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I am not really a fan of Slap Power after seeing what happened to the face of one contender his face was deformed and I was shocked and at the same time scared for him if his face would not return to normal but for sure back then I was really curious with this kind of event and what is happening but yeah there is no need for technical striking for this one all the fighters need to do and become sturdy so this will surely test their durability or their chin in this slap contest,


For sure we all know why Usman accepts the Chimaev fight and yeah it is all about the money, Volk also confirms this aswell he is after the money, and because of his family, well Kamaru Usman did great with less preparation for the fight so for sure Kamaru Usman will have another fight that could be in his new Division and this is Khamzat Chimaev we are talking about,

That's a bummer. Not sure if that 8 months is only the time it takes for the healing time, or is it the total estimated time it'll take him to return to the fighting shape.
UFC again did pretty good in finding replacement. Aspinall Vs Pavlovich is, to me, equally exciting fight. Both are No. 1 and No. 2 in stats for the shortest average fight. It's a shame they only have a little over 2 weeks to prepare.
I wonder if Stipe will have any other fight or will he just be waiting for Jones to return. It' not obvious UFC would still want to make it happen. It would make more sense to match Jones against whoever wins the interim title - likely Aspinall.

I wasn't really looking forward to seeing Miocic fight Jones tbh.  And the replacement bout is better imho...  Aspinall vs Pavlovich for the intertim HW strap.  It's about time to put some new blood in there.  I'm guessing the books will make Aspinall as something like a 2 to 1 underdog but Pav is no joke and could starch anybody.

Anyway...  Slap has weigh ins?    Lol.  Here are the vids and the results.

Power Slap 5:  Weigh In
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH9cyxc3o88

Power Slap 5:  Face Off
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTGAFg5-VTw

Super Heavyweight Title Match:  Da Crazy Hawaiian (384) vs Kalani Vakameilalo (382)
Heavyweight Title MatchMatch:  Damien “The Bell” Dibbell (256.5) vs Nate “The Buffalo Soldier” Burnard (265)
Light Heavyweight Title MatchMatch:  Ron “Wolverine” Bata (205) vs Austin “Turp Daddy Slim” Turpin (205)
Middleweight Title Match:  John “The Machine” Davis (184) vs Azael “El Perro” Rodriguez (184)
Women’s Featherweight Match:  Sheena “The Hungarian Hurricane” Bathory (146) vs Christine “The Edge” Wolmarans (142.5)
Heavyweight Match:  Ryan “The King of Kings” Phillips (254.5) vs Darius “The Destroyer” Mata-Varona (265)
uper Heavyweight Title Match:  Da Crazy Hawaiian (384) vs Kalani Vakameilalo (382)
Heavyweight Title MatchMatch:  Damien “The Bell” Dibbell (256.5) vs Nate “The Buffalo Soldier” Burnard (265)
Light Heavyweight Title MatchMatch:  Ron “Wolverine” Bata (205) vs Austin “Turp Daddy Slim” Turpin (205)
Middleweight Title Match:  John “The Machine” Davis (184) vs Azael “El Perro” Rodriguez (184)
Women’s Featherweight Match:  Sheena “The Hungarian Hurricane” Bathory (146) vs Christine “The Edge” Wolmarans (142.5)
Heavyweight Match:  Ryan “The King of Kings” Phillips (254.5) vs Darius “The Destroyer” Mata-Varona (265)
Middleweight Match:  Wesley “All The Smoke” Drain (185) vs Travis “Tenacious” Aragon (184)
Light Heavyweight Match:  Vern “The Mechanic” Cathey (206) vs Bear Bennett (205.5)
Middleweight Match:  Wesley “All The Smoke” Drain (185) vs Travis “Tenacious” Aragon (184)
Light Heavyweight Match:  Vern “The Mechanic” Cathey (206) vs Bear Bennett (205.5)

I got to know Sharabutdin after UFC 294. And that was Sharabutdin's UFC debut. So to be honest, I didn't know who Sharabutdin was before. His opponent that night was Bruno Silva, who had fought with Perreira when Perreira debuted in the UFC. I noticed that even though Sharabutdin is a Dagestani warrior, his fight with Bruno Silva showed the level of wrestling Sharabutdin was lacking. As far as I remember, Dana White even said "just found out there is a Dagestan fighter who doesn't have Takedown Defense" .

But I liked the match and it looks like Sharabutdin will be a new face in the Middleweight top 10 in the future, provided he has to improve his wrestling technique.

Shit! Tendon tore, surgery and eight months off 
Jon Jones just got injured during his wrestling training and he is officially out of UFC295 fight against Stipe Miocic, and I really wanted to finally see this one  
Jiri Prochazka vs Alex Pereira is now the main event, and Pavlovich vs Aspinall will be a co-main fight for Interim Heavyweight title.

