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I respect Curtis for not jumping on Aspinal and doing extra punches. I've seen many times, when they guy is hurt (injury), his opponent lands 2-3 extra strikes, cases when ref must have speed of cheetah to save the fighter.

I was quite amazed, that Curtis said that right now he is not planning to join belt race, that right now he is just doing his job, that he is not fully prepared for being a champ. That is strange to hear, as he is 1 or 2 fight away from title fight.

Chimaev is far more reckless and hot-headed than Khabib, but that's what makes him exciting to me. Khabib was a little boring at times and everyone knew his game plan. I think Diaz isn't going to be a walkover much like Burns wasn't and people are underestimating him. 


It probably depends on how well Diaz does in this fight. If he puts on a good show then it might bite UFC in the ass as people will want to see more of him, or it will just hype up a Jake Paul fight even more. He could go on and fight Jake and then back to the UFC or bellator or something so he's got options.


It's actually impressive how fast he can lose it. He looked very lean, especially since it was only a month ago he looked like an overweight slob. Fair play to him. It's going to be interesting to see how far he can go in the UFC. He's blitzing everyone so far but he's also not really been challenged or fought anyone of worth.

Agreed and according to this interview with Chimaev, he wants to fight Gilbert Burns again. However, according to his own statement from the same interview, this might imply that it might be another disapponting performance from Chimaev. Read his statement highlighted in yellow. He should certainly listen to his coach.



Chimaev then revealed the possibility of facing Burns again down the line.

“I hope one day I fight again with him,” Chimaev said. “I was a little bit stupid in that fight, just going forward. I didn’t work my footwork, I didn’t show my boxing skills.”

Chimaev was then asked if he’s taken time to re-watch his win over Burns at UFC 273.

“No, my coach (wants me to watch that fight). I don’t want to watch. I want to fight,” Chimaev revealed.

Source https://www.mmanews.com/2022/07/khamzat-chimaev-burns-rewatch-2/

Thank goodness it was not a career-ending injury, but I have surely noticed on Tom Aspinall he is very aggressive during his fight with Curtis Blaydes he doesn't really do with Alexander Volkov, because he seems to throw his fight IQ against Blaydes, but I can not say for sure because the fight just lasted 15 seconds it was a really terrible thing to happen but it surely is unfortunate and nobody wants that to happen,


Thanks, it was really an amazing night but not the main event because it ends very tragically but despite that, I was having a great time watching Paddy Pimblett do what he promised, A Teabag on Jordan Leavitt, it was really an amazing fight, and the post-conference he was just eating with Molly Mccann, Nikita Krylov, in my opinion, is ready to take on higher rankings fights and I will surely see to it that I watch,

Yeah it really is disapointing especially for aspinal he was in a huge streak since he started ufc he never needed more than two rounds to finish his opponents and now this loss will totaly get him down i think its unfair to consider it a loss but unfortunatly those are the rules its like what happened with alexander rakic  i hope when he recovers he get a rematch or a fight with someone high ranked.

Very nice triple win for you this time!  
Highlight of this fight card for me was Paddy Pimblett win and great unexpected performance from Nikita Krylov against  Alexander Gustafsson.
Co-main event was not very interesting to watch and injury of Tom Aspinall in main event ruined everything it was anticlimax.

I agree with you, but I secretly hoped he will perform much better and maybe win in this fight.
Everyone stills remember his great performance against Jon Jones in 2018, and after that fight everything went down the hill for him.

He did a swinging kick but it's the shin that his Curtis thigh. Didn't do any damage to Curtis but his knees seem dislocated.

A Doctor Explains Tom Aspinall's Devastating Knee Injury in details https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc0UUwcyons
What the Doctor said was that because Tom had gotten his knee straight, means it was not a career-ending injury.

Paul Craig should have stopped the moment he realized that what he is doing has no effect on Volkan Oezdemir but I really don't expect Paul Craig to have another plan other than to get his submission done against Oezdemir while Volkan Oezdemir got quite dominating over the stand-up while Paul Craig is really struggling in both field, pretty much it was really a spectacle of a fight to watch,

That is really one crazy fight and Nikita Krylov was really something, he surely give his all in the fight and just landed a devastating punch on Alexander Gustafsson, and he was finished I think Nikita Krylov is ready to face 1 of the ranking fighters on the: Light Heavyweight division maybe Dominick Reyes or Thiago Santos,


Well, it was a knee injury but there is no further information about it, but I have watched a doctor explaining the fight that it may be a torn Ligament but in further detail, it is just speculations until the medical record has been public, but for now, it was really disappointing but both fighters do want that to happen it was really a freak injury and respect for Curtis Blaydes and the beautiful moment of sportsmanship, Curtis and his team popped up to say hello to Aspinall and both shared a beer that has made Tom Aspinall very very happy, respect for both men,

Aspinal vs Blaydes fight was a total disappointment. Sad so see main events end like this, sad to realize people trained and go through camp, cutting weight and the fight ends in such a way in the first minute. Feel sad to Blaydes. You spend months for the fight to end in 15 sec. Feel bad for Aspinal ruining his UFC record. Such coincidence kicks him from a race for UFC belt for several years now. Did anyone knows what has really happened to his knee? Kneecap popped out? Ligaments torn?

