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Maybe inthelongrun ir right, that it is staged, or Luque knew about this before. Because Luque is rather silent about this. Imagine you have ran through training camp, also spent money on ticket to US. And in 1 day before the fight, the fight is cancelled. Or on the other, Luque could have taken it like a man He has said that we all are human and anything can happen, hoped that Garry would recover soon and sent best wishes to his family

Btw, Kevin Holland offered to replace Ian Garry (Here is the deal....I checked with both my wife and my gf, and they said I can fight this weekend<- LOL). Somehow Luque is ready to fight in catchweight. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C01xjekrVi9/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=ca6cfe9c-c0ea-40c6-ad99-c66cf70439f5

But after a string of losses for years now, the guy probably forgot how to win. It's sad though, he needs to retire since it's not good for his health. Everyone would love Ferguson to win. Maybe he just needs a win before retiring.

I think Ian Garry's withdrawal is staged. The guy is shamed a lot started by Strickland. He's a laughing stock now. He's probably in a mental state of confusion. Sean killed him outside of the cage. I wanted him to attend the press conference and see how he reacts when someone mocks at him. Colby did make fun of him at the press and he can do nothing about it.

Tony just wanted to fight. That's what I know about him. Fighting for another promoter is actually a good option too. Many UFC fighters ultimately choose to move to other promoters and are successful there. The problem is we don't know what Tony is thinking? I remember he was the only fighter who didn't have a sparring partner. Tony is a fighter who never developed his game technique but was able to fight and achieve 12 wins in a row. But now he has entered retirement. Is it because of money?

^  Yup same here.  I want Ferguson to own Pimblett's soul then ride off to the sunset and retire.    And same for the Garry vs Luque one too.  I want Luque to win as I don't really like Garry much.  I think he's worse than Pimblett now that I think about it.  But the fight was canceled due to Garry getting pneumonia or something.  :/  


DDP is good but I wouldn't say he has phenomenal striking.  He actually looks awkward on the feet but the guy hits haaard and he's yuuuge.

Anyway, some vids to watch!  

UFC 296:  Pre Fight Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdOQKkjoBDM

^  That one should be fun with Covington riling everybody up.

UFC 296:  Embedded Episode 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqbo2W780jM

Actually, everyone on this topic wants Ferguson to win and have been cheering and praying for that all his last fights I really felt sorry for him and it has started to be hard to watch him fighting after that KO via front kick to chin. If a miracle did not happen, this is going to be Tony's 7th lost in a row. Imho,if Tony wants to continue fighting so badly, the best solution would be moving to other promotion. Or he should move to prelims or early prelims and face fighters of a lower level.

There is a video of Joe Rogan talking about El Cucuy Tony Ferguson here it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7vJKQHMQBg this video they are talking about Tony Ferguson's depleting speed you can see that El Cucuy when he enters the octagon he is doing some jumping side by side and they compared it with the years 2015 to the 2022 if I am not mistaken, he can not do the same thing inside the Octagon and I surely don't want to be a bearer of bad news I really think Ferguson is a crazy guy still wanting to fight up to this day,

While the Wonderboy VS Rakmanov fight will be great actually I will not be surprised if Stephen Wonderboy Thompson could win against Shavkat Rakmanov, but still, I am going with Shavkat in this fight,

And The Queen of Violence Ariane Lipski is a fighting Kitten through and through actually I was amazed by her performance and I would like to see more of her in that fight in this event,


Actually, even Israel Adesanya is puzzled about why he lost to Sean Strickland you can surely see on his face, that he is surprised at what is happening and it has slapped him in the face that he can not penetrate the defense of Strickland you can clearly see that he is really pissed off with how this fight isn't getting his favor for sure he wants to get revenge on what Sean Strickland is saying against his dog, but it is clear that Sean Strickland has gotten the best of him, inside that Octagon,

For Ferguson, I really don't know if he has plans on retiring after this fight but clearly, he is in no shape to continue any further, while Jared Gordon has exposed Paddy Pimblett's airheadedness there is still a glimpse that Paddy can take Ferguson with striking and with the grappling but if Paddy underestimated Ferguson in this fight then that would be perfect timing for Tony to strike back actually I want Ferguson to win as I hated Pimblett's demeanor, but I also like Ferguson to see the truth about his body and needs to retire,

^ Even though Tony Ferguson was definitely one of the best fighters in the whole world, right now that is something of the past. Now he is not as good as he was anymore. We all know that he got a bad beating once and from then he has not been the same since. Other hand Paddy Pimblett is very young and energetic. Trust me, I do not want to say that Tony Ferguson is going to lose this fight. But at this moment it is very hard to trust him as well. But at the same time, if he does have a good fight, it is definitely not going to be surprising.