Not just wrestling defense, but defense and head move in general. If you rewatch the fight, he was very straightforward, even though he has changed stances, he barely move or protect his head from punches. And most important, when he was in close distance, when it is better to use hand, instead he has used knees. They are useful mostly in striking sports, but in a clinch or on distance when you barely can make a straight punch but rather use hooks or swings, doing knees can cost you balance and position. Imho he is way to into muay thai or the mma opponent he had are on way lower level than UFC guys, because they allow him to knee on such distance.

I also don't know if that is the Salary for Sharabutdin Magomedov and I haven't seen that as well For sure this is just his 1st fight and I think if a fighter is in a better rank then he can also get better pay but that is just a maybe,

Now Sharabutdin Magomedov is surely I am familiar with him his performance was solid and striking his kicks were really awesome in my opinion, but he needs to up his game with his Wrestling defense if he is not using wrestling as his offense then at least train his takedown defense and wrestling defense,


Yup! I agree that Kamaru Usman is still considered number 1 in the welterweight and sure he still has what it takes to have a great performance against Khamzat Chimaev getting that fight in a distance is something that is many have expected Khamzat Chimaev will be dominant against Usman but the fight was really a close match

Given his age, Usman is still tough as a bull and the ones he fought before may refuse to fight him again. So far it's Belal Muhammad that qualifies the most in order to push Usman's rank down. Usman winning their fight I think will not get him a title shot again but he'd be a gatekeeper preventing Colby from getting a belt. Usman and Colby are in the same situation where they are given the shot twice and lost twice.

We may be divided on who to bet on if Usman is matched against Rakhmonov. It's also time to give Rakhmonov a tougher fight.

And not only that.  He saved the co main match up of a PPV event and somewhat made it better imho.  Usman is also like Tony Ferguson, Nate Diaz, Michael Bisping, Daniel Cormier, etc, etc...  Just one of them guys who the UFC likes keeping around because they're an asset to the company.

Anyway what a boring weekend without a UFC event.


And the UFC very may well should.  I mean you're asked to fight a killer on 11 days notice?  I'd say the same.  Want me to fight a Russian killer?  Pay me btch! 

He's 36, he'll be 37 in May, not that this makes any real difference. There are plenty of potential match-ups for Usman that would make sense. He's still the number one contender, so probably will be matched against Belal, and the winner will get a title shot. This would work best if Colby defeats Edwards. Usman beat Colby twice already, so it would be a sort of test to see if he's still there in terms of fighting ability.

Alternatively, he could be paired up with some rising new star like Shavkat Rakhmonov, but I think the first option is much more likely to happen.

https://mmasalaries.com/ufc-294-salaries-and-payouts/ here are the numbers. Dont know if they are real, but if they are, then no wonder why Volk and Usman accepted those early notice. PPV sales also made a solid addition to their totals. I am just curious how they figures sponsorship amounts.

The guy with freaky eye - Sharabutdin Magomedov, might be not so familiar for you guys, but in Russian mma and pop-mma he was kind of a star, so my media is full of him due to UFC debut. Numbers say that he got only 20k+4k that night, but recently he said in the interview, that he has spend almost 70k on his preparation for UFC debut, and he is kinda broke already, because he had no fights for almost a year.

Usman agreed to fight Chimaev because of the huge payout. This is natural because Usman has won in negotiations. This defeat was also beneficial for Usman because it could be assumed that Usman lost this fight due to lack of preparation. Chimaev has been training for months at the training camp, while Usman has only started preparing for the Training Camp in just 11 days. And one more thing, Usman has received a very large fee from the UFC (I don't know how much) to fill this fight.

I just wonder what is next for Usman. The guy still has champions ambitions, but he is rather old already. 37 and already 8 years in UFC. He wont get a title fight as a next fight. Imho he wont have a title fight in the fight that comes after his next (if he wins). 2 fights that is like a year in fighters career.

Btw, why despite Covington, everyone gained 1 position in welterweight ranking, while there were not a single welterweight fight that weekend? Because Chimaev is not in middleweight?

P.S. Islam must advance to welterweights now

Many want that belt so for sure many want to fight Justin Gaethje because of this belt, but for sure for  Belal Muhamad to want a fight with Garthje for sure it is because of that belt,

Now the issue with the Palestine situation many already know what has happened


For sure he is a well-known veteran and Kamaru Usman is now a staple name for the UFC surely he is not Tony Ferguson, so yeah he will likely stay, and I really think a good decision is really needed here for me Kamaru Usman will need to get a money fight 1st just to get winnings again, for sure not getting a rematch against Khamzat Chimaev

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For sure there are talks that Khamzat Chimaev's next opponent will be Sean Strickland and many are saying that Chimaev can do this because of his wrestling in the standing I think that Sean Strickland's defense is real for sure Khamzat Chimaev would have a hard time against Strickland for sure Abus Magomedov surely got a hard time against Strickland and he got him and gas out Abus, for sure Khamzat will not last 5 rounds against Strickland so at the beginning of the fight Khamzat Chimaev need to finish the fight in the 1st rounds, because if the fight would last on the 4th round then Sean Strickland can surely get this because Strickland can win this if Khamzat Chimaev will not be aggressive with his takedown just like what he did with Holland he can not win against Strickland,

There's no way UFC will hold his last loss against him given the 11 days notice and the fact he was fighting a top guy in a higher weight class (and did quite OK).

