UFC 259

mdwexford

mdwexford

MrStuffins

Banger of a card!

nocoverart

This one is definitely worthy of staying up, having a reheated pizza and a few cold ones

MidlanderMan

I really like Anderson, she's a decent fighter and comes across as quite intelligent and funny on her Instagram YouTube videos, but she's going to get hurt.

EagererBeaver

MidlanderMan wrote: »

I really like Anderson, she's a decent fighter and comes across as quite intelligent and funny on her Instagram YouTube videos, but she's going to get hurt.

The only thing that can beat Nunes is her own boredom or complacency. Or maybe, possibly Shevchenko.

bmcc10

Izzy saying he will be around 195lbs fight night. Jan surely be 230+ big difference but probably not far off what Costa and Romero weigh.

Chairman Meow

Ridiculously hyped for this one!
Was honestly thinking about putting a tenner on Megan to win.. not that i really think she can do it, but if she did, im sure the odds are so stacked against her that youd make a nice return

mailburner

santos rakic should be a great fight, same with yan sterling

Two fights there that are really hard to call

yourdeadwright

Sterling

Id love to see Jan win , something about Izzy just rubs me up the wrong way ,

MrStuffins

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Id love to see Jan win , something about Izzy just rubs me up the wrong way ,

Agreed.

He spent days and weeks rubbing Paulo Costa's nose in it after he beat him.

We get it, you beat him. But there's no need to be a classless winner. Move on to the next opponent.

Chairman Meow

MrStuffins wrote: »

Agreed.

He spent days and weeks rubbing Paulo Costa's nose in it after he beat him.

We get it, you beat him. But there's no need to be a classless winner. Move on to the next opponent.

Yeah but man did you see the sheer amount of **** Costa talked in the run up to the fight? I actually put together a compilation of most of it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tThLsko8_Vc

long story short, Costa talked an INSANE amount of ****. I really dont blame Izzy for trolling him post fight. Costa absolutely deserved it.

I think Jan can win this one tho. Watched Izzy v Gastelum last night and Gastelum had Izzy wobbled very early in that fight. Jan is bigger and hits harder than Kelvin, i think hes got quite a good chance

Inviere

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Id love to see Jan win , something about Izzy just rubs me up the wrong way ,

Izzy had me as a fan up until the Costa win. The way he celebrated the win hadn't got a picogram of class. He's a freak of a fighter, but after his last fight, I'd love to see him sparked by Jan.

yourdeadwright

Sterling

Chairman Meow wrote: »

Yeah but man did you see the sheer amount of **** Costa talked in the run up to the fight? I actually put together a compilation of most of it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tThLsko8_Vc

long story short, Costa talked an INSANE amount of ****. I really dont blame Izzy for trolling him post fight. Costa absolutely deserved it.

I think Jan can win this one tho. Watched Izzy v Gastelum last night and Gastelum had Izzy wobbled very early in that fight. Jan is bigger and hits harder than Kelvin, i think hes got quite a good chance

Like others his actions after where a bit to much for me
I also didn't like his excuse or lack of one for his clear breast issues ,

MrStuffins

Chairman Meow wrote: »

Yeah but man did you see the sheer amount of **** Costa talked in the run up to the fight?

Yeah but there's a lot of be said for having class in victory.

splashthecash

Casual MMA fan here - when she was around, Ronda Rousey was considered the best female ever right? What has Nunes marked now as the GOAT which is what I've seen her advertised as - she seems relatively new to the sport

Perhaps female MMA was still in its infancy and thats why Rousey dominated like she did? And the calibre of fighter that Nunes has been fighting has be of a much higher than Rousey in her hey-day?

Pardon my ignorance if any of the above is incorrect

MrStuffins

splashthecash wrote: »

Casual MMA fan here - when she was around, Ronda Rousey was considered the best female ever right? What has Nunes marked now as the GOAT which is what I've seen her advertised as - she seems relatively new to the sport

Nunes made her pro MMA debut a full three years before Ronda made hers

MidlanderMan

splashthecash wrote: »

Casual MMA fan here - when she was around, Ronda Rousey was considered the best female ever right? What has Nunes marked now as the GOAT which is what I've seen her advertised as - she seems relatively new to the sport

Perhaps female MMA was still in its infancy and thats why Rousey dominated like she did? And the calibre of fighter that Nunes has been fighting has be of a much higher than Rousey in her hey-day?

