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Would gladly watch Topuria fighting Volkan, after he beats Rodriguez But, I think UFC gonna give Topuria another test in the face of Ortega or Hollaway. Ilia imho needs a series test of his skills before having a boss fight. Also, dont forget that we have Movsar Evloev, who is also undefeated like Topuria. Frankly, Emmett does not look like a real test for Ilja. He is 38, and in those weight classes, people arent fast and in peak form anymore at that age (not like heavyweight, when closer to 40, the better they are - they are like wine, with age getting better ).

Yup.  Topuria is a future title challenger.  Is Emmet still at top 5?  If Topuria wins he could be in the conversation.

Tbh I didn't think Topuria was that good until I saw him fight Bryce Mitchell, who is another top prospect, was undefeated at the time, good at wresting and GnP and he's durable.  Yet Topuria made him look like just another lowly opponent and finished him.

UFC Free Fight:  Topuria vs Mitchell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsbK_ubVQ_w

It could be Topuria inside the distance.  I wonder how much that line would be when props come out.

Funny how Dana white is jumping off his pants to get more attention to UFC. He always claims that his fighters will either fight in UFC, or wont fight anywhere else. However in past, he and Chuck Liddell went to Pride for a participation in tournament, where Chuck beat young and doping free Overeem, but was badly beaten by Rampage. Then we got Conor vs Floyd. Now he tries to organize Bones vs Fury A man of double standards.

It could be a wrong decision for Dana White but I think he is just torn about what he can do about something surely he can not change what is happening now because Francis Ngannou doesn't like his offer, but when PFL accepted his terms I think Dana White doesn't like it so he is doing everything in his power to make headlines aswell, and surely disappointing Ngannou is one of it, and like the saying goes, the damage has already been done,


It was really an outstanding fight Marvin Vettori is hitting Cannonier if Jared was on southpaw, but switching to orthodox was the time Vettori gets in trouble with those volume strikes, I really think that Jared Cannonier has taken the record with the help of Marvin Vettori's durability as well if Vettori was easily knockout then the record would not be broken by Jared Cannonier, If there is a separate record for the most eaten strikes for the Middleweight aswell, then Vettori can also get a record because if not for him Cannonier would not attain such record, 

Maybe.
He is good but I dont think he is on the same level with Adesanya, and UFC likes to complicate things sometimes.
Robert Whittaker is fighting with Dricus Du Plessis so he is out, Paulo Costa is scheduled to fight with Ikram Aliskerov, and Alex Pereira is going up with Jan Błachowicz.
I dont see anyone else and Cannonier said he doesnt want to fight with lower ranked fighter.

I can say it was a pretty good match. Cannorior, one of the two middleweight names who had the opportunity to go to the belt again, was the one who made the most of this opportunity. During the match, Vettori was really slow compared to his speed, yes, he was durable, but he had no footwork and Vettori was not successful in distance.

Cannoier was superior in terms of kicks, direct hit and takedowns in the match, the judges scored the match quite correctly and gave Cannoier the match he deserved. Meanwhile, Cannoier's shots were quite accurate and hard, only because Verotti was durable, the shots did not seem very hard.

That's Mayweather fight bring money to UFC and Dana. I don't think he regrets it. But you think its also the reason why Dana is not setting up Ngannou and Fury despite Ngannou asking for it and was trying to disappoint Nganou instead.

Its a mistake after another mistake though because he is also a determined stubborn. Ngannou still will get some boxing fights thru PFL.

Dana White is actually Conor's wife, they are just into open relationship.
Man, there are a lot of bad examples for kids, wish this accident was the only problem in our society but you can truly see that violence, drug use, nudity and cheating are sadly very popular examples for kids.

If you mean in terms of Conor's career, it was really a bad decision to arrange that fight but you know, Conor and Dana White, both of them love a lot of money, especially Dana White.
But the fact is, Conor's real motive behind his UFC career was to earn a lot of money, it was all he wanted because he was very poor. He achieved this goal and his fighting career went down. If not with Floyd, it would happen with any other such a profitable fight. If I am not wrong, he said after the 2nd fight with Dustin Poirier that if you leave the game even for a while, you'll find it very hard to return back. He admits that you should constantly train to and not have fun to be in the game.

^ The fight did not have a knockout or submission as a finish. But the fight had almost everything else. It was absolutely dominating performance from both of them, and both of them had given their hundred percent to win this fight. At first, Vettori was doing well in actually hiding the pain that he was suffering because his opponent was landing on him.

But in the end, it was visible that both of the fighters had been physically hurt. It was amazing that both of them were able to actually not go down and that shows the heart of both of the fighters. It is actually a shame that the fight had to go to the scorecard. It was going to be a satisfactory finish this fight ended in a knockout.

