UFC 225: Whitaker vs Romero Sat June 9th 2018

tinpib

A great PPV lined up, hopefully bus windows remain intact.

Looking at this years PPV's, I really enjoyed the first one, Stipe/Ngannou. The one in the Barclays Center was shaping up great 48 hours beforehand but went astray, but the 3 other PPV's were poor, they could have passed for Fight Nights

This one, however, is a great card from top to bottom, looking forward to pretty much every fight.

riffmongous

That looks like a nice card to me, I'm not sure though if that's a good thing since the names I'm most interested in are all well past it at this stage

Paully D

I don’t care what anyone says, I can’t wait for the Punk fight! :pac:

CatFromHue

Paully D wrote: »

I don’t care what anyone says, I can’t wait for the Punk fight! :pac:

Someone's 0 has to go

riffmongous

I had no idea Punk was fighting, I heard he was testifying in court just a few days ago, that is not an ideal preparation

RobbingBandit

Punks been training for months for this fight the court case has been coming for ages so I'd say it's a distraction for him but not so much so, hope he gets a few shots in this time Jackson should be less of a challenge than Gall was but seeing as both have been beaten by Gall it kinda makes this a run off fight really.

Gamb!t

Looks like a good card,really looking forward to the RDA v Covington fight.

Whelo79

I'm watching the UFC Countdown for this and it know it's been said multiple times before, but Romero is a best. He's 41 for crying out loud. The slow motion of him sprinting is unreal.

Fromvert

Very good card for what seems like ages since I've thought that. I will enjoy getting drunk and watching this from near the start. Hoping RDA folds up Covington. Pettis vs Benavidez on the fight pass prelims is a weird one, stick those unranked heavyweight lads down there.

callaway92

Whelo79 wrote: »

I'm watching the UFC Countdown for this and it know it's been said multiple times before, but Romero is a best. He's 41 for crying out loud. The slow motion of him sprinting is unreal.

callaway92

In all fairness though - Romero is probably my favourite fighter other than McGregor or Barboza.

Hope he wins

Useful.Idiot

I love Romero but I think I love Bobby Knuckles more. Animal

ricero

I think a lot of people are sleeping on Colby this weekend

#Nerdbash2018 :pac:

Ultimate Seduction

You know it's a good card when the event thread is up before Saturday.

rob316

Stacked card, one to stay up for even. I just hope RDA renders Colby unconcious.

Amazingfun

ricero wrote: »

I think a lot of people are sleeping on Colby this weekend

#Nerdbash2018 :pac:

I want Colby to win just to see the meltdown on Twitter

Tazzimus

ricero wrote: »

I think a lot of people are sleeping on Colby this weekend

#Nerdbash2018 :pac:

I think it's more that he's intensely disliked as a human being :P

Effects

callaway92 wrote: »

In all fairness though - Romero is probably my favourite fighter other than McGregor or Barboza.

His cheating turned me off him tbh.

R.F.

CatFromHue wrote: »

Someone's 0 has to go

no contest? would be the funniest no contest of all time

callaway92

Effects wrote: »

His cheating turned me off him tbh.

Ya, he was on thin ice with me after the stool stuff at the end of the round against Kennedy and stuff. Coupled with the fact he’s juicing obv is bad.

Great to watch though - his KO of Weidman especially was phenomenal

The Nal

johnpatrick81

#never4get

Ush1

Dear God, if that right landed the octagon would have imploded.

Like those hammer fists of terror landed on Todd Duffee.

Mellor

RobbingBandit wrote: »

Punks been training for months for this fight the court case has been coming for ages so I'd say it's a distraction for him but not so much so, hope he gets a few shots in this time Jackson should be less of a challenge than Gall was but seeing as both have been beaten by Gall it kinda makes this a run off fight really.

I've no idea how good Jackson realistically is at this point.
But I'm pretty sure that;
a) Punk must be better than he was last time
b) Jackson is not nearly as good as Gall


So it might not be a close fight, but it will be closer than the last one.

Paully D

Jackson is easily the second worst fighter on the entire UFC roster, BUT, his striking is still on another level to anything Punk could be bringing to the table even if he was to have improved ten-fold since his last outing.

Jackson should stop him on the feet.

Punk gets his $500,000 show money and probably walks out with $1m+ after all income is accounted for like last time.

theteal

Just caught up on the embeddeds, has Colby always been that cringeworthy? I’m struggling to remember hear him speak in the past

Mellor

theteal wrote: »

has Colby always been that cringeworthy

Yes

callaway92

Punk not doing the Open Workouts is the equivalent of a shít movie/video game having a review embargo until the day of release.