Pardon my ignorance if any of the above is incorrect

Before Nunes, Rousey and Cris Cyborg were considered the two best female fighters ever.

Nunes destroyed both, in 2 different weight classes, and cleared out both divisions. Since September 2014 she has dominated everyone she's fought besides Valentina Shevchenko, who for me, is probably the only woman currently fighting who can genuinely challenger her and 100% #2 in the current female pound for pound rankings.

FileNotFound

Getting excited already

Should be a good show

themandan6611

FileNotFound wrote: »

Getting excited already

Should be a good show

It's not short of an epic fight card (on paper), let's hope the anticipation get's matched. Must also say that it is funny how sometimes the weaker looking cards can surprise

FileNotFound

themandan6611 wrote: »

It's not short of an epic fight card (on paper), let's hope the anticipation get's matched. Must also say that it is funny how sometimes the weaker looking cards can surprise

Fully agree, have been up some nights and watched quick ending or slow fighjts between big names.

Only for the smaller names to have great fights.

Either way a few beers and some shouting at the telly haha.

Homelander

Sterling

I guess anything can happen but Megan Anderson seems way out of her depth here. Still looking forward to it but can't see her having much apart from that fluke chance any fighter can have.

yourdeadwright

Sterling

splashthecash wrote: »

Casual MMA fan here - when she was around, Ronda Rousey was considered the best female ever right? What has Nunes marked now as the GOAT which is what I've seen her advertised as - she seems relatively new to the sport

Perhaps female MMA was still in its infancy and thats why Rousey dominated like she did? And the calibre of fighter that Nunes has been fighting has be of a much higher than Rousey in her hey-day?

Pardon my ignorance if any of the above is incorrect

The biggest difference between Nunes and other women in MMA is that he has power, She hits & even moves like a bloke ,
Everything she does looks strong powerful & purposeful ,

For example if you took footage of even Joanne or Rose for example and somehow blacked them out and just say there shadow I think you'd still know it was a women from there movements, not Nunes ,

Will_I_Regret

Haven't got the option to buy the PPV on Sky yet?

EagererBeaver

splashthecash wrote: »

Casual MMA fan here - when she was around, Ronda Rousey was considered the best female ever right? What has Nunes marked now as the GOAT which is what I've seen her advertised as - she seems relatively new to the sport

Perhaps female MMA was still in its infancy and thats why Rousey dominated like she did? And the calibre of fighter that Nunes has been fighting has be of a much higher than Rousey in her hey-day?

Pardon my ignorance if any of the above is incorrect

Rousey's time in MMA ended when Nunes beat the **** out of her in about 4 seconds. Look the fight up. Nunes basically hurt her badly with the first punch she threw and then absolutely wailed on her.

xtal191

Sterling

Will_I_Regret wrote: »

Haven't got the option to buy the PPV on Sky yet?

Its not PPV here, its on BT Sports 2

scudzilla

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Rousey's time in MMA ended when Nunes beat the **** out of her in about 4 seconds. Look the fight up. Nunes basically hurt her badly with the first punch she threw and then absolutely wailed on her.

Rousey was finished after the Holm fight, she just didn't have the same confidence after being kicked in the head and picked apart

The Floyd p

Dying for these fights! I think the style matchup massively favours Izzy, but still excited to see him perform. P4P #1 fighter in the sport for me.

Nunes-Anderson probably won't be competitive at all, and tbh I hope Nunes wins just to add to her legacy.

Yan-Aljo is the fight of the night for me. Aljo is so talented on the ground, and has the physical advantage over 95% of the BW. Yan is one of the few fighters who gets better as the fight progresses; his power and clinch work is something to behold.

The whole prelims are excellent, all FW and BW, nice and technical.

FileNotFound

The Floyd p wrote: »

Dying for these fights! I think the style matchup massively favours Izzy, but still excited to see him perform. P4P #1 fighter in the sport for me.

Nunes-Anderson probably won't be competitive at all, and tbh I hope Nunes wins just to add to her legacy.

Yan-Aljo is the fight of the night for me. Aljo is so talented on the ground, and has the physical advantage over 95% of the BW. Yan is one of the few fighters who gets better as the fight progresses; his power and clinch work is something to behold.

The whole prelims are excellent, all FW and BW, nice and technical.

Izzy is immense at the moment and a fun guy to watch, I think he is up for the task but changing weight always has risks.

