Broo. UFC in North Korea with the army chanting and them doing their Soviet style dances and shows. They have an arena that holds like 300,000 people or something that they fillup completely once a year with this crazy beautiful show. Imagine a UFC event there. If uve watched any documentaries ud understand lol
Unless you were planning on attending the sphere by buying those overpriced tickets, would it make it any better for you if this card was swapped with the sphere card? If anything, Guru should be happy about a better card being at a better UK time. I don't get it.
Because we want the sport to be good and if the ufc is going to spend a billion dollars putting on an event, we would like it to be a good event. Preeeeeetty simple @@somdutroy
Yes Cuz the Oil Money Country Deserved Max vs Ilia while the Salt Lake City card is left with Peña vs Pennington as the Main Event. Absolute sell outs.
I genuinely don't understand why the UFC is still pushing Chimaev towards a title when he's been so inactive and inconsistent. The dude isn't even legally allowed to fight in the US, are we really gonna have a champ who's limited to the few Abu Dhabi cards there are a year? And what happens when he faces the deadly attack of a common cold and has to pull out? Shit is ridiculous...
@@ابراهيم_محمد_الازهرI think the UFC brass still see Jones realistically fighting one more time, and they’re desperate to cash out on his name. Hence the frequent JBJ glazing from Dana recently.
You didn't mention the weight cut. Holloway moving back down to featherweight might be a mistake against a power puncher like Topuria. Max looked so much better at Lightweight... quicker, more durable, and powerful. He loses all of this when he makes that big weight cut, all that said, Max gets the win
I disagree about Max being the same fighter he was during the trilogy fight with Volk. He's sitting on his punches more and has shown quite a bit more power. Max's durability is still there and we've seen Illia get tagged once or twice in flurries that he gets baited into. Blessed express baby let's go
Exactly, this fat dude is so inconsistent he’s talked so much about how max style has completely changed and he’s coming into his prime and how he’s on a different level than in those volk fights and now here he is saying the exact opposite. Illia is very skilled but his tools are very limited, he doesn’t have a kicking game, he’s got a heavy boxing style, I assume max is gonna take on a similar approach against illia like he did against gaethje, being more elusive and not standing in the pocket with him. The difference is gaethje actually has long range weapons with his kicks. I think the deciding factor will be illias grappling and if he can get that off, max hasn’t fought a grappler as good as him. Illias also a hook merchant, he knows exactly when to throw them he isn’t a Josh Emmett but that’s all he throws on the feet, and he’s very susceptible to things down the middle, volk was tearing him up with his jab, I can just see illia getting frustrated not being able to get in on max and having to resort to his grappling. I just don’t see illia being able to put max where his striking works the best and that is squaring his opponents up against the cage and ripping these quick long hook combinations,
I think he was sitting on his punches vs gathje because he doesn’t have to worry about his speed vs him as much he does when he’s fighting featherweights
@@prawngravy18 how? I don't choose what time they fight , it just means I don't have to stay up till 5 and 6 in the morning like for most events. It's got nothing to do with not giving a shit about the fighters , I watch every card you mug.
@@doncardking2677 Kumshot blows his load in the first round. He gassed out against old man short notice Usman after that 1 round. Bobby Knuckles will spark him out cold.
I like how all the European guys are fighting at a time appropriate to watch in Europe. Spanish people can watch Topuria, French and Russian can watch Gane Volkov 2, Serbians can watch Rakic and inbreds can watch Ankalaev. Works out for the promotion of these guys and good promotion for ufc Spain if Topuria wins, plus they can put Joel Alvarez on this one to drive the Spanish audience
@@iVAN-rf4jn they always pander to the Middle Eastern audience they will make it at an appropriate time for them to watch, therefore for Europeans to watch
If Holloway wins ima be sooo happy. As a Holloway glazer if he wins this then defends the belt vs Volk and then goes up to LW and fights for a title I would be a happy guy.
@ShadiwBannedworst take of all time no way you just said that, beat up justin gaethje till the finish, beat up korean zombie till the finish, arnold allen fight fair enough. but he has multiple other examples in his career of beating guys up.
Should have been Chimaev vs Costa, Whittaker vs the winner of Du Plessis vs Adesanya. Because if Chimaev defeats Whittaker, he doesn’t suddenly deserve to face the title holder, nor Strickland for that matter. Chimaev vs Costa makes the most sense to me.
Chimaev and Costa both Pullout a lot so that is even riskier and Costa is not really an exciting fighter so why make Chimaev-Costa? I don't think anyone is hyped for that fight. Dricus-Adesanya is made, so good chance Whittaker does not just want to weight and Strickland might be next too.
@@FrenkieWest32 lots of people want Costa vs Chimaev just look for yourself. They had a pretty heated rivalry at one point and went back and forth verbally at one another and almost came to blows, so the fire is definitely there. I just think Whittaker deserves better than Chimaev at this point, he’s already earned the title shot. Though you are right, Costa and Chimaev are both very unreliable fighters.
@@DragonBallG69 The only people who I see ''wanting'' that, suggest it because thy think these two deserve eachother and not anyone else. That's not being hyped for the fight. Chimaev would be a huge win for Whittaker, so how can he ''deserve'' better? He wants the fight.
