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[MaestroMike]

Spoiler: Alternative Poster

 

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[MaestroMike]

Spoiler: More Free Fights

 

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[_Idea_of_Evil_]

The prelims should be good too. Neal vs Dos Anjos is a great fight.

 

[GymWolf]

I have topuria winning but max is gonna be a much harder fight than wolk, styles make fights.

I think whittaker should take this one, chimaev gas out after a round and it's not gonna be easy to take down rob so he is probably gonna waste a lot of energy in the first round if he start as fast as he usually does.

 

[Pimpollo818]

Bobby K bay bee

 

[_Idea_of_Evil_]

I have topuria winning but max is gonna be a much harder fight than wolk, styles make fights.

I think whittaker should take this one, chimaev gas out after a round and it's not gonna be easy to take down rob so he is probably gonna waste a lot of energy in the first round if he start as fast as he usually does.

If Jai Herbert can have Topuria on skates, I have full faith that Max can do the same to him and get a finish. I don't see Max getting caught against the cage like Herbert or Volk, his movement is too good.

Prime Yoel couldn't overwhelm Whittaker with his wrestling, I don't think Khamzat will be able to either. Whittaker also has substantially better striking than Khamzat, in addition to having superior cardio.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Let it be known that I will be watching this one. And I'm all about that early start time due to it being in Abu Dhabi

 

[GymWolf]

If Jai Herbert can have Topuria on skates, I have full faith that Max can do the same to him and get a finish. I don't see Max getting caught against the cage like Herbert or Volk, his movement is too good.

Prime Yoel couldn't overwhelm Whittaker with his wrestling, I don't think Khamzat will be able to either. Whittaker also has substantially better striking than Khamzat, in addition to having superior cardio.

Everyone can get caught once, topuria in general has much better defence, max get caught way too often and chins are something that soonor later you lose like it happened with tony.

Max was getting hit by heavy shot even when he was schooling kattar, look at the numbers, the dude was still getting hit a lot even in a fight that was dominating, and topuria hit way harder than cattar.

 

[Pakoe]

Man you know the chances of getting your ass beat increases a tenfold when a guy has a last name ending with 'ov' or 'ev'.

 

[Toots]

Please gods of war let Max chin hold on for at least this fight, i really can't stand topuria smug boastfulness

 

[_Idea_of_Evil_]

Please gods of war let Max chin hold on for at least this fight, i really can't stand topuria smug boastfulness

Topuria hasn't gotten past Max and is already talking about fighting for the belt at 170lbs after he beats Islam. It would be great to see Max humble this guy.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Choosing Max Holloway is the correct choice BUT when you got a guy like Topuria his game is different and is the defending champion who beat the best fighter in UFC history, Alexander Volk.

 

[MaestroMike]

Spoiler: More Media Day Interviews

 

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[Kings Field]

I have a parlay on bullet, khamzat, ankalaev, and max.

Only one I'm majorly concerned about is Khamzat. He's my favorite fighter but has has had bad luck the last two years or so and Bobby Knuckles is as solid of a fighter as they come.

 

[abstract alien]

I never realized it. Those dude has done nearly everything.

 

[calistan]

I never realized it. Those dude has done nearly everything.

The BMF belt is cringe, but it’s comical that the UFC has ‘undisputed’ titles. Who are they disputing it with? It’s like calling the Chiefs the undisputed Super Bowl champions.

 

[abstract alien]

The BMF belt is cringe, but it’s comical that the UFC has ‘undisputed’ titles. Who are they disputing it with? It’s like calling the Chiefs the undisputed Super Bowl champions.

I know this is some dumb inception shit, but every time I see/hear the word cringe, all I think is cringe.

 

[MaestroMike]

Spoiler: More Press Conference Face-offs

 

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[MaestroMike]

I have a parlay on bullet, khamzat, ankalaev, and max.

Only one I'm majorly concerned about is Khamzat. He's my favorite fighter but has has had bad luck the last two years or so and Bobby Knuckles is as solid of a fighter as they come.

his kid has some health issues so that might be affecting him mentally

 

[juliushandle]

his kid has some health issues so that might be affecting him mentally

he said he isn't the wild and crazy guy anymore because he thinks about how his son will look at him when he's older.

