The Trenches, Ep. 34 Poll: Which fight are you looking forward to the most at UFC 237/Bellator 221?

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Sherdog Main Page writer Ant Walker and senior editor Ben Duffy want to talk things over and answer your questions on a Live Video Chat series titled "The Trenches," airing WEDNESDAY at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT.

We also want your thoughts on a poll posted in this thread, with this week's poll question asking the following:

Which fight are you looking forward to the most this weekend at UFC 237/Bellator 221?

Chime in on the conversation by voting in our poll or posting any fight questions you have.

Ant holds over 15 years of martial arts experience, training in multiple styles including Boxing, Muay Thai, Taekwondo, Kung Fu and Krav Maga, and also coached amateur MMA fighters. A former Sherdog Radio Network personality and current contributor to Sherdog.com, this self-described "gym rat" seeks to impart his knowledge and discuss all things MMA with his fellow community members.

Sherdog senior editor Ben Duffy came to mixed martial arts through a youth spent in amateur wrestling, but has also dabbled in such styles as judo and kempo and boasts quite the collection of white belts. He has been an obsessive consumer and chronicler of MMA since 2003. Twitter: benjaminduffy

Select questions from this thread will be answered in the article, and additional questions from this thread may be used in an upcoming episode of live video chat series 'The Trenches,' hosted on the forum THIS WEDNESDAY. Below are links to previous episodes of that series as well as his previous "Ask Ant" articles.


The Trenches Episodes:

Spoiler

The Trenches, Episode 33: ONE and Done
The Trenches, Episode 32: UFC vs. Bellator vs. The Avengers
The Trenches, Episode 31: Number One Contender Belts
The Trenches, Episode 30: Fall From Grace
The Trenches, Episode 29: ONE of a Kind Show
The Trenches, Episode 28: Mexican Wrestling Cain
The Trenches, Episode 27: 3 Piece and Soda
The Trenches, Episode 26: Conor McGregor vs. The Phone
The Trenches, Episode 25: BJ Penn's Legacy
The Trenches, Episode 24: UFC 235
The Trenches, Episode 23: The Retirement of GSP
The Trenches, Episode 22: UFC vs. Bellator Doubleheader
The Trenches, Episode 21: Adesanya vs. Silva
The Trenches, Episode 20: The Licensing of Jon Jones
The Trenches, Episode 19: The NSAC Hearings
The Trenches, Episode 18: UFC Brooklyn
The Trenches, Episode 17: Welterweights and Title Shots
The Trenches, Episode 16: Looking Ahead in 2019
The Trenches, Episode 15: The UFC 232 Debacle
The Trenches, Episode 14: UFC returns to Milwaukee
The Trenches, Episode 13: The GOAT Featherweight
The Trenches, Episode 12: Greg Hardy and Rachael Ostovich
The Trenches, Episode 11: Anderson Silva vs. The Next Anderson Silva
The Trenches, Episode 10: Golden Boy MMA
The Trenches, Episode 9: What's next for Conor?
The Trenches, Episode 8: The death of the Flyweight division
The Trenches, Episode 7: Cormier defends against Lewis
The Trenches, Episode 6: The Trade
The Trenches, Episode 5: Eddie Leaves the UFC
The Trenches, Episode 4: UFC 229 Brawl
The Trenches, Episode 3: Leading up to UFC 229
The Trenches, Episode 2: The Rise of Gegard Mousasi
The Trenches, Episode 1: UFC 229 Presser

Ask Ant Articles:

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Ask Ant 5/4: The 'Strictly for the Hardcores' Edition
Ask Ant 4/20: The 'Where's the Beef' Edition
Ask Ant 4/12: The 'You Should Have Seen The Other Guy's Face' Edition
Ask Ant 3/30: The Masked Cain Edition
Ask Ant 3/22: The Cord Cutting and Fence Grabbing Edition
Ask Ant 3/16: The Whole Picture Edition
Ask Ant 3/9: The Whiskey Warriors Edition
Ask Ant 3/1: Pulsing, Picograms and PFL Edition
Ask Ant 2/23: Farewell to GSP Edition
Ask Ant 2/16: UFC on ESPN 1 Edition
Ask Ant 2/8: UFC 234 Edition
Ask Ant 2/2
Ask Ant 1/18
Ask Ant 1/12
Ask Ant 1/5

2018
Ask Ant 12/28: UFC 232 Edition
Ask Ant 12/14
Ask Ant 12/7
Ask Ant 11/30
Ask Ant 11/16
Ask Ant 11/9
Ask Ant 11/2: UFC 230 Edition
Ask Ant 10/26: MMA Trade Edition
Ask Ant 10/19
Ask Ant 10/12
Ask Ant 10/5
Ask Ant 9/27
Ask Ant 9/21
Ask Ant 9/14

Thank you, and please be respectful. We appreciate it.

 

This most recent Ask Ant article was a double helping of questions from the last two weeks. This week, we are doing a show on WEDNESDAY instead of Thursday due to the PFL event, so when PFL cards are on, we will bump "The Trenches" up to Wednesday going forward.

In "Ask Ant," Ant asked questions posed by:
@phoenixikki
@A.S. Deep
@Kung Fu Tze
@glenwo2
@europe1
@Frank McEdgar
and Fakechow14 from the youtube chat.

Thank you for all the questions! Keep them coming, there's a lot to talk about this week.

 

That's a great topic, and it can easily branch into a discussion about fighters that "have the other fighter's number" like Hallman over Hughes, Jeremy Horn over Chael, and so on.

 

I agree, it's way too early to say DC has Stipe's number, and if I remember correctly (I really need to rewatch that bloody fight) it wasn't total one-sided domination for DC. I didn't remember Stipe mounting any serious offense but that remains to be re-watched. But the concept of clear one-sided matchups is a worthwhile topic.

 

It's alright, you redeemed yourself with a Life Aquatic gif.