I'm just waiting for someone to die with all this extreme weight cutting. Not that I want that to happen, but when it does happen they should introduce rules to put caps on in-cage weight. You shouldn't be allowed to walk into the Octagon more than 15 pounds above your weight class limit. Weight...
I don't see how you put Islam Makhachev over GSP or Jon Jones.
Let's keep Islam's record in perspective: He has zero title defenses against 155ers. Now, I have no doubt he will be Poirier with his wrestling. But does he beat Gaethje? Arman? I'm not convinced.
I do take issue with Makhachev only fighting outside of the USA.
IMO it should be a UFC rule that every single UFC champion fight at least once a year in the USA. They can do their 2nd fight of the year elsewhere. This seems to be a big problem for the Muslim fighters especially. Khamzat can't...
God I hope Whittaker absolutely smashes Chimaev so we can stop talking about him. He has yet to do anything relevant at 185, and people are talking about him like he's the greatest fighter of all time.
I dislike Makhachev but I honestly don't think he cares who he fights. I think he just wanted to fight at that specific time, and the UFC needed a main event for 302.
Sean Strickland did not fight on a shorter interval between fights. He had 10 weeks before the fight with Adesanya. Also, Strickland wasn't offered that fight instantly. He had time off after his previous fight to rest & recover, and he knew whether he was good to go or not. Arman didn't even...
I mean that fight could make sense. It all depends on whether Jiri gets the next title shot at 205. If Ankalaev ends up getting the next title shot, then this fight makes some sense.
I guess the guy insulted Arman or some shit. I'm not sure if the translation is accurate, but I guess Arman said in Russia he will attack anyone on the spot that insults him like that. Kinda dumb if you ask me, since you're always going to have thousands of fans and even more thousands of people...
And Poirier is going to get dominated in the wrestling department again. This is honestly a waste of a title fight. The UFC screwed Arman. Arman should be fighting Makhachev 3-4 months from now. But the UFC wanted to fill the UFC 302 main event, so they give Poirier an undeserved title shot.
Are you a fucking retard? For real?
They offered Arman the Islam fight SIX WEEKS out. Arman just fought a tough 3 round fight against Oliveira. You expect him to turn around and fight 6 weeks later against Islam? That's completely unreasonable. Don't sit here and bash Arman for making a logical...
IMO I'd rather see that fight be a draw if anything. I thought it was 19-19 after 2 rounds, and neither fighter really put a stamp on the 3rd round. Arman had a lot of control in the 3rd but not a lot of damage, and he spent the last 30 seconds fighting off a deep choke attempt.
But if I had...
Kinda scummy to offer a fighter a title shot just 6 weeks after they just fought a difficult fight.
Arman is robbed here. He deserves the title shot against Makhachev with at least 12 weeks to prepare. Poirier is going to get dominated because he's proven throughout his career that he has no...
Exactly. I can't even believe people are questioning his decisions in rounds 1 & 2.
Yan won the 3rd round and looked like a threat to win the fight. If Zhang's panic wrestling had failed in rounds 4 & 5, I honestly think Yan could have won by TKO.
I think that fight proved that Herzog made the right call. At the end of round 3, Yan had a chance. Zhang was looking drained and the momentum was all in Yan's favor. Had Zhang not been able to panic wrestle and control the last 2 rounds, I honestly think Yan would have won that fight by TKO...
Garbage. Poirier is going to get wrestled to death again. Poirier has had his chances and failed.
Arman Tsarukyan got robbed here. He should be fighting Makhachev.
Arman won and that's fair. But it's important to re-iterate to the unintelligent troglodytes on this forum: You cannot win fights solely on control/position. The 2000s style wrestling control wins in the UFC are a thing of the past. You can have top control for 4 minutes, and it scores exactly...
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