For me, at 38 years old Josh Emmett still has it in him, well not a slick movement but still you can really not underestimate Josh Emmett if it comes to brawls and if a fighter is a likely brawler and is not really aiming for that technicality of the fight Josh Emmet could win this but against Ilia Topuria it is a different story Ilia Topuria is a different kind of beast for sure when it comes to fighting IQ the level of Yair Rodriguez will be upon him and the durability of Yair will be upon him for sure, and it is never a surprise if Topuria Knocks Emmett up because that is what I likely as expecting,


Was really at the beginning of the fight Marvin Vettori was basically aggressive towards the fight it was really evident that he is throwing his body in this fight but soon as Jared Cannonier finds a true opening but at 1st it was Vettori landing those shots at Cannonier, this is when Jared Cannonier was on the southpaw, that Vettori was landing those shots, but when Jared Cannonier switch to the Orthodox it was time for Jared Cannonier's retaliation and gives a hell of beating to Marvin Vettori those takedowns was to control Vettori and I really thought that Marvin Vettori is the one that will control Cannonier when it comes to wrestling but it was the other way around, Jared Cannonier got the volume of strikes, the power on his strikes and even the control over wrestling he was well-rounded and was so much for Marvin Vettori,

Vettori showed early aggression in the battle with Cannonier which was unquestionably fierce from the start. Even though Cannonier blows may not have initially appeared to be visually devastating it soon became clear that they were landing efficiently as the fight went on. Vettori despite occasionally connecting well found it difficult to take advantage of those opportunities whereas his precision and accuracy were remarkable.

Both competitors gave it their all in the ring in terms of activity appearing ready to do whatever it takes to win. Many viewers had been hoping for a knockout or at the very least for a combatant to be rendered unconscious but Vettori and Cannonier both displayed remarkable toughness and resiliency. It is evidence of their fortitude and their high level of talent. Fans were on the edge of their seats the entire time as the fight was hotly contested.

^   And Emmet is getting old, if not just plain old for a fighter in his weight class at 39.  Lower weight classes can't get away with what the heavy weights can get away with in terms of getting over 35.

And Emmet has taken a lot of damage in his career.  I wouldn't be surprised if Topuria knocks him out around R3...

Anyway, this event looks more like a parlayable one with most of the favorites possibly getting the W.

UFC Free Fight:  Emmet vs Burgos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTiPhsugyDI

That's it the fight I am waiting and has been canceled and rescheduled in this spot, Ilia Topuria and Josh Emmett fight this is going to be a banger of a fight Josh Emmett is ranked 5th and was destroyed by Yair Rodriguez with a triangle choke, while Ilia Topuria is ranked 9th and doesn't have any losses yet, and for me, this fight will be liked the Yair Rodriguez VS Josh Emmett fight, and if Emmett has learned something from that previous lost he attain he can surely apply his given answer against Ilia Topuria because just like Yair Rodriguez, Ilia Topuria is actually trickier with that ground game and fight IQ even some mistakes he can likely see an opportunity he can throw to his opponent,

I also like Amanda Ribas VS Maycee Barber a great power thing fight that could likely go the distance, or really I like girl power thing and this fight could surely show that women can also give it a go to some that men can do, and this fight is an interesting one and could be a close one aswell,

UFC on ABC: Emmett vs. Topuria



Date: June 24, 2023
Main Card: SAT, JUN 24 / 10:00 PM GMT+3
Prelims: SAT, JUN 24 / 6:30 PM GMT+3

Venue: VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena

Main card (ESPN+)
Featherweight: Josh Emmett vs. Ilia Topuria            
Women's Flyweight: Amanda Ribas vs. Maycee Barber            
Middleweight: Cody Brundage vs. Sedriques Dumas            
Featherweight: David Onama vs. Gabriel Santos            
Middleweight: Brendan Allen vs. Bruno Silva         

Preliminary card (ESPN / ESPN+)
Welterweight: Neil Magny vs. Philip Rowe            
Flyweight: Zhalgas Zhumagulov vs. Joshua Van            
Heavyweight: Austen Lane vs. Justin Tafa            
Welterweight: Randy Brown vs. Wellington Turman            
Lightweight: Mateusz Rębecki vs. Loik Radzhabov            
Women's Strawweight: Tabatha Ricci vs. Gillian Robertson            
Lightweight: Trevor Peek vs. Jose Mariscal            
Featherweight: Jamall Emmers vs. Jack Jenkins            
Flyweight: Tatsuro Taira vs. Kleydson Rodrigues      

