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From what Islam said - he recognises that winners of Tsarukyan Vs Oliveira and/or Gaethje Vs Holloway deserve the title shot, and he wants to give them a chance, but he doesn't think any of them will be ready to fight in June, given the UFC 300 is on 14th April. So he just wants to fight someone in between.
He said he aims to have 3 fights a year, which is kind of understandable if he's goal is to build a solid legacy (and earn money in the process). The guy has been training all his life since he learn how to walk, so I don't expect him to be happy to sit idle for months during his prime years.

To be fair, Gaethje should be fighting him instead of doing that silly BMF belt thing.

Their matchmaker sees something in Erceg especially when he set up the KO combo against Matt Schnell.
This one https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ieis1h7KnUE This is a perfect 2 hit combo, it doesn't even look like he exerted much power.

But then still the rest in the card are just for FN. Jose Aldo would have been worth it for their PPV headliner. Adding some of those tough old guys like Zaleski Santos but UFC is taking a break after 300. 298-299 is pack loaded though so this time it's hiatus. The 300 might still be talked about even after the 301, they put them all in this event.

Since next event is kinda boring, I have directed my attention to UFC 300 and 301 UFC 301 will take part in Brazil, and the main event and card looks average for a numbered event. Pantoja vs Erceg. Champ vs top10. This is kinda strange. Erceg record is good, but only 3 fights in UFC. Rest of his fights were against no big names in Australian promotion. Frankly not very impressive. I have expected to see more big Brazilian names in UFC 301 card, but I see mostly average fighters. Event looks more like a FN. So question to you, which Brazilian fighter you would add?

After his spectacular win against Benoit at UFC 299, I think Porier deserves to still be among the top UFC Lightweight fighters. But honestly for the title I think Porier has to fight 1 more fight against another top 5. Of course Islam can call Porier because he is still very worthy, but I think Gaetjhe or Gamrot are more worthy at the moment. Gaetjhe is more deserving of the right to fight for the belt at this time. But Porier is also a good choice. I hope Islam really fulfills its promise to become the most active champion in 2024.

Honestly, I want to see the Islam vs Tsarukyan rematch. Currently, I think Arman is the only one who can give a tough fight for Islam. But if Oliveira can beat Tsarukyan then it means Oliveira has evolved into an even better fighter.

Of course, losing to Charles would put Arman's title-shot ambitions on hold and he'll have to win probably at least 2 fights to be considered for another match against Islam. But having 4 losses on his record is nothing bad really. It all depends on who the fighter lost to and whether he gave a good performance. Looking at the top 155 contenders:
Oliveira: 9 losses, Poirier: Gaethje: 4 Losses, Poirier: 8 losses.


MMA doesn't always work like this. It's more of a rock-paper-scissors thing. Oliveira's style could be effective against Tsarukyan, Islam's style could work against Oliveira, but Tsarykyan could still pull off a win against Islam (if ever given another chance).

Speaking about Islam, in his recent interview he said he really wants to fight in June and called out Dustin Poirier. After that, he would be happy to take on either a winner of Tsarukyan/Oliveira or Gaethje/Holloway.
I wonder if the UFC will give him what he wants. Personally, I'd prefer to see Islam fighting Gamrot, but I know the chances of that happening are slim.

This should be very interesting UFC event to watch in weekend.
I love the style of Rose Namajunas but she had a bad run of two loses in a row, but I think this is a perfect chance for her to come back with a win against Amanda Ribas.
Some heavyweight fights is on this fight card and that is big bonus for me, even first fight in prelims should be good with Mohammed Usman vs Mick Parkin.

I'd still watch it out of routine and maybe one of the new guys fighting in the event could turn out to be good.  And maybe I shouldn't have taken the Contender Series for granted as most of the new fighters making their debut went through DWCS.  Some of them went on to be really good and holding the belt even.  O'Malley was from DWCS, the prospect Bo Nickal got his contract from DWCS and many more good fighters.

Anyway, more vids to watch.  Lol.

UFC Free Fight:  Ribas vs Pinheiro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oiv-h7Jr460

UFC Free Fight:  Namajunas vs Andrade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpDWBfldvKQ

Lets not forget that during those 5 years Islam also did not sit still and has gained in skills. Since then, did Arman faced either unranked or those who are in lower ranking tier. When Makhachev faced mostly ranked guys and finished them early. Not to mention two wins over Volkanovski who used to be really high in p4p ranking. No doubt that this is going to be a completely different fight than it was in 2019, but Armans ambitions are two high right now. His tongue comes before his actions He speaks like he is in top5 p4p already. He should face more guys from top5 or experts like prime Holloway or Poirier in striking and see whos kung-fu is better

It was a good enough strategy and it was the weakness of most strikers but for me, the execution of his takedown was very poorly, Curtis Blaydes knew when it was coming so it was his poor execution and Blaydes can see the takedown all over on Jailton Almeida's face, that is why he knew when it is coming what am I saying is at least make a fake execution so Curtis Blaydes would not notice when he will perform his takedowns, he can even hone some quick striking lesson so he can face that he can strike well, but still aiming for the takedown in this game strategy are your ally and deception is your enemies, enemy.