Holloway was pissed against Kattar because of the "best boxer" thing and annoyed against Gaethge for being doubted by the majority ..... I think Max does pretty good with a chip on his shoulder 🤔.....i think Volk just had his number, styles make fights.
@@2329assd second fight he won. And the first one was super close one shot either way. Over a hour of fight time and couldn't dropped him or finish him is close.
That's irrelevant to them, they are a hype and gambling-organization, not necessarily a fighting-organization. The UFC can try really hard to sell more PPV's OR make way more money by shifting better fights to foreign events and through manipulation of fights/fighters for certain gambling outcomes.
Nobody has a double champ fight planned. Pantoja is too small Sean is fighting Merab Topuria is fighting Holloway Islam won’t fight Belal Dricus is fighting Izzy Dana won’t let Pereira fight at heavyweight
Yeah, as an American, I think fight times should always be based on the country they are fighting in, not the U.S. time. Fighters and local fans should be the priority.
“Thank you Dan for saving UFC 303 by stepping up on 3 hours notice… your reward is defending your spot in the rankings against the highly skilled, undefeated, #11 ranked Lerone Murphy. Congrats and thanks again!” - Dana White (probably)
@@lukewyeth6535 yeah that's true, but he'll probably lose and then they may drop him out of the rankings cuz he'll be coming off of two losses in a row
Guru And ppl forget. Illia is a great BJJ practitioner. Before he became a ko artist lol. Illia can take max down and sub him. It's funny nobody brings up his BJJ anymore 😂
I feel what you are saying about max and illia but i think holloway found the solution to that leg kick and will throw the straight counter. He has fallen in love with his power and i think thats a good thing in this match up
i pretty much agreed with everything other than Rakic vs Ank. I think Rakic is the best lhw on the planet and i really like this matchup for him. I think Rakic will tune him up on the feet pretty badly and defend all the grappling and i wouldn't even be surprised to see some successful offensive grappling from Rakic as well although i think the fight will be mostly striking. I'm thinking a 29-28 unanimous for Rakic.
Rakic had inflammed right elbow and was on strong antibiotics he was supossed to pull out but didn't want to those antibiotics definetly hindered his endurance to punches, his stamina and his legs which hindered his punching power i dont think fight against Jiri was a demoralizing loss at all.
historically its been based on who gives them money to set up an event. They deliberately go the tourism board for grants to set up events. This is why the Honoloulu card fell through even though Max was champion, because the Oahu tourism board didn't give them enough money.
Alex landed 27 signifanct strikes in the 1st round at 72% accuracy. Jiri only landed 7 sig strikes for a 28% accuracy. But according to guru, Alex wasn't "tuning up" Jiri lke Rakic did. Rakic landed 36 sig strikes at 52% accuracy, Jiri landed 16 sig strikes at 42% accuracy. I don't know... But it looks like Alex had the more immpressive round 1. Guru just likes to downplay, or embellish situations to prove a point, even though what he's saying is inaccurate.
That seems to be the case with 99% of the things he says. He just says things very confidently, but we’re all free to look at stats and watch old fights he references to make his points and it’s so easy to disprove anything he says most of the time
Whittaker deserves the title shot 100% the fact that they’re giving Khazmat another chance to fight him is crazy after he round one KOd Ikram, who everyone swore was a tougher matchup than Khazmat.
Feels like a lot of these fights have more risk than reward for some fighters. Winners all get title shots but one side is already deserving of it and the other has done nothing to deserve that.
I was at the Holloway Allen fight that fight wasn’t close in the slightest if you look at the strike numbers on top of that Holloway doubled Allen’s strikes for the fight , he pieced up Allen, also don’t think Holloway respected Allen’s power the way he would topuria as evident as how he respected Gaejthes power, not saying he’ll win but to people watching don’t use the Allen fight for reference guru is falling off with his analysis
I understand Guru calling out UFC for having stacked cards for Abu Dhabi because it needs to be called out BUT why get so mad about it? It's not like he is ever attending a fight in person. Also cards in Abu Dhabi are perfect time for European UFC fans, the cards start around 5pm and finish at 10pm instead of 5-6am. What's not to like about it for someone who just watches fights from behind a screen?
Bro, Max is gonna destroy Tuporia, and I didn't jump on the "blessed express" post Gaethje foght, been a huge Holloway fan for a while. Somehow Volk is just Max's kryptonite, but other than Volk, Max has owned the fw division. Max handles leg kicks better than anyone, and if Gaethje could barely be the 1st person to knock Max down, I really doubt Tuporia is gonna KO him.
Holloway said Hawaii doesnt have a suitable venue for a ppv himself and these western chad boys who are supposedly being wasted in a TAX FREE nation, man how sad they get to keep all there money😢
@@Dimitriterrorman Dana already said a long time ago. he gets money from the tourism boards from cities/states and that helps set up an event. Dana specifically said Honolulu wouldn't give him enough money so he put an cap on it. On the flipside Vegas' tourism board + the Casino's, hotles and resorts facilitated arenas for them.
