UFC / MMA
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Ha, I was going to say I’m only confident about the O’Malley fight
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Picks for the weekend?
Dustin Poirier v Conor McGregor
Gilbert Burns v Stephen Thompson
Tai Tuivasa v Greg Hardy
Irene Aldana v Yana Kunitskaya
Sean O'Malley v Kris MoutinhoWill cheer for Conor though. It's more fun when he's in the mix for the title.
Thompson too fast and will keep the fight at distance
Hardy is improving and I'm picking a slight upset. Money is against Hardy because he loses massively in the likability contest
I've got the Irishman. He's better after a loss.
Wonderboy is either very well rested or past his useby. I'm going with Burns.
Hardy is massive. A complete oxygen thief of the highest order but I think he gets better ever time he goes out. Don't think Bam can get it done but hoping he does.
I really hope O'Malley gets a KO or gets KOd he's either lots of fun when he's winning or a whiney bitch otherwise.
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Du Plessis. Boom
O'Malley v The Terminator. WOW
Aldana got it done.
Bam Bam. BAMMM
Burns solid
Great while it lasted. Poirier is nails.
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Dan Hooker confirmed he’ll be on the Volkanovski v Ortega card. No opponent yet. I’m hoping for Ferguson but guessing it’ll be someone outside the top 10
That’s looking like a strong card. Nick Diaz v Lawler, Shevchenko defending her belt, Blaydes v Rozenstruik etc
Hooker suggested that Izzy has a fight scheduled before the end of the year but it’s not announced yet. Some of the CKB fighters were pencilled in for the Volk card but are now on the Izzy one.
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Not the UFC, but there's an interesting MMA fight tomorrow in the PFL
Genah Fabian from CKB is fighting Kayla Harrison
It's on regular sky during the day tomorrow
It's a bit like an old fashioned UFC fight - striker v grappler. Kayla is a big favourite but Fabians length and kickboxing might cause problems
I watched Genah's first couple of fights in this tournament. In the first one she was almost too comfortable and stayed in the clinch longer than she should've. Never under threat, but she went away from her strength and missed out on getting a finish.
Second fight went more to plan. Had a look at the opponent in the first round and got the finish in the second.MIQ vouchers are a lot harder to come by than a few months ago. So Fabian had to leave NZ with no return date. Will probably be stuck in the US for months. Kai Kara France is doing a similar thing for his next fight.
These are larger fighters than in the UFC. They are fighting at 155lbs. That's 10lbs bigger than the highest UFC division and 20lbs heavier than Rousey's old division.
I presume Harrison's plan is to win this PFL tournament, go to the UFC and fight Nunes at 145lbs (can she get to that weight??)
Hopefully Fabian spoils that plan
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