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December 08, 2024, 04:28:28 PM
So Merab wants the fight held in Georgia?  It's every champ's dream.
Depending on how many fighters they feature from Georgia or close to this country, most probably the Dagestanis will fill the stadium. He should be careful who to fight whenever he wants it in his country because he might disappoint fellow countrymen.

All I can say is that he has the right to decline fights, especially Umar.
Dagestani is a part of Russia. There are many sanctions against Russia and it will be impossible to have a UFC event in Dagestani. Georgia is very easy when it comes to VISAs. It's very easy for Americans and Europeans to enter our country, they don't need visas, so Georgia might be a good place for Dana White to make some UFC events but I'm afraid, locals won't be able to afford their ticket prices because as I have heard, they are very expensive.

Maybe Turkey could be another option, this country is bordering with Georgia and atmosphere in arena would be hot for sure.
Chances for that would be bigger if Turkey had top UFC fighters, but I dont think so.
That would be good too but will UFC be able to sell alcohol? My friend is a Merab's "brother" and he told me that in UFC events, most of people are drunk and alcohol usage is crazy.

And it is already announced that it will be in Inglewood, CA. Dagestani guys are now drinking validolum to calm down, as the level of wrestling in this fight is going to be as high as possible. Will we see Khabib in the corner of both main and co-main event fights? Double champ from Dagestani? Nurmagomedov's father legacy?
I don't watch UFC and don't have much idea about 99% of fighters here but I know that there is a fight between two Dagestani, one Armenian and one Georgia, Merab. Someone was writing that this is the Fight of Mountains and I think it's a perfect title. All these people come from the Caucasus Mountains.
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December 07, 2024, 01:45:53 PM
Wow, this is getting personal for Merab. The relationship between Merab and Umar is getting terrible. Did you guys watch the press conference? If not, then you should watch it, especially if you are a fan of Merab.
Merab said that Umar congratulated him when he beat Petr Yan and now he wants to fight Merab, he calls Umar a snitch and I get it. Umar wasn't happy for Merab's win, he wanted to fight him in his heart but there is a thing that scares me. I believe Merab is too afraid of Umar, Merab said many times that this fight is a gift for him from the UFC. Will Merab lose? Merab is too strong, has a great cardio, discipline and skills. I don't know much about Umar, haven't seen his fights but Merab looks too scared. I hope he wins because he deserves it and Dana White is a shameless man. He doesn't like Dvalishvili and does absolutely everything he can to get rid of Merab. I hope Merab beats Umar, I love it when things go the way Dana White doesn't want.
Merab made it personal but it is obvious that he is afraid. But Merab knows where to stop or Islam knows that he will intervene and talk, he already talked.
I am already starting to wonder how their fight will be, the fight between these two will really attract good attention.
Umar is also undefeated and fights until the end, Merab is also good on the ground, his cardio is very very good and he never stops.
Can Umar stop him maybe because he can finish with very fast counter strikes.
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December 07, 2024, 12:29:36 PM
Wow, this is getting personal for Merab. The relationship between Merab and Umar is getting terrible. Did you guys watch the press conference? If not, then you should watch it, especially if you are a fan of Merab.
Merab said that Umar congratulated him when he beat Petr Yan and now he wants to fight Merab, he calls Umar a snitch and I get it. Umar wasn't happy for Merab's win, he wanted to fight him in his heart but there is a thing that scares me. I believe Merab is too afraid of Umar, Merab said many times that this fight is a gift for him from the UFC. Will Merab lose? Merab is too strong, has a great cardio, discipline and skills. I don't know much about Umar, haven't seen his fights but Merab looks too scared. I hope he wins because he deserves it and Dana White is a shameless man. He doesn't like Dvalishvili and does absolutely everything he can to get rid of Merab. I hope Merab beats Umar, I love it when things go the way Dana White doesn't want.

It's going where Dana wants it. I just watched the press. Merab is too afraid to face off, he stays afar   Grin
Feel bad for him. Dana didn't even want him to at least win a single title defense fight. But they can really sell this UFC 311 well with these two.

We can partly test level of Islams wrestling from the match Umar vs Merab. Umar, Khabib, Islam came from one wrestling school, from Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov. In theiry their wrestling should be on same level. Merab is also great at wrestling (rewatch fight against Petr Yan) and has great cardio. Never seen Arman breathing heavily in late rounds. Islam never had top level wrestlers opponents, as well as Umar. If Umar passes Merab wrestling, then Islam should not worry about Armans wrestling Grin