This guy is this generations' Joe Rogan... insane mma knowledge very detailed analysis of technical aspects of mma fights speaks fast and in a witty way Just a pleasure to listen to
9:25 and that’s why he gets beat by Sean o Malley, Sean is literally the same…constantly counted out because of his antics but is literally one of the best strikers in the ufc currently, maybe top 3
AllBlackAirpods Top 10 maybe but 3? Nope. He isn’t even close to a prime featherweight Conor McGregor. Actually I doubt he would beat Conor now if he properly trains. For current fighters I see Holloway, Topuria, Adesanya, Strickland, and Pereira as better strikers than Sean. That’s 5 right there! Actually pure striking I put Gane ahead of him too. There’s 6. I would probably put one or two others above him too. O’Malley is pretty overrated honestly
14:16 Saying that Whittaker had no grit, because he "ran away" after getting caught clean by another grown ass man trying to knock his head off, is crazy. Review the list of names you just read, everyone one of those guys kills another normal human. But yeah now he has grit and because of that, he beats chimaev.
I feel Max is actually a nightmare matchup for Illia. Has great movement and footwork, insane cardio and output, and cannot be rocked or knocked out. The only way illia is if he grapples for his life and when has that ever worked on Max??
Max hasn’t fought a grappler as good as illia, I also wouldn’t say nightmare matchup but max definitely has more tools than illia on the feet, tools that we’ve seen illia struggle with. Illia has a heavy boxing style and he thrives off of squaring his opponents up against the cage and ripping these long combos, I just can’t see him pin pointing max as easily. I do think his grappling will work tho idk how well tho
@@Sin-pt2eq Problem is Max isn't going to be able to build momentum against Topuria like he did against Kattar and Gaethje and take over the fight. Topuria's boxing is too slick, if Max tries to land combos on Topuria he will get cracked by a hard counter punch which will kill his momentum. It will be a point fight and Topuria will win based on damage me thinks, will probably even drop Max.
@@edwardirwin3478 I don’t think he needs to, in order to win. Even against gaethje he wasn’t stupid and gritting down and just swinging with him till the last 10 seconds. I think max is smart enough not to stand in the pocket with illia like that, also if we’re gonna talk about damage that’ll probably be even they both cut and mark up pretty easily. Like I said tho illias whole game plan on the feet is getting his opponents up against the cage, he doesn’t find as much success anywhere else, and his kryptonite seems to be shots down the middle. Who knows tho we don’t know what their game plans will be, if max approaches it similar to that gaethje fight being smart and patient I think he’ll find a ton of success
only reason rob beat ikram cuz of double weight cuts and jetlag flying to a different part of the world less than a 5 days notice and yet you didn't gave him any credit for being a savage
Ankalaev not getting a title shot is ridiculous and biased. Don’t understand why people from his region need like 8-11 unbeaten streaks for a shot. Whittaker should also be fighting for the belt next. Making him fight Khamzat is also ridiculous. Make Khamzat vs boring jabber strickland.
Arnold Allen has insane footwork and max holloway gave him work and dropped him in the final seconds of the fight… this was the start of max’s redemption arc and I think he embarrasses ilia Topuria who is demanding his big difficult payday without fighting anybody of worth first
Yes, Topuria will beat Max. I'm sorry... I'm a max fan, but that boxing topuria has, his tdd, and his grappling are going to be too much. Not to mention, the shorter opponent stylistic matchup, you are correct about that... volk, Frankie Edgar, he won, but it wasn't that impressive.. Conor Mcgregor etc etc.
If we ever get a ufc North Korea, Dana would stack it more than ufc 300
Facts
Based Dana
Broo. UFC in North Korea with the army chanting and them doing their Soviet style dances and shows. They have an arena that holds like 300,000 people or something that they fillup completely once a year with this crazy beautiful show. Imagine a UFC event there. If uve watched any documentaries ud understand lol
Why?
why is that?
Dana and hunter: So Robert Whittaker brutally ko'd ikram aliskerov in rd1 via uppercut, let's reward him with a rebooking vs. Chimaev
*Rebooking
Rebooking*
He beats chimaev I bet he gets the title shot over Strickland
WHITTAKER LIKES THE TASTE OF RUSSIAN BLOOD
Whittaker must love the taste of Russian blood
THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE SPHERE CARD.
too bad they pandering to the mexicans
But Mexico
Unless you were planning on attending the sphere by buying those overpriced tickets, would it make it any better for you if this card was swapped with the sphere card? If anything, Guru should be happy about a better card being at a better UK time. I don't get it.
Because we want the sport to be good and if the ufc is going to spend a billion dollars putting on an event, we would like it to be a good event. Preeeeeetty simple @@somdutroy
Topuria said he wants to fight in Dubai because it’ll be prime time in Spain
Chimaev is currently 0-3 to a common cold
Undefeated, undisputed
Defeated, disputed
Common cold is a tought match for everyone
😂😂😂😂😂😂
0-2 to a common cold, 0-1 to "food poisoning"
I hate when they announce the cards so early because there’s always so many pull outs
True, still no main event for the earlier PPV in Utah. I was on the edge waiting for a Pennington vs Pena top-slot announcement
@@jamesthompson9003that’s not even exciting
@@VicioRayur not good with jokes huh
@@johnvaras1742 it was a bait comment
It appears there's already been a pull out. Islam/Arman should've been the main event for 308.
