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Quote from: tokeweed on May 22, 2024, 08:15:15 AM

^ It's not just you. And I think Poirier is prolly retiring after Makhachev. But if by some miracle he wins, he'll prolly fight one more time to defend the belt the retire even if he wins.

Wasnt Poirier decided mentally to retire long time ago? Somehow I see that he lacks motivation to fight. After those two fights against McGregor I looked that he has earned enough and entered the octagon because UFC pushed on him and they need a story for a fight against milking cow.

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It is time to take his belt and remove him from ranking for not activity. If not mistaken, second UFC milking cow lost his lightweight belt after a years of inactivity. Bones fought last time in March 2023. It is time to give belt to Aspinal.

Nah, he was ready to fight but got injured, so can't blame him for that. And I blame the UFC for the fact that they allowed him to fight Stipe instead of Aspinall after his recovery.
He should be stripped if he refuses to fight Tom (or whoever will be holding the interim belt) after his fight with Stipe.

Cant wait for UFC to stop acting like all-permissive parent with a spoiled kid. The UFC wasnt built around Bones. If he dont want to fight, free the belt and leave. Ask other division champions, they are little selective when choosing opponent, but never avoided fighting. Replace Bones with battle dwarf Volk and make a fight Cheesy

I am sure Volk is ready to gain and fight Aspinal in a 1 minute notice Cheesy

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Quote from: TopTort777 on May 22, 2024, 03:08:20 AM

It would not be so fun if it wasnt true. How long Bones reign in heavyweights with 0 title defence will continue? It is time to take his belt and remove him from ranking for not activity. If not mistaken, second UFC milking cow lost his lightweight belt after a years of inactivity. Bones fought last time in March 2023. It is time to give belt to Aspinal.

I'm sure they'll leave it until the end of the year, Jones is resting by going to parties and doing his favorite hobbies.

Anyone who bets and believes in him when he comes back is crazy. I've already given up, he lives in the past, that's all.

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Quote from: notblox1 on May 21, 2024, 06:41:36 PM

Finally some interesting fight card coming in UFC, Islam Makhachev vs Dustin Poirier sounds interesting on paper, but I have no doubt Makhachev will win this fight in Khabib style.

That's what everyone thinks, but it's not like Dustin will show up in there just to take a beating and get his cheque. He's got a really good wrestling sparring partner (Gamrot) and will definitely show up with a plan to keep the fight in stand-up or neutralise Islam's ground game, e.g., similar to how Volk did it in their first fight.
Islam grows more and more confident in his striking, so I won't be surprised if he's willing to trade shots with Dustin at the beginning, and there's when things can go wrong for him.

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It is time to take his belt and remove him from ranking for not activity. If not mistaken, second UFC milking cow lost his lightweight belt after a years of inactivity. Bones fought last time in March 2023. It is time to give belt to Aspinal.

Nah, he was ready to fight but got injured, so can't blame him for that. And I blame the UFC for the fact that they allowed him to fight Stipe instead of Aspinall after his recovery.
He should be stripped if he refuses to fight Tom (or whoever will be holding the interim belt) after his fight with Stipe.

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WOW! Paolo Costa is a Crypto Enthusiast!

Is he though? Sounds like he advises ditching Bitcoin in favour of fat girls. Don't be falling for that.

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Quote from: bbc.reporter on May 20, 2024, 11:50:28 PM

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I will leave my predictions here:

Makhachev will lose, if he doesn't lose Dustin will show the way on how to defeat him and in his next fight Makhachev loses.

Strickland beats Paulo by knockout, the judges won't need to decide this one.

That is a very brave prediction of yours hehehe. I will also offer a brave prediction. I predict Islam Makhachev will win against Dustin Poirier very much similar to Khabib and this will be with a rear naked choke hehe.

In any case, I wish @Saint-loup will not see this prediction because he might again challenge me to bet against him and I will again be forced to be brave heheheheeh. This might become another donation for him. However, yes it will be a rear naked choke.

