MMA/UFC Discussion Thread MMA • Page 658

lol Perth

 

It’s at least his home country!

 

Stipe magically ended back up in the UFC’s P4P rankings today

 

Stipe remains my favorite Heavyweight of all time and has one of the best records to boot. The best thing I could possibly get/ask for is to see him beat Jon Jones, which I do believe he has a shot at.

 

Islam/Aljo/O'Malley/Gamrot

 

Islam
Aljo
Yan
Gamrot
Fiorot
Brady

I’m so stoked for this card. Most stacked card of the year and I love waking up to watch fights. Prelims start at 7AM in the west and are stacked with interesting fights as well.

 

Charles
TJ
Yan
Gamrot
Belal

 

Charles
TJ
O'Malley
Gamrot
Brady

 

Oliveira
Sterling
O’Malley (this one is more wishful thinking)
Dariush
Brady

Please let this be the end of the Belal talk. I don’t think the guy is even remotely impressive, and he talks like he’s already a champ that everyone wants to avoid. AND he’s been taking shots at Philly all week so extra fuck that guy on top.

 

Also, Volkanovski confirmed in an interview that late in the night before weigh-ins, the UFC brass reached out to his team to ask if he was on par for lightweight, because of concerns somebody was struggling with their cut in the headlining match.

Both guys did make weight, but Oliveira seemed totally un-phased in the embedded episode and at weigh-ins. Meanwhile, Islam looked frail. He talked so much about Charles not being able to take shots and how everyone knocks him down in his last handful of fights. If he packed on muscle for striking thinking he’s gonna knock Charles out it could be a huge double-edged sword for him.

 

Oliveira
Aljo
Yan
Dariush
Fiorot
Brady

Love how we all have different picks. Great card. Haha.

 

That’s about as good as Belal has ever looked on the feet

 

LMAO

 

Man Belal just ate all of those shots like nothing and put it to him. Super awkward when Felder forgot his mic was hot and started going off though lol.

 

Time to see what suga is made of

 

No fucking way

 

Hmm I respect his honesty in the post fight interview. I don’t agree but it was a good fight. Sean did better than I expected but I thought that slick ass takedown at the end sealed it for sure.

 

That was so fucking fun. I had it 2-1 Yan, but they both had too many moments to really say definitively. They both earned it.

Edit: damn, live odds were -800 for Yan at the end. Sounds like people thought he should have won lol

 

I think it was definitely close enough to go either way. Great fight.

 

Had it 2-1 for Yan. I know Dana said the winner gets the next title shot but after seeing Sean’s TDD…Aljo or TJ destroys him

 

For sure. Yan had a lot of takedowns but I don’t really think he got much, if anything, done with them. First round could have gone either way and I think Sean had the most impactful moments in the last round. Who knows. I didn’t really think there was a wrong way to score it tbh.

 

Exactly my thoughts. Feels a bit odd to call a fight like that a robbery either way.

 

Sean didn’t even think he won. That seemed pretty telling to me

 

pro: ufc doesnt waste as much time stalling walk outs

con: they suck

 

Unfortunate.


Aljo vs Sean doesn’t interest me at all. Aljo taps him quick.