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Sorry brother, but we've been in a slumber because of these fight nights

Errrrr.... Enjoy?

Good session. Thanks for the company

Cejudo wasted his career. Could have been an all time great but he'll never get to that now.

@@holdonimtalkingbrother2323 Garry seems too soft (in terms of muscle) for a pro. Neal was easily pinning him to the fence. I'm don't know much about grappling, but seems to me it wasn't so much a question of Garry not knowing what to do, but lack of strength? I'm waiting for your breakdown of the event! And Topuria IS SCARY!

lol good point! Although Arnold isn't exactly small... and if you know about his Dad then that might be at play as well

you're welcome!

I was about to say we should expect better but then it is 185, so....

Way to speak truth to power Adam, time for Joe to confront the new reality!

​@@holdonimtalkingbrother2323 this is the way

I hope not (He'll be back next week)

I do think a lot of guys miss out on new skills and development because of this. You see it in other sports where someone changes teams, they get given a new role and then flourish. How much is Bryce missing out on by not going somewhere else and finding out when he is capable of? I'm not suggesting he'll be a muay Thai wizard, but he'll get something out of it. Also I'm not sure you can be a full time farmer and a champ. Would kind of make the sport look bad if he did

The talk of him fighting Hooker is misguided imo. Is there anyone in the top 15 that wouldn't absolutely destroy him? I think the hope is keep him floating just outside the rankings, before giving him #13, and then giving him a highly ranked opponent in the hope he can pull the Sean O'Malley move.

If this comes in I'll be ignoring this comment tomorrow

How do you think Wonderboy will do against Rakhmonov? There's something there for him I'm not sure it's a path to victory

@@holdonimtalkingbrother2323 Thompson by decision. There I said it! First opponent that's actually good in Rakhmonov UFC's career so far. :)

Major shout! Love it.

Always nice to see you in the comments Daniel! What's your most anticipated fight on the card? Hard to look past that main event but Figueiredo's debut at BW is certainly intriguing us too.

@@holdonimtalkingbrother2323 Rob Font is a scary fight for Fizzy Smalls imo I think his defence isn't sharp enough to not get TKo'ed. I'm not sure if his power will translate as well. I'm expecting Arman to win but wouldn't be surprised if he get a veteran schooling by the Darisuh. I think Turner is gonna beat Green as well the style match up feels to wrong for Green hope I'm wrong tho.

Always number 1

This is number 1 bullshit

It might have been the best one of this year? I don't think any have stood out like this tbh

I'm still the champ though and that's all that matters

The best tag team this side of The Midnight Express

How are you seeing this card playing out Kyle? As you've maybe heard we're completely split on nearly every fight.

@@holdonimtalkingbrother2323 I'm split too 😁 But not because the fights seem very close, more because there's no much (relevant) tape to base a good prediction on, especially on the main events IMO. All I know is that if you're in doubt, pick the guy who's the better wrestler and grappler. So Prochazka and Aspinall I guess 🤷‍♂

Genuinely a jaw dropping performance. I thought him winning the 2nd round was a nice moment... little did I know what was coming in the 3rd.

Francis came in, put on an incredible performance; he was gritty, and time thoughtful in his approach, and I think he would have won if he maintained his approach of the early rounds through the middle of the fight. Round 8 was a special moment as well as Francis rallied... the man defies all logic. Again, not a robbery for me, and tbh a clear win for Fury (96-93), but Francis won the night.

The card was totally bizarre. The main card had less than 25 minutes of fighting on it, which shows how poorly booked some of it was (those first 2 fights in particular). In retrospect it's easy to say, but we should have all said this about Volk. He was facing Islam Makhachev. There's a reason he's the champ.

me and Tom watching it live, and me being a bit pissed and fired the heck up!!

The thing that did for him in that 2nd Max fight was his stance shift which Max countered with uppercuts up the middle, and Max baiting him by moving backwards. Also there's not a man alive who fights at 155 that can beat Makhachev on 12 days notice. Kamaru of his prime would have won this over 5 rounds, I have no doubt about that. It's just that's not who we have, and so the natural order of MMA, of the old passing on to the new, continues.

@@holdonimtalkingbrother2323 i must've misremembered that Holloway fight. fair enough, but also is there fighter @155 who can make championship weight on 12 days notice?

Did he drop Volk with a high kick from Southpaw? I feel like the memory of that is coming through the haze of my memory. as for the other 155ers I'm not entirely sure. Part of me does think they should have gone with Gamrot as he had been training for the fight for a lot longer, and may have put up a better effort. It's hard to say in retrospect but now I think we should be given Makhachev's full campaign at 155 and let him work through all the contenders.

​@@holdonimtalkingbrother2323 Exactly. I'm tired of champ vs. champ fights. And TBH I'm more interested in Makhachev vs Gamrot than Makhachev vs. Oliveira. Oliveira didn't show me anything vs. Beni to convince me that a 2nd attempt at Islam will go differently.

