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UFC 262: Oliveira vs. Chandler

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    #122
    EagererBeaver
    Registered Users Posts: 6,415 ✭✭✭EagererBeaver


    eagle eye wrote: »
    If Dariush is 5 and Oliveira and Chandler are ahead of him the division is on a bad state.
    Right now for me the top fighters on the division are Poirier, Gaethje and RDA.
    I'd personally rate Mackhachev and Gillespie as next best after those three.

    Can we go back to this please. RDA?! After having one fight at LW in nearly 5 years (along with quite a few losses at WW) and he's top 3?!


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    #123
    yourdeadwright
    Registered Users Posts: 20,552 ✭✭✭✭yourdeadwright


    Oliveira is great to watch and can be very slick but I don't see him holding on to the title very long,

    Chandlers fantastic debut seemed to make a lot of people over estimate how good he is,

    I reckon the winner of Dustin & Conor (likely Dustin but even Conor ) becomes the next champion


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    #124
    Homelander
    Registered Users Posts: 4,364 ✭✭✭Homelander


    yourdeadwright wrote: »
    Chandlers fantastic debut seemed to make a lot of people over estimate how good he is,

    He is good though. No-one really over-estimated him, if anything he was somewhat under-estimated, a lot of talk was about how Bellator "isn't the UFC".

    Yeah, he lost, but he almost got it done in Round 1 and it was a phenomenal first round in general.

    It was a fantastic debut but it was also a fantastic title fight IMO. Chandler doesn't lose any cred in my eyes.


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    #125
    yourdeadwright
    Registered Users Posts: 20,552 ✭✭✭✭yourdeadwright


    Homelander wrote: »
    He is good though. No-one really over-estimated him, if anything he was somewhat under-estimated, a lot of talk was about how Bellator "isn't the UFC".

    Yeah, he lost, but he almost got it done in Round 1 and it was a phenomenal first round in general.

    It was a fantastic debut but it was also a fantastic title fight IMO. Chandler doesn't lose any cred in my eyes.



    Chandler is a bit like Eddie to me ,he is fun to watch and has some good wins but when he steps up he will lose,


    I also think Olivera can be hurt and someone like Dustin, Conor Even Justin won't let him off the hook ,


    Chandler v Justin would be a great watch,


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    #126
    derfderf
    Registered Users Posts: 1,588 ✭✭✭derfderf


    yourdeadwright wrote: »
    Chandler is a bit like Eddie to me ,he is fun to watch and has some good wins but when he steps up he will lose.

    I think the step up part is wrong. Chandler's not a man I'll bet on any time soon. He's gonna win fights nobody expects him to win, and lose fights that seem straightforward. Similar to Eddie.


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    #127
    Beersmith
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    Step up is a bit of a strange comment alright. Eddie was the champ!


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    #128
    yourdeadwright
    Registered Users Posts: 20,552 ✭✭✭✭yourdeadwright


    Beersmith wrote: »
    Step up is a bit of a strange comment alright. Eddie was the champ!


    Eddie was a champ & no disrespect to him at all,
    These guys are some of top fighters in the world without question & I don't want to come across as downplaying that they are elite but I just think there is a few guys on a level above that,


    Eddie for me was always going to be a transitional champ & never hold it for any great period, again no disrespect as he got to the top of the mountain ,


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