UFC248: Adesanya v Romero

chips1234 · 07-03-2020 10:58pm #1

card is starting soon and no thread so thought id stick one up myself.

card:

Middleweight Israel Adesanya (c) vs. Yoel Romero

Women's Strawweight Zhang Weili (c) vs. Joanna Jędrzejczyk

Lightweight Beneil Dariush vs. Drakkar Klose

Welterweight Neil Magny vs. Li Jingliang

Welterweight Alex Oliveira vs. Max Griffin

Preliminary Card (ESPN)
Bantamweight Sean O'Malley vs. José Alberto Quiñónez

Lightweight Mark Madsen vs. Austin Hubbard

Middleweight Rodolfo Vieira vs. Saparbek Safarov

Middleweight Gerald Meerschaert vs. Deron Winn

Early Preliminary Card (ESPN+)
Featherweight Giga Chikadze vs. Jamall Emmers

Bantamweight Danaa Batgerel vs. Guido Cannetti

adesanya on points

zhang by stoppage

dariush on points

jingliang by stoppage

oliveira no idea

eagle eye · 08-03-2020 1:45am

Really looking forward to these three prelims.
I think Vieira will go a long way in the middleweight division.
I've always been a fan of Sean O'Malley and Madsen is very interesting too coming from wrestling.

ricero · 08-03-2020 1:49am

Viera looks scary good on the ground

chips1234 · 08-03-2020 1:50am

ricero wrote: »

Viera looks scary good on the ground

made it look easy, was almost like right after he got kicked in the face, he said to himself wtf am i doing and then just went to work. very impressive.

edit: jesus christ his left eye

davywalsh7 · 08-03-2020 1:53am

Impressive from vieira.
DC annoying anyone else or is just me?

PyreOfHellfire · 08-03-2020 2:29am

davywalsh7 wrote: »

Impressive from vieira.
DC annoying anyone else or is just me?

He's really annoying me. Just won't shut up when telling little stories, even if serious punches are being thrown and landed. Needs to stop waffling.

eagle eye · 08-03-2020 2:42am

Some comeback from Sean O'Malley. Still only 25, future champion I think.

chips1234 · 08-03-2020 2:48am

eagle eye wrote: »

Some comeback from Sean O'Malley. Still only 25, future champion I think.

would love to see him take cejudo apart and move up to 145 then.

Titzon Toast · 08-03-2020 2:51am

Sugar is looking better than ever. I'm actually raging it was over so quickly. I would have loved to see more of him.
He'll be on the main card against a better opponent soon.

Titzon Toast · 08-03-2020 2:53am

I don't think I'll make it to the main event. Have to go to bed...
Enjoy it folks.

davywalsh7 · 08-03-2020 4:15am

Great performance from magny

chips1234 · 08-03-2020 4:29am

davywalsh7 wrote: »

Great performance from magny

why did jingliang continually look for the take down, ive no idea, then just got dominated in the clinch, wasnt until the third he stopped looking for it and still just looked out classed, brilliant from magny throughout.

chips1234 · 08-03-2020 4:41am

wow what a finish

ctrl-alt-delete · 08-03-2020 4:42am

Cracking finish to that one

RocketRaccoon · 08-03-2020 4:43am

Incredible finish there

davywalsh7 · 08-03-2020 4:46am

chips1234 wrote: »

why did jingliang continually look for the take down, ive no idea, then just got dominated in the clinch, wasnt until the third he stopped looking for it and still just looked out classed, brilliant from magny throughout.

Yeah couldn’t understand that myself. He definitely troubled magny with his hands at the start
What a great fight there dariush v klose.

08-03-2020 4:54am

Cannot wait for this one. Hup Joanna.

Yurt2 · 08-03-2020 5:00am

Didn't like that walkout from Joanna, a bit weird. Think she'll get smashed here.

Axwell · 08-03-2020 5:10am

Great intense first round

chips1234 · 08-03-2020 5:12am

Axwell wrote: »

Great intense first round

exchanges seemed even ish enough to me despite the foaming at the mouth from the comms for zhang

08-03-2020 5:12am

I must be watching a different fight to Rogan. I gave that round to Weili (just) but you'd swear it was a massacre the way he's going on. Joanna right hook midway through that round was probably the best shot of the round and none of the commentators batted an eyelid.

chips1234 · 08-03-2020 5:18am

this is great so far, what a fight, did they say more than 300 strikes had been thrown already with about a minute to go in that round ?

davywalsh7 · 08-03-2020 5:18am

What a fight so far

Axwell · 08-03-2020 5:22am

Joanna with a forehead like a Klingon after that..some fight

chips1234 · 08-03-2020 5:23am

anyone wanna guess who's ahead right now ?

joanna won that round i think, rd 1 and 2 ive no idea who won

08-03-2020 5:24am

Ferocious stuff.

Axwell · 08-03-2020 5:26am

600 strikes..crazy

ctrl-alt-delete · 08-03-2020 5:29am

Axwell wrote: »

Joanna with a forehead like a Klingon after that..some fight

Still looks like it is Zhang that is clinging on.

It goes to the 5th

08-03-2020 5:31am

Dear God.

Safe to say we'll be seeing these two going at it again.

And we still have Adesanya and Romero to come haha.

ctrl-alt-delete · 08-03-2020 5:33am

Neither of these getting home anytime soon on their current passport photos.

What a fight.

chips1234 · 08-03-2020 5:36am

jesus christ that is one of the best fights ive ever seen, just call it a draw fck the judges and do it again

Axwell · 08-03-2020 5:36am

What a fight, the intensity from start to finish was incredible. Very hard to call and either way they need to run it back...they should actually just fight every 3 months if it would be like this every time!

PyreOfHellfire · 08-03-2020 5:37am

Amazing stuff. Zhang has it for me, I mean Joanna looks like the elephant man ffs..

Alf Veedersane · 08-03-2020 5:39am

Think Joanna will get the nod from the judges but no idea how to separate them. Holy sh*t that was epic

Axwell · 08-03-2020 5:40am

When a fight is that close its very hard to dethrone a champ..this translator needs a slap though

Yurt2 · 08-03-2020 5:45am

Rogan to the interpreter: "Get it together bro" lol

davywalsh7 · 08-03-2020 5:47am

What a f*** fight. Lost my bet with joanna losing but man that was hard to call. An absolute epic

Axwell · 08-03-2020 5:49am

If this fight is even half the fight the women's one was we are in for some scrap

al87987 · 08-03-2020 5:50am

Gave 1,2 and 5 to Weili. Incredible fight. My brother put a grand on Weili. Made him sweat

08-03-2020 5:51am

I had it 3-2 Weili on first viewing. Immense fight.

cian68 · 08-03-2020 5:56am

Not watching but just saw pictures of Joanna and honestly thought it was photo shopped at first

str8talkingguy · 08-03-2020 5:56am

Kinda go along with Joanna about the swelling she said she could feel it was affecting her,coz just at that point she seemed to be finding her timing and taking over the fight or maybe i'm just sick about my quadruple that was up if Joanna won here.