 

[_Idea_of_Evil_]

Fight cards like this don't come around often! Cheers everyone (even those of you rooting for Topuria or Khamzat). Tomorrow is going to be extremely exciting! I love early cards too, great way to start the day.

 

[GymWolf]

The face off between rob and khazmat was crazy intense, and look at the absurdly big difference in hand size between the 2, chimaev has heavyweight sized hands, holy fuck

 

[Joramun]

Please gods of war let Max chin hold on for at least this fight, i really can't stand topuria smug boastfulness

Same here. he's trying to play the heel like conor but he can't. he's not endearing or charming like conor.

 

[GymWolf]

Topuria is hit and miss for me.

He is cocky and sometimes a bit deluded (the bit about going to welterweight) but if you heard his interviews, the dude just has the strongest faith in itself, he is not remotely as crazy as conor, that dude was throwing heavy stuff into veichles, stealing belts or burning brazilian flags close to aldo to get a reaction, topuria is nowhere near as much of a clown as conor, let's be real.

And the dude is rich, unbeated, the best featherweight in the world after beating arguably one of the goat of the sports, he has all the reasons to be cocky, way lesser fighters are cockier than him.

Chimaev got gifted a win against usman and if it was a 5 rounder he would have lost and he had the battle of his life against an ex-lightweight and he still talk shit about everyone, even this new calmer version, i can't stand this fucker way more than i can't stand topuria.

Topuria at least made the effort to improve his english ESPONENTIALLY in just one year.

 

[AeonGaidenRaiden]

Topuria is hit and miss for me.

He is cocky and sometimes a bit deluded (the bit about going to welterweight) but if you heard his interviews, the dude just has the strongest faith in itself, he is not remotely as crazy as conor, that dude was throwing heavy stuf stealing belts or burning brazilian flags close to aldo to get a reaction, topuria is nowhere near as much of a clown as conor, let's be real.

And the dude is rich, unbeated, he best featherweight in the world after beating arguably one of the goat of the sports, he has all the reasons to be cocky, way lesser fighters are cockier than him.

Except his tattoo artist totally screwed him and tattooed Conors face coming out of that tiger head ,copy tattoo lol. Ain't nobody convincing me that's Topuria's face lol.

 

[GymWolf]

Except his tattoo artist totally screwed him and tattooed Conors face coming out of that tiger head ,copy tattoo lol. Ain't nobody convincing me that's Topuria's face lol.

lol i haven't zoomed on his chest tattoo to check out tbh

 

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[MaestroMike]

in for the main card lol hard to wake up early. oralbai vs rebecki was dope from what i saw

 

[MaestroMike]

lol wow dope as$ KO

 

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[MaestroMike]

messy fight could go either way imo maybe ige

 

[MaestroMike]

i know murphy had 2nd round and i guess they gave him 3rd round ige was pretty gassed lol alright. for the next fights i picked ankalaev over rakic i know he has to make it entertaining for the title shot but i don't see him not doing some wrestling against rakic for the W if its all standing rakic probably has the advantage. khamzat did some altitude training he probably will be able to go the distance but whittaker still has all that championship experience and looked really good in his last fight against the dagestani so I'm picking whittaker though khamzat will have the advantage wrestling and if whittaker can't defend against the TDs he'll be in big trouble. topuria and holloway probably gonna stand holloway has a chin and cardio. topuria has precision and power both fighters have a lot of momentum its really hard to pick who's getting the W but I'll go with topuria. wouldn't bet any money on this fight though too unpredictable

 

[MaestroMike]

ankalaev got the second might be up

 

[MaestroMike]

rakic's stupid as$ corner said he was up 2 probably would've went harder in the third they screwed him ankalaev gonna get the W now don't know if they'll give him the title shot tho

 

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[BennyBlanco]

Damn. FFT as your all time favorite game. I knew I liked Whittaker for a reason. This made me wanna reinstall ESO.

 

[MaestroMike]

wow

 

[MaestroMike]

khamzat getting the next title shot lol khamzat vs du plessis

 

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[abstract alien]

I did not bet on round one via face crank...

 

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[MaestroMike]

el matador if he can't beat holloway then maybe that W against volk was a fluke this is a big legacy fight for him

 

[_Idea_of_Evil_]

RIP Whittaker. GG Khamzat.

Edit: FUCK, and Max...