We're in the Arab Oil Money era of the UFC
Fight purses are tax free for the fighters in Abu Dhabi/Saudi Arabia. If I was in the UFC I would want to fight there as much as possible.
Keep crying hywite boy
the best era for us fans
Yes, best era of UFC.... Big fights and no woke and progressive bs...
@@QwertAsdfg-ih1ow Lol UFC was always right wing you act like it was woke before
I need everyone here to manifest a Bobby Knuckles KO win
🙏🏻
Yes! To finally end this hype job of Chimaev
Whittaker and Rakic to win, we NEED it
@@destroyerofmorons Rakic winning would be SOOO hilarious😂
Don't worry, Boogie Bomb Rob will have Khamzat dancing for him.
I want Whittaker to win so bad
Pullouts 🚩
Ain't happening 😂
He will
Klamzat is no dricus, I think Rob has great chance
he will lol khamzhat getting exposed big in 5 rounder
Yes Cuz the Oil Money Country Deserved Max vs Ilia while the Salt Lake City card is left with Peña vs Pennington as the Main Event. Absolute sell outs.
That’s terrible man
Illia wanted the fight in abu dhabi
Are you gonna attend the events ? Stfu who cares
Dana got oiled.
Bruhhhh, you’re probably spot on for that SLC card 😂
"Jiri was champ they never went to czechoslovakia" -Guru
😂😂😂
"They're separate countries, Czechia and Slovakia" ☝️🤓
Like where would they host it. In a hotel or something hahahaha
Also bro had no defenses.
Tbh Czech Republic has been renamed. Idk but I highly doubt Guru pronounced the right name tho
I genuinely don't understand why the UFC is still pushing Chimaev towards a title when he's been so inactive and inconsistent. The dude isn't even legally allowed to fight in the US, are we really gonna have a champ who's limited to the few Abu Dhabi cards there are a year? And what happens when he faces the deadly attack of a common cold and has to pull out? Shit is ridiculous...
Exactly he'd be holding that belt hostage for who knows how long
Common cold? Shut up and stop reaching 🥱
His pull
It's his religion.Dana wants the inbreds!
Most champs only fight twice a year so I don’t see your problem with it
dana white: i say what i want and do what i want! no one tells me what to do!
also dana: on his hands and knees for the middle east and jones
He doesn’t bite the hand that feeds him. With that being said, idk why he still brown noses jones
He takes the brown-showers from the sheikhs
Brown nosing is nasty nasty bussines 😮
@@ابراهيم_محمد_الازهرI think the UFC brass still see Jones realistically fighting one more time, and they’re desperate to cash out on his name. Hence the frequent JBJ glazing from Dana recently.
What are you talking about?!
You are mad bc Middle East dont give fck about woke and progressive bs...
You didn't mention the weight cut. Holloway moving back down to featherweight might be a mistake against a power puncher like Topuria. Max looked so much better at Lightweight... quicker, more durable, and powerful. He loses all of this when he makes that big weight cut, all that said, Max gets the win
No he won’t Topuria is gonna do horrible things to max bro
😂 he wasn’t quicker yanno max holloway fought a slower opponent so he looked faster
Yeah this is the only thing worrying me he looked big. Im sure hes dieting right and everything
Holloway fans backtracked real quick from "max by whatever he wants" lol already with the excuses
Holloway has literally the greatest chin of all time.
who will be the backup for Chimaev? the backup better train hard😂
Sean Strickland
@@DMTEntity88actually not a bad choice Sean needs a top contender fight
Better go ahead and make a second fight poster. Just crop the back up opponent behind chimaev just in case
Yup coz the backup will actually end up fighting Whittaker for sure.
@@adamc6168 he already has wins over imavov, allen and izzy, fought 4 times in an year
I disagree about Max being the same fighter he was during the trilogy fight with Volk. He's sitting on his punches more and has shown quite a bit more power. Max's durability is still there and we've seen Illia get tagged once or twice in flurries that he gets baited into. Blessed express baby let's go
Exactly, this fat dude is so inconsistent he’s talked so much about how max style has completely changed and he’s coming into his prime and how he’s on a different level than in those volk fights and now here he is saying the exact opposite.
Illia is very skilled but his tools are very limited, he doesn’t have a kicking game, he’s got a heavy boxing style, I assume max is gonna take on a similar approach against illia like he did against gaethje, being more elusive and not standing in the pocket with him. The difference is gaethje actually has long range weapons with his kicks. I think the deciding factor will be illias grappling and if he can get that off, max hasn’t fought a grappler as good as him. Illias also a hook merchant, he knows exactly when to throw them he isn’t a Josh Emmett but that’s all he throws on the feet, and he’s very susceptible to things down the middle, volk was tearing him up with his jab, I can just see illia getting frustrated not being able to get in on max and having to resort to his grappling. I just don’t see illia being able to put max where his striking works the best and that is squaring his opponents up against the cage and ripping these quick long hook combinations,
Your a fool if you think Max wins iilla by ko
I think he was sitting on his punches vs gathje because he doesn’t have to worry about his speed vs him as much he does when he’s fighting featherweights
Guru and his fans are mostly casuals, and they believe everything Guru says. This is a perfect match-up for Max.
