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I actually want Glover to retire. I did enjoyed the fight but honestly I was worried every time Prochazka was landing those bombs and bloodied Glover's face. And I was surprised that he still wanted to continue fighting. I also doubt the UFC will grant his wish of an immediate rematch.

It was really a night to remember. Joanna retired although I am curious of the outcome if she was not inactive for 2 years. In boxing, you gotta need a tune up or two before going back to high level. Training regularly is way too different when you are preparing for a real fight. 

And Valentina Shevchenko showed signs of decline. She's already mid 30's. I am still hoping for her to take that bantamweight belt.         

UFC on ESPN: Kattar vs. Emmett



Date: June 19, 2022
Main Card: SUN, JUN 19 / 2:00 AM EEST
Prelims: SAT, JUN 18 / 11:00 PM EEST

Venue: Moody Center (Austin, Texas, United States)

Main card (ESPN+)
Featherweight: Calvin Kattar vs. Josh Emmett            
Lightweight: Donald Cerrone vs. Joe Lauzon            
Welterweight: Kevin Holland vs. Tim Means            
Middleweight: Joaquin Buckley vs. Albert Duraev            
Lightweight: Damir Ismagulov vs. Guram Kutateladze            
Middleweight: Julian Marquez vs. Gregory Rodrigues      
Preliminary card (ESPN / ESPN+)
Bantamweight: Adrian Yanez vs. Tony Kelley            
Women's Flyweight: Jasmine Jasudavicius vs. Natália Silva            
Welterweight: Court McGee vs. Jeremiah Wells            
Featherweight: Ricardo Ramos vs. Danny Chavez            
Women's Strawweight: Maria Oliveira vs. Gloria de Paula            
Bantamweight: Eddie Wineland vs. Cody Stamann            
Middleweight: Phil Hawes vs. Deron Winn            
Middleweight: Roman Dolidze vs. Kyle Daukaus   

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_on_ESPN:_Kattar_vs._Emmett

To be honest, i thought that Kattar would lose in this match. But Kattar has a solid strategy against Giga. Making sure the Giga is constantly pulling back so it can't kick. Briliant gameplan by Kattar, grappless to slow him down, constant moving forward, stepping to the outside switching stances to take away the kick and slowly brake him down. I will support Kattar after his last two fights. Kattar was incredible in this fight.

Teixeira is a legend and surviving against young fighter e.g. Prochazka for 5 rounds is already achievement for him, he's currently 42 years old and not all fighter have a good performance with such old age. I agree it will be interesting to see Prochazka fight against Blachowicz, Blachowicz last fight against Rakic was a good fight even he's bloody in the first round.

But if Błachowicz doesn't want to fight against Teixeira, Teixeira can fight against Magomed Ankalaev who have a powerful front kick.

Choi was really close but not enough to Joshua Culibao, I surely don't want to bet for Culibao I thought that Seung Woo Choi will definitely win this fight, I surely underestimated Culibao, from what I see Choi just throwing punches out of Knowhere while Culibao was very patient in waiting for Choi, and technically he has the upper hand when it comes to technique,

Well, I think I have said that Joanna Jędrzejczyk has just returned from UFC after her surgery on her deformed face, maybe it is a revenge fight for her for destroying her face but I don't know her real intention,

I don't think Teixeira will get a rematch. It is true that the fight was even and it is even very likely that if not submission Glover would have won via the referees decision, but there are too many contenders for the title. I think that the fight between Prohazka and former light heavyweight champion Blachowicz will be more profitable for the UFC.

Glover was eating heavy body shots throughout the match (it's harder to take those at 42) but it was probably the guillotine that took out most of his remaining strength in the fifth round.  He'll probably  watch the fight again and realize it was a mistake not to keep striking.

The fight is a great learning experience for Jiri. Surviving a full mount and escaping multiple submission attempts should give him more confidence moving forward. A striker is more dangerous when he is not afraid of being taken down. He'll most likely win by KO/TKO if Dana pushes for a rematch.

In the Valentina Shevchenko - Santos match, I frankly gave the first three rounds to Santos and the last two to Valentina Shevchenko. I can say that Valentina played the hardest match of her career. Santos has a blue belt if I'm not mistaken, but I think she had more wrestling than that. She had one eye closed due to the blows she received, which could have been more effective in the last rounds had it not been for this closure. Maybe she got a little tired in the last two rounds since he's never fought in five rounds before, but I think she definitely needs a rematch. If Santos improves his condition and a little foot play, I think she can get the belt from Valentina.

