UFC / MMA

[MiketheSnow]

Should be very entertaining

[Duluth]

Good challenge for Kai Kara-France on Sunday. Albazi has a bit of hype behind him and he's going up the rankings fast. Striker v Wrestler

Mullarkey worth watching on the prelims. His fights are always entertaining

Hope Arlovski goes well. 44 years old, still competitive, pro debut last century back when he had hair like 1980s George Michael

[Duluth]

Oh and TUF started this week. Barely recognised McGregor

[Kirwan]

@Duluth His face is really puffy.

[MiketheSnow]

Great first episode of TUF

Also came across this

Great doco

Catching Lightning (TV Mini Series 2023) ⭐ 7.4 | Documentary, Crime, Sport

1h | TV-MA

[Duluth]

The KKF decision was odd

I was drinking when watching but I see most other people had the same score

1,4 & 5 KKF
3 Albazi

Round 2 very close

So I was expecting 49-46 or 48-47

The judge that gave round 4 to Albazi should have to explain why. No takedowns and significant strikes were 27-5 in favour of KKF

Mullarkey got sloppy for a couple of seconds and paid the price

Caceres v Pineda was awesome

Loved the finish from Miller

[JK]

I missed this event but have seen the heat surrounding the KKF decision. Sure does sound odd!

[Duluth]

@JK said in UFC:

I missed this event but have seen the heat surrounding the KKF decision. Sure does sound odd!

Normally White would say something shitty about the judging but the UFC are keen on Albazi and his region

It'll be interesting to see the rankings when they get updated (tonight I think)

[Duluth]

So they did a standard change to the rankings. Nicolau and Perez should be a bit pissy about that too

KKF probably about as far from a title fight as he was before the weekend

[Duluth]

It’ll never happen but it would be fun: Wilder v Ngannou first fight in boxing, second fight in mma

[Duluth]

The usual Izzy video but with a few boxing cameo's. A short chat with Tyson Fury, plus David Nyika & Joseph Parker

I wouldn't be surprised if the French MMA fighter towards the end of the video turns up on the Contender series soon. Bareman has hinted that he might have a couple of fighters on it this season (presumably Navajo Sterling)

[MiketheSnow]

Ultimate Fighter still interesting enough to watch

Been some very good cards

UFC 289
Fight of the Night performance from Erceg (Aus)
Zahabi, Jasudavicius, Barriault, and Mallot flew the Canadian flag well
Oliveira smashed Dariush
Nunes won and retired as female GOAT

UFC Fight Night
Fight of the Year contender between Vettori and Cannonier

Tafa fighting this weekend

And what should be a banger between Emmett and Topuria

[Duluth]

@MiketheSnow said in UFC / MMA:

UFC Fight Night
Fight of the Year contender between Vettori and Cannonier

Cannonier's cardio and Vettori's chin made the fight.. but Vettori looked so easy to hit. JC recovered well after getting rocked twice early

Not sure what it means for the division though. There still seem to be a big gap back from Adesanya/Whittaker to the rest now... unless Du Plessis is better than I think (a tri nations top three??)

Maybe Cannonier should fight the loser of Whittaker v Du Plessis?

[Duluth]

Pretty good KO in the PFL event today

[Kirwan]

Finally, fighters I know.

[MiketheSnow]

Some great bouts and finishes in the Main Card of UFC Fight Night : Emmett v Topuria

Brendan Allen looked good
Huge KO from Onama
Barber 2.0 looked vastly improved
Masterclass from Topuria in an absolute battle

[MiketheSnow]

Elves is not dead

Comeback of the Year contender

Amazing

Sean Strickland is a legend

On the eye poke

Bisping: Talk to me about those eye pokes. How hurt were you in Round 1?

Strickland: Oh man I almost got pregnant off that one. It was pretty deep you guys

[Duluth]

Hooker & Adesanya's picks for the weekend. Izzy picking Du Plessis.. Obviously he's hoping for a new opponent.

I'm picking all the Aussies, plus the Kiwi, Moreno, Price and obviously Nickal vs a last minute opponent. I hope I'm wrong and Lawler finishes with a win

Tougher fight for Volkanovski that the odds are indicating

[MiketheSnow]

Menifield
Gomes
Maddalena
Lawler
Nickal
Turner
Du Plessis
Pantoja
Volkanovski

[Duluth]

@MiketheSnow said in UFC / MMA:

Du Plessis
Pantoja

I'm curious about these picks

The saffa to drag Whittaker into a brawl? Pantoja because of their history?