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_on_ABC:_Emmett_vs._Topuria

It was a wonderful fight and yes, thanks to Marvin Vettori's solid-as-stone chin Jared Cannonier has gotten the most Significant Strikes for a Middleweight If his opponent will not be Vettori he would never get this kind of record because the fight will surely been finished In the 1st round,

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Result for my picks for the UFC Fight Night: Vettori VS Cannonier

Marvin Vettori (1.80) VS Jared Cannonier (2.02) - LOST

I thought that Marvin Vettori will likely dominate the ground by controlling Cannonier, but it was the opposite way, Jared Cannonier now has a takedown and I was totally surprised about this he was likely training takedowns, and he also said that he has a lot to show and always thinking that Israel Adesanya lost, he surely wants to out strike Adesanya this time, but breaking the record of most significant strikes, a truly amazing feat, but yeah it was possible because of Vettori's durable chin, that likely withstanding the power shots of the Killa Gorilla, it was a lost but Vettori fight well,

Arman Tsarukyan (1.09) VS Joaquim Silva (7.60) - WIN

There is no surprise in this result but Tsarukyan is simply losing the 1st round Joaquim Silva also landed a hard shot at Tsarukyan at the beginning of the fight but it was all in vain when Tsarukyan retaliated with a takedown then the elbow ground and strike was pretty much the thing that taken Joaquim Silva to sleep,

We can not take that away from Conor McGregor he is a real sensation when it comes to trash talk and MMA love him or hate him you can not control the degree of entertainment he is giving I was also all eyes on what he is doing let's say that I am also entertained by his antics whether is positive or negative we can always assume it will be a worthwhile, And I agree that the hottest fights for Conor McGregor was his Khabib Nurmagomedov and the Dustin Poirier fight,

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The result of my picks on UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Cannonier

Marvin Vettori VS Jared Cannonier ROUND 5 DECISION - WIN

It was a total Domination for Jared Cannonier and in this match, we surely don't see this on Cannonier he is now shooting takedowns, well, in fact, we all know what Marvin Vettori should be doing to Cannonier but we can be sure to see the fight IQ of Jared Cannonier in this fight but we can see that Marvin Vettori was catching Cannonier with punches but this is happening when Jared Cannonier is on the southpaw because his southpaw stance is not complete yet, and Vettori is getting him but when Cannonier switches into his Orthodox stance Marvin Vettori can not get him, it was a dominating fight for Cannonier, and Jared Cannonier out wrestle Marvin Vettori, and the most significant strikes landed in middleweight history,

Arman Tsarukyan VS Joaquim Silva ROUND 3 KO/TKO - WIN

Joaquim Silva also rocked Arman Tsarukyan and Tsarukyan also said that Silva punch really hard but for he Arman Tsarukyan out of frustration about that he have to stumble on getting the fight to the ground in round 3 then that ground and pound was really superb those in coming elbows Silva isn't seeing it and Arman Tsarukyan have shown that he can surely do it, even though it was really messy,

Muslim Salikhov VS Nicolas Dalby ROUND 3 DECISION - LOST

In 1st round, Muslim Salikhov was in the advantage has landed strikes on Dalby but was on the 1st round but when the next round it all went to Nicolas Dalby and pressuring Salikhov, wellSalikhiv just done 2 takedowns and 2 were successful while Nicolas Dalby gained momentum shot 5 takedowns but 2 was the successful one, it was not a good fight for Muslim Salikhov, and it was my losing bet so I was not happy about it,

It's still fun to see someone like Jared who just won our respect, the guy got better and better as he grows old. Jared beating Vettori in a wrestling match is very surprising. But he was also surprised during his last fight, giving you a run for the money against Strickland.

Adesanya vs Cannonier isn't so bad of a test of skills. Though I doubt he could beat Adesanya this time, it will be fun to see what he'd do against Adesanya.

Izzy is too good for all of them but Cannonier should get next chance. He deserves it. He needs to improve a lot to beat Izzy but thats beaty of the MMA. Right now not good enough but future will be interesting for sure.

So what next, Cannonier fights Adesanya again? He might be a real thread now. Adesanya is no good against big guys ( Cannonier is a former heavyweight and lightheavy) such as Blachowicz and Pereira. Cannonier is big and hope gained more experience since their previous fight. That makes a really good challenge for Izzy.

Early aggression from Vettori. But in the end the fight was really close. It almost felt like cannonier was landing, but because both of the fighters really trying to hurt each other in the blue from Cannonier were not actually seen to be very painful in the naked eye. He was landing, and he was landing Very well. Vetorri really connected well but In some cases he was not able to take advantage of that. I will also say that after those collections cannonier was able to stay away from Vittori. Both of them absolutely destroyed each other in this fight. We are also expected at least one fighter to drop out cold in this fight. But that did not happen.