If he loses to Charles Oliveira it will be his 4th loss I really think it is a better opportunity to show how good he is at fighting the one that has the champion and you are right that losing to Charles Oliveira would not be a disqualification for him in getting into the top, however, it is an obstacle he needs to defeat as Charles Oliveira is another pinnacle for him to conquer and if he isn't able to conquer Charles Oliveira then he isn't able to defeat Islam Makhachev yet.


And what is good about fillers in the anime, for me, they are worth skipping and you are right the only ones worth the watch were the Payton Talbott VS Cameron Saaiman and Davey Grant VS Cody Gibson that is canceled due to Davey Grant withdrew from the fight and I still don't know the reason, but yeah maybe watch a few parts maybe the fights that will be worth my time and making a bet for it aswell, but this will be another boring week for me.

^  Now if there was an event that's a filler of a filler I think that would be it...  :/  The only guy worth watching is Cameron Saimaan imo.  The guy is a good prospect and could be a top 5 one day.  So let's see how he does after an upset loss vs Christian Rodriguez who have disappointed a couple of his last opponents Rosas and Dulgarian.  Lawl.  

I'll prolly still end up watching the event tho.    

Here are a couple of vids to watch.

UFC Free Fight:  Namajunas vs Waterson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m32tLAK1UGw

UFC Free Fight:  Ribas vs VanZant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksv8JkuPNpQ

UFC on ESPN: Ribas vs. Namajunas



Date: March 24, 2024
Preliminary Card : SUN, MAR 24 / 1:00 AM GMT+2
Main Card: SUN, MAR 24 / 4:00 AM GMT+2

Venue: UFC Apex

Main card (ESPN)
Women's Flyweight: Amanda Ribas vs. Rose Namajunas            
Heavyweight: Justin Tafa vs. Karl Williams            
Middleweight: Edmen Shahbazyan vs. A.J. Dobson            
Bantamweight: Payton Talbott vs. Cameron Saaiman            
Featherweight: Billy Quarantillo vs. Youssef Zalal            
Featherweight: Fernando Padilla vs. Luis Pajuelo

Preliminary card (ESPN)
Lightweight: Kurt Holobaugh vs. Trey Ogden            
Featherweight: Ricardo Ramos vs. Julian Erosa            
Bantamweight: Miles Johns vs. Cody Gibson            
Featherweight: Jarno Errens vs. Steven Nguyen            
Women's Bantamweight: Montserrat Rendon vs. Darya Zheleznyakova            
Flyweight: Igor Severino vs. André Lima            
Heavyweight: Mohammed Usman vs. Mick Parkin   

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_on_ESPN:_Ribas_vs._Namajunas

I didn't realise Tybura was 38 years old already. That could explain why 7 years younger Tuivasa was considered a slight favourite.
It was short and intense, for a moment it looked like Tuivasa was about to KO Tybura, but Marcin used his reach advantage to keep him away and then went for that takedown which resulted in some nice ground-and-pound from a back-mount position and later in a clumsy but effective rear naked choke.
I don't think either of them could go for the full five rounds, so early finish was more than certain.
Big win for Tybura. I don't think he'll ever get a chance for a title shot at this stage of his career, but he proved to belong in the top 10.

I think they gave away the hint already when Sean considered a 3rd fight even before the 2nd started. We should have considered it a good hint that the fight will be a decision and that a 3rd fight will be coming.

Whats next for Tuivasa? It bet for this man to win lol such a careless. He was winning. He could prevent that takedown by just pulling Tybura up but couldn't resist punching, the worse part he gave up back.

^  As said...  It's gonna be underdog city.    And it did, even OSP won as a huge underdog.  :/  There were close calls for a couple of those underdogs tho.  Like Rodriguez, I think the other guy should've won.

Here are the results.

Marcin Tybura def Tai Tuivasa  SUB R1
Bryan Battle vs Ange Loosa  NC
Ovince Saint Preux def Kennedy Nzechukwu  SD
Christian Rodriguez def Isaac Dulgarian  SD
Macy Chiasson def Pannie Kianzad  SUB R1
Gerald Meerschaert def Bryan Barberena  SUB R2
Mike Davis def Natan Levy  SUB R2
Chelsea Chandler def Josiane Nunes  UD
Jafel Filho def Ode Osbourne  SUB R1
Danny Silva def Joshua Culibao  SD
Jaqueline Amorim def Cory McKenna  SUB R1
Thiago Moises def Mitch Ramirez  TKO R3
Chad Anheliger def Charalampos Grigoriou   UD

UFC Fight Night:  Tuivasa vs Tybura Post Fight Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYW6o0Hgssc

So, any comment on the past event? I have watched it. From the wikipedia I have found that there were lots of submission on the event; think I am going to find a review of it. Also those two split fights, either they were too boring and hard to choose the winner, or they were really close fights?

And again we have a eye poke (btw isnt if funny that two fighters that dont have a wiki page (not very popular) are co-main event fight? ). Many times I have said already, that UFC need new gloves.

