UFC

[Duff Man]

Yeah not bad at all. Hope they give him Dillashaw as that's a great fight on paper.

[Lee909]

Yeah would be good. Be interesting how it plays out with the time line of fights. 

[Elite]

Aspinall looked good again.

 

Sandhagen v TJ is a cracker. Sterling deserves the title shot, so the winner could fight the winner of Yan v Sterling.

[Duff Man]

Dana seems intent on stiffing Aljo out of his shot for some reason. He's such a fucking prick sometimes.

[Duff Man]

Here's that KO for anyone who didn't catch the prelims.

 

[Elite]

1 hour ago, Duff Man said:

Here's that KO for anyone who didn't catch the prelims.

 

Missed that. Wow, one of the best KO's ever that.

[Elite]

1 hour ago, Duff Man said:

Dana seems intent on stiffing Aljo out of his shot for some reason. He's such a fucking prick sometimes.

He'll give it TJ as it sells. He's a prick Dana.

[Duff Man]

He certainly is, and especially when he's bearing a grudge. Seem to remember Aljo being quite outspoken about something recently - possibly the way his KO by Moraes was handled; I think in relation to the broadcast - so maybe it's that.

[Elite]

He's making a habit of stitching up BW contenders.

[Duff Man]

Yeah it's a stacked division, but the management of it has been farcical lately.

[Lee909]

2 hours ago, Duff Man said:

Here's that KO for anyone who didn't catch the prelims.

 

 

 

A bit of a reminder of Barbosa stopping Etim the way he went down

[Duff Man]

20 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

A bit of a reminder of Barbosa stopping Etim the way he went down

Aye. Poor old Terry was never quite the same after that, was he.

[Elite]

9 minutes ago, Duff Man said:

Aye. Poor old Terry was never quite the same after that, was he.

Was he a big prospect at the time Etim? That fight was very early in my interest in MMA.

[Lee909]

Yeah at the time he was looked at as the big new European prospect. He was only 26 but never seemed to recover. Another sad story is John Hathaway who looked a even better prospect, beat Diego Sanchez but he has Crohns disease which ended his career in the end

[Duff Man]

Yeah what Lee said. I'd forgotten he was that young.

[Duff Man]

Sometimes one fight is all it takes to derail a career, it seems. Weidman's never really been the same since he took that hellacious beating at UFC 194 thanks to Herb's dithering (you could also argue that Romero taking his head off in his next fight didn't help, either, but the Rockhold match seemed to be the turning point).

 

And then you have fighters like Overeem who must have taken more damage than pretty much any other fighter in the sport and yet they're still somewhat competitive. I guess styles also play a big part - and a willingness to adapt as necessary - as well as competitiveness of the respective weight class. They've certainly been key to Overeem's longevity, I think.

[Lee909]

Weidman was chatting the other day about he has the game and would batter Izzy. Romero and Rock hold did more damage than we thought 

[Duff Man]

Just now, Lee909 said:

Weidman was chatting the other day about he has the game and would batter Izzy. Romero and Rock hold did more damage than we thought 

Oh yeah he's still absolutely convinced he can be champion again, the daft bastard. Suppose that kind of totally unshakable self confidence is a pre-requisite of being a fighter, though.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

13 hours ago, Duff Man said:

Oh yeah he's still absolutely convinced he can be champion again, the daft bastard. Suppose that kind of totally unshakable self confidence is a pre-requisite of being a fighter, though.

 

Also even if he has doubts, he has to sell himself in the modern fight game. When everyone is bigging themselves up WWE style, the bare minimum is saying you believe you can beat anyone.

[Duff Man]

3 hours ago, Aw Geez said:

Also even if he has doubts, he has to sell himself in the modern fight game. When everyone is bigging themselves up WWE style, the bare minimum is saying you believe you can beat anyone.

Yeah maybe a bit of that going on, too.

[Elite]

I don't see anyone beating Adesanya at middleweight for a long time. It's going to take a Khabib calibre wrestler to dominate him on the mat.

[Duff Man]

Ortega been putting the work in. Almost like a different fighter from his last match.

[Elite]

2 hours ago, Duff Man said:

Ortega been putting the work in. Almost like a different fighter from his last match.

Yeah he looked much improved.

[Welsh]

Class performance. If Volkanovski connects though I think it's lights out but Volkanvski is going to struggle to close the distance.

[Elite]

5 minutes ago, Welsh said:

Class performance. If Volkanovski connects though I think it's lights out but Volkanvski is going to struggle to close the distance.

I think Volkanovski beats him comfortably. Ortega looked better but the Korean Zombie was poor.