That's right, if Craig during the fight saw that his attempts were unsuccessful, then it was necessary to adapt to the battle, it was necessary to try to change the strategy. But I understand how difficult it is to do this during a fight, especially when a fighter like Oezdemir is standing against you in the ring.

Yes, Krylov's fight was interesting to watch, but it all ended too quickly. I like it better when there are equal opponents in the ring, and in this case there was a total advantage of one fighter.

A lot of unexpected things have happened with the UFC Fight Night London and a lot were upset with what happened in the main event, I also was upset, and like I said I really want Tom Aspinal to win against Curtis Blaydes even though I have bet for Curtis Blaydes to win, but I haven't seen the true potential of Aspinal, and a sure rematch might happen but move forward to a new event,

UFC 277: Peña vs. Nunes 2

Location: Dallas, Texas, United States
Saturday 07.30.2022



MAIN CARD

Woman Batamweight: Julianna Peña VS Amanda Nunes
Flyweight: Brandon Moreno VS Kai Kara-France
Heavyweight: Derrick Lewis VS Sergei Pavlovich
Flyweight: Alexandre Pantoja VS Alex Perez
Light Heavyweight: Magomed Ankalaev VS Anthony Smith

PRELIMINARY CARD

Welterweight: Alex Morono VS Matt Semelsberger
Lightweight: Drew Dober VS Rafael Alves
Heavyweight: Don'Tale Mayes VS Hamdy Abdelwahab
Lightweight: Drakkar Klose VS Rafa García
Welterweight: Michael Morales VS Adam Fugitt
Woman Flyweight: Ji Yeon Kim VS Joselyne Edwards
Light Heavyweight: Nick Negumereanu VS Ihor Potieria
Welterweight: Orion Cosce VS Blood Diamond

CANCELLED BOUTS

Ji Yeon Kim VS Mariya Agapova - Agapova Withdrew Change with Joselyne Edwards
Paulo Costa VS Luke Rockhold - Bout Rescheduled
Ramiz Brahimaj VS Michael Morales - Brahimaj Withdrew Change with Adam Fugitt
Drakkar Klose VS Diego Ferreira - Ferreira Injury Change with Rafa García
Justin Tafa VS Don'Tale Mayes - Tafa Withdrew Change with Hamdy Abdelwahab
Ignacio Bahamondes VS Ľudovít Klein - Bahamondes Visa Issues

Information was from TAPOLOGY

Do you think  "The Adjustment Bureau" may have something to do with it?

Injuries like what Tom and Brain got may take months and months to recover which they really may have to rest fighting for awhile.
Blaydes said he landed a kick and a counter which made Tom drop which he won fairly. He doesn't even want a rematch but want to fight whoever wins Ciryl Gane and Tai Tuivasa in UFC Paris. Blaydes vs Gane will be a great match if Dana agrees.

Pretty much Paul Craig's wrestling was not good enough for Oezdemir to always break out and give Craig a punch combo, pretty much when Craig lock Oezdemir's feet Volkan Oezdemir just keeps getting away like it was nothing at all talk about badass, pretty much every advantage was for Volkan Oezdemir from those accurate strikes then the volume just keeps on rising while Paul Craig's was focus on unsuccessful takedowns and grappling it was out to naught

Nikita Krylov VS Alexander Gustafsson fight was pretty much entertaining to watch, Krylov was very confident really confident, at first he was calm and collected then when he made Gustafsson knockdown he aim in confidently giving him a barrage of punches keeping the brawl getting Gustafsson down


He surely underestimated Nikita Krylov that is for sure, and to be mauled like that he should have thought this up if he's ever to come back or just retire for good, he still needs more training that is for sure,


Well, in my opinion in Ortega's case that was really his bad shoulder the recently injured shoulder that he has, while in Aspinal's case maybe he has it when the fight started but was not aware of it, that is why it snapped when he just kick Blaydes, that is why I am saying what Curtis Blaydes was made off, for Aspinal's knee to break, and for sure these two will need a surgery, and wish them to a fast recovery, for Tom Aspinal VS Curtis Blaydes a rematch is what the fans want when Tom Aspinal finally recovers,

For two weeks in the UFC, great misfortunes have been going on in the matches. Ortega's shoulder was injured today, Tom Aspinal injured his knee, nobody expected it, they didn't even fight. He's got a bad knee injury, I know Brian Ortega is in need of surgery. I hope Tom's injury isn't serious, it was a very unfortunate situation. I hope he returns in a short time. It was a very easy win for those betting on Curtis Blaydes. I wanted to watch this fight, like everyone else, I'm wondering which one is better, frankly, I hope this fight is set again.