I believe that at one time or another Makhachev will fall, and that time is coming. The other fighters already have enough content to see the way he fights and start strategizing. So it may not be today but soon he will lose

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^ It's not just you. And I think Poirier is prolly retiring after Makhachev. But if by some miracle he wins, he'll prolly fight one more time to defend the belt the retire even if he wins.

Quote from: notblox1 on May 21, 2024, 06:41:36 PM

Finally some interesting fight card coming in UFC, Islam Makhachev vs Dustin Poirier sounds interesting on paper, but I have no doubt Makhachev will win this fight in Khabib style.
I always enjoy watching good heavyweight fight and now we are going to have King Kong Romanov vs Almeida, this could be another big KO win Grin

As I think Almeida is gonna win the match, I think it's gonna end via sub like most of his wins. But we'll see... Romanov could put anybody's lights out too. Lol. But yeah, my money is gonna be on Almeida.

Here's a vid about Makhachev's rise in the UFC.

Islam Makhachev - Journey to UFC Champion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAtjwcRwYrs

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Quote from: tokeweed on May 20, 2024, 08:11:04 AM

^ I think it's in the realms of possibility that Belal could wrestle fck Edwards and hold him down, throwing bombs on him. It's not gonna be a pretty fight but I think it could be a lot closer than anticipated.

Anyway we have good event coming in a couple of weeks. Looking forward to the main event, the co main, Almeida vs Romanov, Almeida vs Kopylov and curious what we'll see from Dawson after the weird KO loss vs Bobby Green.

Date: Saturday, June 1
Main Card (PPV): 10:00pm EST
Preliminary Card (ESPN/ESPN+): 8:00pm EST
Early Prelims (ESPN+/Fight Pass): 6:15pm EST
Venue: Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey
Live Streams:

Is it just me or does it seem that the Main Event will be a one-sided fight for Islam Makhachev to be the winner of this fight as good for Islam Makhachev, well, I don't really want to underestimate Dustin Poirier but this is what I am seeing may happen in their upcoming fight and we all know that Poirier has a good boxing combination but apparently, we can not say if he has good takedown defense as Porier has said that he has a belt in BJJ but I surely doubt if the level of his particular ground game could initially submit Makhachev.

While Sean Strickland to Paulo Costa is some kind of interesting sure these two will just run their mouth in the following press conference for sure and I am really excited to see who's great with their mouth but sure Paolo Costa has the power but for sure Strickland will have the advantage with the striking.

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There is an interesting situation with Pablo Costa again. In less than two weeks he is fighting Strickland, but several days ago Strickland posted in Twitter, that Costa did not sign the contract (again?). Costa replies with this: https://x.com/BorrachinhaMMA/status/1790946222595043721. Either Costa is trolling, or once again trying to blackmail UFC to get more money. I will remind, that in last 4 fights UFC had troubles with Costa.

However, I remove all the crap on Costa as he is our guy Cheesy

WOW! Paolo Costa is a Crypto Enthusiast! well that was great for sure he is the man who represents us as a community, but even though he is a Bitcoin holder I have never been a fan of Paolo Costa maybe change his career to be a celebrity and a full-time Bitcoin Enthusiast and stop his MMA career right now as I think he doesn't have a future or I never seeing him becoming a champion at all.

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Quote from: pawel7777 on May 21, 2024, 05:46:33 PM

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There is an interesting situation with Pablo Costa again. In less than two weeks he is fighting Strickland, but several days ago Strickland posted in Twitter, that Costa did not sign the contract (again?).

I find it hard to believe. Would the UFC officially announce the fight if the contracts were not signed? Sounds odd.

But that has happened before. Costa has speculated before that UFC announce his fights before he even signs contract or knows that he has to fight at all.

Since Wednesday is a little Friday, I have found a nice fun picture for all of your Cheesy

It would not be so fun if it wasnt true. How long Bones reign in heavyweights with 0 title defence will continue? It is time to take his belt and remove him from ranking for not activity. If not mistaken, second UFC milking cow lost his lightweight belt after a years of inactivity. Bones fought last time in March 2023. It is time to give belt to Aspinal.