I think Nunes is way ahead of everyone, her sheer power is insane

Chairman Meow

Having gone back over some old fights i think im leaning a bit more towards Izzy for the win. I think Jan just looks a bit too slow, and for all the talk of Polish Power, he really doesnt have a lot of KO wins. I think Izzy is just too evasive and an overall better striker, and having fought at HW in kickboxing i think the jump to LHW really wont be that big of a culture shock for him.

Beersmith

FileNotFound wrote: »

Izzy is immense at the moment and a fun guy to watch, I think he is up for the task but changing weight always has risks.

I think Nunes is way ahead of everyone, her sheer power is insane

Not for me. Her last two fights she couldn't get a finish and against GDR she got out of jail in that her takedown defence is so poor.

Mehaffey1

Megan Anderson as much as she is a top fighter looks like a deer in the headlights coming into this fight against Nunes. Hope I'm wrong as I said the same for Poirier in the run up to the McGregor Fight 30 days ago!

Petr Yan couldn't be more different to Sterling personality wise. Hard to see Yan losing though.

Cruz coming in against Kenney, I really can't pick it. As much as I love Dominic as a commentator I don't know if he can be as good as the Cruz that showed up those long 4 years ago.

Adesanya vs Blachowicz, probably the most thought provoking fight to be made since Jones vs D.C 1. Probably championing against the tide here and say Blachowicz gets a TKO in the 2nd. Size matters and Jan looks next level compared to the run up to his previous fights.

Can't believe Benavidez gets no mention in the Pre-Fight build up, put 3 names aside in Cejudo, Johnson and Figureido, who hasn't he beat.

derfderf

splashthecash wrote: »

Casual MMA fan here - when she was around, Ronda Rousey was considered the best female ever right? What has Nunes marked now as the GOAT which is what I've seen her advertised as - she seems relatively new to the sport

Perhaps female MMA was still in its infancy and thats why Rousey dominated like she did? And the calibre of fighter that Nunes has been fighting has be of a much higher than Rousey in her hey-day?

Pardon my ignorance if any of the above is incorrect

There have been four Bantemweight champs. Rousey, Holm, Tate, and Nunes. Nunes finished the other 3 champs in the first round when she fought them.
There have been three featherweight champs. GDR, Cyborg, and Nunes. Nunes has first round knockouts of both too (although she fought GDR again and won by UD).
Basically anyone who was ever important in either division Nunes fights in has been smashed by her.

Mellor

derfderf wrote: »

There have been four Bantemweight champs. Rousey, Holm, Tate, and Nunes. Nunes finished the other 3 champs in the first round when she fought them.
There have been three featherweight champs. GDR, Cyborg, and Nunes. Nunes has first round knockouts of both too (although she fought GDR again and won by UD).
Basically anyone who was ever important in either division Nunes fights in has been smashed by her.

That’s a excellent take on Nunes and her position as remake UFC goat.

SDTimeout

This is one of the cards I've been really excited for in the build up, first in a long time.

I rolled with Aljamain Sterling in 2017 in Poland, he was a guest fighter doing media at the event, he trained every day that he was there and just gave off a different atmosphere. I asked him at the media day off camera if he would like to train that night because he said he was interested in getting work in while he was over there. I was a new enough purple belt at the time. He was moving cautiously in terms of being apprehensive of training with a random person and maybe worrying about getting injured. We ended up doing 10+ rounds and his JiuJitsu was great, complimented massively by his wrestling base and background but was very in touch with modern JiuJitsu and its benefits when translated into MMA. The Serra / Longo connection to Danaher has been long-standing and there would have been drip theories coming into his training from their association, as well as having a high level of training partners with him in Long Island. It's been one of the standout parts of his games over his last fights, between the kneebar and otherwise, he is going to be a champion. How long he stays as champion is another thing, but when you meet people who are so focused and driven on a target you just get fantastic energy from them. I think Sterling is going to choke Yan from the back after some scrambles. Yan has good grappling and power in his hands but considering the setback of the Moraes KO, and how he could have gotten the shot long before now, the amount of focused time working towards this is going to come to fruition for Sterling tonight. I hope he becomes Champion tonight.

