UFC / MMA
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Finally caught up with the fight night from the weekend.
We have a better idea of Bo Nickal's abilities now. Will be interesting to see how he reacts to that loss. Did anyone else think he looked small? Not sure if he can cut down to WW either given he already cuts a lot of weight. His frame doesn't seem right for the division though
The first two rounds of Mason Jones v Jeremy Stephens was awesome
This weekend Navajo fights again v Ivan Erslan
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Yeah great fight and great win for Mason Jones
De Ridder did a job on Nickal. Think De Ridder was too long for Nickal rather than Nickal being small.
The ground work in the first round took more out of Nickal - physically and mentally - and the knees in the second burst the 'Bo Bubble'.
Sandhagen was immense. Silent assassin.
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Yeah RDR is tall and Nickal isn't the first wrestling specialist that prefers to come in with a softer look
Something doesn't seem right though. Apparently he was 222 earlier in the week and cut down to 185. Those are Alex Pereira cutting numbers but the end result looks very different. It's an enormous cut to not be as lean as plenty of other fighters.
He said he was trying to bulk up for this opponent.
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That's a ridiculous cut
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Interesting and honest chat here
From 6:00 the 'biggest learnings' from this
'He fought his fight, and I fought his fight too'
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Fantastic night of fighting.
Great finishes and a couple of passings of the torch.
Cutelaba was shafted.
Two epic Championship fights. Great heart from Manon but Shevchenko showed why she is the best ever in her division, and possibly of all time.
JDM was immense. Actually brought the best out of Belal. That's the most enjoyable fight I've seen Belal in.
When you look at both his offence and defence JDM is one of the most rounded fighters out there.
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As for the rest of the card. Other standouts were the Santos v Lee prelim, terrific fight.
Barriault sending Silva off in a stretcher was pretty scary.
Great win by Stirling.
Jasudavicius dominated, might be against Grasso/Fiorot next.
Malott was awesome but damn cringey in his interview. "Canada I fight for thee" or some shit..
Silva dominated Grasso, such an interesting style of fighter, guess she is next in line for Shevchenko.
Zahabi fight was an absolute roller-coaster, father-time undefeated since Couture's retirement so the end of Aldo.
Shevchenko, Fiorot fight was riveting for the whole 25 mins.
Overall a way better watch than I thought when the card was announced
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Big UFC announcement.
Islam definitely vacating lightweight title, will be fighting JDM for Welterweight title some time in the future
Tuporia vs Olivera for vacant lightweight title at 317 along with Pantoja and Kai Kara France as co-main for flyweight titleAlso Du Plessis vs Chamaev at 319
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@Duluth That's rough. Must be hell of a demand on places in the UFC now, I'm not very familiar with him I'm guessing not super entertaining then?
Just started catching up on "The Road to UFC - Asia". A couple of kiwis competing. Aaron Tau made it through to the semi's a couple days back. Another City Kickboxing fighter, back story has him recently on Dana White's contender series losing to some beast of a fighter, he was asked to compete on this tourney but to drop down to Flyweight.
Made short work of a 9/0 Indonesian fighter. You'd think with his look and heavy Maori influence he'd be a certainty getting signed up if he takes this tournament out.
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@Rembrandt said in UFC / MMA:
@Duluth That's rough. Must be hell of a demand on places in the UFC now, I'm not very familiar with him I'm guessing not super entertaining then?
Just got caught up in the recent cull. Some decent fighters were let go. I thought they may have kept him because he’s a French fighter with a solid foundation. It’s a region they are growing
@Rembrandt said in UFC / MMA:
Just started catching up on "The Road to UFC - Asia". A couple of kiwis competing. Aaron Tau made it through to the semi's a couple days back. Another City Kickboxing fighter, back story has him recently on Dana White's contender series losing to some beast of a fighter, he was asked to compete on this tourney but to drop down to Flyweight.
Made short work of a 9/0 Indonesian fighter. You'd think with his look and heavy Maori influence he'd be a certainty getting signed up if he takes this tournament out.
I saw his contender fight. He had very good comeback and there was an argument he should have got a contract despite the loss.
White was very dismissive of him. Pointed out if he didn’t show boat in the first round he would’ve had a better chance of winning. He pushed the Maori angle very hard in his build up interviews and it missed the mark. Fell on the wrong side of the pride vs superiority tone
