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Lol! It looks like Shame O'Malley escaped once again. The UFC project for the next Connor McGregor is still alive. It was somewhat close and Pink Poodle was leading the strikes but Yan did some takedowns and they should be given credit too. For me, Yan took rounds 1 and 2. Anyways, I really think that Yan is more effective in a 5-round fight. The UFC should probably make it 5 rounds for ranked 1 to 10 or 5 at the very least.

Is the winner of this fight given an automatic shot at the title? I don't think O'Malley can win against Sterling in a 5-rounder.

Sad to say I have missed so much action with the UFC 280 because I have something coming up and right now rewatching most of the fights but right now after the UFC 280 there is a new event available and that is

UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen

October 29, 2022, Saturday
Venue: UFC APEX Las Vegas, Nevada, United States



MAIN EVENT

Calvin Kattar VS Arnold Allen

CO-MAIN EVENT

Tim Means VS Max Griffin

MAIN CARD

Dustin Jacoby VS Khalil Rountree
Waldo Cortes-Acosta VS Jared Vanderaa
Tresean Gore VS Josh Fremd

PRELIMINARY CARD

Andrei Arlovski VS Marcos Rogério de Lima
Chase Hooper VS Steve Garcia
Joseph Holmes VS Jun Yong Park
Roman Dolidze VS Phil Hawes

FIZZLED BOUTS

Edson Barboza vs. Ilia Topuria - (Barboza Knee Injury)
Kleydson Rodrigues vs. Vinicius Salvador - (Salvador Withdrew)
Christian Rodriguez vs. Garrett Armfield - (Armfield Withdrew)
Cody Durden vs. Kleydson Rodrigues - (Rodrigues Withdrew)
Drakkar Klose vs. Mark Madsen - (Klose ACL Injury)

All information was from https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/91651-ufc-fight-night
Thanks to OP's information on the 1st page I learned about Tapology.

Just like the last opponents of Islam, he was confused after taking the first punches because he never felt those before. He was the one who got surprised rather than Islam and the submission was the sign and the evidence that Islam is on another level. It was the great match-up that could ever happen in the UFC. Because it automatically shuts out all the critics and shows respect to the new champion. Oliveira's was not that bad but his best was not enough this time, I'm sure he gonna get back and learned a lot from this fight.

I think Petr Yan vs Sean O'Malley fight needs a rematch, and it should be 5 rounded fight (if we want Petr to win ).

I will try to explain judges decision. Petr took first round, O'Malley was better in second. On the third fight, O'Malley was more accurate, but Petr landed more. That smashed and bloody face triggered judges that O'Malley is better. Or, as top1 fighters, judges expected him to finish Sean quicker. If Yan failed, than he is a looser in that fight.

Petr Yan is in tricky situation right now. He was a top1 fighter of bantamweight, former champ. Now he has two straight looses and NC.

Dana White plans Leon Edwards vs Kamaru Usman fight for UFC 285, that will be in London, England 

This had to be a really tough decision for the judges. I think that finally, it came down to who had more accuracy. As far as I knew Sean O'Malley had more accurate strikes. But in reality, the number of significant strikes from Sean O'Malley was significantly greater. And he also pressured his opponent quite well. 

The only thing to question was what about the takedowns that Petr scored. I have to agree with @boltz on this one that only take-downs cannot ensure victory if you are not able to have some significant amount of pain inflicted on your opponent.

At the end of the day if Petr could dominate on the ground, he could have won. But he could not do that and on the other hand, Sean O'Malley had some accurate strikes. It was very difficult to split but I would also say that the decision was the right one to make. But again it wouldn't have been too surprising if this had gone the other way.

Sambo prevailed. I don't know, there was a really big power difference. On the ground and standing. Every time Charles came, Islam responded with a counterattack. These guys simply crush their opponents with their sheer strength. They made a contract with Volkanovski to fight in Austria, I wonder how it will turn out. Volkanovski is like a rock, it will be a more competitive match as soon as he gives up. Can Makhachev get the P4P belt?

By the way, as I said before, I wanted Sugan Sean to win. But I don't think it's fair that he won like that. The referees obviously scored for Malley to win. It would have looked like he had won even if he had lost because Malley had a very effective match and we also didn't know that his jaw was that strong.

Well I was watching the fight with 3 friends and we all agreed that Sean won that fight because his strikes were on point every time when Petr had only ground control and a few important strikes. Ground control won't win you the fight anymore if  you don't finish the job or put massive pressure on the opponents and Sean was able to survive every time he was on the ground without taking massive hits. It was tight, I won't say that , but Sean had that 0.5% extra percent that won him the fight. Anyway , Yan really did a good job but not well enough.