Anderson vs Nunes is a very interesting one, Nunes was put out of the fight in December with an injury, and is now a couple more months into being a mother. I think it's an easy question to ask "how are you different" once fighters become fathers or mothers, but this can motivate in two different ways. If you are on the come up, and you have a child during this period. It's the most intense burning desire and motivation you can see (Cage Warriors 155er Decky McAleenan has a young child will be in the UFC within 18 months, this was the last rocketstrap he needed to his back but more on that another time) Nunes is already queen of the world. Possibly P4P #1 in the world of MMA now that Khabib is 'retired'. In terms of recent ability, performances, and otherwise, Nunes is head and shoulders above the world. However, she's at the top and now is a mother. You now know that your child will not want for anything in your life. Everything that you struggled for, and worked for, and was motivated by will not apply to them going forward. I read a good piece about Ronaldo and Khabib talking about how Ronaldo worries for his child's future motivation for being one of the best footballers in the world. I have no insight into Nunes camp, just hunches, and speculation. MAYBE, just MAYBE. A foot was slightly taken off the gas. Where Anderson has been training for this fight since September. I'm a huge huge fan of James Krause as a coach, I've gone down a whole of watching fighters he has cornered recently after watching the Derek Kinner victory a couple of weeks ago. That's a guy sitting in the corner, holding the controller and talking his fighter through the flames of a fight. He will be thought of as one of the best in the world within the next 2 years, likely to have UFC and Bellator champions in his stable. I'm very curious to see what 6 months of prep and focus under the eyes of Krause towards such a challenge like Nunes will lead to for Anderson. Her last two performances in the UFC have brought great finishes. The last in particular showed great defence against an inside position against the cage which is where Nunes is likely to take her within the first round. How she weathers the early storm, using her frame correctly in a defensive wrestling / grappling position will go massively towards the fight outcome. Nunes could land on the button and we're sitting here thinking the 145 division is gone from the UFC, or Anderson who's on the last fight of her contract right now is fighting for all of the marbles. She's looking at Bellator or PFL after this if she loses, as least in my opinion she should be exploring those options to try and get the most amount of money possible. Bellator's 145 female divison is growing and growing and the potential of a match up with Harrison in PFL is more lucrative than building up to another run at the title, especially if Nunes does come out and be far ahead of her as a fighter. I like Anderson to take the upset in this fight, and If my thinking hat is on we might see a counter from a takedown, that leads to her taking the back for a finish. We will see.

Isreal vs Jan has me scratching my head massively. Since his debut in the UFC, Adesanya has been a visible future champion to me. This is a guy who turned down the UFC years before hand because when he wanted to come in, he wanted to come in and just run at it all. Change the game. I remember on Twitter before the Derek Brunsen fight saying he was about to make it look easy and had people say no chance. Then followed it up with

Future GOAT. Had him absolutely mind****ed walking into that cage. Bigger athlete puffing his chest out jumping around to psych out the skinny kid. Old school thinking vs new school prophet. Get excited for what this man is going to do for martial arts. Ahead of the game totally.

There have been multiple openings for Adesanya to try and submit his opponents in his fights, but his finishing wasn't there, or he was going for the stoppage and ignored the submissions. I've been backing him to win by submission (2 or 3 euro) in every fight since Derek because there's no way a man can be this confident or comprehensive of a fighter and not have fantastic JiuJitsu. One of his early open workouts in Vegas he was hitting all sorts of class jiujitsu and that set it off for me, this guys slick on the ground.

He recently spent some time in San Diego and was training at Atos, he got promoted to purple belt but more so the immersion he was put into in terms of training JiuJitsu every day at one of the top JiuJitsu based gyms. In the interview with Ariel he said in certain timelines he sees openings and I think that's based off potentially two things. To preface this, Izzy's coach said in an interview with Petesy Carroll this week that Jan has not awkward timing, but a hard timing to read. I think in another piece i read about how technically he does things that seems off, but comes through for him regardless because of how he moves. He has hit a lot of takedowns, and survived the position despite having his head loose on the outside. He's also always got a flairing elbow that's open for a kimura grip. The standing kimura has become more of a defensive tool for people in MMA over the last while as a way to get out of wrestling exchanges and I think that it can also be capitalised as a sweep, and tracking tool to the back. i HAVE a feeling that the route Adesanya see's is actually a choke from a takedown attempt or attaching onto that Kimura. I'm not sure if he will have the power to stun Jan early, where I think Jan has the power to potentially stop Izzy himself, but I do think he has the volume and I do think he has the flow to hit him and accumulate damage over the course of the fight.