I am really having doubts about Tony Ferguson don't get me wrong, if you really like Tony Ferguson for sure you don't want him to get hurt even further, I say that the new trainer of Tony Ferguson David Goggins last time I checked was a trainer to get your mindset fixed if that was the case for sure it could be helpful to make Ferguson enlighten with his decision and I think this is to enhance his further durability that he can get his opponent and for sure Ferguson doesn't really have an issue with his stamina but I really don't know if this could be helpful with Ferguson beating Pimblett right now I don't really expect Ferguson to bounce back although I like him to win this fight,

That Sean Strickland VS Dricus du Plessis fight is surely an anticipated one, we will surely see if Sean Strickland has the defense to conquer the striking of du Plessis, and for du Plessis to penetrate the defense of Strickland,


I agree Dricus du Plessis has phenomenal striking and yes even I had a hard time getting into it, and his fight with Adesanya if that continued I really don't know who I am going to bet, for sure because these two got a monster of a striking and for sure that will be an epic of a fight but I am not sure if that would be great for du Plessis if he can get into Strickland's defense,

I just cant explain then how Adesanya evaded striking of most dangerous guys in his division; Whittaker and Pereira two times. Just take Adesanyas previous fight against Pereira. He is way more mastered in striking. And next time he is out played with shell defence and ate some simple straight punches from Strickland. I just dont understand what happened. Like you give controller to your younger brother while playing online.

As to Ferguson vs Pimblett. I think we guys should prepare napkins to wipe away stingy male tears, as Tony 99.99% gonna retire from this fight. 39 yo lightweight. That is not good. Lightweights rely mostly on timing, reflex, speed. They are not like heavyweight that are about power. And Tony, he is gonna fight against non ranked opponent. If he looses, then it is over.

As fans of the old era UFC I don't think any of us should underestimate Tony. We know what Tony was like in his prime. He is truly a true fighter who is ready to fight like a Gladiator from Ancient Rome. Only problem was that Tony was too old for this. He's also taken a lot of damage starting after his fights with Justin, then Charles, then Beneil, then the knockout by Chandler, and the submission from Green. I forgot the remaining 2 matches. Tony should be treated like the Diaz brothers because he is also a hardcore level fighter.
Shavkat is the only fighter who has a terrible record at the moment. 17 wins with 17 finishes. So it's natural that the bookie favors him in that fight.

Heheheh I reckon that we should not underestimate the El Cucuy. It has been proven that this Paddy the baddy is not a very good wrestler, also not a very good striker and his only strength for this fight is he is younger and El Cucuy is nearing his 40s. Also, do not underestimate uncle Dana's purpose for these fights. These fights for him are entertainment, this is not to witness the best fight the best. I will not be very shocked if the fight went to a decision and it will be a split decision for El Cucuy.

Another fight similar is Wonderboy vs. the man from Kazakhstan. It might be another underestimation on Wonderboy, I reckon.

In any case, the fight that we should watch is the violence queen heheheeh. She will win!

That was one possibility for us thinking that this fight would go but I see two scenarios and it is because I really didn't expect much in this fight

1st scenario was Tony Ferguson would win just like the Fat Kid's fight against Jared Gordon where Tony Fergusen is going to do great against Paddy Pimblett, and definitely could win the fight because for me Tony Ferguson is still a great guy with great skill in striking and can also dominate the ground game,

2nd scenario is Paddy Pimblett  can get to Tony Ferguson's back and deliver a nasty rear naked choke, or a guillotine which means Paddy could certainly win this via record

Well, this is a scenario where everything is possible and because this is the UFC and we can never know what may happen in a fight I really like the 1st scenario to happen,


For me Sean Strickland is not an accidental champ, at 1st I really didn't believe the situation at 1st his defense was really incredible, and sure Israel Adesanya has gone through some humiliation after this fight is surely something Sean Strickland and to label him as an accidental champion is an understatement, well that is though but even though I don't really like Sean Strickland as a champion but because he beat Adesanya that though really change at first I was really hesitant but I eventually accepted it,

Whenever there is a surprising outcome, people always speculate whether it was due to underperforming favourite or overperforming underdog, so nothing new here.
I don't know, the first time I've ever heard about Du Plessis was when he got knocked out by Soldic (a dominant champion of KSW at that time), so maybe that's why I'm a bit sceptical of his stone chin.