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Finally some interesting fight card coming in UFC, Islam Makhachev vs Dustin Poirier sounds interesting on paper, but I have no doubt Makhachev will win this fight in Khabib style.
I always enjoy watching good heavyweight fight and now we are going to have King Kong Romanov vs Almeida, this could be another big KO win Grin

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Quote from: TopTort777 on May 20, 2024, 03:17:08 AM

I have never talked shit about him, just laughed and trolled Cheesy

And all only due to him boring fighter with pillow fists and not being able to finish his opponent, while saying that he is a cool and great fighter. I will continue trolling until he will perform some more finishes Cheesy

Your words Belal and brutal KO already sounds like a joke honestly speaking Cheesy

Where have you found odds on their fight ? What is the odd for Belal by KO ? Cheesy

"The trolling continues until performance improves" is a fair policy

I got the odds from Unibet, but they only have one type of bet for MMA fights, so can't bet on Belal winning by KO. Maybe other sites will offer more markets closer to the fight (if anyone is aware of such, please share).
If the odds for that were around x10, I might consider it. It's an MMA after all, miracles can happen.

Quote from: tokeweed on May 20, 2024, 08:11:04 AM

It's not gonna be a pretty fight but I think it could be a lot closer than anticipated.

I think so too. Leon had a streak of solid performances, but it's not like he's a dominant champion that is level above anyone else. He's definitely beatable even in front of his own fans.

Quote from: TopTort777 on May 21, 2024, 04:03:51 AM

There is an interesting situation with Pablo Costa again. In less than two weeks he is fighting Strickland, but several days ago Strickland posted in Twitter, that Costa did not sign the contract (again?).

I find it hard to believe. Would the UFC officially announce the fight if the contracts were not signed? Sounds odd.

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Quote from: bbc.reporter on May 20, 2024, 11:50:28 PM

That is a very brave prediction of yours hehehe. I will also offer a brave prediction. I predict Islam Makhachev will win against Dustin Poirier very much similar to Khabib and this will be with a rear naked choke hehe.

In any case, I wish @Saint-loup will not see this prediction because he might again challenge me to bet against him and I will again be forced to be brave heheheheeh. This might become another donation for him. However, yes it will be a rear naked choke.

You've called me? Grin

Last time you've bet against me, you didn't lose, you didn't win either, nobody won unfortunately actually IIRC.
How much do you want to bet? Which odds do you propose? Which cryptocurrency do you want to use for this bet? I think it could be fun to bet on this fight against someone else so I'm quite interested by your proposal mate. Thank you for calling me here.

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Quote from: TopTort777 on May 21, 2024, 04:03:51 AM

There is an interesting situation with Pablo Costa again. In less than two weeks he is fighting Strickland, but several days ago Strickland posted in Twitter, that Costa did not sign the contract (again?). Costa replies with this: https://x.com/BorrachinhaMMA/status/1790946222595043721. Either Costa is trolling, or once again trying to blackmail UFC to get more money. I will remind, that in last 4 fights UFC had troubles with Costa.
However, I remove all the crap on Costa as he is our guy Cheesy

Dana should also put pressure on signing contracts, if they don't sign in 24 hours the ship will sail, and it goes to someone else and ranks down to 10. Though Sean is mentally ill, Sean just throwing jabs and all defense may still work against Costa. I can only see Sean catching the kick of Costa and then right straight.

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Belal vs Leon will likely be just jabs fight. Belal was outclassed in their first fight and cried after an eye poke. He has been tweeting a lot like he has been an exciting KO artist actually when he hasn't done much, what did Strickland do to him, they've been beefing on Twitter.

I wouldn't mind seeing Belal be the champ for a while to pay respect to his "Remember the Name" alias. And that we could also see reshuffling in this division, maybe they'd give Rakhmonov someone from the top to fight with.

