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I think it was the left hook that shook Jan, well Glover Teixeira really did not overconfidently combo another punch I think this is just to set up the takedowns, and just like you I think that Jan Blachowicz is not himself, he is always backing down, when he has really gotten a clean shot over Teixeira he just backs down I think he did well on the 1st round he just didn't commit on what he is doing, because he can pressure Glover Teixeira from a distance shot,

I think that Izzy really is thinking the same, he should have got that Light Heavyweight by now if he didn't think about the size difference, but the fight with Israel Adesanya in my opinion is a different Jan Blachowicz, but this Blachowicz is a little off and doesn't have any technicality with his style I think Israel Adesanya should try it again against Glover Teixeira Pressuring Glover from the distance is what I see the best way to beat him.

UFC 268



Date: November 7 , 2021
Main Card: SUN, NOV 7 / 4:00 AM EET
Prelims: SUN, NOV 7 / 2:00 AM EET
Early Prelims: SUN, NOV 7 / 12:00 AM EET

Venue: Madison Square Garden

Main card (ESPN / ESPN+)
Welterweight: Kamaru Usman (c) vs. Colby Covington
Women's Strawweight: Rose Namajunas vs. Zhang Weili
Lightweight: Justin Gaethje vs. Michael Chandler            
Featherweight: Shane Burgos vs. Billy Quarantillo            
Bantamweight: Frankie Edgar vs. Marlon Vera
         
Preliminary card (ESPN2 / ESPN+)
Middleweight: Alex Pereira vs. Andreas Michailidis            
Lightweight: Al Iaquinta vs. Bobby Green            
Middleweight: Phil Hawes vs. Chris Curtis            
Middleweight: Edmen Shahbazyan vs. Nassourdine Imavov            
Welterweight: Ian Garry vs. Jordan Williams      

Early preliminary card (ESPN+ / UFC Fight Pass)
Heavyweight: Gian Villante vs. Chris Barnett            
Light Heavyweight: Aleksa Camur vs. John Allan            
Flyweight: CJ Vergara vs. Ode' Osbourne   

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Prochazka Seems eligible, even though he only had two fights with his UFC career I think his MMA career can prove his worth.

Despite Jan probably being the heavy of hands between the two, it was Glover that rocked Jan. If I remember correctly it was either a right hook or a left hook, that really seemed to hurt Jan. He recovered well, and obviously Glover being an experienced fighter he didn't go crazy, and start punching himself out of the fight. I thought he did fantastically well to get the win, and it did seem that Jan was a little off his game on the night, but at the end of the day Glover can only fight what's in front of him on the night.

I've always liked Jan, but I've always thought he was a bit of a weak champion, in fact I think overall the division is fairly weak right now. Obviously, Jan got massive credit for the Izzy fight, but the weight difference definitely played a part in that fight, despite Jan appearing to get the better of Izzy on the feet, but I think most of us can agree that was likely because Izzy didn't want to get taken down because of the size difference.

I don't think anyone can say that Rakic is fresh, he had much more fights in UFC (7) than overhyped balloon Jiri Prochazka with only two UFC fights.
UFC wants to have Prochazka as champion but I am sure he will lose fight with any smart fighter if he continues like in previous two fights.
Magomed Ankalaev had eight fights in UFC, he is a great fighter and I think he deserves the shot for title.
My prediction for next fights in lightheavyweight division could be something like this Rakic vs Blachowicz (or Ankalaev) and Prochazka vs Teixeira maybe even on same card.

On with Aleksandar Rakic, sorry but I really think that he is still fresh and needs a couple of more fights to say that he is really worth taking a title match

^  It was one of those match ups that you don’t want both fighters to lose.    I love them both and I hope Blachowicz gets another crack at it.  

And I didn’t realize that we’re having two PPV events back to back this time.  I was expecting just another fight night card next weekend.    

Aaaahh nice to hear this narrator’s voice again.  Lol.

Frankly speaking, Glover Texeira does not look a like champ that will have a lot of title defenses. Frankly, whole light heavy divisions looks like everyone in top10 has equal chances to be champ and equal chances to lose belt in first title defense.

As to Glover, I think his next opponent will be Jiri Prochazka and he will demolish Glover in first rounds. After that it will be a good time for Glover to retire.

Frankly speaking, Glover Texeira does not look a like champ that will have a lot of title defenses. Frankly, whole light heavy divisions looks like everyone in top10 has equal chances to be champ and equal chances to lose belt in first title defense.

As to Glover, I think his next opponent will be Jiri Prochazka and he will demolish Glover in first rounds. After that it will be a good time for Glover to retire.