This can't go well...even though I'm pulling for him to win.

The Nal

Punk has had nearly 2 years to improve. A lot of time to do nothing but train in MMA. Same to be said for Jackson of course but they're both amateurs. Hopefully it'll be a really sloppy slug fest with a funny KO.

tinpib

Weigh-ins were due to start at 3pm Irish time but it looks like we are underway already.

Ariel doing his whispering golf commentary on here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SYNW_xe2KY

edit: nope, that was some copycat called Mark, Ariel arrived in late looks like the early start caught him too. Made a joke saying thanks for the notice.

CM Punk at 169 anyway. Holly looks in great shape.

tinpib

Half following the stream, seems like Romero might have a bit of trouble making weight. Ariel talking about he will have 2 hours extra to make weight if he misses it first time round.

edit: Romero 186, so has 2 hours from now to lose the extra pound.

ASOT

Yoel a lb over, has 2 hours to lose it. The lads were nearly a bit slow with the towel. Nearly got an eye full of the other soldier of god.

Frank Bullitt

2 hours for 1lb, its doable anyway.

tinpib

ASOT wrote: »

Yoel a lb over, has 2 hours to lose it. The lads were nearly a bit slow with the towel. Nearly got an eye full of the other soldier of god.

I wouldn't be quick to blame the two lads for it, it looked to me like Yoel removed his cacks without due care and attention, was bordering on reckless removing of cacks.

Lukker-

He could prob lose 3-4 lbs if he launched his Cuban missile.

Lukker-

Anyways I hope Yoel makes weight, kills the tension when the strap isn't on the line

callaway92

Lukker- wrote: »

Anyways I hope Yoel makes weight, kills the tension when the strap isn't on the line

Would be twice in his last 2 title fights that he'd have missed weight

Lukker-

callaway92 wrote: »

Would be twice in his last 2 title fights that he'd have missed weight

I had forgotten that was for the strap as he’s not the interim champ now

ASOT

callaway92 wrote: »

Would be twice in his last 2 title fights that he'd have missed weight

His age has to be catching up with him id say.

Lukker-

ASOT wrote: »

His age has to be catching up with him id say.

Yeah in fairness that’s the only time he’s missed weight but it has to be harder at his age

ASOT

Lukker- wrote: »

Yeah in fairness that’s the only time he’s missed weight but it has to be harder at his age

Hes some unit in fairness, I warmed to him abit after all the bisping videos. Still hope Bobby puts on a clinic. Hes some size aswell watching embedded, everyone 100% slept on him when he moved up weight.

EagererBeaver

Happy enough to watch Punk just to hear the pop when he walks out.

Lukker-

ASOT wrote: »

Hes some unit in fairness, I warmed to him abit after all the bisping videos. Still hope Bobby puts on a clinic. Hes some size aswell watching embedded, everyone 100% slept on him when he moved up weight.

Bobby has certainly grown into his new weight class. As has RDA imo

tinpib

185.2 for Romero now.

FFS, that's a balls. But he has missed weight before so only himself to blame.

xtal191

UFC is turning into a farce with all these missed weights, needs sorting

EagererBeaver

xtal191 wrote: »

UFC is turning into a farce with all these missed weights, needs sorting

More weight classes is the only realistic solution.

brendanwalsh

They started weigh ins at 8.40am
Seems so arbitrary. Yoel would have made it if the weighs were later. Guys get no extra chance to cut if they wake up heavy

ricero

Surely Dana can say **** it and keep is as a title fight as he did with the Khabib v Ragin Al title fight in Brooklyn.

callaway92

xtal191 wrote: »

UFC is turning into a farce with all these missed weights, needs sorting

It's not UFC's fault.

CatFromHue

EagererBeaver wrote: »

More weight classes is the only realistic solution.

Is it? or will people still cut large amounts even then?

I'd say they'll still cut large amounts.

Lukker-

CatFromHue wrote: »

Is it? or will people still cut large amounts even then?

I'd say they'll still cut large amounts.

Right now they have 2 big holes between classes. They should scrap WW and add a 165 and 175 lb division, and also a 195 lb division. The 15 lb gaps mean you have guys really worried they are gonna be undersized for their natural weight class, this normalizes things a bit.