This is one of the biggest toss ups in MMA i've seen in a while because Jan has unorthodox submission victories on his record, as well as unique stopping power for a LHW. I wonder what he will be walking into the cage at tonight but this is the biggest test for Adesanya in some time. Either man by submission or either man by TKO is possible in this fight.

It's hilarious that I think all 3 title fights could be won by submission, maybe that's a little bit of a stretch considering, but I really really believe that within the last year fighters through the downtime have spent more time on practicing the technical elements of JiuJitsu. Before the world stopped it was just about maintenance and getting fight camp ready, and you could see how limited an amount of fighters were actually focused or dedicated to improving their skills at the highest level outside of camp. It's what's allowed the Sanhagens of the world to burst out as on the come up you are entirely focused and dedicated towards skill improvement.

First post in years, but first time I've given as much thought through excitment towards a card that I've wanted to share it, because recently it's only been my mates who I chat to about fights and haven't had a desire to write, type or present it out as a piece of content. I think Islam is going to smoke Dober, Rakic to KO Santos, The NZ fighters to repeat the 3peat (with Izzy being least likely wo win out of the 3) and potentially see uncomfortable KO losses for both Benavidez and Cruz. Tim Elliot to have a performance of the night thanks to James Krause holding the controller outside the octagon.

Chairman Meow

SDTimeout wrote: »

This is one of the cards I've been really excited for in the build up, first in a long time.

Great post Must have been great to roll with someone that high level. Rolling with the coach is as high level as ive gotten but it really does give you an appreciation of how many levels there are to the sport.

Gotta say im loving the comment section on the UFC embedded videos. It seems to be non-stop trolling of Paulo Costa and his wine bottle

SDTimeout

Chairman Meow wrote: »

Great post Must have been great to roll with someone that high level. Rolling with the coach is as high level as ive gotten but it really does give you an appreciation of how many levels there are to the sport.

Gotta say im loving the comment section on the UFC embedded videos. It seems to be non-stop trolling of Paulo Costa and his wine bottle

I've trained with higher level grapplers of a higher status than him, and more with a lower level status. JiuJitsu is finite in terms of a persons ability, and sure casual rolls maybe aren't the best indicator but definitely, i walked away with a good impression of his "modern" jiujitsu awareness.

Adesanya called out Ariel during the interview in a joking way about how he asked about the wine comments. imo There's absolutely no possible way that Costa was still drunk when they fought, no possible way. Was he sluggish and more dehydrated the next day from drinking a full bottle? sure, maybe. You would be shocked what high level boxers and MMA fighters have consumed the night before a fight and then gone out and won. What's more likely is he actively engaged in an act of self sabotage because he was beaten before he even got into the cage. To give himself a more immediate excuse. Adesanya's out of cage warefare is top top level, and when Eugene Bearman said about how Adesanya turned to him before he walked out and said don't worry, I've got this, this is to go against every bully I've ever met in my life. Adesanya had his own demons going into that fight with Costa that he had to conquer.

Mellor

Good to see you posting again. Even it only a flying visit.
As an aside, how's your jiujitsu training been with covid and 2020itis

SDTimeout

Mellor wrote: »

Good to see you posting again. Even it only a flying visit.
As an aside, how's your jiujitsu training been with covid and 2020itis

Ah I'll stick around! See what happens haha.

I think I started training again last May, did nothing from when the gyms shut until the end of April and then it started to effect me. Was bringing mats I owned to people and training with them, summer when the gyms reopened was fantastic and was back training essentially full time. The 3rd lockdown similar enough in terms of taking a few weeks off at the time and then was training with a single partner, who got accidently injured so that left me with 3 more weeks off and a pretty depressing slump over christmas. I think everybody was in the same boat there, decided I lost too much time in 2020 and have changed up a few very important lifestyle habits off the mats so far in 2021 and have never felt better. Genuinely think I have a good chance to qualify for ADCC this september in the European trials -66kg, and hoping to get an oppourtinity if it arises on the cage warriors grappling thing they were hinting at before christmas, or polaris some point in 2021. Hoping to go to Norway at some point this year to train in Wulfing House with Tommy and Espen too. Competitions tentatively announced for summer already in the UK, so if i've to drive over on the ferry to do it I'll be doing them. Can't wait to compete again. What about you, much if any rolling over the last year? I saw Lachlan has had to close for extended periods of the last year too,

MrStuffins

SDTimeout wrote: »

This is one of the cards I've been really excited for in the build up, first in a long time.

Welcome back SD!

