UFC / MMA
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Sherman
Meerschaert
Waterson
Gastelum
Rosas
Holland
Yanez
Burns
Pereira -
Izzy draws him against the cage, let’s him get sloppy and KO’s him
Adesanya’s best finish. Better the Whittaker I
If Pereira continues fighting I want to see him up against someone who can wrestle. I understand why the rushed him but he needs to face every test if he is to stay near the top of the rankings
Pereira v Whittaker would be fun
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Amazing Rope a Dope ( or maybe that should be Cage a Dope ) from Izzy. Those punches came from nowhere but amazing KO power that I haven’t seen from him before.
What an incredible finish from him. Great set up for a third UFC fight too, every fighter needs a trilogy !
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Great set up for a third UFC fight too, every fighter needs a trilogy !
It'll be interesting to see how that works out
Adesanya is one of the more active fighters and if he keeps his regular schedule he'll be fighting again in 3-4months. He wants to be active while he's at his peak so I can't imagine him waiting
Meanwhile AP will have a medical break after a KO like that. I think the usual amount of time the UFC doesn't want sparring is 10-12 weeks?
So they'll be out of sync. Izzy could lose in the meantime
Plus Whittaker has cleaned out the division of everyone except Izzy. He deserves a big fight. I think he is a really bad matchup for Periera
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Great set up for a third UFC fight too, every fighter needs a trilogy !
It'll be interesting to see how that works out
Adesanya is one of the more active fighters and if he keeps his regular schedule he'll be fighting again in 3-4months. He wants to be active while he's at his peak so I can't imagine him waiting
Meanwhile AP will have a medical break after a KO like that. I think the usual amount of time the UFC doesn't want sparring is 10-12 weeks?
So they'll be out of sync. Izzy could lose in the meantime
Plus Whittaker has cleaned out the division of everyone except Izzy. He deserves a big fight. I think he is a really bad matchup for Periera
As in capable of beating him ?
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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
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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.