He looks very physically fit to fight and can use his arms. It's an excuse for his loss of the fight while he also doesn't want the fight to be canceled, he likely wants the fee also. Taken down several times and mounted, he really is out of practice for being a wrestler.

It's depressing for the champ to be stripped of the title, they lose their next fights like Dillshaw and Oliveira for example.
Charles took it lightly and humbled himself to apologize to his fans for not winning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SD8KmT2dxA

I saw that, at first I thought this was Khabib. The base of their faces and beards is the same. Even their bandans are very similar. But I was wrong. In fact I saw when appearing in debates and weighing the Body. Actually from the beginning I thought Makhachev would indeed win.
Charles Oliveira talks too much, I really hate that. He just said a lot without being able to prove it. Two punches in Oliveira's face left him already without strength and Makhachev won easily. For Makhachev he had a fighting style like Khabib. The eleventh win and never lost is a good record. Perhaps he will follow in Khabib's footsteps with an extraordinary record.

Yup! Muhammad Mokaev really is dominant with the submission he surely knows that he will win the fight when it went to the ground, and many fans really are expecting this, now this kid is still undefeated and might go next as the next Khabib for sure if he stays undefeated in the UFC, now I am definitely going to look for his every fight, from now on,


Even with his eagerness in getting a championship belt, it is really not enough with just perseverance, his body can not take it anymore, and from all those years that cost him to not engage inside the ring the more his body can not take any more damage, 1st during the Sandhagen fight he screwed his knee and needs to take surgery, after the fight and that is another rest for him, and now this fight he got an shoulder injury so Aljamain is not fighting a 100% Dillashaw and it is not really Sterling fault to begin with but T.J. Dillashaw despite that shoulder injury he is still fighting a real Warrior,

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Here is the result of my picks for UFC 280

Charles Oliveira VS Islam Makhachev ROUND 2 SUBMISSION - WIN

For me Oliveira look sluppier and just throwing wildly and it looks like his intelligent was no more to be found, for me he looks like he underestimated Makhachev with the standing park, heis not setting anything at all, he is going to Islam Makhachev with just mind set and that is to get the 1st round knockout, which is wrong because he forgets that Makhachev has good boxing aswell, and kudos to Islam he really respected Oliveira so much that he is ready for Oliveira's striking he approached Oliveira in a professional manner, landing that takedown he surely take his time, and the ground game was very technical to both fighters but as we all know Makhachev is tremendously Dominant on the ground that he surely get that position over Oliveira,

Aljamain Sterling VS T.J. Dillashaw ROUND 2 KO/TKO - LOST

T.J. Dillashaw is a real Warrior fighting Aljamain Sterling despite his shoulder injury is insane I may have lost this bet but it is not Dillashaw's fault and not Sterling fault aswell it is just luck that I lost this fight, but man there is an asterisk for Sterling winning this fight, and it just increase the potential of Dillashaw still fighting in the future,

Petr Yan VS Sean O'Malley ROUND 3 DECISION - LOST

For me, Petr Yan should have won this, this is another robbery for the judges of the UFC, Dana White should change those judges and don't let them judge anymore it was a clear victory for Petr Yan but it was a close fight that it shouldn't be a close fight at all given Petr Yan is the favorite and on a high ranking in this division, now that the judges have messed up again, and Petr Yan should be dominant of the fight but it was clear that it was really close, this is going to cost him a lot for losing to a rank 11 fighter, sad to say but maybe O'Malley is close in getting a title shot next,  

Muhammad Mokaev VS Malcolm Gordon ROUND 3 SUBMISSION - WIN

It was the submission that Mokaev has landed and Mini Khabib really is as the name suggested another successor of Khabib is doing great in the UFC, and as I have said will be taking an eye for this kid for sure,

If you watched the match, you could obv you see that it was really a disappointing performance from Mokaev.  He couldn't finish Gordon in under a minutes which what I expected and Mokaev got reversed more than a couple times, putting him in some dicey spots.  Overall he got his ass handed to him but pretty sure it was also a good experience for Movaev to learn from...  

The card was stacked and looked pretty good on paper but when I was watching it, prelims looked pretty lack luster.  UFC London still the best event for this year so far.

https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/83999-ufc-fight-night

It is an unfortunate situation for Beneil Dariush who is on a 8 fight winning streak and he is the one that has to get the title opportunity and was the back up fighter for the main event if something falls apart but then Alexander Volkanovski wanted to be the back up fighter and Dana and team approved that and Alexander Volkanovski was the back up fighter for the main event which means he gets the next title shot in Perth UFC 284 and Khabib and Islam Makhachev even called him out as the next challenger.

It will be a great fight as Alexander Volkanovski is on a 22 fight winning streak, he will be tricky for Islam Makhachev because of his small stature and his strong frame and as a fight fan i would love to see these fights.


