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1 minute ago, Carbomb said:

I see Barnett's got a win over Rapist Alexander, so they could push it as Fedor getting family revenge. Don't see it happening though.

I don't think they would need to use that angle. Fedor vs Barnett was a dream match in its own right. Barnett is the only top Pride Heavyweight that Fedor never fought. 

Plus, Fedor and Aleks loathe one another these days. 

I know I am turning into a miserable prick when it comes to this sort of thing. But I have no interest in seeing JDS fight at all in 2021. 

I only don't mind seeing Fedor, Barnett, and a few other old men fight because I have a weird obsession with them. 

I would have preferred Fedor vs Barnett personally. 

JDS would have probably beaten the 09/10 version of Fedor. As I have posted in the past on this forum, Fedor was quite beatable long before Werdum subbed him. The 2003-2006 version of Fedor would likely wreck any version of JDS though. Not only was Fedor in his physical prime, but he and his camp were excellent at developing gameplans too (see the third fight with Nog or the Cro Cop fight). JDS always had weaknesses, most notably he tended to fight in a straight line, and thus if placed on the back foot he would back himself up against the cage where he struggled to defend against strikes. I think Fedor would easily figure out a way to exploit that weakness, especially in the ring where it was easier to trap opponents in corners. 

The prime version of Fedor is still the most skilled fighter above 170lbs in the sports' history imo. I agree with Kyle McLachlan claim that if a younger fighter had Fedor's skillset, they would excel in the modern era. Yet, wear and tear have limited what Fedor is able to do inside the cage/ring. His chin went years ago as well. JDS has probably been past his prime since the Cain fights, but while he's currently on a losing streak, he's not quite as shot as Fedor is imo. 

Thus in 2021, I pick JDS via KO (sadly). 

Fastest finger first Ebb. 

12 minutes ago, Carbomb said:

He's the best fighter on the UFC roster.

Very debatable, especially on recent form. 

I think Volk is the best personally, with Usman just behind. Yan looks to be something special as well. 

42 minutes ago, Egg Shen said:

as ludicrous as this may sound on first thought, Stipe's reign as the consensus GOAT could be a short one.

Francis Ngannou has a sneaky good resume that isnt far off. If Francis knocks off a Jones or Stipe again next, i may be ready to anoint him. If he then avenges his only other loss to Lewis, forget about, case closed. 

Look at this shit:

Stipe Miocic KO

Jaircinho Rozenstruick KO

Junior Dos Santos TKO

Cain Velasquez KO

Curtis Blaydes TKO (x2)

Alistair Overeem KO

Andrei Arlovski TKO

Anthony Hamilton Sub

Bojan Mihajlovic TKO

Luis Henrique KO

That's his UFC wins, 1 loss already avenged, and at 34 and given how late he started, he's may not even have entered his peak. 

Stipe still holds that mantle for now, but the next 1 or 2 fights could see Ngannou surpass his resume.

I don't rate his wins over Cain and JDS that highly. Both were shot to pieces, especially Cain. 

So was Arlovski really. 

26 minutes ago, Egg Shen said:

not sure how the prelim situation will work out with the iplayer deal over here and Showtime in America, i'll try finding out

They will be on Youtube apparently. 

It's annoying that Magomedov is stuck on the prelims. 

I get why they instead have a heavyweight fight on the main card. But I couldn't give a toss about it. 

Nemkov at number 2 P4P? I assume the voting committee took my threats of violence seriously. 

However, Amosov should not be ranked below MVP ffs. 

Ngannou's improvements have come through training at Xtreme Couture. 

Apparently Randy doesn't own the gym or even coach there anymore. But since he founded the gym, and because I like him, I think he deserves all of the credit for Ngannou's recent success. 

All hail Old Sleazy. 

I'd prefer it if Stipe retired. 

He's taken a lot of punishment in recent years and seems to have a happy life away from fighting. 

Updated card:

Champ Patricio Freire vs. Emmanuel Sanchez – for featherweight title; featherweight grand prix semifinal
Mike Hamel vs. Usman Nurmagomedov
Neiman Gracie vs. Jason Jackson
Alejandra Lara vs. Kana Watanabe
Tyrell Fortune vs. Jack May

Mukhamed Berkhamov vs. Herman Terrado
Fabio Aguiar vs. Khalid Murtazaliev
Branko Busick vs. Jordan Newman
Roman Faraldo vs. Trevor Gudde
Cee Jay Hamilton vs. Magomed Magomedov
Ricardo Seixas Filho vs. Mandel Nallo
Chris Gonzalez vs. Roger Huerta

25 minutes ago, Carbomb said:

One thing he has over Stipe is that ridiculous reach, again, and he even has that over Ngannou. It strikes me that his best strategies would either be to keep distance with the jab (and with that extra weight he'd be nothing to sniff at, even for Fran) and leg kicks, or to get in close with the clinch and dirty box/shoulder strike from there, provided he's happy to take Ngannonballs to the body. 

The clinch, elbows and kicks would be Jones's best weapons against Ngannou. He isn't the best boxer from range and he couldn't even score a takedown against Reyes at 205lbs. 

As much as I consider Jones to be an overrated fighter, and as much as I was impressed with Ngannou's performance last night, I still think Jones will somehow win on points if they fight. Obviously, I hope I am wrong. 

Wanking material for the evening sorted:

Even with the slow pace of the fight, I think the fight would have still swung in Miocic's favour had the fight reached the third round. I think Ngannou would have slowed down and Miocicn would have rallied. 

Still, Ngannou had clearly improved since the first time they fought. He was more composed, went to the body with straight rights, had clearly worked on his takedown defence, and the shifting punch he used to knock down Miocic in the 2nd round was brilliant. 

Miocic should probably retire. I think his peak was between the Hunt fight in 2015 and the first Ngannou fight in 2018. Even during that period he was not unbeatable, but he did manage to put together enough high quality wins to make him the best heavyweight in UFC history. He has nothing to prove. 

Tuned in for the main event. 

Povetkin has to be the most shot fighter to headline a Box Office card since they wheeled out the corpse of David Haye to rematch Bellend. 

At this rate Big Audley vs Danny Williams 3 will be booked in time for October. 

DADA 5000 ffs. 

I'm not sure if Prime Cain would beat a Prime Miocic. 

I know there was the "high-altitude" excuse made for Cain when he lost to Werdum, but it should be remembered that Werdum fought one heck of a fight that evening and had an answer for everything that Cain threw at him. I think Miocic might have been capable of putting on a similar performance against a prime version of Cain. Alas, we will never know. 

Miocic has clearly had the better career though. Cain's career was probably hindered by training at AKA where they wreck their bodies in training, which obviously isn't conductive to a long career. 

On 3/22/2021 at 8:52 PM, Mr Lawrence said:

I would love to see Whyte V Wilder. Overall though i’m generally not arsed who wins.

I utterly loathe Wilder, but I think he'd smash Whyte. 

As for this weekend, I think Povetkin was shot even before the positive Covid test. I think Whyte will either stop him in the middle rounds, or weather a few hairy moments and win on points. 

I like both on a personal level. 

But I really want Miocic to win to confirm my perceptions of them as fighters. I really rate Miocic as a fighter, but don't rate Ngannou that highly. 

I would also prefer to see Miocic vs Jones over Jones vs Ngannou. I think Ngannou vs a sluggish/bloated version of Jones would be utter wank, with Jones probably winning on points.