Let me refrase that, Alex never sgould have returned from retirement. Even tho he was in retirement for what, a year tops, he seems to have lost a step or two and his decission to go HW after the Smith fight was a terrible idea. The best thing he did was to go for retirement when he was on top predicting he would have a hard time with the newcomers.

Oezdemir won quite a landslide victory, Paul Craig could not do almost anything, he tried to flunk Oezdemir and turn the fight into wrestling, but he didn’t succeed at all, besides he always caught a couple of good punches when trying to do it.

Krylov got a very confident victory, he was much faster and stronger, Gustafsson is no longer capable of anything, it's time to take a well-deserved rest. Now I would like to see Krylov with stronger opponents.

Here is the result of my picks for the UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall

Curtis Blaydes VS Tom Aspinall ROUND 1 KO/TKO - WIN

And just like that Tom Aspinall's knee just gave out, it could be that Curtis Blaydes was made of metal blades, or Aspinall needs to drink a lot of milk for him to quickly get injured for we can not get any from the fight because the fight didn't last for long, but there is something that I notice why is Tom Aspinall going to Blaydes more recklessly I really though that Aspinall has the fight IQ or can fight technically but that was really unexpected from him, but it is good to which bet for Curtis Blaydes and I really need to thanks Welsh for having some of his opinions for this, but man I really feel sorry for Tom Aspinall and wish him a speedy recovery,

Jack Hermansson VS Chris Curtis ROUND 3 DECISION - WIN

1st round was so close each fighter are reading their opponent exchanging strikes and checking their distance, pretty much Hermansson can go for the takedown but he didn't, and in the 2nd round Jack Hermansson was now really familiar with the distance and capitalizing his reach with kicks until Hermansson explode and brawling Curtis, but Curtis is defending with all he can, but it is off to naught it was really a pretty entertaining fight in my opinion and I really love it,

Paddy Pimblett VS Jordan Leavitt ROUND 2 SUBMISSION - WIN

It was insane one of the best walkouts that I have seen most people are chanting Paddy, Baddy, and for Paddy the Baddy it was an awesome sight, in my opinion, he should also give credit to Jordan Leavitt for giving Pimblett a hard time during the 1st round, and men Leavitt was so strong controlling the fight by carrying Paddy and slamming him on the ground, but many have said that Jordan Leavitt should have won the 1st round, because of the control but I think those controls don't have a count with the score, it was Paddy Pimblett who is close to finishing the fight with a guillotine and actually a 2 times Guillotine on Leavitt, but to no success, the scoring on the rounds isn't really necessary because Pimblett have shown great jiu Jitsu even though I think his strikes do not have technicality in it, his grappling was superb, getting that Rear naked choke to Leavitt was a sight for fighters on the division to look out for Paddy Pimblett,

I expected a good main event but just like the last main event, the opponent got injured as Tom Aspinall injured his knee after landing a solid leg kick and even though Curtis Blaydes did not check the knee, he went down in pain and it was really disappointing and a lot of people lost money in the fight.

Star of the night is Paddy Pimblett and Molly McCann and Paddy Pimblett surprised me with his ground skills as i expected an upset tonight  .

Alexander Gustafsson needs to retire for good as he cannot take a punch now and Nikita Krylov smashed him from the start.

Volkan Oezdemir surprised me with a decision win and Jack Hermansson improved his striking so much as Chris Curtis had no idea on how to counter them .

Yeah that khamzat vs burns game was a total war i was watching the fight live and i thought khamzat will lose this time he sustained a considerable amount of damage i think it could've gone either way i agree that he need to correct the mistakes with the level he showed that night he will not be able to beat usman.

How many fights you predicted correctly in Bellator?
In UFC you got it really good and correctly for Jai Herbert, Muhammad Mokaev, Marc Diakiese and Nathaniel Wood, but you missed only one pick on Mason Jones
Prelims finished and you can tune in and watch UFC main card, Volkan Oezdemir just won against Paul Craig, but aside from that British fighter had good results so far.
My main pick is Curtis Blaydes and maybe Alexander Gustafsson could make surprise win in his comeback.