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Surprised many forgot the time difference and not realizing it started so early then completely missed it. Here the early prelims were 5 in the morning. The main event was around 9, so it was understandable many were already out the door beginning their day.

Great for Max Holloway saying how hard he was and being graceful in his post fight interview with standing up toe to toe with the Korean Zombie:
Max Holloway reflects on KO win against 'The Korean Zombie'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw5UDub_kDk
Here was the "long ass walkout song" Max was telling everybody about from the above interview but it was the best in the business:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y02RfA63KmE

It was like being at a rock concert and was a really great thing to witness.
Greatness from TKZ even if not getting the outcome he wanted but a career to remember going against the best of the best.

This is something that the religion of Muslim has disciplined Well I can say that not really all are so disciplined but in their religion, they do this and do that without much hesitation not all Muslims is Discipline with something but the Dagestan fighters surely know that being Disciplined in what they do they know that it will surely bear fruit in the end, and surely because Khabib Nurmagomedv have proven this in his career, that all of the guys he trained will surely come-out monsters inside the ring, well not including Khamzat Chimaev, and surely he is not Disciplined enough in his religion but surely Khamzat has proven even without that Hardwork was one of his best goals,


The fight was surely early because it was in Singapore so surely instead of a Saturday start for USA time it was in Asian Time where the time was pretty much early I also missed the fights even though I was in the Philippines and because I thought that the fight will Start on Sunday time which it was really early I missed making my Prediction and bet for sure I should make my prediction and bet much early than that,

Surely the Korean Zombie goes into Zombie mode in this fight which Max Holloway isn't expecting but surely Max Holloway make adjustment pretty fast when the Korean Zombie goes in this mode, That is how good Max Holloway is even though the Korean Zombie has pretty much shown his best performance Max Holloway just adjust fast enough to make preparation toward this and gave the Zombie a hard time I think this is how good Max Holloway is, and respect for him giving much respect to the Korean Zombie and hat Retirement was really expected he did say that this could be his last fight so it was he just tried his best against Max Holloway for sure,

I completely forgot that it was in singapore so I was exposed to a lot of spoilers until I watched the whole main event. It was a really good event. The main match Max Halloway - Korean Zombie match was really great and it was a dramatic ending. Korean Zombie ended his UFC journey by having two heavy defeats, first with Volkanovski and then with Max, by fighting fearlessly in the halloway fights and even knowing that he would lose. In this event, Max really showed a lot of respect but in the last round Korean Zombie had nothing to do but attack. Max Halloway never shy away from such fights and provided a very hard TKO hit.

I forgot this event was starting really early because it was in Singapore, so I only managed to watch main event between Max Holloway and Korean Zombie.
It was amazing KO win by Holloway but I think Zombie was really good up until third round when he started to attack without thinking or defense.
This was amazing carrier for Korean Zombie and I am sad to see him officially announcing retirement

Michael Chandler is preparing hard for the match up if you follow his social media and the match up against Conor McGregor is an golden opportunity for him to make a substantial amount of money and hopefully he will be able to fight him.

Missed the entire event as the timing of this fight card was way off than usual. Looking at the results not many upsets.

Just done watching UFC Singapore just now.  And as I said I think Blanchfield vs Santos should've been co main event as it had title implications.  It was also the much better match to watch than Chikadze vs the other guy.

Anyway yeah...  The wrestling was what did it for Blanchfield after getting pieced up in the striking.  I mean Santos had really great TD defense and defensive grappling but Blanchfield was just so relentless, she tired out Santos.  Showed her high fight IQ.  I think both girls beat Grasso any day of the week.

Decent event...  Can't wait for next week.

Edit:  Typos

Correct, although it's possible that, in exceptional circumstances, that 6 months period could be shortened by USADA. What would constitute an exceptional circumstance? I have no idea.
To me, it looks like UFC know it's unlikely to happen but they don't want to admit it and let the hype die out.
Again, I'm starting to feel sorry for Chandler, he pushed really hard for the fight with McGregor but might end up with nothing but wasted time. At least he's earning some money from The Ultimate Fighter show, so it's not all that bad for him.

And there is another thing which builds up from a young age between the kids of Dagestan. It’s being a disciplined individual. They are learning to show value for everything. Even for something that we take for granted in our life which is time. They do not waste time. At least most of them.

And they of course follow discipline and religion a lot. Which helps them a lot in future to be what they want to be and be very good at it. Oh, and most of the time they are out of the distractions that we have. Especially the distractions that almost any children has which is playing games on the mobile phone from a very young age or having an affair. They are out of that.

