They can make me wait a bit. İbo Aslan was the opening match of the main card, we started the night well with a great knockout.
Then I saw a finish I hadn't seen before, an interesting finish from Sara with a double spinning backfist.
Whittaker and Max Holloway made me a little upset, but I knew it would happen. I took a little risk for Max Holloway, it wasn't that important, it was just a meal .
Khamzat is a real bear stranglehold, I'm sure he'll go much higher.
They say Whittaker's jaw was badly damaged. It doesn't look like he has a chance; if he stayed up, he would be ragdolled.
Topuria is real. He seems not sweating at all while Holloway is already running out of breath even in the 2nd round. He has to throw kicks and jabs otherwise Topuria could draw close to him which can easily swing. Yep he did what he promised to KO Holloway.
I wonder if those who added Holloway to their parlay cashed out when they saw Holloway struggle to fight. It was tempting, but holding on to it is indeed a bad decision.
Yup! And to think that Holloway has one of the better cardios in the UFC. It was Topuria's relentless pressure not giving Holloway any space. But at his age in 145, it could also be the weight cut. It could be draining him now.
As for Whittaker, they say that his teeth moved to different places... Oof.
Here's the next event.
Date: Saturday, Nov 2
Main Card (ESPN/ESPN+): 8:00pm EST
Preliminary Card (ESPN/ESPN+): 5:00pm EST
Venue: Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta
Main Card (PPV)
Brandon Moreno vs Amir Albazi
Erin Blanchfield vs Rose Namajunas
Derrick Lewis vs Jhonata Diniz
Caio Machado vs Brendson Ribeiro
Marc-Andre Barriault vs Dustin Stoltzfus
Mike Malott vs Trevin Giles
Preliminary Card (ESPN/ESPN+)
Aiemann Zahabi vs Pedro Munhoz
Ariane da Silva vs Jasmine Jasudavicius
Charles Jourdain vs Victor Henry
Jack Shore vs Youssef Zalal
Alexander Romanov vs Rodrigo Nascimento
Serhiy Sidey vs Garrett Armfield
Chad Anheliger vs Cody Gibson
Jamey-Lyn Horth vs Ivana Petrovic
I am really interested now about the future of Ankalaev. He was promised to have a title fight against Pereira if he shows a good performance against Rakic. With that, I think Dana expected a knockout or a submission. But we got UD. In fact, Rakic took the first round. I really wonder if such performance was enough for Ankalaev, or he would be tested against, with Prochazka for example. Btw, Jiri and Magomed are both on #1 place in LH. A bug or such situation is possible?
I think Ankalaev is still gonna get it just because there's no one else. And the main draw is Pereira which is an easy sell. They could even do it in Brazil.
Edit: Typos