UFC / MMA

[Duluth]

@mikethesnow

Prediction?

Al Iaquinta is a decent fighter, but the fact he struck Khabib so many times makes me think it could be an early KO for Conor.. at the same time I don't see Conor getting up if Khabib gets him down and starts mauling him.

The whole fight depends on when the first successful take down is??

[MajorPom]

@duluth this is a tough one - as UFC is highly dependent on whether or not their head is in the game.

We've seen it before with Rousey, and it shouldn't be underestimated.

I hate tipping against McGregor ... but I'm going to do it!

[MiketheSnow]

@duluth said in UFC:

@mikethesnow

Prediction?

Al Iaquinta is a decent fighter, but the fact he struck Khabib so many times makes me think it could be an early KO for Conor.. at the same time I don't see Conor getting up if Khabib gets him down and starts mauling him.

The whole fight depends on when the first successful take down is??

First and foremost hopefully all the bouts take place. Recent history has me worried about that.

From the bottom,

EARLY PRELIMS
Tony Martin; Gray Maynard; Lina Lansberg

PRELIMS
Alan Patrick; Aspen Ladd; Vicente Luque; Sergio Pettis

MAIN CARD
Felice Herrig; Derrick Lewis; Ovince Saint Preux; Tony Ferguson

Conor McGregor

Too quick, too powerful, too smart

[Duluth]

@mikethesnow said in UFC:

Sean O'Malley

I think that fight is off?

I’ll post my guesses for every fight later in the week

[MiketheSnow]

@duluth said in UFC:

@mikethesnow said in UFC:

Sean O'Malley

I think that fight is off?

I’ll post my guesses for every fight later in the week

See what I mean

[Duluth]

@mikethesnow said in UFC:

EARLY PRELIMS
Tony Martin; Gray Maynard; Alan Patrick; Lina Lansberg

PRELIMS
Aspen Ladd; Vicente Luque; Sergio Pettis; Sean O'Malley

MAIN CARD
Felice Herrig; Derrick Lewis; Ovince Saint Preux; Tony Ferguson

Conor McGregor

Too quick, too powerful, too smart

Here are my uneducated guesses:

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Early Prelims

Ryan LaFlare vs Tony Martin
Gray Maynard vs Nik Lentz
Lina Länsberg vs Yana Kunitskaya

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Prelims

Scott Holtzman vs Alan Patrick
Aspen Ladd vs Tonya Evinger
Vicente Luque vs Jalin Turner
Sergio Pettis vs Jussier Formiga

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Main Card

Michelle Waterson vs Felice Herrig
Derrick Lewis vs Alexander Volkov
Ovince Saint Preux vs Dominick Reyes
Tony Ferguson vs Anthony Pettis
Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Conor McGregor

I'm expecting the main event to be one sided, but not entirely sure in which direction. Picking Conor because the fight starts on the feet and Khabib can be sloppy against good strikers. One take down might be enough for Khabib though.

[MiketheSnow]

Indeed.

If I was Khabib I would come out fast and go straight for the takedown.

If it meant taking an Aldo shot, so be it.

But if he got McG to the ground in less than 20 secs it's game over.

[MiketheSnow]

My advice above may not be the best

[Duluth]

Lewis gets a KO with 11secs left in the fight. Was getting his arse kicked up until until then

Great post fight interview as usual

[Duluth]

Co-main event was incredible. Both fighters causing damage, covered in blood. Ferguson with freakish cardio

Shame we didn’t get a third round. Pettis broke his hand and didn’t come out after round two

[sparky]

Why can't they just shake hands at the end like real men do?

[Duluth]

No one can deal with Khabib on the ground

Conor lasted longer than expected in those situations but tapped out in the 4th

Khabib is a piece of shit.

Herb Dean had to push him away from Conor after the tap. Then he jumps the fence to attack one of Conors coaches after the fight.
In the chaos a Khabib team member jumps in and punches Conor from behind after he's recovering from a choke

Khabib should get suspended and lose his belt

Tony vs Conor will be fun. They should fight for an open belt

[Duluth]

Just checked the recording and 3 different members of Khabibs team managed to strike Conor

[sparky]

What I saw appeared to be repeated attempts to assault a recovering athlete and start a riot in front of 20,000 people. Pathetic. The Irishman had previously received criminal charges for attacking a bus. Pathetic too.

As far from the sportsmanship of the All Blacks against the Boks as you could possibly imagine.

[Crucial]

Any wonder this sport has a credibility problem?

If you don’t want to look like thugs and scum maybe stop behaving like thugs and scum.?

[Siam]

That reaction by Khabib et al. was pretty fucken bad in terms of a massive Fuck You to the conventions and authority of professional fighting.

This was pure rage and disrespect, no showboating at all, raw narcissism.

UFC will have to react strongly.

If it were me, I'd ban him and team for 2 years, soak up the overreaction with a straight face, reduce the ban to one year in 6 months, ensure Conor gets 60 million and start up the rumour mill for a PPV rematch at ban's end.

Either way those nasty Russian boys need a decent example set as a deterrent for the future

[Siam]

@crucial What credibility problem? Who says? The product speaks for itself doesn't it? You either like it not, no?

[MajorPom]

@siam said in UFC:

That reaction by Khabib et al. was pretty fucken bad in terms of a massive Fuck You to the conventions and authority of professional fighting.

This was pure rage and disrespect, no showboating at all, raw narcissism.

Which is EXACTLY why people watch UFC.

UFC will have to react strongly.

In order to maintain licenses etc, yes they will.

If it were me, I'd ban him and team for 2 years, soak up the overreaction with a straight face, reduce the ban to one year in 6 months, ensure Conor gets 60 million and start up the rumour mill for a PPV rematch at ban's end.

60 mill to Conor? For what exactly? Getting his arse kicked?

Khabib, rightly, can claim the higher purse for the rematch. He owned him.

Either way those nasty Russian boys need a decent example set as a deterrent for the future

For licenses, yes. However, I think this reaction is pretty much so perfect marketing for UFC.

[Duluth]

The sanction will be decided by the Nevada state athletic commission, not the UFC

Although the UFC could do something on top of it

[MajorPom]

@crucial said in UFC:

Any wonder this sport has a credibility problem?

If you don’t want to look like thugs and scum maybe stop behaving like thugs and scum.?

There's more illegal incidents in a weekends rugby, than there has been in the entire UFC history (outside drug testing, of course).

UFC is incredibly violent, but for the most part the product is pretty well policed.