It is clear that Ali tried to get a payday for both Islam and Justin in the Saudi Arabia card originally in March and the UFC told him to go pound sand. Saudi Arabia in return has told the UFC to go pound sand and now all parties are in a difficult position. The UFC probably doesn't want to make...
Donn Davis looks like a complete deer in headlights, the reality is that it's probably easier to get Ngannou to fight for the PFL than Cyborg considering how much she has been shitting on Davis. And Ngannou right now clearly wants to pretend the PFL doesn't exist.
The truth is that Fury should have destroyed Ngannou even worse than Joshua did, but he got paid to throw the fight.
Ngannou in the end probably doesn't care cause he got paid and can retire tomorrow. He won in the end too. The ones we should be laughing at is the PFL cause there's a good...
Strickland is already a bigger star than O'Malley, he's currently the UFC's biggest draw not named Conor or Islam or Jones. Win or lose he's already a superstar.
Till and Brunson were past it by the time they fought DDP. Whittaker was uncharacteristically poor against DDP and showing signs of being past it too. Just being able to fight Cannonier in a competitive fight is something that's probably beyond DDP's ability.
Dricus is funny because the more he is gassed out, the better his fighting actually gets. He tends to throw less haymakers and be more of a technical counterpuncher when he is gassed out. And he is more dangerous when he is that.
That said, I am not sure he has anything much that Strickland...
Ankle ligament tear is no joke, he has a long road ahead to recovery. He is probably not going to be the same fighter after such a major injury. Before that it does seem like he's an inevitable UFC champ.
Fight has an extremely high chance of going to decision. You just need to see the Strickland vs Cannoneir to know that DDP is going to be punching a wall or the air for most of the fight. Unless you believe DDP can sub/GnP Strickland (who is no slouch in grappling) or that Strickland can Abus...
DDP is no Khamzat, him taking down Whittaker seems to have made people forget his more clumsy wrestling efforts in his earlier fights. I think the intelligent thing for him to do is to strike for 3-4 minutes then shoot in the last 1-2 minute, in a close fight this could allow him to steal rounds...
DDP's style is in its core super inefficient; he wants distance from his opponent and makes big movements to ensure that. Doesn't matter how good his cardio is, he will 100% gas out against Strickland if the fight gets past round 3. Simply because Strickland's style is far more energy efficient...
They obviously tried to make Islam vs Gaethje for the card, but Ali knew that he had the UFC by the balls and tried to get a payday for both of his clients. Both Gaethje and Islam knew that they have nothing to prove and no rush to fight again anyway. Which is why the UFC is trying to freeze...
Even if Ankalaev keeps it standing there's no reason why he can't do to Pereira what Israel did. Ankalaev is the best counter puncher in the division and will have a speed advantage over Pereira. With how hittable Pereira looks and how he seemed to have lost a lot of the KO power he had in MW...
Leon Edwards is an expert downloader, and the track record of downloaders against high volume pressure fighters is that they often have their downloading capabilities overloaded and they get overwhelmed. See Aldo's fights against Holloway, or Yan vs Dvalishvili. Heck Edwards was losing against...
A lot of fighters seem to hate Donn Davis, in contrast to Scott Coker who fighters seem to love and feel tremendous loyalty to. This makes me wonder how many of the Bellator talent will not jump ship a few years from now.
Ankaleav is probably struck in the same situation as Khamzat, he can't get a visa to fight in the US because he was caught being buddies with Kadyrov. Alex will probably retire by the time he is forced to fight Ankaleav.
Some fighters wait for their opponents to tire out before unleashing their power. Lewis, Dricus Du Plessis and Kennedy Nzechukwu are good examples of such fighters. Guys like Conor don't give a shit and unleash everything early on.
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