Not just from one wrestling school, they also take a dip in one Jacuzzi that's what Merab tweeted lol But Islam's wrestling looks very solid they say. I think Islam can take down just about anyone.
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December 07, 2024, 07:44:31 AM
Wow, this is getting personal for Merab. The relationship between Merab and Umar is getting terrible. Did you guys watch the press conference? If not, then you should watch it, especially if you are a fan of Merab.
Merab said that Umar congratulated him when he beat Petr Yan and now he wants to fight Merab, he calls Umar a snitch and I get it. Umar wasn't happy for Merab's win, he wanted to fight him in his heart but there is a thing that scares me. I believe Merab is too afraid of Umar, Merab said many times that this fight is a gift for him from the UFC. Will Merab lose? Merab is too strong, has a great cardio, discipline and skills. I don't know much about Umar, haven't seen his fights but Merab looks too scared. I hope he wins because he deserves it and Dana White is a shameless man. He doesn't like Dvalishvili and does absolutely everything he can to get rid of Merab. I hope Merab beats Umar, I love it when things go the way Dana White doesn't want.
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December 07, 2024, 06:36:43 AM
Here are the weigh in results...  It looks like there's one miss and it's a bad miss as Bryan Battle looked like he was really drained for his weigh in.  And he's 3 lbs over the limit, looks drained..?  Not good.  Randy Brown at 2.65 could be a good spot here imho.

Champ Alexandre Pantoja (124.5) vs Kai Asakura (124.5)
Ian Machado Garry (171) vs Shavkat Rakhmonov (171)
Ciryl Gane (245.5) vs Alexander Volkov (254.5)
Kron Gracie (144.5) vs Bryce Mitchell (146)
Dooho Choi (146) vs Nate Landwehr (145.5)
Dominick Reyes (205) vs Anthony Smith (205.5)
Themba Gorimbo (171) vs Vicente Luque (170.5)
Movsar Evloev (145.5) vs Aljamain Sterling (145.5)
Bryan Battle (175)* vs Randy Brown (171)
Eryk Anders (193) vs Chris Weidman (194.5)
Cody Durden (126) vs Joshua Van (126)
Michael Chiesa (170.5) vs Max Griffin (170)
Clay Guida (155) vs Chase Hooper (155.5)
Lukasz Brzeski (234) vs Kennedy Nzechukwu (236.5)

*Missed weight

Last call to jeremypwr's Multi Master.

UFC 310:  Multi Master Challenge
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--5521218
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December 07, 2024, 04:53:36 AM
We can partly test level of Islams wrestling from the match Umar vs Merab. Umar, Khabib, Islam came from one wrestling school, from Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov. In theiry their wrestling should be on same level. Merab is also great at wrestling (rewatch fight against Petr Yan) and has great cardio. Never seen Arman breathing heavily in late rounds. Islam never had top level wrestlers opponents, as well as Umar. If Umar passes Merab wrestling, then Islam should not worry about Armans wrestling Grin
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December 06, 2024, 01:26:48 PM
(...) Sounds stupid, but I even think they dont need a venue. Create an octagon on flatland, and mountains will be crowded by spectators. Does not matter if all they see are two dots moving.

Lol, yeah they could watch it on youtube afterwards anyway.
But the gate money though... can you charge people for sitting on a side of a mountain? How much could you squeeze out of them?

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I believe that Islam is going to beat him again, I would consider Tsarukyan as an easy opponent for Islam.
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I don't know about that. Arman has much better wrestling than Islam's past opponents, so it will be much harder to take him down and hold him down, not to mention any submissions.
In my estimation, Islam is slightly better in wrestling and slightly better in striking, so it might be a close fight, just like the first one was. I think Arman is rightfully a number one contender as there isn't anyone stronger than him. However, it would be interesting to see how Gamrot's wrestling would compare to Islam's, as Gamrot has out-wrestled Arman in their fight.
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December 06, 2024, 07:40:05 AM
^  Both really good match ups and all 4 of those guys are really excellent fighters...  The cream of the crop in the UFC.  But sorry to say that Dvalishvili backers could be in for a disappointment.  Umar Nurmagomedov is the real deal and I wouldn't be surprised if the bookies line him 2 to 1 to win against his opponent.  Could be more.

Weigh ins soon...

UFC 310:  Morning Weigh In Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZvCww7veoU

UFC 310:  Ceremonial Weigh In
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3Msps_RwbE

There's one of those early press conferences for 311 to build up the event.

UFC 311:  Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INxvDKYU5kA
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December 06, 2024, 05:39:07 AM
Yesterday it became known that the next UFC 311 event will take place on January 18, 2025, in California, USA.
The main fight event is Islam Makhachev vs Arman Tsarukyan. This is the 2nd fight between them. In the first fight, Makhachev beat Tsarukyan (of course Cheesy). But Tsarukyan has an impressive results too. His last fight was against Charles Oliveira a few months ago and he beat him in that fight.
I believe that Islam is going to beat him again, I would consider Tsarukyan as an easy opponent for Islam.