Khamzat Chimaev is crazy and he threw the first punch and he was invited to the event by Abu Dhabi and now with this situation against Abubakar Nurmagomedov who is in Khabib's team, Khamzat will loose many endorsements and opportunities he should have got because Khabib is a really influential individual in GCC especially in the Emirates.

T.J. Dillashaw is a pussy and a coward, in the post fight interview in the cage he claimed that he popped his shoulder 20 times and still he wanted to fight so that he could get into the cage and pop his shoulder once again . He never mentioned his shoulder issue to the commission nor informed the UFC but he informed just before the referee briefing minutes before he walks out to fight that he is having issue with his shoulder and might pop out during the fight.

I guess that's it for TJ, post fight interview against DC, he says that he got his shoulders injured in April but he didn't want this fight to be cancelled so he goes with and fight.

And we all know that shoulders is one of the most important parts of the body that this guy needed so it's just a matter of time before he blew it off and lost the fight.

I was surprised that Makhachev had dominated every round to attack Oliveira, Makhachev had finished the fight with a hard punch to the face that knocked him down and attacked the arm triangle choke, I predict that Oliveira could not release the lock and would decide to surrender, Makhachev has won it from an amazing fight in the round second. Congratulations to Makhachev for the new UFC champion title and I wish him the undisputed UFC champion in the future.

Thanks God it is Sunday tomorrow (today) as whole Dagestan and Makhachkala is going to celebrate The belt returned back to them. What can I say - Islam Makhachev was dominant in that fight. He did not left any questions who is the champion of lightweight.

Fast forward - Dustin Poirier is about to face Michael Chandler on UFC 281. He is going to be next Makhachevs opponent. P.S. I did not get that "Makhachev vs Volkakovski in Australia". Volkanovski is going to lightweight ? Was it just for the show or they really gonna do it? If yes, then Volkanovski is in deep trouble, as a wrestler is someone who would easy win him.

Update:

You gonna love this guys: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqKv8PZccbM Khamzat Chimaev pushed Abubakr Nurmagomedov. Dont know the source of their conflict. In comment people say that that is due to envy.

Just finished watching this amazing UFC event, aaaand we have new lightweight champion in the world Islam Makhachev, exactly like I expected.
Makhachev was training all his life with Khabib and he was favorite student of Khabib's father, so there was no doubt in my mind he would win tonight.
Oliveira proved to be good fighter but I am sure Makhachev would beat him every time, and his next fight should be against Volkanovski in Australia.

Dillashaw came with injured shoulder in fight against Aljamain Sterling, so he didn't perform at his best and he was easy pray for Sterling who win easily this fight.
In other fights we didn't see many KO or TKO's but they are all worth watching starting from early prelims.

Yeap, I also think that Petr Yan won that fight. Even Sean O'Malley was amazed when judge raised his hand. Yes, the fight was close, but Petr was leading it, he has twirled O'Malley in parter here and there, landed more, even finished the fight while being on him. I am not saying that there was a knockdown. Even in post fight interview Sean said that he will rewatch this fight to find out who really won it... If the fight Yan vs Aljo (second fight) was very, very close, then right now Yan was robbed.

Belal Muhammad was training in Khabib's camp and he is in his team now and hence Khabib was in his corner for the fight.

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Petr Yan won the fight according to me and i have no idea which fight the judges were watching to give Sean O'Malley the victory . Petr Yan was controlling the fight and the judges saw otherwise.

Co main and Main Event coming up and if this is the way the judges are scoring, it will be ridiculous.

Edit: T.J. Dillashaw popped his left shoulder and Aljamain Sterling mauled him in the first round.

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Edit:

1)Main event is finally here, BJJ vs Sambo .

2)What a dominating first round by Islam Makhachev. The judo throw was great.

3)Damn Islam Makhachev submits Charles Oliveira the greatest finisher in UFC history .

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Stupid judges messed my parlay on the Petr Yan decision.

Have you noticed, that Khabib was in Belal Muhammad corner? Rather surprising for me. Never thought they were such friends, and Khabib took such responsibility and lose some mental energy on this fight, when he is to be in his brother corner and Makhachev corner as well.

Also, fight between Zubaira Tukhugov and Lucas Almeida was cancelled (less 1 nervous fight for Khabib) due to Zubaira did not made weight. Khabib, Zubaira and Makhachev are together all the time. One has made weight, other failed. Strange, as they have similar team and everything.

Muhammad Mokaev def   Malcolm Gordon by Submission. Very predictable already by just the odds alone, its been speculated by tokeweed in the previous page. The whole fight is on the ground and Mokaev was saved by the bell because in the later round because Gordon was on his back almost rear naked choke. He gave his back easily, a weakness for Mokaev. Almost an upset if it weren't for the bell.