UFC / MMA
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More tweets than I realised, guess a few got deleted.
Conor McGregor vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov Twitter war turns ugly
The rivalry between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor continues to grow uglier.
Surely the best response to McGregor is simply a gif from the fight.
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I'm really looking forward to the two main fights this weekend
Max Holloway vs Dustin Poirier
Kelvin Gastelum vs Israel AdesanyaBoth tough to call
I think Holloway is the best fighter in the organisation. His class should edge it.. Not putting any money on it though
I'll be cheering for Adesanya but this is going to be a tough one. Everyone talks about KG's punching power but his wrestling background might be the decider here.
Israel keeps talking up his ability on the ground but we haven't seen that tested yetI'm still hoping for a NZ v Aus title fight... and even the remote possibility it happens in Auckland
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I'm really looking forward to the two main fights this weekend
Max Holloway vs Dustin Poirier
Kelvin Gastelum vs Israel AdesanyaBoth tough to call
I think Holloway is the best fighter in the organisation. His class should edge it.. Not putting any money on it though
I'll be cheering for Adesanya but this is going to be a tough one. Everyone talks about KG's punching power but his wrestling background might be the decider here.
Israel keeps talking up his ability on the ground but we haven't seen that tested yetI'm still hoping for a NZ v Aus title fight... and even the remote possibility it happens in Auckland
Poirier and Gastelum for the upset wins.
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The main event was almost as good as the co-main. The best PPV for a while
Poirier dominated apart from a few moments. Unfortunately it looked like guys in different weight classes fighting.. Holloway is so tough though
I hope Poirier knocks Khabib out
Earlier Rountree was very good too. Brutal leg kicks. Maybe he's turned the corner... the LHW division needs some more class
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Finally managed to watch one.
Israel fight was great - all square going into the lady then just dominated him for a 10-8. Great fight, both guys super super tough.
Main event was its equal tho, we just kept waiting for Holloway to turn it, looked like he could thrn the knee which opened the cut effectively ended it.
Both fighters worthy of the belts
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White said the title fight will be in a stadium in Aus
Good to see Israel in the press conference suggesting the fight should be in Auckland. Pointing out Whittaker is a Maori born in Auckland..
It’ll most likely be in Aus, but Whittaker has failed to show up in a couple of home fights. Also Aucklands City Kickboxing has earned a big event
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Fantastic card
Davis v Costa was a cracker
So too Muhammad v Millender and Frevola v Turner
Krylov on the way up
Jouban robbed
Rountree Jr massively improved
Gastelum made the fatal mistake of trying to take Adesanya down when he was ready to be felled.
Fair play to Adesanya, Championship finish in the Championship round.
And Poirier deservedly took the unanimous decision.
Great night.
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Adesanya passes another test with ease.
Some huge fights coming for him against fighters in the top five. I'm hoping hoping for a New Zealandish title fight with Whittaker in a year or so
Nice soothsaying there @Duluth!!
So cool that it was a fight for the ages too. So now we wait for the fight against Whittaker!
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I have watched Izzy's* fight several times. Just amazing from both guys. Many fights would have been stopped in that last 20 seconds but Gastelum deserved to be there at the end.
I loved the whole card. Best in ages.
What's with Israel's this week? Izzy Dagg calls time, Izzy Falou self destructs and Izzy Adesanya elevates.
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Two very good cards back to back.
And some significant changes in rankings.
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Very average card from Ottawa but the Cowboy v Raging Al fight was a cracker.
Going into the fight Al said Cowboy was looking old & slow.
Al can thank his lucky stars he didn't face the younger version, he wouldn't have gotten out of the ring alive.
Al out thought & out fought.
Cowboy v McG next?
Yes please
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That was impressive from Cowboy.
I was expect Al to win.. I thought there were signs that Cowboys chin was getting questionable in the last couple of years (maybe it was just an issue with the bigger hitters at welterweight?)
So I was expecting Al to catch him at some stage and get a KOWell Al caught him a few times and Cowboy didn't get rocked too badly
Credit to Cerrone for the 24th minute too. Well up on the score card and he took a few risks going for the finish
@MiketheSnow said in UFC:
Cowboy v McG next?
Yes please
I like it for a few reasons:
- Conor should not be getting a title shot, or even a number one contender fight, when he returns. He hasn't won in the octagon since 2016.
- Cowboy deserves a big pay day and it's unlikely he's going on a title run at this stage of his career.
- It's a fun fight
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That was impressive from Cowboy.
I was expect Al to win.. I thought there were signs that Cowboys chin was getting questionable in the last couple of years (maybe it was just an issue with the bigger hitters at welterweight?)
So I was expecting Al to catch him at some stage and get a KOWell Al caught him a few times and Cowboy didn't get rocked too badly
Credit to Cerrone for the 24th minute too. Well up on the score card and he took a few risks going for the finish
@MiketheSnow said in UFC:
Cowboy v McG next?
Yes please
I like it for a few reasons:
- Conor should not be getting a title shot, or even a number one contender fight, when he returns. He hasn't won in the octagon since 2016.
- Cowboy deserves a big pay day and it's unlikely he's going on a title run at this stage of his career.
- It's a fun fight
It's a no lose scenario for Cowboy.
He wins, he's beaten McG, straight to Title shot and Hall of Fame
He loses, he's lost to one of the best, gets a huge pay day, and straight to Hall of Fame -
@Duluth Yea I had raging Al as the favourite given his dominant win over Kevin Lee last outing and his respectable showing against Khabib. Gotta love Cowboy though and enjoy him while hes still fighting. He can walk straight into the movie industry when he retires! What a character...
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So Edgar gets a title shot vs Holloway
Booo! It should have been the Aussie Volkanovski
I wasn't expecting Volkanovski to beat Aldo on the weekend but he fofought a great tactical fight. He constantly kept Aldo busy, particularly with the little leg kicks, and Aldo never got into his rhythm
- Aldo was the number one contender
- Only three people have beaten Aldo in the UFC - Conor McGregor, Max Holloway and now Alexander Volkanovski
- Volkanovski has one of the longest active win streaks in the UFC having won all 7 of his fights
But no, Edgar gets the title shot..
The rationale is that the Holloway vs Edgar fight was scheduled and cancelled before. To me it looks like the UFC wants Holloway to have an easier fight coming off that Poirier loss
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UFC has been posting a few old videos on their youtube channel
Here's the original event from 1993.
Not many rules at this stage. So there's kicks to the head of a downed opponent, head butts and hair pulling
Brian Kilmeade from Fox News does the post match interviews
The crowd has no idea what Royce Gracie is doing.
The boxer wearing a single boxing glove made a serious mistake.. it's a little difficult to fight the hands with that on