At least we now have a challenger for her. I feel with WMMA at times, there can be one person that just dominates. We saw it with Nunes, Cyborg, and we're seeing it with Val. Now at the very least, all the top dogs have either already lost or have got some decent challengers. It's nice to see. I do find that a lot of the WMMA are a lot more technical on the ground, so it kind of breaks up the fights like Jake vs Fialho, as that was literally just a boxing match if it wasn't for Jake spamming the leg kicks.

Santos did well, a lot better than I was expecting. Honestly, I think that head clash was the defining point of the fight unfortunately.

I get what you are saying, but the age of specialists is long gone. Today's young fighters are well wersed in BJJ (for mma) as well other arts that acompany it. It's not uncommon to have slip in fight that a well versed fighter can take advantage of. And I have seen situations in BJJ where blue belts catch a black belt in something. Hell, it even happened to me as a white belt catching a brown belt and tapping him. It's not the norm but things do happen sometimes.

It was a great fight and i was rooting for Glover Teixeira but he gassed out and surprisingly Jiri Prochazka was able to stop him on the ground, i was expecting the opposite and there were many opportunities for Glover Teixeira to win the fight on the feet as well but he always go for the take down and gassed himself out

I need to watch the fight once again, Talia Santos had control in the ground but when it comes to strikes Valentina Shevchenko was far ahead in the scorecard and that is why the judges scored like that. It was a competitive fight for Valentina Shevchenko after a very long time and a rematch would be great.

The main event probably was the fight of the year, but tonight I think we might have had multiple contenders. Apart from the Allen fight, I think we had a really good night of fights. None of them really disappointed except for the Allen fight.

Which is pretty weird to me, since I thought Jiri was the one gassing out. Glover basically had free shots at his face for much of that round. It was the highest amount Glover managed to land in the stand up the entire fight, and Jiri wasn't reacting well. I guess, that opportunity gave him a second wind.

According to the course of the fight, Texeria was leading, if he hadn't lost his neck in the last 30 seconds, Texeria would probably have won by the referee's decision. Both fighters fought well, it was a very competitive match and I enjoyed every second of it. If he hadn't been so tired, Prochazka wouldn't have snatched his neck so easily. The new belt holder of the Prochazka light weight division should be congratulated.

Fialho is great, and I love seeing a fighter go after it, and staying active, However, he probably did need a rest, and was getting ahead of himself. However, there was a clear difference in the ability last night. Jake being agile, good kicks, whereas Fialho is a bit of a one trick pony. He looks for the knock out, and even when he gets hurt, he doesn't look to mitigate that by diving for the legs or trying a take down, he just starts swinging. His style is more akin to heavyweights.

I do like him though, I just think he needs to work on his overall game if he wants to get anywhere near the top, and most importantly stay there. Boxing doesn't win you titles.

Also, Allen annoyed me. I didn't think he won that fight, I thought he was largely dominated, and the only saving grace is he did do a little more damage when he did get positions. I don't think it was a robbery, but more of a lucky win for him as it could have easily gone the other way. Obviously, I didn't mind since he was on my accumulator, but that didn't end up coming in anyway.

Frankly, I am disappointed with Glover Texeira performance. He had lost on his field. I could have understood of Prochazka would have KO him, but loosing via submission, when you have a black belt in BJJ, to a guy with only 2 wins by sub among 28... The only thing I liked about this fight was that Glover at his age has enough gas for 5*5min fight.

In hindsight Fialho could badly need some rest.  He had three matches in three months.  Maybe he should've given himself time to recover.  I know his time in the cage weren't really that long but all that training will take a toll in your body, I don't care who you are.

The main event...  Lmao.  Teixeira had it until he didn't.  If he didn't have his neck caught, he'd be winning via decision.  Would be interesting to see how the new champ matches up vs Rakic and Ankalaev.  There's also Jamahal Hill.

And yeah, fade whoever Santos is up against next fight.  Santos uber good.


Choi my pie shitter.  Lol.  Brendan Allen almost did too.  Fialho was another one.  And note to self, my biggest mistake was ignoring the info that JJ hasn't fought for two years before taking on Weili again.

In honesty, I was shocked that Andre Fialho lost to Matthews if I would bet on this match I will surely lose because my pick would be Fialho in 1st round Matthews was down but in round 2 Jake Matthews was suddenly on the aggressive side, that pressured Fialho and in the 3 mins mark Jake Matthews have seen that Andre Fialho was wobbly he has gained the upper hand, Jake Matthews really has the power and technicality that surely win against Andre Fialho,


It was a masterful fight and both can win depending on what may happen because I think the match was very close, it was an amazing match that was the fight of the year and Dana White will surely give both fighters a bonus for what they have shown to all, Respect for both fighters, and right now I think this is the best fight than with the Gilbert Burns VS Khamzat Chimaev fight, that is why it is the fight of the year on the UFC and these two will surely go down in history,

Damn, what a night. I was in for 3k until Jake Matthews stopped Fialho, I actually had that fight going the distance, as I felt Jake was underestimated. However, he really turned up. That's probably the best I've seen him fight, and against Fialho of all people.