The Reality is there but because he nearly defeated Tyson Fury he thought that he could also go toe-to-toe with other Heavyweights picking Anthony Joshua was a terrible mistake as Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua have different techniques, and Tyson Fury underestimated Francis Ngannou that time but I guess this is how far Francis Ngannou could go in boxing and even though he lost against Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua he still got a ton of money with this 2 fights.


For sure many have expected Francis Ngannou would put up a good fight against Anthony Joshua but sad to say it was not worth the watch as Anthony Joshua was dominating Ngannou, while Francis Ngannou didn't know what he was doing for this fight, I am sure he has acquired a lot of money in their fight, men and I really miss Ngannou fight again in the MMA and not in the boxing ring, he should abolish the hope that he can be a boxer, it is OK that he has tried it and make big money for himself, but becoming a boxer I really think that is something he can never achieve with his style and technique right now he can not defeat any Heavyweight boxer I think if Ngannou and Fury would fight again it will be Francis Ngannou's defeat.

Disappointed with Chito Vera's performance even though he won their 1st encounter this is really different Sean O'Malley right now knows what he is doing even though it was a boring fight O'Malley was fighting to win, he doesn't care knocking Marlon Vera he just wants to win and it is really effective against Marlon Vera.

There is an age difference however which bookmakers see it as Tai's advantage. What is exciting is its a HW fight, there's always KO in HW fights which means you can expect something shocking will happen in the cage apart from Bambam drinking piss from a shoe. I think he will win this time.

How much could PPV lose if Charles's fight is cancelled?  Not good for business. I think everybody is expecting him to win too, he got to fight.

Today Is another weekend where we will have fights, I'm looking at at least 4 fights. the first fight was between Thiago Moisés and Mitch Ramirez. well, Thiago Moisés is being seen as the favorite by the bookmakers with odds of 1.25, he was coming from 2 consecutive victories but then lost in the fight against Benoit St. Denis, in a fight he lost by knockout. on the other side we have Mitch Ramirez who was born in the USA, he is 31 years old and has 5 years of professional career, in my opinion Thiago Moisés will come out of this fight with victory, he has much more experience, although in his last fight he had He was defeated, but I still see him coming out victorious in this fight.

Joshua Culibao will fight against Danny Silva, Joshua Culibao is being seen as the favorite by the bookmakers, the odds for him to come out of this fight with a victory are at 1.53, on the other side we have Danny Silva who is 27 years old. age and has 5 years of professional career, he had 9 fights of which he won 8 fights and lost in just 1 fight, but the bookmakers are not seeing Danny Silva as the favorite perhaps because he doesn't have much experience, in any case this odds of 2.60 for Danny Silva I still think they are underestimating him a lot. Danny Silva may be able to surprise in this fight

Natan Levy will fight against Mike Davis, in this fight Mike Davis is being seen as the favorite and given the low odds in his favor I highly doubt that we will see any surprises in this fight in relation to the fighter who will win this fight. Mike Davis is 31 years old and was born in New York, USA. He has 9 years of professional career, but he only had 12 fights of which he won 10 fights and lost 2 fights and on the other side we have Natan Levy who is 32 years old and was born in France. In my opinion, the odds for this fight seem to reflect well on the outcome this fight will have, in other words, Mike Davis will come out of this with victory

But it's not looking good when it happens two times in a row. especially when there's a risk of the main event getting cancelled.
that's just showing a lack of professionalism, i.e. not wearing protective gear, although that doesn't 100% prevent from such injuries, as evidenced by Tyson Fury.


Tuivasa is a slight favourite, but he's coming off 3 losses in a row so could get overly desperate and chaotic. I think if Tybura keeps a cool head, he might shift odds in his favour.

Yeah the guys at Chute Boxe are known for their hard sparring.  That sht's bound to happen from time to time.  I just hope the fight won't be cancelled.  But I'm not to sure for Oliveira anymore...  Seems like he's not as hungry as he was before and before his resurgence, he was seen to give easily in some of his fights.  But that was before blonde Oliveira years ago.  So we'll see what's up on April.

Here are the weigh in results.

Tai Tuivasa (265.5) vs Marcin Tybura (247)
Bryan Battle (170) vs Ange Loosa (171)
Kennedy Nzechukwu (205) vs Ovince Saint Preux (206)
Isaac Dulgarian (145.5) vs Christian Rodriguez (145)
Macy Chiasson (135.5) vs Pannie Kianzad (136)
Bryan Barberena (186) vs Gerald Meerschaert (185.5)
Mike Davis (155) vs Natan Levy (156.5)*
Chelsea Chandler (137)* vs Josiane Nunes (135)
Jafel Filho (125.5) vs Ode Osbourne (125.5)
Josh Culibao (146) vs Danny Silva (148.5)*
Jaqueline Amorim (116) vs Cory McKenna (115.5)
Thiago Moises (155.5) vs Mitch Ramirez (155.5)
Chad Anheliger (135) vs Charalampos Grigoriou (136)

*Missed weight

UFC Tuivasa vs Tybura:  Weigh Ins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n4aW9aornI

UFC Tuivasa vs Tybura:  Face Off
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iE07Kk9DIc