The co-main event of UFC 311 is Merab Dvalishvili vs Umar Nurmagomedov. All of you know that Merab is one of my favorite fighter because of his past, hard work and dedication. This fight seems very interesting and dangerous. I think that Merab is going to win this fight. He was hesitating fight against Umar but now accepted it, so I'm sure he is confident enough to beat him.

My bets are following:
1. Islam Makhachev wins
2. Merab Dvalishvili wins.

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December 06, 2024, 05:33:28 AM
On the other hand, Georgian people are so proud for their nation, that they can take huge loan, borrow money with wild %, that they will build in a month a venue that will fit tens or hundred thousands people, just to run an event where their champion defences his title. When Khabib won his belt and returned, he whole stadium went just to see him. And the government made even 1 day off. In Georgia, they would do the same. Sounds stupid, but I even think they dont need a venue. Create an octagon on flatland, and mountains will be crowded by spectators. Does not matter if all they see are two dots moving.

Something like this:

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December 06, 2024, 04:20:25 AM
I dont think now is the right time for that there are active protests in many cities in Georgia now and that is not good circumstances for any big sporting event, but next year is possible if things calm down.

Exactly. Georgia is off the table until the situation stabilises. But even then, I don't think they actually have any suitable venues available.
A quick search tells me the largest venues (excluding football stadiums) have a max capacity of 10,000, which is less than the average attendance for the numbered events. Also, it's a small and not very wealthy country, so not many people could afford to (or be willing to) pay a few hundred USD.
It's possible that the Georgian government would be willing to support the UFC in organising the event and maybe even bear a portion of the costs, as it would be a good way to promote the country etc, but I wouldn't expect that to happen anytime soon.
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December 06, 2024, 02:06:21 AM
A few days ago someone asked UFC boss about moving UFC in Georgia because there are two Georgian champions in ufc and their number is about to increase. Dana White's response about that is that he is willing to expand UFC to Georgia but I think you guys know it better. Are UFC events happening in other countries besides the USA? Is there a chance Dana White will make an event in a small country like Georgia? What are the ticket prices, does anyone know?

Btw there is some news which I think you'll like. Merab Dvalishvili finally decided to fight against Umar Numagomedov. Many were saying that Merab was scared of Umar, now what are they going to say about this? I hope Merab wins this fight. On whose side are you guys?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_311

And it is already announced that it will be in Inglewood, CA. Dagestani guys are now drinking validolum to calm down, as the level of wrestling in this fight is going to be as high as possible. Will we see Khabib in the corner of both main and co-main event fights? Double champ from Dagestani? Nurmagomedov's father legacy?
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December 05, 2024, 03:20:29 PM
A few days ago someone asked UFC boss about moving UFC in Georgia because there are two Georgian champions in ufc and their number is about to increase.
I dont think now is the right time for that there are active protests in many cities in Georgia now and that is not good circumstances for any big sporting event, but next year is possible if things calm down.
Maybe Turkey could be another option, this country is bordering with Georgia and atmosphere in arena would be hot for sure.
Chances for that would be bigger if Turkey had top UFC fighters, but I dont think so.
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December 05, 2024, 11:48:49 AM
A few days ago someone asked UFC boss about moving UFC in Georgia because there are two Georgian champions in ufc and their number is about to increase. Dana White's response about that is that he is willing to expand UFC to Georgia but I think you guys know it better. Are UFC events happening in other countries besides the USA? Is there a chance Dana White will make an event in a small country like Georgia? What are the ticket prices, does anyone know?

Btw there is some news which I think you'll like. Merab Dvalishvili finally decided to fight against Umar Numagomedov. Many were saying that Merab was scared of Umar, now what are they going to say about this? I hope Merab wins this fight. On whose side are you guys?

So Merab wants the fight held in Georgia?  It's every champ's dream.
Depending on how many fighters they feature from Georgia or close to this country, most probably the Dagestanis will fill the stadium. He should be careful who to fight whenever he wants it in his country because he might disappoint fellow countrymen.

All I can say is that he has the right to decline fights, especially Umar.
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December 05, 2024, 11:34:51 AM
A few days ago someone asked UFC boss about moving UFC in Georgia because there are two Georgian champions in ufc and their number is about to increase. Dana White's response about that is that he is willing to expand UFC to Georgia but I think you guys know it better. Are UFC events happening in other countries besides the USA? Is there a chance Dana White will make an event in a small country like Georgia? What are the ticket prices, does anyone know?

