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    #8942
    Mellor
    Registered Users Posts: 39,119 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    Axwell wrote: »
    ... has a solid ground game

    I'm interested to see how his BJJ holds up to UFC tier.
    It's one thing to be subbing cans on local cards in liverpool, different story at the top level.


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    #8943
    mailburner
    Registered Users Posts: 23,846 ✭✭✭✭mailburner


    MidlanderMan wrote: »
    They should let Julian Erosa have first crack of him after the was he was absolutely robbed by that gangster Boylan in CW.


    I never thought I'd see this day tbh

    I'd like to see Erosa get that first crack too given that result is possibly top 5 worst calls in mma alongside bisping and hamill


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    #8944
    Beersmith
    Registered Users Posts: 1,395 ✭✭✭Beersmith


    Just looking up Erosas record and it is nearly comical how many times he has been signed and released by the UFC.


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    #8945
    Homelander
    Registered Users Posts: 4,369 ✭✭✭Homelander


    Love the UFC Europe Twitter. "UFC? Completed it, mate!"

    Every single post about Paddy is about 30% Jay memes.


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    #8946
    ASOT
    Registered Users Posts: 7,733 ✭✭✭ASOT


    Till out with a broken collar bone, Holland offered the fight and accepted.


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    #8947
    Rjd2
    Registered Users Posts: 12,022 ✭✭✭✭Rjd2


    ASOT wrote: »
    Till out with a broken collar bone, Holland offered the fight and accepted.

    Terrible few years for Till.

    Not sure what to make of Holland, fair play to him for having the balls to step up , but Vettori is on another level to him.


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    #8948
    PatrickDoherty
    Registered Users Posts: 190 ✭✭PatrickDoherty


    Good news really, Till is brutal to watch bit of first round action and then its feints and same 1-2 attempt for 4 rounds.


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    #8949
    Rjd2
    Registered Users Posts: 12,022 ✭✭✭✭Rjd2


    Nate must be getting serious money for this, low profile opponent who he has got **** all of a chance against.

    https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/1377093236745854983


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    #8950
    robwen
    Registered Users Posts: 2,314 ✭✭✭robwen


    Rjd2 wrote: »
    Nate must be getting serious money for this, low profile opponent who he has got **** all of a chance against.

    https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/1377093236745854983

    Is that same card as the lightweight title fight or what's the co-main?


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    #8951
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users Posts: 24,562 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    robwen wrote: »
    Is that same card as the lightweight title fight or what's the co-main?

    Yep, it's on the Oliveira-Chandler card.


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    #8952
    DrPhilG
    Registered Users Posts: 12,226 ✭✭✭✭DrPhilG


    Wtf is this a 5 rounder for?

    I don't even agree with main event non title fights being 5 rounds. Now they're arbitrarily deciding that a co-main is going to be 5 rounds too?


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    #8953
    dashoonage
    Registered Users Posts: 3,126 ✭✭✭dashoonage


    DrPhilG wrote: »
    Wtf is this a 5 rounder for?

    I don't even agree with main event non title fights being 5 rounds. Now they're arbitrarily deciding that a co-main is going to be 5 rounds too?

    maxium ROI on a diaz in a cage.


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    #8954
    Zero-Cool
    Registered Users Posts: 29,548 ✭✭✭✭Zero-Cool


    Charlie Olives or Chandler to pull out with Covid, Nate gets the shot and becomes champ, put money on it!


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    #8955
    dashoonage
    Registered Users Posts: 3,126 ✭✭✭dashoonage


    Zero-Cool wrote: »
    Charlie Olives or Chandler to pull out with Covid, Nate gets the shot and becomes champ, put money on it!

    Masvidal beats Usman , Diaz vs Masvidal in July to unify all 3 belts in a TLC match with GSP as a special guest ref.


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    #8956
    mailburner
    Registered Users Posts: 23,846 ✭✭✭✭mailburner


    Rjd2 wrote: »
    Nate must be getting serious money for this, low profile opponent who he has got **** all of a chance against.

    https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/1377093236745854983

    nice handy fight for Leon, hope he's getting well paid.

    Never saw this one coming


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    #8957
    mailburner
    Registered Users Posts: 23,846 ✭✭✭✭mailburner


    fair play to Holland for stepping up but I'm not sure I want to see some of the
    same from him after his last performance but at least vettori should
    at least stand with him

    could go 0/5 this year


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    #8958
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users Posts: 24,562 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    Vettori's fight night weight is about 210. Holland said before he walks around in the mid-190s.


    I don't see it going well for Holland.


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    #8959
    eagle eye
    Registered Users Posts: 37,719 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    Anybody disagree that Edwards and Wonderboy was the fight to make with the winner getting a title shot?


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    #8960
    yourdeadwright
    Registered Users Posts: 20,592 ✭✭✭✭yourdeadwright


    Fighters baffle me ,

    Diaz sits out for nearly 2 years and then takes a fight against someone who will just try to hold him against the cage and then lie on top of him ,

    No idea why he'd take the fight,


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    #8961
    yourdeadwright
    Registered Users Posts: 20,592 ✭✭✭✭yourdeadwright


    eagle eye wrote: »
    Anybody disagree that Edwards and Wonderboy was the fight to make with the winner getting a title shot?