@@lotsoflee Fair point, but he also displayed power against Korean Zombie
We can only pray Rakic beats ankalaev
Lowkey think he’s got a good chance
Rakic beats him easily imo, has the reach, better kicks, good wrestling, doesn’t let himself get counted often, Rakic dec
Rakic got koed by prochazka lets remember that , i dont think he easily beat ankalaev.@@MmaSwitzerland
@@MmaSwitzerlandYou’re delusional if you think ANYONE other than Pereira beats Ankalaev easily
@@destroyerofmorons easily was a bit much to say, I think he beats ank clearly/handily
@destroyerofmorons ankalaev isn't that good, it's not gonna be easy but rakic wins
As a UK UFC fan i like the abu dhabi and saudi arabia cards because they start at 8pm instead of 3am in the morning , no complaints from me 👍🏽.
That's because you don't give a shit about the fighters.
@@prawngravy18 how? I don't choose what time they fight , it just means I don't have to stay up till 5 and 6 in the morning like for most events. It's got nothing to do with not giving a shit about the fighters , I watch every card you mug.
Volkov's eyes are so blue Jon Jones booked at flight to Russia.
😂
The diddy of MMA
They don't like poofters in Russia, I believe😉
Bro 😂😂
😂😂😂
Whittaker shouldn't have taken this fight. Abu Dhabi doesn't fucking deserve it, nor does Cumshot. Bobby should've took Strickland or sat.
Strickland doesn’t want to fight
18:26 Guru to Volkov "hey blue eyes 😏"
Guru's clearly in the closet, never seen him with a woman ever
Khamzat doesn’t deserve anything at this point
Let's hope they got someone on standby he likely pull out
Stop moaning
At what point scrub he just 10-8 usman
@@doncardking2677 Kumshot blows his load in the first round. He gassed out against old man short notice Usman after that 1 round. Bobby Knuckles will spark him out cold.
Maybe a prison sentence 😮
I like how all the European guys are fighting at a time appropriate to watch in Europe. Spanish people can watch Topuria, French and Russian can watch Gane Volkov 2, Serbians can watch Rakic and inbreds can watch Ankalaev. Works out for the promotion of these guys and good promotion for ufc Spain if Topuria wins, plus they can put Joel Alvarez on this one to drive the Spanish audience
In which time they are gonna fight... U know?
@@iVAN-rf4jn they always pander to the Middle Eastern audience they will make it at an appropriate time for them to watch, therefore for Europeans to watch
If Holloway wins ima be sooo happy. As a Holloway glazer if he wins this then defends the belt vs Volk and then goes up to LW and fights for a title I would be a happy guy.
He'll lose. Ilia would dominate him.
@@aguywithoutaworrylet’s see
Holloway via head kick
@ShadiwBannedworst take of all time no way you just said that, beat up justin gaethje till the finish, beat up korean zombie till the finish, arnold allen fight fair enough. but he has multiple other examples in his career of beating guys up.
Islam would choke him out in 1 round, zip it up when you're done btw
Should have been Chimaev vs Costa, Whittaker vs the winner of Du Plessis vs Adesanya. Because if Chimaev defeats Whittaker, he doesn’t suddenly deserve to face the title holder, nor Strickland for that matter. Chimaev vs Costa makes the most sense to me.
Chimaev and Costa both Pullout a lot so that is even riskier and Costa is not really an exciting fighter so why make Chimaev-Costa? I don't think anyone is hyped for that fight. Dricus-Adesanya is made, so good chance Whittaker does not just want to weight and Strickland might be next too.
@@FrenkieWest32okay so jared vs hamzat. Is the fight to make
@@FrenkieWest32 lots of people want Costa vs Chimaev just look for yourself. They had a pretty heated rivalry at one point and went back and forth verbally at one another and almost came to blows, so the fire is definitely there. I just think Whittaker deserves better than Chimaev at this point, he’s already earned the title shot. Though you are right, Costa and Chimaev are both very unreliable fighters.
@@buddybrick why?
@@DragonBallG69 The only people who I see ''wanting'' that, suggest it because thy think these two deserve eachother and not anyone else. That's not being hyped for the fight. Chimaev would be a huge win for Whittaker, so how can he ''deserve'' better? He wants the fight.
Holloway was pissed against Kattar because of the "best boxer" thing and annoyed against Gaethge for being doubted by the majority ..... I think Max does pretty good with a chip on his shoulder 🤔.....i think Volk just had his number, styles make fights.
Volk barely won those fight , one or two punches either way changes that fight. Volk won on the nights
@@2329assd second fight he won. And the first one was super close one shot either way. Over a hour of fight time and couldn't dropped him or finish him is close.
@@2329assd these are facts.
Let him be last if dying breed taking fights win some lose some , these new guys fighting once a year and claiming goat status
@@TomPerkins-t9pwho finishes max tho?
Guru who do you think will replace Khamzat the week of the fight after he pulls out?
They’re gonna go wake up Ikram and have Aliskerov vs Whittaker 2
They’ll just call Holland and express ship him.