AlmightyCushion

This should be a great card. Gonna have a few beers for it. I even booked Monday off work because I know tomorrow is gonna be a write-off and I wanted a day of somewhat normality before work.

mdwexford

Cannot wait for tonight, should be a classic night of fights.

Think Askarov beats Benavidez. He’s only lost to top notch guys really but 36 is old, especially for this weight class. Think he will get decisioned here.

Fancy Cruz to get it done against Kenny. It’s a big step up in class for Kenny, I know Cruz is 35 as well but I don’t think he’d be coming back if he still didn’t have enough to beat a guy like Kenny.

Santos is too big a price v Rakic. He ran Jones very close and then blew his wad against Glover after coming back from injury. Santos KO for me.

Looking forward to seeing Islam who everyone is hyping massively. Dober has looked excellent his last three fight with 3 early knockouts. Could be a possible upset.

Yan v Sterling is the one I’m most looking forward to. Yan has looked a killer and if he can keep it standing his pressure will be hard to handle. I’m a big Sterling fan though and his performance v Sandhagen was unbelievable. He’s on a tear and I hope he chokes Yan unconscious and gets that belt. This is his time.

As the poster said earlier Nunes might be a bit unfocused or not had the greatest camp with the new baby. Kind of clutching at straws but it is a question mark. Anderson is big and long, she has power and good head kicks. If Nunes does win this the division surely won’t last much longer.

Main event is very tough to call. Adesanya has been close to flawless in his career so far. His striking is a joy to watch and he is very hard to take down and keep there. 20 pounds is a big step up though and Jan is well rounded and has a lot of power. Tactics are going to be interesting. Can see it being cagey early with neither wanting to go first. If Jan touches that chin it’s curtains though. I’m going with Jan. I think.

xtal191

Sterling

I think an unfocused/bad camp Nunes would still walk through Anderson, I don't rate her at all

The Floyd p

I'm going Izzy, Nunes, Yan, Islam and Rakic.

Jan is a big boy, but he's nowhere near as skilled as Izzy and to me skill wins out more often than not.

Definitely going to stay up and have a few beers watching this. One of the best cards I've seen the UFC put on. As for predictions:

I think Jan is going to walk through Izzy without much issue. I know Izzy is very slick in his striking and his defensive footwork but this is the smaller cage which I think suits Jan down to the ground. If this was the typical cage I'd give Izzy a decent chance of just outpointing Jan for the first few rounds and then getting a finish late on but with the smaller cage and the weight difference I think Jan is just going to do what Costa should have done and walk forward constantly and if he isn't finding success on the feet he'll get him to the ground easily. Can't see it going any other way. I'll use some hypothetical MMA math to justify my prediction and say Jan would give Jones serious problems if they were fighting at LHW (Jan doing to Reyes what Jon couldn't do) and Jon would cut through Izzy very quickly so logic would follow that Jan will win against Izzy comfortably.

Nunes is likely going to KO Anderson quickly. I think that's guaranteed. I know Anderson has been training for over half a year for the fight but that might be to her detriment thinking she can stand and exchange with Nunes. If she can't get her to the ground then Nunes will KO her but if it goes to the ground then maybe Anderson can pull of the upset.

Think Sterling will win by sub. After his sub of Sandhagen and Yan struggling against an aging Aldo in periods of their fight I can see Sterling just going for broke and Yan not being able to adjust. Yan seemed to struggle when Aldo kept throwing shots and he was forced to go backwards. I'd say Sterling knows this and is going to use it to his advantage.

I think Cruz is going to get knocked out as well. Like Izzy his footwork is his strength and in the smaller cage he losses his best defence. Kenney doesn't have a lot of knockouts but he's been very dominant any time I've seen him fight and I think Cruz will still have some ring rust.

themandan6611

He has certainly has smoked the old blunt or two judging by that voice, Man

AlmightyCushion

Lemos has serious power in her hands. Dropped her like it was nothing.

Whelo79

Sterling

I'd love to stay up for this card but I gotta head to bed after this fight. I've a full day of work tomorrow!

BrentMused

Reckon I'd be safe with a 4am alarm to catch the three title fights lads?

BrentMused

BrentMused wrote: »

Reckon I'd be safe with a 4am alarm to catch the three title fights lads?

I'd say so. Even if the other 2 fights don't last long it takes about 15 mins in between them for interviews ads and walkouts.

mdwexford

Somebody going to sleep in round one here I reckon.