Belal might refuse to do it. But why not challenge the Baddest Mother fucker title holder Gaethje. They haven't fought yet and he is also in the same division.
I was drawn to Islam screaming Stand for Palestine and then it was censored. They are putting Dana on the spot by doing all this and I think he might not promoting those fighters yet unless the issues die down quickly. People cheered for standing for Palestine but Dave Chappelle was booed.


MMA was opposed back in its early days as it was a brutal contact sport but now it has a worldwide audience. Curious to know how they prepare for slapping competition though.

For sure Khabib Nurmagomedov will also say the same the Dagestan fighters will mostly be saying something like this except for Belal Muhhamand sure but yeah Islam Makhachev for sure will fight whoever Dana White gave him, but I think It is now time for Islam Makhachev to move on with a new division and maybe get another belt in the Division for sure maybe going up a division to the Welterweight or maybe going down the Featherweight division,


For sure I think I have said that Alexander Volkanovski has a weakness for high kicks and for sure Islam Makhachev exposed Volk to this, with just 1 kick for sure it is because Alexander Volkanovski doesn't have any training as well he was caught like that for sure Volks is surely had some rest because he doesn't have any training but Makhachev was really focus indeed,


For me, It was clear that Khamzat Chimaev had won that fight, even though Kamaru Usman showed some good performance in that fight it was still for Khamzat Chimaev so for me this is just me a rematch is needed,

Btw, I saw some vids and guys in social media talked that Usman was robbed in UFC294. I totally disagree with that. Chimaev took first round, that is 100%. In the second round there were more control by Chimaev, but third round took Usman, because he connected some really good punches. That is 2-1 for me. But, with all respect, Usman is really good. If only he had more time to prepare, there will be a completely different fight.

P.S. Usman has lost 3 last fights. That is the first warning for being ready to get fired

Damn...  I was about to make the next event's roster and just saw that it's not gonna be this weekend.  :/  But this could be a good opportunity to introduce something new to you guys...  And tbh, I haven't watched a full event of any of any of these.  Lmaooo.  I don't really like it much but I'll give it a chance just this once.  

Introducing...

Date:  Wednesday, Oct 5
Main Card:  9:00pm EST
Venue:  UFC Apex Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
Live Streams:  https://rumble.com/v3qzhzr-power-slap-5-viernes-vs-vakameilalo-october-25-2023-at-9pm-et-6pm-pt.html



Main Card
Da Crazy Hawaiian vs Kalani “Toko” Vakameilalo
Damien “The Bell” Dibbell  vs Nate “The Buffalo Soldier” Burnard
Ron “Wolverine” Bata vs Austin “Turp Daddy Slim” Turpin
John “The Machine” Davis vs Azael “El Perro” Rodriguez
Vern “The Mechanic” Cathey vs Bear Bennett
Wesley “All the Smoke” Drain vs Travis “Tenacious” Aragon
Waylon “Ice Cold” Frost vs Andrew Provost
Ryan “The King of Kings” Phillips vs Darius “The Destroyer” Mata-Varona

I checked a couple of books and I only saw a Slap betting market in Rollbit.  No shill, just saying.

https://rollbit.com/sports?bt-path=%2Fmma%2Fslapping%2Fpower-slap-5-2327105590456885278

Enjoy. 

I agree for sure the UFC needs to provide a translator for certain fighters if things like this happen again they will be ready but surely the doctors have certain procedures and that is if a fighter is not responsive or have certain answers that are unnecessary then the doctors can stop the fight but what if a fighter did not understand what the Doctor was questioning then for sure what happens is surely a language barrier,


For sure Islam Makhachev deserves this win because of his hard work and even though Alex Volkanovski did well back then it is not enough it was short notice but Volk has revealed that he is not training well, so I am sure this is his consequence for not training and bringing his team with him, for sure I thought that Volk will still give a good fight in their rematch but Makhachev have shown that if you did not train hard and just here fighting for the money then for sure Islam Makhachev was right,


You are not the only one I was really frustrated with the results and this is the 2nd time that happened to Ankalaev Jan Błachowicz, was a draw and then a No Contest for Johnny Walker, for sure Ankalaev is not really lucky right now for sure Magomed Ankalaev needs a win in his next fight,