Rob gonna shadow box for 3 rounds, and get a split decision
@@NovaBlade926 if it goes to decision Khamzat wins…. It’s in Abu Dhabi
@@AceWillliams khamzat gonna pull out, again. Then Rob will fight a cardboard version of khamzat to a decision
People that live in the EU must be happy this Card because Its a good time
I dont know wtf the UFC is doing but having double champs & fighters going for triple champs is holding up two divisions
Whos going for the 2nd belt?
That's irrelevant to them, they are a hype and gambling-organization, not necessarily a fighting-organization. The UFC can try really hard to sell more PPV's OR make way more money by shifting better fights to foreign events and through manipulation of fights/fighters for certain gambling outcomes.
Nobody has a double champ fight planned.
Pantoja is too small
Sean is fighting Merab
Topuria is fighting Holloway
Islam won’t fight Belal
Dricus is fighting Izzy
Dana won’t let Pereira fight at heavyweight
The matchmaking choices for events this year is blowing my mind, and not in the way I had hoped.
Whittaker about to un-cleft then re-cleft Chimaev’s lip 🔥🔥
He claims that shits a scar and not just a genetic defect but I don’t believe him for a second
Guru has spoken
*Virgin 🐖*
Beta has spoken☝️🤡
@@DMTEntity88 Ohhmawgwaaww
Piggy has oinked 🐷
Excited to see ilia and Max
I really hope khamzat doesn’t end up like zabit bro
Id rather watch ufc in saudi than usa. Fuck staying awake till 7-8 am. And everyone in europe agrees. Big W
Yeah, as an American, I think fight times should always be based on the country they are fighting in, not the U.S. time. Fighters and local fans should be the priority.
Volkov is literally the Chaddest looking Chad that has ever Chadded
Dricus Duplessis by far
“Thank you Dan for saving UFC 303 by stepping up on 3 hours notice… your reward is defending your spot in the rankings against the highly skilled, undefeated, #11 ranked Lerone Murphy. Congrats and thanks again!” - Dana White (probably)
hes fighting up 3 ranks tbf
@@lukewyeth6535 yeah that's true, but he'll probably lose and then they may drop him out of the rankings cuz he'll be coming off of two losses in a row
Stacked cards are so wasted in Emirates, crowd is dead every time
Thats the reason tpny didnt retire, so sad
volkov is getting ready for jones with those eyes
Guru And ppl forget. Illia is a great BJJ practitioner. Before he became a ko artist lol. Illia can take max down and sub him. It's funny nobody brings up his BJJ anymore 😂
Very true good point
He can't submit him, Ortega couldn't do it, he might get some control time though
I feel what you are saying about max and illia but i think holloway found the solution to that leg kick and will throw the straight counter. He has fallen in love with his power and i think thats a good thing in this match up
i pretty much agreed with everything other than Rakic vs Ank. I think Rakic is the best lhw on the planet and i really like this matchup for him. I think Rakic will tune him up on the feet pretty badly and defend all the grappling and i wouldn't even be surprised to see some successful offensive grappling from Rakic as well although i think the fight will be mostly striking. I'm thinking a 29-28 unanimous for Rakic.
If piggy gets his picks wrong he's gonna accuse the entire sport of MMA to be fake again
Hahaha
It’s damn near at this point. Let’s hear your picks
Between Robert and chimaev, if it's even remotely close the decision goes to chimaev. Has happened twice before, will happen again
Volkov: This look is called 'Blue Steel'
Great takes man!!! Really good vids lately!!
Gane will style on Volkov yet again. Did everyone forget his fight with Spivak post jones? He looked just as good as he did on the rise
Yes and Spivak is the worst top 10 fighter in the history of the sport across all divisions
2:34. Think we gotta give them a pass for not holding an event in CZECKOSLOVAKIA 😂😂😂
Rakic had inflammed right elbow and was on strong antibiotics he was supossed to pull out but didn't want to those antibiotics definetly hindered his endurance to punches, his stamina and his legs which hindered his punching power i dont think fight against Jiri was a demoralizing loss at all.
Fr Rakic is really good he was piecing Jiri up but Jiri just a different breed lol
I would assume the locations might be based on the taxes that the UFC would have to pay, and the fighters as well.
historically its been based on who gives them money to set up an event. They deliberately go the tourism board for grants to set up events. This is why the Honoloulu card fell through even though Max was champion, because the Oahu tourism board didn't give them enough money.
1:12 when u stop smoking weed
Holloway poked Gaethje in both eyes too, drastically tilting events in his favour ... people forget man!
Lmao!
Why is chimaev even getting a shot the guy never fights.
Alex landed 27 signifanct strikes in the 1st round at 72% accuracy. Jiri only landed 7 sig strikes for a 28% accuracy. But according to guru, Alex wasn't "tuning up" Jiri lke Rakic did. Rakic landed 36 sig strikes at 52% accuracy, Jiri landed 16 sig strikes at 42% accuracy. I don't know... But it looks like Alex had the more immpressive round 1. Guru just likes to downplay, or embellish situations to prove a point, even though what he's saying is inaccurate.