Btw there is some news which I think you'll like. Merab Dvalishvili finally decided to fight against Umar Numagomedov. Many were saying that Merab was scared of Umar, now what are they going to say about this? I hope Merab wins this fight. On whose side are you guys?
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December 05, 2024, 11:24:51 AM
From what I saw on the reddit, a lot of comments are like "I hope Pantoja wins" and few are like "That guy from low league that has never defended a title has no chances". I sure understand the origins of "that guy from", but why others hope that Pantoja wins ? Cheesy I went looking his highlights Cheesy Ok, he can knock people out with hands, but all or majority of them were in the ring. Octagon is different. You cant catch opponent in the corner, it is bigger.

It appears that many of the fans are underestimating, not the Japanese man, however, underestimating uncle Dana and the matchmakers' capabilities on choosing very talented fighters. Agreed that it is headshaking that why did uncle Dana accepted this Japanese man from a low league as challenger of the champion of the highest league? They might have noticed something in the style of this Japanese man and they might have also witnessed something in the style of Pantoja hehehehe. My prediction is uncle Dana has predicted that this Japanese man will knockout the champion before round 3 hehehehehehe.

It's possible. The Japanese however is used to soccer kicking grounded opponents, which is not allowed in the UFC. With this rule, he may not be capable when the fight is on the ground against Pantoja. Somehow this is unpredictable since Kai also has a fast hand, all he can hope is Pantoja gonna be KOd with one punch because if not, Pantoja gonna take him down.

Kai gonna make the division exciting though when he fights to gain back a title shot.
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December 05, 2024, 07:35:47 AM
Problem is that fighters complained for being put into prelims, and they are highly ranked, one of them had title fights not long ago.
UFC match making is tricky business and you cant make everyone happy, but maybe they had some internal problem with Dana White and that put them down and removed from main card.

I'm starting to think that placing established fighters in prelims is some sort of punishment and a signal that the UFC does not intend to invest in promoting them anymore.
It reminds me of putting Mokaev in the prelims at the UFC 304 in Manchester, which is (or was) his hometown and he was pretty popular back then. I thought it was a tactical move to make sure the UK fans would watch the whole thing, despite unusual hours, but we all know what happened to him later.

Aljo is not holding back and openly expresses his disappointment about not being on the main card:
https://www.lowkickmma.com/aljamain-sterling-insulted-ufc-310-prelims/

UFC put Rosas in early prelims on UFC 306 that took in Sphere. It was on the same date with Mexican independence day, and they put growing star in the very first fight of the evening. UFC 310 is on December 7 and on that day Pearl Harbor was attack by Japanize air forces with kamikaze on board. I doubt that the logic is make a revenge by brutally beating Asakura Cheesy I really that Asakura deserve that instant title shot, and the rest division that stands in queue to face champ would not be much angry because of that.
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December 05, 2024, 06:57:51 AM
^  Uh...  GTFO with that kind of sht.  I mean sure it could happen but don't talk like you know it's def gonna happen.  Lol.  Like wtf...

Anyway can't wait for the pre fight conference for this one as we have Ian Garry.  Cheesy Cheesy  The guy is pretty good with the mic as he could rile his opponents up and has a way with the audience to hate him.  

UFC 310:  Pre Fight Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv4DczCWPgo

Anyway, some words swirling around that Rakhmonov subbed Garry during practice...
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December 04, 2024, 10:38:51 PM
From what I saw on the reddit, a lot of comments are like "I hope Pantoja wins" and few are like "That guy from low league that has never defended a title has no chances". I sure understand the origins of "that guy from", but why others hope that Pantoja wins ? Cheesy I went looking his highlights Cheesy Ok, he can knock people out with hands, but all or majority of them were in the ring. Octagon is different. You cant catch opponent in the corner, it is bigger.

It appears that many of the fans are underestimating, not the Japanese man, however, underestimating uncle Dana and the matchmakers' capabilities on choosing very talented fighters. Agreed that it is headshaking that why did uncle Dana accepted this Japanese man from a low league as challenger of the champion of the highest league? They might have noticed something in the style of this Japanese man and they might have also witnessed something in the style of Pantoja hehehehe. My prediction is uncle Dana has predicted that this Japanese man will knockout the champion before round 3 hehehehehehe.
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December 04, 2024, 06:12:59 PM
Problem is that fighters complained for being put into prelims, and they are highly ranked, one of them had title fights not long ago.
UFC match making is tricky business and you cant make everyone happy, but maybe they had some internal problem with Dana White and that put them down and removed from main card.

I'm starting to think that placing established fighters in prelims is some sort of punishment and a signal that the UFC does not intend to invest in promoting them anymore.
It reminds me of putting Mokaev in the prelims at the UFC 304 in Manchester, which is (or was) his hometown and he was pretty popular back then. I thought it was a tactical move to make sure the UK fans would watch the whole thing, despite unusual hours, but we all know what happened to him later.

Aljo is not holding back and openly expresses his disappointment about not being on the main card:
https://www.lowkickmma.com/aljamain-sterling-insulted-ufc-310-prelims/
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