For Conor McGregor to get back to the UFC he needs to get back into the USADA testing pool and after 6 months in the pool, he will be eligible to fight and as far as i understand he is yet to enter the pool. With the kind of injury he had, he might have taken nasty things that could pop while testing and hence he might be waiting for that to get out of his system before entering, until then he wants to have the limelight and hence teasing about Boxing.

For sure the Level of The Korean Zombie is not worth it with the likes of Arnold Allen, Yair Rodríguez, and Calvin Kattar in my opinion so this is pretty much that is why Max Holloway got the Odds in this fight for me this is just my opinion this fight could go the distance but I will not be surprised if Max Holloway will win Via KO/TKO,

I likely want to see Marlon Vera first which is why I like the suggestion of O'Malley that he wants Marlon "Chito" Vera to fight 1st so we can see who is the better striker for sure Sean O'Malley will have a great fight against Marlon Vera but Chito Vera has good defense so this is truly what I also want to see,


Wrestling became a new norm in the UFC when Royce Gracie became very dominant with it, but it became more popular when fighters began adapting to it with a mix of striking and wrestling, and then the Dagestan guys dominated all wrestling even Jui Jitsu, which is why there are many newcomers for MMA that are mixing their game with both and Dagestan become a very popular and a dominating force in it, 


I also like this fight, for sure This is really an interesting fight Erin Blanchfield is a great grappler who in her every fight keeps on getting better and Alexa Grasso is an evolving and adjusting fighter in every fight she gets in, for sure This is an interesting watch and I would love to see that happen,

That fight against Aljamain Sterling got an amount of support because of O'Malley fans, Even though some people don't like him I can see that he has a ton of supporters for sure so for me if Sean O'Malley wants a rematch with Marlon Vera the UFC might give it to him, and that could be a win for Marlon Vera again, and with that then Merab Dvalishvili or Cory Sandhagen could take the belt for Marlon Vera, I like Marlon Vera more than Sean O'Malley,


I like Blanchfield for sure The grappling she shows against JJ Aldrich, Molly McCann, and Jéssica Andrade and she is getting better every time she fights, for sure that Erin Blanchfield VS Alexa Grasso fight will be a great fight for sure and I want them to happen,

With the O'Malley fight for sure he wants revenge and to prove that their recent fight was just a fluke and that he is a better fighter, this is an interesting fight than the first fight even though Marlon Vera is aware of that perennial Nerve tactic attack it is not a 100% sure if he can hit it, so it was really a coincidence but for me, Marlon Vera has a good technique moving forward his defense is great when it comes to boxing but with the kicking he surely got a problem with it, so this is an interesting fight of the strikers,

Weigh ins came earlier for the event as it's gonna be held in Asia...  Everybody made weight.  Looks like we're having fewer weight misses lately which is good to see.  Fighters' camps prolly figured that good nutrition is part of the game.  Lol.  Some guys hire chefs and nutritionists even.

So yeah, here's the weigh in vid.

UFC Singapore:  Ceremonial Weigh In
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c-jAhKvYBY

Max Holloway (146) vs Chan Sung Jung (146)
Anthony Smith (205.5) vs Ryan Spann (205)
Alex Caceres (145.5) vs Giga Chikadze (146)
Fernie Garcia (135.5) vs Rinya Nakamura (135)
Erin Blanchfield (125.5) vs Taila Santos (124.5)
Parker Porter (256) vs Junior Tafa (255)
Lukasz Brzeski (243) vs Waldo Cortes-Acosta (264)
Garrett Armfield (135) vs Toshiomi Kazama (135.5)
Chidi Njokuani (185.5) vs Michal Oleksiejczuk (186)
Rolando Bedoya (170.5) vs Song Kenan (170)
Billy Goff (170) vs  Yusaku Kinoshita (170.5)
JJ Aldrich (126) vs Liang Na (126)
Seungwoo Choi (146) vs Jarno Errens (145)

And I'm watching tape on this guy Fernie Garcia rn.  He's not bad.  Dunno why he's a 6 to 1 underdog.  :/

Edit:  Nvm...  The Japanese guy is goooood.  Even if the line is wide, don't think he'll lose.  Lol.

