UFC / MMA

[Duluth]

Picks/guesses

Israel Adesanya vs Robert Whittaker
Derrick Lewis vs Tai Tuivasa
Jared Cannonier vs Derek Brunson
Alexander Hernandez vs Renato Moicano
Bobby Green vs Nasrat Haqparast

Andrei Arlovski vs Jared Vanderaa
Roxanne Modafferi vs Casey O'Neill
Kyler Phillips vs Marcelo Rojo
Carlos Ulberg vs Fabio Cherant

Jeremiah Wells vs Mike Mathetha

[Dice]

I'm watching King in the Ring and Kai Kara-France is pretty impressive as a commentator.

[muddyriver]

@dice haha he started of very sonny bill like. But he's flowing better as it goes on.

Great having that level of knowledge commentate

[JK]

Blood diamonds fight should be starting around 1240 nz time

[JK]

@jk said in UFC:

Blood diamonds fight should be starting around 1240 nz time

And choked out to sleep in the first round…doh!

[Duluth]

@jk said in UFC:

And choked out to sleep in the first round…doh!

Did you watch it? Sounds like a bit of a disaster, taken down early and couldn’t get anything going?

[edit - found a video of it.. doubt this will stay up for long]

[Duluth]

Comfortable decision for Ulberg. The low hands were making me nervous though.. maybe he was trying to draw more out of Cherant?

[Duluth]

Good to hear the commentators shit on the judge that thought Roxanne won. Completely incompetent.

[Duluth]

Tai Tuivasa! I thought the step up in quality would be too much. Took some huge shots but finished Lewis with a brutal elbow.

[MN5]

@duluth said in UFC:

Tai Tuivasa! I thought the step up in quality would be too much. Took some huge shots but finished Lewis with a brutal elbow.

Impressively tough and chugged some beer afterwards.

The Gorilla was excellent too.

[Duluth]

Izzy looked great in round one. The fight settled into a pattern after after that.

Whittaker getting takedowns but not able to keep him down or inflict damage. Adesanya more accurate on the feet but the volume of both fighters was low

Cannonier should provide a fun fight but there's a gap in class from Whittaker down to all the rest

[MN5]

@duluth said in UFC:

Izzy looked great in round one. The fight settled into a pattern after after that.

Whittaker getting takedowns but not able to keep him down or inflict damage. Adesanya more accurate on the feet but the volume of both fighters was low

Cannonier should provide a fun fight but there's a gap in class from Whittaker down to all the rest

Izzy fought a very safe fight. No way Whittaker was a chance unless he could close the gap or as you say do more with the takedowns. He improved after the first round but it was never in doubt overall.

[Duluth]

Whats left for Adesanya at middleweight?

Robert Whittaker x 2
Marvin Vettori x 2
Jared Cannonier
Derek Brunson
Paulo Costa
Sean Strickland
Jack Hermansson
Darren Till
Uriah Hall
Kelvin Gastelum
Brad Tavares

The UFC probably doesn't want Whittaker to fight any of the people that haven't had a shot yet. Rob's nexts two fight should probably be Vettori and Costa

Cannonier is next for Adesanya. Then what? Maybe Strickland if he has a solid win? However Strickland will probably struggle against everyone ranked ahead of him. So it's a big call who they put him against next

It looks like Izzy is slowly gaining muscle mass for a real crack at LHW. Maybe 3 more fights in this division?

I don't think we'll see a 3rd Whittaker fight

[MN5]

@duluth said in UFC:

Whats left for Adesanya at middleweight?

Robert Whittaker x 2
Marvin Vettori x 2
Jared Cannonier
Derek Brunson
Paulo Costa
Sean Strickland
Jack Hermansson
Darren Till
Uriah Hall
Kelvin Gastelum
Brad Tavares

The UFC probably doesn't want Whittaker to fight any of the people that haven't had a shot yet. Rob's nexts two fight should probably be Vettori and Costa

Cannonier is next for Adesanya. Then what? Maybe Strickland if he has a solid win? However Strickland will probably struggle against everyone ranked ahead of him. So it's a big call who they put him against next

It looks like Izzy is slowly gaining muscle mass for a real crack at LHW. Maybe 3 more fights in this division?

I don't think we'll see a 3rd Whittaker fight

Cannonier looks a really awkward opponent in terms of style for Izzy. Potentially a formidable foe.

[MiketheSnow]

@mn5 said in UFC:

@duluth said in UFC:

Whats left for Adesanya at middleweight?

Robert Whittaker x 2
Marvin Vettori x 2
Jared Cannonier
Derek Brunson
Paulo Costa
Sean Strickland
Jack Hermansson
Darren Till
Uriah Hall
Kelvin Gastelum
Brad Tavares

The UFC probably doesn't want Whittaker to fight any of the people that haven't had a shot yet. Rob's nexts two fight should probably be Vettori and Costa

Cannonier is next for Adesanya. Then what? Maybe Strickland if he has a solid win? However Strickland will probably struggle against everyone ranked ahead of him. So it's a big call who they put him against next

It looks like Izzy is slowly gaining muscle mass for a real crack at LHW. Maybe 3 more fights in this division?

I don't think we'll see a 3rd Whittaker fight

Cannonier looks a really awkward opponent in terms of style for Izzy. Potentially a formidable foe.

Can take a shot too

[MiketheSnow]

UFC Vegas 48

Low key card

High key entertainment

Some great finishes

[Duluth]

@mikethesnow said in UFC:

UFC Vegas 48

Low key card

High key entertainment

Some great finishes

I finally saw last weekends fights. Hill’s KO was special

[mariner4life]

@duluth lol it's like that headshot gif i like to use. His brain goes to sleep and his body takes a little while to realise it.

[muddyriver]

@mariner4life 6'6 takes a while to get down, no idea how johny walker. Makes 205

[Duluth]

More detail slowly coming out about Cain Velasquez

Someone sexually abused a young relative. He tried to kill the pedo

Cain Velasquez charged with attempted murder

Former UFC heavyweight champ Cain Velasquez was charged with attempted premeditated murder and multiple gun assault charges. Said Santa Clara County DA Jeff Rosen: "The sad tragedy is that Mr. Velasquez chose to take the law into his own hands."