That seems to be the case with 99% of the things he says. He just says things very confidently, but we’re all free to look at stats and watch old fights he references to make his points and it’s so easy to disprove anything he says most of the time
If Jiri got a fight night on Czechoslovakia then Volkov definitely deserves one in the Soviet Union. And for Rakic we need to go to Yugoslavia
Serbia*
@@nenaddjokic4028Serbia still exists bre!
Guru needs to do a what grinds my gears video everyday 😂
Where’s the predictions buddy
Now I’m definitely picking Holloway since guru picked ilia😂
Whittaker will lose, What is it you don't like about Holloway ?
Whittaker deserves the title shot 100% the fact that they’re giving Khazmat another chance to fight him is crazy after he round one KOd Ikram, who everyone swore was a tougher matchup than Khazmat.
Literally NO ONE said Ikram would be a tougher matchup than Khamzat lmao
@@nobodybeatingmuigokuhesolo8660 literally everyone was saying that I don’t care lmfao
You guys know what this means! WE GET PENNINGTON V PEÑA AS MAIN EVENT OF A PPV.
re: 3:18 - UFC 308 will not be on UK time, they're scheduling it for USA prime time (7pm PST, 10pm EST)
It was already confirmed as UK/ adu dhabi time at last weekend post fight press conference
I’m honestly so sick of seeing RDA lol can’t stand him getting these matchups when there’s better fights like Neal vs Buckley
I hope Max starches Topuria to shut up his main character syndrome 😂
I will genuinely blow my load 462 times in 6 minutes if Holloway wins
Sorry bro but Max is getting destroyed and I’m a Max fan
So do I but I would not bet on it🙏
Yall max fans are loud mouths
Y’all are forgetting about that Hawaiian Mana.
Hey MMA GURU
Im a new Fan🙏🏿❤️
15:57, “Dana The White”. Freudian slip of a LOTR fan right there
LOL!!
Feels like a lot of these fights have more risk than reward for some fighters. Winners all get title shots but one side is already deserving of it and the other has done nothing to deserve that.
Max Holloway didn't want a ppv in Hawaii bro
Fight night?
@@FazeFifa31 a PPV when he was a champion he said that he didn't want his hometown people paying that much for the tickets
@@thebeautifulgame3185 no, they tried to set it up but Dana put a cap on it because the tourism board didn't give him enough money to set up an event.
I was at the Holloway Allen fight that fight wasn’t close in the slightest if you look at the strike numbers on top of that Holloway doubled Allen’s strikes for the fight , he pieced up Allen, also don’t think Holloway respected Allen’s power the way he would topuria as evident as how he respected Gaejthes power, not saying he’ll win but to people watching don’t use the Allen fight for reference guru is falling off with his analysis
it was 48-47 seems pretty close to me
So glad Guru picks Ilia so Max is winning.
I understand Guru calling out UFC for having stacked cards for Abu Dhabi because it needs to be called out BUT why get so mad about it? It's not like he is ever attending a fight in person. Also cards in Abu Dhabi are perfect time for European UFC fans, the cards start around 5pm and finish at 10pm instead of 5-6am. What's not to like about it for someone who just watches fights from behind a screen?
guys don’t worry i heard aspinal vs jones is in the works as well for abu dhabi with region locked streaming
Khamzat is going to be tough for anyone to beat. I’m rooting for Bobby . But Khamzat although he’s been gone is truly scary .
What’s the draft king prize play odds on khamzat making it into the octagon
+500
The UFC has never been to Hawaii , Bellator had eight MMA events in Hawaii from 2018 to 2023. Crazy when you consider they are big mma fans
that one ig video with the sheik holding danas hand like a toddler tells you everything you need to know
I’m so happy to see Fagomed fighting Alexsander! Alexsander gonna get the win and send Fagomed back to the prelims
That wasn’t it bro. Magomed mauls him at will if he wants
@@doncardking2677 uh huh…
I want whittaker to win but the only other person to beat ikram and knock him out in R1 was chimaev, that’s what ppl are forgetting
Probably because Aliskarov is a complete bum 🤷
Your take on max was so dumb
You’re right he’s gonna get rocked all over the place and probably lose a 50-45 if he’s lucky
Jon jones deleted insta I think wtf. we finally did it, we bullied this man too deletion
I genuinely love how you maintain "Ilia Tipeeria" as his name.
Bro, Max is gonna destroy Tuporia, and I didn't jump on the "blessed express" post Gaethje foght, been a huge Holloway fan for a while. Somehow Volk is just Max's kryptonite, but other than Volk, Max has owned the fw division. Max handles leg kicks better than anyone, and if Gaethje could barely be the 1st person to knock Max down, I really doubt Tuporia is gonna KO him.
Holloway said Hawaii doesnt have a suitable venue for a ppv himself and these western chad boys who are supposedly being wasted in a TAX FREE nation, man how sad they get to keep all there money😢
Max holloway does in fact not get to keep his money tax free just cause he fought in Saudi Arabia America will rake his money no matter what
Fighters pay the tax from their country and you don't have to be on Hawaii, the USA has massive population
@@DimitriterrormanOnly true for Americans.
@@Dimitriterrorman Dana already said a long time ago. he gets money from the tourism boards from cities/states and that helps set up an event. Dana specifically said Honolulu wouldn't give him enough money so he put an cap on it. On the flipside Vegas' tourism board + the Casino's, hotles and resorts facilitated arenas for them.
