UFC / MMA
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@Duluth My feelings exactly. Most annoying part is the stars have aligned and I have the house to myself so can finally watch one live.
Can't tell if Jones is just trolling everyone trying to get as much hype as possible for an eventual Aspinall showdown..or whether he really is just ducking.
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The weakest PPV for a while with a couple of fights dropping off
I hate how the main event has held up the HW division. Any HW title fight should involve Aspinall
Jones should win, I'll be cheering for Stipe though. If Jones wins I hope he doesn't retire. He should fight Aspinall, and if he gets past him, fight Pereira. That would make an unbeatable record on paper
Chandler has been screwed over by waiting around for Conor. I assume Oliveira will be too good again
Nickal v Craig is the fight I'm most looking forward too. Craig, despite being on slide, is better than what Nickal has faced so far. Specialist wrestler v specialist BJJ. I hope Craig gets the upset but I think Bo gets a KO.. he's not subtle with his striking but he has natural power and Craig is really hittable
Can't argue with any of that
Oban Elliot on the early Prelims could be a good one. He's due a performance
Gall v Brahimaj is a good match up
Tybura v Diniz could be interesting. Big noise around Diniz but Tybura is canny
Miller v Jackson could be a barnburner. Come on Jim
Weidman v Anders could be Chris's last hurrah
Nickal will be too good for Craig
Oliveira too good for Chandler
A good young 'un will beat a good old 'un but would love Stipe to win
Jones is a brilliant fighter but the drug shit always rankles
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Turns out it was a great card
Cracking finishes from Oban Elliot, Brahimaj, Tybura, Miller and Jones
Nickal needs to show more to fight for the belt
Charles v Mike was one for the ages
Jones picked Stipe apart
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@MiketheSnow said in UFC / MMA:
Turns out it was a great card
Cracking finishes from Oban Elliot, Brahimaj, Tybura, Miller and Jones
Nickal needs to show more to fight for the belt
Charles v Mike was one for the ages
Jones picked Stipe apart
Yeah some fun fights
The gap between Jones and Miocic was huge but Stipe was disappointing. He looked his age. Good decision from JJ to attack the body so much
Aspinall will be confident against Jones, he's considerably quicker and he's larger. I'm picking Jones will drag out negotiations and then try to talk up a Pereira fight.. I'm sure he could make that fight mostly happen off the feet
Charles was great but Chandlers resilience made that fight. The last round was an unbelievable effort
We know where Bo Nickal is at now. I thought he might be reluctant to take Craig down but I expected him to have more success with his striking. Unfortunately we had a kickboxing match between two limited kickboxers. The UFC have done Nickal no favours by talking him up so much.. who do they match him up against next? Maybe 15th ranked Michel Pereira?
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@MiketheSnow said in UFC / MMA:
Turns out it was a great card
Cracking finishes from Oban Elliot, Brahimaj, Tybura, Miller and Jones
Nickal needs to show more to fight for the belt
Charles v Mike was one for the ages
Jones picked Stipe apart
Yeah some fun fights
The gap between Jones and Miocic was huge but Stipe was disappointing. He looked his age. Good decision from JJ to attack the body so much
Aspinall will be confident against Jones, he's considerably quicker and he's larger. I'm picking Jones will drag out negotiations and then try to talk up a Pereira fight.. I'm sure he could make that fight mostly happen off the feet
Charles was great but Chandlers resilience made that fight. The last round was an unbelievable effort
We know where Bo Nickal is at now. I thought he might be reluctant to take Craig down but I expected him to have more success with his striking. Unfortunately we had a kickboxing match between two limited kickboxers. The UFC have done Nickal no favours by talking him up so much.. who do they match him up against next? Maybe 15th ranked Michel Pereira?
Yeah Pereira would be a good call. Or Hermansson.
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The Macau fight night is tonight
Yan v Figueiredo has potential to be a good fight. I suspect Yan will be more in control the longer it goes.
Huge night for kiwi Carlos Ulberg. Oezdemir is a really dangerous opponent with plenty of power. The odds have Ulberg as a healthy favourite (3.1 v 1.32) I think it's closer than that. I'm picking Ulberg to make less mistakes and finish it with another KO
I don't think the UFC has much interest in Pereira going to HW so they are looking for fresh LHW opponents. A good win will have Ulberg close to a title shot.. maybe one more fight away. You can see how the UFC would market it "Adesanya's teammate vs.."
The Ulberg fight should start around 12:45am
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Oezdemir is dangerous and back on the up
Want Ulberg to win but can easily see the opposite
Should make for a great fight
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UFC 310
On paper not a bad fight all night
Lots of old dogs in the mix
From the bottom
Nzechukwu
Hooper
Chiesa
Van
Anders
Battle
Evloev
Luque
Smith
Landwehr
Mitchell
Volkov
Rakhmonov
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@MiketheSnow said in UFC / MMA:
On paper not a bad fight all night
A very deep card. The early prelims could almost be a fight night
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Some very good fights and a couple of daylight robberies
Smith needs to retire
Was sad seeing him loseChoi was excellent
Mitchell impressive
Volkov was robbed
Shak v Garry was excellent
Toughest fight both have hadPantoja was magnificent
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Navajo Stirling makes his UFC debut this weekend.
I'm confident this guy will have a good career. Another quality kickboxer but according to Bareman he's more advanced as a grappler than some of the other CKB fighters were when they first arrived
Here's his KO in the Contender series
UFC on Sky was mostly about him this week
Also Ulberg is fighting Blachowicz in March. The winner likely gets a title shot
2025 might be a very good year for Kiwi fighters. Not saying all of this will happen but:
- KKF probably has the next title shot v Pantoja
- Ulberg is probably one win away from a title fight
- Adesanya is probably one win away from another title fight
- Hooker might be one win away from a title fight (prob needs an impressive finish though)
