UFC / MMA
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@MiketheSnow said in UFC / MMA:
Bobby Knuckles v Chimaev in Middleweight title eliminator
Good fight. Go Whittaker. It raises a few questions though
Where does this leave Strickland? He's still claiming he didn't lose.. he's not going to get an immediate rematch. He needs to fight someone. Maybe a rematch with Cannonier, another fight he claims he won?
Whittaker was being talked about as headlining Perth. That won't happen now. Della Maddalena will surely be on the card but will he headline a PPV?
My guess is DDP and Izzy fight in Perth a fight that DDP has delayed twice already. The winner of that will then fight Whitaker/Khamzat
Looked like a fair bit of bad blood between them after DDPs victory over Whitaker where Izzy acted like a complete piston wristed gibbon.
Add in all that shit after his court appearance and it’s very easy to cheer for DDP in this one.
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Huge card. Even the early prelims are good
Almost all the fights are close.. really hard to pick. My guesses will be worse than normal
Alex Pereira v Jamahal Hill
Zhang Weili v Yan Xiaonan
Justin Gaethje v Max Holloway
Charles Oliveira v Arman Tsarukyan
Bo Nickal v Cody BrundageJiří Procházka v Aleksandar Rakić
Calvin Kattar v Aljamain Sterling
Holly Holm v Kayla Harrison
Sodiq Yusuff v Diego LopesJalin Turner v Renato Moicano
Jéssica Andrade v Marina Rodriguez
Bobby Green v v Jim Miller
Deiveson Figueiredo v Cody GarbrandtPereira v Hill is 50/50 IMO. I lean towards Hill because he's been in more MMA situations
Gaethje v Holloway - I think the dumb belt encourages a certain type of fight and the help Gaethje
Bo Nickal - zzzzz. He's an interesting prospect. It's time for him to fight better people though. Lots of pressure on him to do it in style though
Holm v Harrison - I'm suspicious of how well Harrison can handle that weight cut. I think Holm keeps this at distance and gets a late stoppage
I hope Miller wins but Bobby has been in good form
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Agreed so many could go either way
Winners first
Early Prelims
Garbrandt v Figueiredo
Miller v Green
Rodriguez v Andrade
Moicano v TurnerPrelims
Lopes v Yusuff
Holm v Harrison
Sterling v Kattar
Rakic v ProchazkaMain Card
Nickal v Brundage
Oliveira v Tsarukyan
Gaethje v Holloway
Xiaonan v Weili
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@MiketheSnow said in UFC / MMA:
Agreed so many could go either way
Great match making. IMO there 9 that are close to 50/50
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Great card
Lived up to all the hype
And still.........The Best Show in Town
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Tough night to pick. I wound up on 7/13
Turner made a huge error in the early prelims trying for a walkaway KO and then losing in the next round
Sterling & Harrison were impressive making their fights one sided. Although did Holm go in there with a strange game plan to take on Harrison's strength?
Tsarukyan should be the no1 contender now.
Pereira with another great KO. LHW looks easier for him than MW. He's less depleted and has the speed advantage. Loads of guys at LHW are strikers that are happy to take one to land one.. which will not work. Maybe Ankalaev next for a different challenge?
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Pretty good list. A couple are on there more for how big the moment was though
The Yair Rodriguez one is crazy. Particularly as it came in the very last second of a 25min fight
Chronological order
Barbosa, Masvidal, Buckley
Where was Ngannou v Overeem
and Emmett v Mitchell
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A good test this weekend for kiwi Carlos Ulberg up against Alonzo Menifield
So far he's improved each fight in the UFC. He's been in camp for a long time.. he had to pull out of a fight against Reyes with an injury, then this Menifield fight was delayed
ESPN 2 ~12:45 on Sunday afternoon
Here's his highlights so far in the UFC
The french CKB fighter Kevin Jousset is on the early prelims
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Ulberg v Menifield starts soon
Joussett’s fight was cancelled after the opponent pulled out late for undisclosed reasons. Fly from Auckland to St Louis and cut weight for no reason.. that sucks for Joussett.
I wonder if they’ll find a short notice fight for him soon, or if he doesn’t fight until the Paris card in September?
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That was a fun, fun card with some great fights and great finishes
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In NZ UFC news
- Ulberg is now ranked 11th
- Ulberg had an injured right arm going into the fight and didn't train properly for the last two weeks. It was compromised during the fight (good thing it finished quick)
- Menifields brother was agresive back at the hotel claiming it was a lucky punch. UFC Securitry got involved and he hit one of them
- Jousset's opponent (Gooden) passed out during the weight cut and hit his head
- Jousset got paid his show money and his win bonus
- Hooker, Adesanya and KKF possibly on the Perth card
I'm assuming Hooker will be fighting someone lower ranked. They struggle to get people to travel to Aussie. Adesanya v DDP & KKF v Erceg maybe?
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Fuck me
June has the makings to be the greatest month in UFC history
So many good match ups
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It's a strong month. That ABC card is as good as another ppv
Huge chance for Ulberg at 303. Rountree pulled out of the Jamahal Hill fight and Ulberg has stepped in
A couple of weeks ago he was unranked, now he's fighting a former champ on a Conor McGregor card. If he wins they'll throw him in against Pereira (Adesanya's team mate vs Pereira will be the storyline..)