A huge upset for Jan Blachowicz and the 2nd oldest fighter winning a belt, I really thought that Jan Blachowicz will win this every punch and kicks was really hitting Glover Teixeira, and what I see from this fight when Glover Teixeira is inside or in close range Glover is dangerous, but when Jan Blachowicz has his distance, Teixeira is slow at moving his head, from Blachowicz punches, right now I think that Jan Blachowicz takedown defense really improves unfortunately that attempt of Glover with the Kimora lock, was really the setup, Blachowicz really defended that at first but suddenly he panicked and giving away his backside and his neck for Glover to tap on the rear naked choke, it was really a crazy fight.

If you look at the rankings Jiri Prochazka should be the next challenger for the newly crowned champion and then there is Dominick Reyes who lost to Jiri Prochazka and like you said Aleksandar Rakic needs a few fights before challenging for the title as he is on a two fight winning streak and he has a loss against Volkan Oezdemir and that is the situation with Magomed Ankalaev as he needs a few fights especially from top 5 before challenging for the title.


 

UFC 268


Main card (ESPN / ESPN+)
Welterweight: Kamaru Usman (c) vs. Colby Covington
Women's Strawweight: Rose Namajunas vs. Zhang Weili
Lightweight: Justin Gaethje vs. Michael Chandler            

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I really like Jiri Prochazka, with his style and technique, and right now he has a decent record to work out the best technique for Teixeira, but it is 5 months now and Jiri Prochazka doesn't see active after the great performance with the Dominic Reyes fight, I really like to see him again fight, but not with a title shot for now.

I don't think that Glover Teixeira will stay champion for a long time, he was much better than Blachowicz but both of them are not that young anymore (42 and 38).
Younger fighters are nocking on doors like Jiri Prochazka, Aleksandar Rakic or Magomed Ankalaev and it's only question of time when we are going to see new light heavyweight champion.
We can see now how Jon Jones was so dominating, and I think that Magomed Ankalaev will be serious challenger soon.

Well, I didn't manage to get any predictions up since I didn't realise how early this fight night started. I basically, went from watching football, to the Welsh rugby straight to the main card as I missed basically all the prelims. Ah well, I don't know about the prelims, but the main card was decent. I'm particularly impressed by Glover, and I'm glad after 20 years he finally gets that belt. Felt like a fairy tale ending, well I say ending it seems he's going to continue fighting.

I'm gutted for Cory I thought he was doing brilliantly, and he didn't fight a bad fight at all. Petr Yan was just getting the more significant strikes. What I didn't like about Cory's game plan is after the 4th round where it could have arguably been 2-2, his corner said to keep touching him, and don't load up, but honestly at that point of the fight I felt if Cory could have sat down on his punches more potentially the judges may have changed their mind with the close round 2.

I don't know I think he'll be kicking himself over that loss, because I think Yan despite how good he was on the night, was there for the taking.

Those are the guys that are influenced by the grappling skills of Khabib that when a fighter is already grabbed, they can't just get escape without bruises, choked or limbs got twisted.  

Many of us must have lost to this Blachowicz fight. Doesn't look good when some heavyweight like Glover presses him down flat back. It's got to be the worse loss.

Those are the guys that are influenced by the grappling skills of Khabib that when a fighter is already grabbed, they can't just get escape without bruises, choked or limbs got twisted.  

Many of us must have lost to this Blachowicz fight. Doesn't look good when some heavyweight like Glover presses him down flat back. It's got to be the worse loss.

Li Jingliang vs Khamzat Chimaev

The Return of Khamzat Chimaev the fight was really amazing, in just a snap, he secures a takedown by faking his strike, then the savage part here is he then carries Li Jingliang to talk to Dana White to get a closer look at what is about to happen, then striking and get a betting Submission on Li Jingliang, that was really great performance and with just a snap he did secure a Technical Submission to Li Jingliang, the hype is real, and will continue to look on any performance Khamzat Chimaev will take.

Islam Makhachev vs Dan Hooker

Just like Khamzat Chimaev, they have finished the fight on the 1st round, and here in this fight we can see the real difference of the usual wrestling to the Dagestan Wrestling even though Dan Hooker has leaned to the cage and this is a wrong move to go with a wrestler that has the same style as Khabib Nurmagomenodov, it is now too easy for Makhachev to apply his Dagestan Wrestling, and I think Khabib is telling him something because Khabib Nurmagomenodov is pretty close to them, and Islam Makhachev executed the Kimura lock then Dan Hooker can not do a thing, this performance was really awesome and I can not wait to see more of this Dagestan Wresting in another fight.

These two fights really are something and my bet was really a good one, with Petr Yan but no thanks to Jan Blachowicz.