I’m just happy we got it in UK time. I’m 21 and I feel 45 with these 3am main cards 24/7
Hope it’s not early morning in the states ☃️
Its the afternoon currently
This guy is this generations' Joe Rogan...
insane mma knowledge
very detailed analysis of technical aspects of mma fights
speaks fast and in a witty way
Just a pleasure to listen to
Race Guru is here!
Race? Almost all of the fighters mentioned here are white. Being Muslim doesn't make you not white lmao
@ShadiwBanned
Not same.
Cry Abdulla about.
Guru you absolutely crack me up 😂😂😂😂
Volkovs eyes rizzing you up 😂😂😂😂 killed me
Guru becoming gay for Volkov out of nowhere really caught me off guard! lol
Same lmaooo
Guru is all about the height
I wish Max would have stayed at 155lbs
I don't like him cutting back down.....
missed dono
9:25 and that’s why he gets beat by Sean o Malley, Sean is literally the same…constantly counted out because of his antics but is literally one of the best strikers in the ufc currently, maybe top 3
AllBlackAirpods
Top 10 maybe but 3? Nope. He isn’t even close to a prime featherweight Conor McGregor. Actually I doubt he would beat Conor now if he properly trains. For current fighters I see Holloway, Topuria, Adesanya, Strickland, and Pereira as better strikers than Sean. That’s 5 right there! Actually pure striking I put Gane ahead of him too. There’s 6. I would probably put one or two others above him too. O’Malley is pretty overrated honestly
abu Dhabi is so great for us europeans, STACKED cards in a reasonable time. LETS GOO
When starts this event in Europan time?
14:16 Saying that Whittaker had no grit, because he "ran away" after getting caught clean by another grown ass man trying to knock his head off, is crazy. Review the list of names you just read, everyone one of those guys kills another normal human. But yeah now he has grit and because of that, he beats chimaev.
We get it bro you’re gay
I feel Max is actually a nightmare matchup for Illia. Has great movement and footwork, insane cardio and output, and cannot be rocked or knocked out. The only way illia is if he grapples for his life and when has that ever worked on Max??
Max hasn’t fought a grappler as good as illia, I also wouldn’t say nightmare matchup but max definitely has more tools than illia on the feet, tools that we’ve seen illia struggle with. Illia has a heavy boxing style and he thrives off of squaring his opponents up against the cage and ripping these long combos, I just can’t see him pin pointing max as easily. I do think his grappling will work tho idk how well tho
Max ko/tko rounds 3,4,5 or 4,5, decision
@@Sin-pt2eq Problem is Max isn't going to be able to build momentum against Topuria like he did against Kattar and Gaethje and take over the fight. Topuria's boxing is too slick, if Max tries to land combos on Topuria he will get cracked by a hard counter punch which will kill his momentum. It will be a point fight and Topuria will win based on damage me thinks, will probably even drop Max.
@@edwardirwin3478 I don’t think he needs to, in order to win. Even against gaethje he wasn’t stupid and gritting down and just swinging with him till the last 10 seconds. I think max is smart enough not to stand in the pocket with illia like that, also if we’re gonna talk about damage that’ll probably be even they both cut and mark up pretty easily. Like I said tho illias whole game plan on the feet is getting his opponents up against the cage, he doesn’t find as much success anywhere else, and his kryptonite seems to be shots down the middle. Who knows tho we don’t know what their game plans will be, if max approaches it similar to that gaethje fight being smart and patient I think he’ll find a ton of success
No one can 'humble' a man who already had a humble heart.
only reason rob beat ikram cuz of double weight cuts and jetlag flying to a different part of the world less than a 5 days notice and yet you didn't gave him any credit for being a savage
Lol maybe also the massive skill gap and jump in competition
ikram is levels above rob in the grappling he's even better tham hamza but he chose to stand rob with a glass chin due to the cuts
@@ramonsalazar32 Ikram beat 2 of the worst middleweights on the entire roster what has he shown to be better than Rob
So you just admit that islam beating volk means nothing
Classic muslims. Lie so hard they entangle themselves
rob and ikram two glass chin boys.
Hope Bobby beats khazmat. Hope max wins as well
If Topuria sleeps Max i swear to fkn God I'm gonna go cry in my truck 😂
You are happy or sad for other men achievement. Get a life man
Ankalaev not getting a title shot is ridiculous and biased. Don’t understand why people from his region need like 8-11 unbeaten streaks for a shot.
Whittaker should also be fighting for the belt next. Making him fight Khamzat is also ridiculous. Make Khamzat vs boring jabber strickland.
Arnold Allen has insane footwork and max holloway gave him work and dropped him in the final seconds of the fight… this was the start of max’s redemption arc and I think he embarrasses ilia Topuria who is demanding his big difficult payday without fighting anybody of worth first
Yes, Topuria will beat Max. I'm sorry... I'm a max fan, but that boxing topuria has, his tdd, and his grappling are going to be too much. Not to mention, the shorter opponent stylistic matchup, you are correct about that... volk, Frankie Edgar, he won, but it wasn't that impressive.. Conor Mcgregor etc etc.