Maybe, he is hallucinating when he said he is a KO artist or just exaggerating because that's what he wants to be remembered. Grin

I don't think he can live up to his nickname though he may be more of the opposite here - Forget the Name..lol Looking at his percentage of KO wins vs his total wins, it is not that much. He had more wins via decision. So don't know why he is claiming to be a KO artist. Well, athletes can always sell themselves and see if their fans or opponents will take the bait. The more controversy they can create, the better. As they can pull more fans to watch their fight. That's an old tactic of most athletes, they try to sell themselves by exaggerating things or creating some noise to talk about.

Nope. He didn't really claim to be a KO artist, he just acts like he is one exciting finisher, the UFC fans know he isn't one. I guess Leon won't do some trash-talk so he turned to Strickland.

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There is an interesting situation with Pablo Costa again. In less than two weeks he is fighting Strickland, but several days ago Strickland posted in Twitter, that Costa did not sign the contract (again?). Costa replies with this: https://x.com/BorrachinhaMMA/status/1790946222595043721. Either Costa is trolling, or once again trying to blackmail UFC to get more money. I will remind, that in last 4 fights UFC had troubles with Costa.

However, I remove all the crap on Costa as he is our guy Cheesy

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Quote from: Pumared on May 20, 2024, 10:27:21 PM

I will leave my predictions here:

Makhachev will lose, if he doesn't lose Dustin will show the way on how to defeat him and in his next fight Makhachev loses.

Strickland beats Paulo by knockout, the judges won't need to decide this one.

That is a very brave prediction of yours hehehe. I will also offer a brave prediction. I predict Islam Makhachev will win against Dustin Poirier very much similar to Khabib and this will be with a rear naked choke hehe.

In any case, I wish @Saint-loup will not see this prediction because he might again challenge me to bet against him and I will again be forced to be brave heheheheeh. This might become another donation for him. However, yes it will be a rear naked choke.

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Yes, at the beginning of next month we will see the UFC 302 fight which will bring together great fighters and is the one that many people have been waiting for the most.
Islam Makhachev will fight Dustin Poirier and in this fight Islam Makhachev defends the UFC lightweight title he got after defeating Charles Oliveira and I sure that in this effort to defend the belt and title, Islam will definitely give his best fight.
Moreover, Islam Makhachev also has desire to move up and focus on welterweight and he is of course targeting all of this when he succeeds in beating Dustin Poirier at UFC 302, this will be very interesting fight.
Dustin Poirier is also not fighter who can be underestimated, we all know how he was when he fought with the UFC and in this fight, even though Islam Makhachev is the favorite, there will still be surprises that Dustin Poirier might give.

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I will leave my predictions here:

Makhachev will lose, if he doesn't lose Dustin will show the way on how to defeat him and in his next fight Makhachev loses.

Strickland beats Paulo by knockout, the judges won't need to decide this one.

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Quote from: cabron on May 20, 2024, 01:11:02 PM

Belal vs Leon will likely be just jabs fight. Belal was outclassed in their first fight and cried after an eye poke. He has been tweeting a lot like he has been an exciting KO artist actually when he hasn't done much, what did Strickland do to him, they've been beefing on Twitter.

I wouldn't mind seeing Belal be the champ for a while to pay respect to his "Remember the Name" alias. And that we could also see reshuffling in this division, maybe they'd give Rakhmonov someone from the top to fight with.

Maybe, he is hallucinating when he said he is a KO artist or just exaggerating because that's what he wants to be remembered. Grin

I don't think he can live up to his nickname though he may be more of the opposite here - Forget the Name..lol Looking at his percentage of KO wins vs his total wins, it is not that much. He had more wins via decision. So don't know why he is claiming to be a KO artist. Well, athletes can always sell themselves and see if their fans or opponents will take the bait. The more controversy they can create, the better. As they can pull more fans to watch their fight. That's an old tactic of most athletes, they try to sell themselves by exaggerating things or creating some noise to talk about.

