UFC / MMA
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@raznomore said in UFC:
Great, great card. I watched the whole thing and happy as with the last finish as it coincided with the Kick off lol.
Obviously “the KO” was a highlight but so many great performances on this card and from the outset. Probably the best over all event in a couple of years. Cant remember a disappointing fight.
100%
Great, great night of ACTION
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Carlos Ulberg will be fighting on the contender series next month.
His cornermen - Adesanya and Riddell
Israel Adesanya's surprise next UFC move
Another New Zealand mixed martial artist has earned a shot at the UFC.
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Your picks for the main events?
I think Gaethje & Cannonier
I'll be cheering for Whittaker but picking Cannonier. He's looking good as a MW
It's probably crazy picking against Khabib but Gaethje looked incredible last time. I'm not sure if Khabib will get a chance to take this to the ground
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Cutelaba
Shakirova
Hawes
Harris
Bobby Knuckles
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@Duluth it’s usually when a fighter loses someone close to them that they start to go off the rails. Khabib could be different. He looked drained after the cut though.
Gaethje looked amazing against El Cucuy. No one looks amazing against Ferguson.
It’s a hard one to pick. I’ll go Justin.
I’ve never really rated Bobby Knuckles that highly. He earned his belt but I don’t think he’s elite. He’s all heart and I think it’s that which gets him over the line in his fights. Cannonier is a monster from LHW that looks amazing after the cut to MW. He’s going to eat Whittaker.
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@MiketheSnow
1/6, though you went out on a limb with those picks so credit for that. -
In the most stacked division Khabib sits atop, no one who can beat him. Line Tony up immediately please.*
Whittaker looked sharp. Totally over estimated Cannonier.
*I didn’t see the post fight until now. So he retired dammit. Good for him. Bad for the sport.
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@MiketheSnow
1/6, though you went out on a limb with those picks so credit for that.2/6 if you don't mind
Fucking hell Khabib.
GOAT
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@MiketheSnow
Fair play!Lightweight will be interesting if a little hollow now.
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I enjoy DC when he’s calling the fights and the technical aspects especially. But the high pitched laugh talking he does. Usually during some kind of inside joke or something we should find funny, but don’t. Is fucking annoying. He started it with Joe Rogan during the the last big event in the states and hasn’t stopped.
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Does anyone else feel like Khabib isn’t the pfp?
I’ll explain. I think he fought dos Anjos at full strength in his prime. Pourier in his prime. Gaethje in his prime.
Conor was under done and full of himself. Still dangerous but not the proposition he was vs Aldo.
Iaquinta was underdone on short notice.
Barboza is dangerous but not elite and he was in the slide.
Johnson was on the slide.
And then it’s a bit of a struggle from there to reckon any names of note.
He needed to fight Tony and then he needed to go up to Welterweight. Fights against Nate Diaz, Usman and Masvidal even Covington would have been huge.
Khabib is probably a fighter that could have been the GOAT but I think what he left in the table is more than what he left with.
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@raznomore
Ultimately it's subjective. Khabib ticks a lot of boxes for people (dominant wins, undefeated, good public image etc.) but he only has 3 title defences and only fought in one division. GSP has a couple of losses (both of which he avenged) but 9 belt defences undefeated and belts in 2 divisions. Jon Jones has 8 then 3 but lost the title twice due to criminal then doping offences, however of the 3 is the only one still active and may improve his standing with a heavyweight title. In other words, Khabib is the safe choice but with time his record might be looked at more critically (especially if the guys he beat are shown to be overrated). -
Really good card with up & comers and guys coming back from injury / loss of form.
Great contests and some super finishes.
Hall did well. Patient.
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White was interviewed after that event and said Adesanya will be fighting Blachowicz for the LHW belt next
Adesanya wanted the fight. White claims he preferred a MW defence vs Whittaker. However he put the blame on Whittaker's interviews where he said he didn't care about a rematch
I guess Whittakers comments made that a hard fight to sell
Adesanya will not have to give up the MW belt
I think I'm correct in saying no man has held two belts and then gone back down to defend the first one again?
Maybe thats the plan - win the LHW, defend the MW then a super fight with Jones at LHW?
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Carlos Ulberg fights on the UFC Contender series this afternoon (on ESPN)
Potentially another kiwi in the UFC
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White was interviewed after that event and said Adesanya will be fighting Blachowicz for the LHW belt next
Adesanya wanted the fight. White claims he preferred a MW defence vs Whittaker. However he put the blame on Whittaker's interviews where he said he didn't care about a rematch
I guess Whittakers comments made that a hard fight to sell
Adesanya will not have to give up the MW belt
I think I'm correct in saying no man has held two belts and then gone back down to defend the first one again?
Maybe thats the plan - win the LHW, defend the MW then a super fight with Jones at LHW?
Blachowicz was impressive vs Reyes but he is relatively slow and definitely beatable (8 losses in his career). I'd say Izzy will pick him apart. Regardless of what happens with Jon, he won't be able to resist a superfight with Izzy. Will be one of the biggest fights in history of the sport if it comes to pass, though especially if JJ has the HW belt.
Haven't seen much of Ulberg but if his teammates are to be believed then he is a serious talent.
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Contender series had some good finishes today and Ulberg did the business. He’s got some very Izzy-esque feints. He’s got to tighten up with his striking. He throws to kill but he’s very off balance. Looks a great prospect for the Ufc. He’s almost too good looking and he’ll be a hit with the ladies and I’d imagine some men...
