the co-main on the McGregor v Poirier PPV. A Connor event means massive ratings.

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                  Best of 2020

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                  • DuluthD Duluth

                    So Dan Hooker is fighting Michael Chandler on Jan 23rd

                    Interesting that it took so long to get announced. Hooker was keen to talk about it back in December so the delay appears to come from Chandlers end.
                    Did Chandler not think Hooker was a big enough name? Or did he not like the match up?

                    Personally I think the match up isn't great for Chandler. Hooker is tall, has a strong chin and is quite watchful in the first round. I'll pick Chandler to get frustrated and then walk onto a knee

                    Huge opportunity for Hooker. It'll be the co-main on the McGregor v Poirier PPV. A Connor event means massive ratings.

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                    Bellator is not the UFc but there are some animals over there. Chandler was one of them. I don't think he's champion material but he will put on some good fights. Hooker is too long and too battle-hardened now. He's been in wars and just seems to get better. I also think Chandler gets a knee and it's over.

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                      I personally thought that Bellator is full of garbage but after watching a couple of shows I can agree with raznomore. There are some wild animals there.

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                        #887

                        Cracking card to start off 2021

                        Some great finishes, some upsets.

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                          You all become pacifists?

                          The Tinker and Chandler

                          What you got?

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                            You all become pacifists?

                            The Tinker and Chandler

                            What you got?

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                            #889

                            @MiketheSnow said in UFC:

                            You all become pacifists?

                            The Tinker and Chandler

                            What you got?

                            Hard to judge how good Conor is right now. If he still has that accuracy I’ll pick him to finish the fight in the 2nd

                            Chandler is dangerous. If he doesn’t get a KO early he’ll have to wrestle. I don’t think he can keep up with Hookers stand up for long.
                            Hooker to end the fight with his knee as the take down attempts get more desperate

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                              Fuck

                              Chandler caught him.

                              I think that’ll be an excuse for Khabib to have one more fight but deny Conor a rematch

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                                Wow Dustin with the KO!

                                Chopped up the calf and then trapped Conor against the cage. Huge result

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                                  Thought some of the fights on this card were boring as shit so will just focus on the co main and main.

                                  Hooker looked tentative and didn’t seem to know how to work a mush smaller more compact fighter. Didn’t expect that at all. Chandler looked very sharp and fuck he can work a mic. He’s not totally convinced anyone just yet but he arrived in style. I hope Hooker isn’t done but it’s sounds like Felder thinks he might be. Great respect from Pourier to Hooker as well. Telling Chandler he beat very tough guy.

                                  Calm, respectful Conor is good for anyone especially him. We want heel Conor. I think this is a wake up call to either quit now or give away the playboy shit. He said he’s be back in 2021. I think he’s done.

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                                    Chandler looked great. Menacing.

                                    Fair play to Dustin. Took some great shots, patient, then BAMMMMMMM.

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                                      Hooker got caught. It happens to the best of them. Although his overall UFC record is now looking a bit shabby. Hopefully he's not done.

                                      It was all about the leg kick. Conor was struggling when he got tagged. And if you see in the post-match interview (where Conor was unbelievably respectful) he was struggling to walk. Fair play Poirier.

                                      I really wish Nate Diaz / MacGregor 3 would happen though.

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                                        Hooker got caught. It happens to the best of them. Although his overall UFC record is now looking a bit shabby. Hopefully he's not done.

                                        It was all about the leg kick. Conor was struggling when he got tagged. And if you see in the post-match interview (where Conor was unbelievably respectful) he was struggling to walk. Fair play Poirier.

                                        I really wish Nate Diaz / MacGregor 3 would happen though.

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                                        #895

                                        @MajorRage said in UFC:

                                        Hopefully he's not done.

                                        Hopefully. I think he still has some big wins in him.

                                        I would not be surprised if he retires though. Before this fight he was mentioning in interviews that he was (harshly) evaluating his lack of progress. Team mates have been in the UFC less time than him and were champions (Volkanovski & Adesanya). So he was trying to work out why

                                        The LW division is crazy too. Look at the monsters competing for Khabibs belt:
                                        Gaethje, Poirier, McGregor, Ferguson, Oliveira and maybe Chandler belongs in that group too. The UFC could have these guys fight amongst themselves for 2 years

                                        When does someone else get a look in?

                                        Hooker will drop a couple of rankings spots and his next opponents are likely to be lower ranked than him.

                                        24 hours ago he was one win away from a possible title shot. Now that seems a long way away if it comes at all

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                                          Bareman talking about the Hooker fight

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