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Belal vs Leon will likely be just jabs fight. Belal was outclassed in their first fight and cried after an eye poke. He has been tweeting a lot like he has been an exciting KO artist actually when he hasn't done much, what did Strickland do to him, they've been beefing on Twitter.

I wouldn't mind seeing Belal be the champ for a while to pay respect to his "Remember the Name" alias. And that we could also see reshuffling in this division, maybe they'd give Rakhmonov someone from the top to fight with.

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^ I think it's in the realms of possibility that Belal could wrestle fck Edwards and hold him down, throwing bombs on him. It's not gonna be a pretty fight but I think it could be a lot closer than anticipated.

Anyway we have good event coming in a couple of weeks. Looking forward to the main event, the co main, Almeida vs Romanov, Almeida vs Kopylov and curious what we'll see from Dawson after the weird KO loss vs Bobby Green.

Date: Saturday, June 1
Main Card (PPV): 10:00pm EST
Preliminary Card (ESPN/ESPN+): 8:00pm EST
Early Prelims (ESPN+/Fight Pass): 6:15pm EST
Venue: Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey
Live Streams:

Main Card (PPV)
Lightweight: Islam Makhachev vs Dustin Poirier
Middleweight: Sean Strickland vs Paulo Costa
Middleweight: Kevin Holland vs Michał Oleksiejczuk
Heavyweight: Jailton Almeida vs Alexander Romanov
Welterweight: Randy Brown vs Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos

Preliminary Card (ESPN/ESPN+)
Middleweight: Cesar Almeida vs Roman Kopylov
Lightweight: Grant Dawson vs Joe Solecki
Welterweight: Philip Rowe vs Jake Matthews
Welterweight: Niko Price vs Alex Morono

Early Prelims (ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass
Welterweight: Mickey Gall vs Bassil Hafez
Women's Bantamweight: Ailín Perez vs Joselyne Edwards
Flyweight: Nyamjargal Tumendemberel vs André Lima

UFC 302: Poirier Full Marathon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkeZjH-2--k

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Quote from: pawel7777 on May 18, 2024, 05:50:31 AM

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Belal "I am next" Muhammad. Finally that kid gets a title fight Cheesy

I am happy for him more than for Chandler who is getting a juicy cheque soon. But I would not be happy if Belal wins lol Cheesy

That will be most boring title defences. If not he is super cautious and barely can do an early finish, then if he gets a belt, he will keep it forever and we get 25 min with UD in the end.

After all that sh*t talking about him, I want to see your face when Belal wins in a spectacular fashion by a brutal KO Grin

Not betting my money on that though.

I have never talked shit about him, just laughed and trolled Cheesy

And all only due to him boring fighter with pillow fists and not being able to finish his opponent, while saying that he is a cool and great fighter. I will continue trolling until he will perform some more finishes Cheesy

Your words Belal and brutal KO already sounds like a joke honestly speaking Cheesy

Where have you found odds on their fight ? What is the odd for Belal by KO ? Cheesy

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^ Lmao 0 - 3 for the night. Cheesy

Here are the results...

Lerone Murphy def Edson Barboza UD
Khaos Williams def Carlston Harris KO R1
Themba Gorimbo def Ramiz Brahimaj UD
Adrian Yanez def Vinicius Salvador TKO R1
Angela Hill def Luana Pinheiro SUB R2
Tom Nolan def Victor Martinez TKO R1
Oumar Sy def Tuco Tokkos SUB R1
Melissa Gatto def Tamires Vidal TKO R3
Abus Magomedov def Warlley Alves UD
Ariane Carnelossi def Piera Rodríguez DQ
Alateng Heili def Kleydson Rodrigues UD
Vanessa Demopoulos def Emily Ducote SD

UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs Murphy Post Fight Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mztfHgzppM

Nothing much to learn for this event except Murphy has the cardio to go all 5 rounds, Kleydson Rodriguez is lower level than what I expected him to be and Magomedov also has the cardio to finish the whole 15 minutes.

Next event is UFC 302 set in a couple of weeks. Can't wait...

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