I have noticed the more I win the more time he takes off between appearances

One day we'll do one. Also thank you for your kind words, I didn't realise we sounded that posh.

I totally get it as this was the fight I struggled with the most. I factored everything I could in to it... and then I just had to go for intangible. Logic would always dictate me picking the proven champion of the weight class they were both in, but there's an energy that sways me to Khamzat. I worry we might get a redo of the Sterling vs Dillashaw fight if Kamaru is compromised.

@@holdonimtalkingbrother2323 Joe, a hot take: after watching that Sterling fight, I think Aljo probably was gonna win this fight even if Dillashaw wasn't compromised! Dillashaw isn't hard hitter, so safe to assume he had to win a decision. Also he has shorter reach and he have to crash the pocket to land, even if he diguise his entries well, he needs to be perfect every time. Worst case scenario Aljo wins ho hum distance kickboxing fight. Of course all that isn't well researched or thought through, haha just some thoughts. Maybe if I look the tape well analyze etc will think differently

@@kylestephens9593 I think I did pick Aljo going in to that fight, as I was not convinced a man of that age with all those injuries piled up anyway could have won. He was no longer as fleet on his feet as he was in his prime, and as you said he was hardly a renowned KO artist (Garbrandt being the exception lol)

I definitely think Costa was there for the taking for Chimaev. In terms of Charles I did see stuff in my rewatch that made me think he could get further than he did the first time. I'll save my thoughts on that for when the fight is rescheduled. I do agree with the short notice worry, but if you were to choose 2 fighters to bring in on short notice it would be these guys. They keep themselves in great shape. Being up a division is a bigger problem though imo

Yeah I think he'll exhaust him and finish him in the 6th or 7th.

No problemo 👍

exactly this for me. We all know there are ways around USADA and their testing, like they just do not pick up on microdosing at all, I just want this next agency to prioritise people's health. I know that the UFC will be dishing out the punishments as well now, which will make people think they'll hide it for people they like. They may well do that, however that would open them up to lawsuits if something bad happened, so I think it's unlikely to see that done egregiously.

​@@holdonimtalkingbrother2323 (sorry for long comment, Joe) It's not this type of lawsuit that you mentioned, Joe, but I would like to say that Luke Thomas said that USADA was introduced to make the UFC look more legit and to UFC to cover their behinds if something bad happens in the octagon. On the surface - very wise. But no testing (or light testing) would've result in very rare positive doping tests, and in turn rare bad pubicity. So if you wanna make your sport seem legit don't test and there will be no bad PR with positive test? And on "insurance" side of things when one think about it in history of combat sport (not just mma) real, proven dangers for fighter's safety are the following: 1. egregious mismatches 2. pre-fight medicals done poorly 3. tampered gear (gloves, wraps) 4. bad referees (not calling fouls, late stoppages) If I am a MMA fighter I would prefer to fight for promotion that don't test, but does these 4 points well, than a promotion where everydoby's clean but the referee lets the other guy hit me on the back of my head 😂

I was typing out a response to this but I think a video might be better to fully go into this. Thank you for commenting, it can never be too long 🤠

the agency they're going with is the one that does it for the NFL.... which is definitely a choice. More of an IQ test than a drug test. Again, I just want it so that the fighter's and their health is most important in this, not the idea of someone being "clean" or "dirty"

It really is remarkable. He's basically a one man union

I think there's a huge amount of research still to be revealed and done on this topic. For what we know now I'm pleased USADA is no longer a part of the UFC. I'm not entirely sure what benefits it gave the fighters

@holdonimtalkingbrother2323 I don't think they had been perfect by no means ruining careers based of not much. They havnt shown how they have actually performed. However, if usada will go. Will be have anything else in place? Are we going towards a pride 2.0, the un retirement of ubereem and brock? Are we coming back out of the dad bod era ?

You say all that other stuff like it's a bad thing lol. Imagine Jiri if he was allowed to fully juice AWOOGA!

@holdonimtalkingbrother2323 I mean. I'm all for pushing whats humanly possible in non contact spots I want to see the 100m ran in 7 seconds. But in combat sports I'm not sure yet. Because there will always be a mike bisping type person who won't take anything.

I think we've partly had this answered for us now that the UFC will be using DFSI, which is more of an IQ test. As long as fighters can recover and be healthy that's what I want.

The thing that still kind of baffles me is that Strickland did exactly what I expected... I just didn't think it would work lol. Fair play to the man, but Izzy's next fight is crucial

Great shout. I doubt I'd get good odds though due to Henry being ancient by 135 standards

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I'm not sure a fighter who gave away the last years of his prime and has had one fight in 3 years is the best roadblock for Merab

I kind of agree with you. I think he is doing his best and trying to push himself, I would just appreciate a bit of a realisation that the trash talk followed by out pointing someone with jabs and shoulder rolls creates a disconnect (although his style does mean he's unlikely to KO people).

@@holdonimtalkingbrother2323 Perfectly said, Joe