The main event I nearly had right too. I went for the fight to go the distance at like 5.00/5.50 odds in the end, I was very nearly right. I thought the main event was good, with Jiri looking good at times, but overall I felt Glover was the one winning come the last minute of the last round.

Val nearly slipped up, and honestly I was quite impressed by Santos. If it wasn't for that accidental headbutt which caused the swelling on her eye, I think she could have won that, and probably should have based on the performances. Even with the eye, I thought it was very close, and could've gone either way. I have Santos for the win despite those later rounds.

Here are my picks for the UFC 275 and men it was really insane

Glover Teixeira VS Jiri Prochazka - Submission R5 - WIN

It was an insane fight it surely blows my mind, Jiri Prochazka, in the 1st round, has given his back but he stand-up from that Glover Teixeira was controlling the fight to the ground but Prochazka knows how to slither his way out 2nd round was Prochazka's round in my opinion insane striking that he delivers to Glover Teixeira until in the 3rd round both fighters are bloodied, even though both fighters are bloodied, and tired they really never stop in giving us a great fight, Prochazka with his height he surely knows how to deal in getting out to a submission, it was just 39 seconds that Jiri Prochazka has to lock a rear-naked choke to Teixeira, this fight is definitely fought of the year, it was not an easy fight for both fighters, definitely Jiri Prochazka deserves the belt, but Kudos to Glover Teixeira despite his age he surely gives Prochazka a hard time, and that fight was one legit one,

Weili Zhang VS Joanna Jedrzejczyk - KO/TKO - R2 - WIN

From technique to skill there is no doubt Zhang Weili is the real deal, Joanna Jedrzejczyk might have gotten Weili to the ground but it was because Joanna Jedrzejczyk's kick has aimed at the leg that leads Zhang to trip, but it was a one-sided fight that got Joanna Jedrzejczyk to realized that she is now retiring,


Jack Della Maddalena VS Ramazan Emeev - KO/TKO - R1 - WIN

That Liver blow Jack Della Maddalena sure has the strength on his punches, a good quality of a boxer and in round 1 the fight was already done, at 1st Emmev is showing aggressiveness in taking the fight to the ground but Della Maddalena is getting out from that position and the power of Jack Della Maddalena is truly amazing, looking forward to his next fight,


Choi Seung-Woo VS Joshua Culibao - Decision - R3 - WIN

It was a great fight and I mean no words for it, Seung-Woo Choi is just doing his usual but Culibao, men I surely underestimated my guy, but he landed many volumes, on Choi, that was insane, kudos to both fighters they have done a great job, in giving us great event fight, not like the Teixeira VS Prochazka, but it is still a decent fight to watch Joshua Culibao is really hurting Seung-Woo Choi, and Culibao has said to the interview that he's aggression will surely backfire at him and it did, and will definitely look forward to more fight on Joshua Culibao,

UFC 265 Card and Results:

Main Card:
Jiri Prochazka def. Glover Teixeira via Submission
Valentina Shevchenko def. Talia Santos via split decision
Zhang Weili def. Joanna Jędrzejczyk  via TKO [Spinning Back Fist]
Jake Matthews def. Andre Fiahlo via second-round TKO
Jack Della Maddalena def. Ramazan Emeev via first-round TKO

Preliminary Card:
Josh Culibao def. Seungwoo Choi via Split Decision
Hayisaer Maheshate def. Steve Garcia via First-Round Knockout
Brendan Allen def. Jacob Malkoun via Unanimous Decision
Kyung Ho Kang def. Danaa Batgerel via Unanimous Decision
Silvana Gomez Juarez def. Liang Na via First-Round TKO
Joselyne Edwards def. Ramona Pascual via Unanimous Decision

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Jiri Prochazka vs Glover Teixeira - Insane Fight of the Night! I'm very shocked that Glover Teixeira dominated Jiri in the very first two rounds. He missed two very crucial chances to TKO Jiri for an unnecessary submission attempt. Anyways, congratulations for the both of them displaying a bloodbath fight and sportsmanship. I don't want to see a rematch for this fight, obviously Jiri will win because of the age gap and it's a big factor. If Glover Teixeira was in his 30's probably either of them will sleep on the canvas.

Valentina Shevchenko vs Talia Santos - A controversial decision need a rematch.  

Zhang Weili vs Joanna Jędrzejczyk -  I thought this would be a 5 round fight but didn't see that coming. By the way, congratulations to Jędrzejczyk on her retirement. What a great career run! Zhang Weili is coming for his belt.