Again about Dagestan guys Many years ago, people trained wrestling or combat sport because they dont have anything else to do. Since elders are in huge respect there, younger generation take them as an example, so they continue training wrestling, boxing, karate, like their fathers and grandpas. And just imagine, when they go to school, among 15 boys in the class, 12 boys train wrestling, boxing or karate. So you cant be like a "white crown" and stand out. Kids simply becomes an outcast. This all means there is a super huge competition among boys. That is why they are always so hungry for a win,

Maybe, but I didn't have that impression and thought those performances were pretty solid. People often have the impression that top fighters' form is in decline forgetting that they fight other top fighters and on their way up they were facing lesser-skilled opponents (not to say bums), so the performace can't be as dominating in comparison.


They probably have naturally higher testosterone and were training Sambo/wrestling even before they could walk. I watched documentary about Khabib, his entire life was one big fighting camp, that's completely different from getting dropped by mum to taekwondo class twice a week  .

Watched the last couple of Holloway fights except the Volk one...  He kinda did dip in performance a bit vs Yair Rodriguez and Arnold Allen but I don't think he dipped enough to lose vs TKZ.  Dunno...  But the line has totally no value.  Prolly avoid unless there's a good prop like Holloway to win at R4 or at R5 line at 7.00 - 10.00 or something.  And if there's a Holloway to win via decision at 3.00 and above, I would love that.

And I'd rather see O'Malley vs Sandhagen, the rematch with Vera, vs Sterling 's team mate Merab Dvalishvili and vs Khabib's cousin Umar Nurmagomedov.  I think Nurmagomedov could beat O'Malley and make it look easy tbh.  Them Dagestanian dudes are built different.

For me The Korean Zombie's chin has left the building and he is never the same like before where he can withstand a beating that is why he got his nickname Zombie, right now his chin has depleted it's purpose to withstands any blow so for sure Max Holloway will be very much to be the favorite for this fight that is for sure, well because the Korean Zombie's chin is never like the same as before,


Well, just like you I kinda agree that the only option for Korean Zombie to win here is for Max Holloway to get injured or maybe a doctor Stoppage, this is the only way the Korean Zombie may got a way of winning because he can not rely on his chin anymore that means he needs to adjust big time against Max Holloway, for sure in order to win,


If the USADA will not get his compliance then they likely wouldn't give Conor McGregor a fight for sure but maybe the UFC will give him a special treatment just like before but for this I wouldn't expect McGregor to get a fight on December,

News about Conors next fight is like girls mood during period. He is challenging everyone in Twitter, matchmakers announce and cancel his next fights monthly. No one knows the truth. But the truth is somewhere near USADA tests and Conor imho. Maybe this is somehow how connected with his beer promotion. When PR tells him it is about time to make big announcement, make a fight and promotion, then we might get some real info about his next fight.


This year is full of unexpected and controversial wins I've seen a picture collage before UFC 292: O'Malley with belt in the middle, with Strickland and Covington with belts by his side So who knows what we will get by the end of this year. Oliveira winning in rematch against Makhachev, Miocic chokes Bones get into first place of pound-for-pound?

I am hearing that he is going to fight in December against Michael Chandler. I am not sure about that though. But if you just Google “Conor McGregor’s next fight” you will actually find almost every article, and every answer saying that he’s going to fight in December against Michael Chandler.

The thing between Dillon Danis and Logan Paul is really heated right now. And I don’t know if people are following twitter or not, there is a literal war going on in Twitter. And Logan Paul definitely shouldn’t have taken that step of engagement at this moment, and that also with a woman who is a clout chaser. And Logan Paul is actually a successful and top 1% person. I don’t understand why he is actually marrying a woman who has been run through by every other celebrities, including Leonardo DiCaprio. And I am also quite sure that the woman is more than 30 years old. We got more people talking in this thread than she has eggs left in her womb.

I’ve seen reports both ways as to whether or not Conor McGregor will be fighting in December. Anyone know if that’s going to happen or not? It seems a little bit more unlikely by the day to me as Conor seems to currently be focusing on the bogus boxing matchup between Dillon Danis and Logan Paul.

Holloway is a specimen. He ate a lot of shots in that fight against Allen, but Allen is no joke as he was on 12-win streak before that fight.
Surprises happen but I can't see Korean Zombie winning the next fight, unless by an injury. Odds for Holloway are 1.12 (Unibet), which is as low as it gets.
The problem with Max is he has nowhere to go. He fought Volkanovski 3 times already, so I don't expect UFC will be super happy to run it again, and not sure if Max would want it either.
I'd love to see him against O'Malley, but he wouldn't make weight and if O'Malley is to move up, it won't be anytime soon.