    Id love to see Usman v Wonder boy


    its the one style he hasn't fought


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    #8962
    mailburner
    Registered Users Posts: 23,846 ✭✭✭✭mailburner


    yourdeadwright wrote: »
    Id love to see Usman v Wonder boy


    its the one style he hasn't fought

    Wonderboy needs to be more vocal and start calling out fighters

    I'd say nobody wants to fight him in fairness


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    #8963
    mailburner
    Registered Users Posts: 23,846 ✭✭✭✭mailburner


    eagle eye wrote: »
    Anybody disagree that Edwards and Wonderboy was the fight to make with the winner getting a title shot?

    should be the fight that was made

    Diaz fight is a bs match up but a safe one for Leon.


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    #8964
    MrStuffins
    Registered Users Posts: 19,154 ✭✭✭✭MrStuffins


    I'd love to see Wonderboy go full heel and just generate some pull for himself.

    Look at Colby. Nobody wanted to see him fight. He talked himself from almost being cut to being given chances he wouldn't have gotten without his schtick! And those chances allowed him to fight his way to title contention.

    Even if Wonderboy tried the Cejudo thing and tried being cheesy.

    Anything!


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    #8965
    xtal191
    Registered Users Posts: 6,317 ✭✭✭xtal191


    Rjd2 wrote: »
    Nate must be getting serious money for this, low profile opponent who he has got **** all of a chance against.

    https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/1377093236745854983

    That'll be extremely one sided, stupid fight imo


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    #8966
    mailburner
    Registered Users Posts: 23,846 ✭✭✭✭mailburner


    so jones has reportedly turned down 8-10million


    He says that's way too low for a fight of this magnitude so I'm guessing it'll
    take close to 20 million to get him in


    Do you think this fight will generate the same amount of ppv's as a conor fight?

    Do you think this fight will actually happen now?

    I've a feeling ufc won't play ball and say fcuk it and give it to Lewis but I think they should give bones what he wants if the projected ppv's are similiar to what conors are.

    I've no idea tbh but I'm thinking it ought to hit the million surely....francis is popular...Jones not so much.



    seems outside of a conor bout recently that only usman masvidal went over the million and last one before that was nunes rousey in 2016
    https://www.sportbible.com/ufc/mma-news-the-16-biggest-pay-per-view-buys-in-ufc-history-20200326


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    #8967
    Zero-Cool
    Registered Users Posts: 29,548 ✭✭✭✭Zero-Cool


    I think the next season of The Ultimate Fighter was supposed to be starting in next couple of weeks but haven't heard anything. Any rumblings?


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    #8968
    MrStuffins
    Registered Users Posts: 19,154 ✭✭✭✭MrStuffins


    mailburner wrote: »
    so jones has reportedly turned down 8-10million


    He says that's way too low for a fight of this magnitude so I'm guessing it'll
    take close to 20 million to get him in


    Do you think this fight will generate the same amount of ppv's as a conor fight?

    Do you think this fight will actually happen now?

    I've a feeling ufc won't play ball and say fcuk it and give it to Lewis but I think they should give bones what he wants if the projected ppv's are similiar to what conors are.

    I've no idea tbh but I'm thinking it ought to hit the million surely....francis is popular...Jones not so much.



    seems outside of a conor bout recently that only usman masvidal went over the million and last one before that was nunes rousey in 2016
    https://www.sportbible.com/ufc/mma-news-the-16-biggest-pay-per-view-buys-in-ufc-history-20200326

    I actually think that this could be marketed as as big a fight outside of Conor PPVs. Francis's story, his style, how he looks, how scary he is........ V the unbeaten LHW GOAT and arguably the GOAT of the whole sport (hold the picos).......

    America love their HW boxers and Francis has a touch of the Tysons about him, in that he can put anyone away.

    This could be huge, not just in MMA circles


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    #8969
    rob316
    Registered Users Posts: 17,989 ✭✭✭✭rob316


    Cage legacy postponed this Saturday due to restrictions. Promoter kept in constant contact with the authorities and the superintendent turns around 3 days out it can't go ahead. Some bull****, gutted for the fighters was looking forward to this for ages.


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    #8970
    riffmongous
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,637 Mod ✭✭✭✭riffmongous


    MrStuffins wrote: »
    I actually think that this could be marketed as as big a fight outside of Conor PPVs. Francis's story, his style, how he looks, how scary he is........ V the unbeaten LHW GOAT and arguably the GOAT of the whole sport (hold the picos).......

    America love their HW boxers and Francis has a touch of the Tysons about him, in that he can put anyone away.

    This could be huge, not just in MMA circles

    They need to market it as the dui'ing, pregnant woman hit and running, waitress molesting, eye poking, etc. etc. junkie cheat finally getting the beatdown we've been waiting for for years, at the hands of the child-worker turned HW champ :pac:


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    #8971
    mdwexford
    Registered Users Posts: 11,274 ✭✭✭✭mdwexford


    DrPhilG wrote: »
    Wtf is this a 5 rounder for?

    I don't even agree with main event non title fights being 5 rounds. Now they're arbitrarily deciding that a co-main is going to be 5 rounds too?

    I think they should make all co-main events 5 rounds.

    Would result in some more classic 5 round wars and it gives fighters a chance to go 5 rounds and get used to it before stepping up to a title fight.


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