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And YET, despite all of this, the UFC is making bank. This won’t change

He could definitely win some fun fights against fighters who sit comfortably around the 10-15 ranks. Just hope he doesn’t get it into his head that he’s going to have a run for gold, because that shit is not going to go well for him

Hard to say. One thing I remember was Fabricio Werdums championship run. He was just so fun to watch back then. Watched his fight vs Travis a whole bunch of times, simply because Werdums confidence and joy of fighting was so infectious.

”avoided a trilogy”… lol, so he could destroy Stipe again? Stipe got absolutely smashed in the rematch. Had zero moments and lost in every instance of that fight

YES. We got an actual relevant fight instead of Jones vs Miocic. I’m way more stoked for this one.

Volk got dropped and/or wobbled on several occasions and got taken down and controlled for large portions of the fight. It was competitive, for sure, but you have to be biased if you think Volk won on the scorecards.

Usman is one of the best WWs we’ve ever had. Strange how people like to crap n him now. Then again, this is MMA “fans”

If the same Usman that fought, say, Burns shows up I find it hard to believe that Khamzat will get an easy victory.

I’ll say this: if you come to MMA with the same strategies you had in pure BJJ even a black belt will not be nearly enough.

Just speculation, but couldn’t it be that the UAE fronted some serious cash so that they could have someone from “their country” become champion? They’re known for doing stuff like this to market Dubai, giving serious cash to influencers etc. perhaps the Quran burnings have had an effect too...

Prematurely jumping for guillotines and then ending up on their back.

Yeah, a pure Thai clinch is risky, but there are other ways of clinching standing up. Cormier, for example, was very good at using a collar tie and just bashing you. It’s not just about attacking in the clinch but creating openings on the exits. I think TS is onto something here, because I...

People easily forget that long reigning champs often get lazy or sloppy in some fights. Just look at all the people eating crow buffet after Nunes absolutely smashed Peña That’s not to say that Izzy wins, but thinking that it’s a foregone conclusion is idiocy. It was not long ago that...

Jesus Christ, it’s like all the worst stereotypes of the MMA fan base is coming out to speak their mind after 293. We have all the fair weather fans saying that Strickland is next level, despite the obvious fact that his career up until Saturday was fairly mid-level. Then we have all the...

YES. Activity is always good. It reminds people of who the champion is and it builds narratives. It also helps produce more promotional material. Obviously if possible a deserving contender should get the shot, but in a situation like this I’m all for it.

Well, duh.

Turkalj is far below UFC level so I don’t think Pedro should have any issue winning this. Watch Turkaljs last fight and tell me I’m wrong

Oh, I’m genuinely curious. All the news about SA is about how everything is f#cked and how you have rolling blackouts etc. What’s the situation on the ground?

Hmm, would that even be possible with the current situation in SA?

Too many great ones to pick. Hookers ko of Pearson was absolutely beautiful tho.