I think both of them are similar in a sense that none of them is exceptional (not materials for a long-reigning champions) and both are "just" decent fighters, but Strickland has better cardio, which shifts the odds in his favour.


I know which video you're talking about, he essentially admitted it was all just an act.
But this only shows how committed he is to his career. If he's willing to take all the heat for being the "bad guy", he will also take training and preparation seriously, to not let all that effort go to waste.

I think he's going to win this one.

Frankly, Strickland reminds me of an accidental champ. No doubt, guy is talented than most of other fighters, but not as gifted as the elite of promotion. And to remove that tag, he needs to do several undisputed title defences. Not just one, but 2 or more imho. Right now I put Strickland on same shelve with "Sterling during period of getting belt via accidental knee" and Jamahal Hill (seriously, I was surprised when he got his belt) if we talk about current generation. Or Matt Serra, who has accidentally TKOed GSP.

Yup...  Hard to disagree there.  Think back about Adesanya vs Strickland, it was more like it was Adesanya not performing at the best of his abilities rather than Strickland making a leap in terms of skill.  Strickland is pretty basic.  I'm not saying he's a bad fighter, it's just compared to Adesanya, the latter has more tools than the former.  And the latter really didn't show up that night.

But yeah, it's just one of those things when somebody is the champ for a long time and sometimes the growth as a fighter has stopped. 

Anyway, here are more vids to watch.

UFC 296:  Embedded Episode 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5sxYREjtvc

Colvington was one of the best Welterweights of his time. Even though he never won the title because Kamaru Usman was too strong at that time. I still think Colvington is a dangerous opponent for Edwards. People hated Colvington because of the trashtalk he had and the dirty words that came out of his mouth. But actually he is a good person. I once saw a video on YouTube when a fan asked him a question and how he responded. Hopefully I can still find video footage.

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To be honest I was holding my money on Paddy in that match. But I was very sad when I had to watch Tony fight and fight again even though he had already received so much damage in his previous defeat. A Legend shouldn't retire like that. I know Tony is a unique fighter that you rarely find in fighters today. You could say he has the same persona as the Diaz brothers. Everyone wants to watch his fights and like you said, I think Tony is the only fighter who only thinks about fighting without caring about his legacy.

Strickland become suddenly underrated when he won Adesanya Before that he was just a good fighter with charisma, imho. If we look on his record, Adesanya perhaps is his biggest achievement so far.  And people say that he had won not because of skill, but because Adesanya has burned and required a vacation. DDP on the other hand has beaten one of best middleweight striker (Whittaker). Got stone chin. I even think that he would survive one or two Pereira left hands Either DDP gonna knock out Strickland (more likely) or Strickland wont have enough power to penetrate DDP stone chin (DDP by UD)

Tony is a real warrior, of course he can come back, but he is a warrior who has suffered a lot of damage, and the possibility of him returning after that much damage is very low. Yes, the audience still wants him, but I made such a comment because I care about his health, otherwise I still get excited when I see him in the ring. By the way, my money is on Paddy Pimblett. Maybe Tony will surprise everyone and make everyone lose money. Let's see, I'm looking forward to this match. I think Paddy will somehow lead to submission.

My first thought was to go with DPP, but on a second thought, I think Strickland is a bit underrated (despite holding the belt), people assume that since he's got a big mouth he must be lacking in skills. He might not be as strong as Dricus but his cardio is A LOT better and can be relentless in his attacks (as demonstrated fighting Adesanya). Du Plessis has been very effective so far but seems to be gassing out quite early and gets hit quite a lot. So if he doesn't finish Sean in the first two rounds, he probably won't make it.

I don't really mind either of them winning. But after Adesanya took a break and Pereira moved up, there aren't many others worthy of the title shot, unless Chimaev gets the chance despite being ranked #9.

At this moment Du Plessis does look to be better compared to Sean Strickland. but I actually don't believe that Sean Strickland was actually able to win the belt by mistake. I think he has created a persona that he is not serious about anything and he is always trolling. But behind the scenes, He is actually trying his heart out. I have heard that whatever he does in front of the camera, is talking trash with his opponent or calling Nina that she leaves her tits out hanging, is just for the show. He is a very different person in real life. So I think it is definitely going to be a very close fight.