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There's a reason Topuria didn't have to go through Holloway and right after gaining the title said it didn't 'make sense' to fight him.

100% knockdown. It doesn't even matter how hurt he was or was not. Whenever a punch causes you to be considered a 'downed opponent' it's a knockdown.

That’s what he gets for being so boring that he has to beg people to remember his name. If he had even the slightest of personality or entertainment value this wouldn’t be an issue.

I picked Max to win, but how he did it was amazing.

Lol he gave Gaethje a chance in a fight he already had in the bag and knocked him the fuck out. Stay salty.

But Max isn’t complaining about not getting fights.

Nah he made Laura Sanko do it for him.

More like you were a former olympian facing soccer moms / hobbyist MMA fighters and then you faced some real competition and got fucked up.

You’d think he could afford some private security.

Someone I know told me about how she got bullied. Dad was done with it after it kept happening so he gave her a piece of garden hose and told her to beat the shit out of the bully. Worked well. Sometimes violence is the answer. I guess not “socially accepted” anymore these days.

Below chance is not a good baseline for a sports-betting model though. It should be compared to the baseline of always picking the betting favorite IMO. That would probably get you close to 70% already. Even then, for actual betting it would be better if it spit out the chance of a fighter...

As if they wouldn't completely change their strategies for a fight to the death lol.

Jesus Christ the fucking autism in this thread. You guys ever heard of figure of speech?

Then you haven't been watching MMA long enough. Unexpected shit happens all the time.

May wanna check some muay thai.

Yeah and at least 50% of those were absolutely garbage no name opponents with records of 0-0 and 0-1 while he was already an experienced fighter with 15ish pro fights. Once he got to top quality opponents he quit after 3 fights. Longevity is important for rankings. Obviously it's a lot easier...

You're basing your opinion on a 5 year old fight in which he didn't get finished by a guy with serious KO power at LW. Max has a chin as good if not better than most LWs. I think he will do a lot better than people think.

Max is going to hurt Justin in this fight. He build up properly this time.

Yes, but again, that does not change the level of competition he faced. Also, a lot of his opponents were on PEDs too, e.g. Vitor. Khabib is a great fighter (dominant, never hurt, zero losses), but his resume is still weak. GSP, Aldo, Jones all did way more during their title reigns.