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Itauma/Hrgovic this weekend then, what we saying? I ain't really followed much fight week, there's not a lot to sink your teeth into, but this is gonna be a cracking challenge for Itauma. The big question is how will Itauma look if he faces some adversity, he's surely going to feel some here, I don't see him blowing Hrgovic out in a couple of rounds. The fact that they've lumped the vacant IBF Title on this too is going to mean Hrgovic is coming in motivated. There's some reports out there that Itauma has been put over in sparring but these kinds of things tend to pop up before every big fight. Very solid undercard too. Sam Noakes/Denis Berinchyk the pick of the bunch. Couple of solid little Heavyweight knocks there too. I'll post the fancy graphic up when I see one. Predictions lads? I'm gonna take Itauma in 7-8.

I see what you're saying, but i'm fairly certain Bella Mir has been knocked back enough in her athletic career to know where she stands as an athlete, you don't get to high levels of amateur wrestling and jiu jitsu without facing adversity, she hasn't been gifted her titles. You are right in saying MMA may not be for her though, she's breezed through to 4-0 and maybe this was way too soon for her, she may have simply froze on the night, who knows? It is a crazy loss though, there were people out there basically saying she could be UFC Champion now. The backlash has been harsh, that said, her Mother is not helping: Bella Mir’s mother defends historic Contender Series upset loss, gets absolutely roasted -‘Worst thing to do’ - Yahoo Sports

Considering she's won National titles in multiple sports/disciplins up until now, i'd say blaming her loss on being a Nepo Baby is utter nonsense.

🙌🏻 good to hear!

I believe they do.

Bella Mir lost as a 60/1 favorite last night. Crazy.

Yeah, great show last week. That KO at the end will be in year end lists, one of the hardest punch KO's I can recall ever seeing. How much better is that new Apex too?

The lads have had Kimo on for a chat, not listened yet:

Dunno if it's good to anyone here or if it's already been mentioned here, but Concerts for Carers (the NHS staff app) are doing AEW Dynamite/Collision tickets for Glasgow at £6 a pop.

Felt the DAZN commentary team were overly harsh on Teo/Rolly. I enjoyed the fight, they were right about Rolly simply not doing enough though. He basically waiting on that check left hook all night, it was so dangerous though it kept me engaged.

Late getting this up, but it's Teofimo Lopez vs. Rolly Romero tonight. Bizarre buildup involving two of Boxing's most unpredictable characters. They are mates of sorts, both blow hot and cold in the ring, but I wanna see it. Who knows how this goes?

I've got a copy of his book somewhere, never read it though. I'll dig it out.

Zolani Tete has been shot and killed in South Africa, horrible news. Watched a fair bit of Tete when he was fighting over here.

Great work wand. good little card.

Couldn't find the old thread, but we are about to go into Week 2 of the new season on Contender Series. Highly recommend viewing if you've never give it a go. Week 2 peaked my interest with the inclusion of Namo Fazil in the main event. Fazil was the loud mouth who close to stole the show on the MVP show earlier this year, he's a bit of a wally but seems like must see TV. Surprised they've had him go through the Contender Series though. He's fighting Kaik Brito, a 2 time Oktagon Champion, this is some high level shit. Weeks 3 looks a good one too after this. Get invovled.

Thought it be a decent idea to start a thread for fight announcements. I see random stuff daily, so thought it'd be handy to post notable fights here that may get lost in the shuffle as everything is moving so fast. You know what you're getting when you see there's a new post too. Use it to cover all facets of combat sports, MMA, Boxing, Kickboxing, Slapfighting etc. Get em in here...

Right then, PFL Seaon 3 starts Friday. The schedule will come thick and fast so I thought id start a thread. The names added to this seasons roster are probably enough to warrant abit more interest than prior seasons. The inclusions of Anthony Pettis, Fabricio Werdum, Rory McDonald, Claressa Shields etc. is gonna do them no harm whatsoever. Chuck them in with the current PFL Champions and a few wildcard inclusions and the rosters look pretty solid. As for the UK viewing. Prior shows were just aired live on facebook for free, im not so sure whats happening this year. There's an MMA TV site promoting it'll be £9.99 per show through them but that looks ropey and unofficial. I'll try finding out. Anyway, the league table concept is different and kind of interesting, these graphics will explain things: The whole leads to a 6 World Title fight show on New Years Eve where each winner gets a Million bucks. First show is Friday, headlined by Anthony Pettis and Clay Collard which should be tidy as fuck!

Again, given the discont9inuation of the megathread and with boxing's move into the MMA section, thought it would be handy to have a boxing fight discussion thread to sit alongside the general news thread. This can be the place to post about the weekends upcoming fights (this will usually be me) and discuss the outcomes after they happen. It also keeps immediate spoilers out of the general news thread too which is nice if you fall a few days behind. Granted when the big fight nights and PPV's come up, shows can get their own thread but this should be good for the smaller weekly fight nights. and considering domestic boxing returns this Friday, no better time to start!... This Friday, Live on BT Sports 1: Two solid, competitive fights on top makes a nice change from some of the mis-matched shows Top Rank has fed everyone this summer. little preview here: https://www.frankwarren.com/ready-for-our-big-return Speaking of Top Rank, this is tomorrow (only available in the UK through Fite i believe): Carlos Takam steps in to replace Jarrell Miller. Given how good the UFC shows have been during all this ive not really felt the need to watch the Top Rank shows. Like i said, they've been heavily panned due to the poor matchmaking but i likes me some Carlos Takam so im breaking my Top Rank duck with this one. so yeah, live boxing ?

Moving the boxing into this section of the forum then. The old thread in the off topic forum is closed to keep all boxing news and general discussion to this thread and feel free to start new threads for upcoming fights you feel are worthy of their own topic/thread ??

Got the idea to this after visiting the Sherdog boards the other day. I know the Sherdog boards are a breeding ground for cretins but it is a place where you find out loads of little tidbits of news that usually bypasses the standard MMA news sites or if it's posted passes with little fan-fair. I didn't wanna clog up the news thread with stuff so i thought i'd create a different thread to post minor news/fight announcements that i come across that some of you may find interesting, im a sucker for useless infomation so this kind of stuff interests me, so here we go...

given that countless new interviews/podcasts are uploaded to whatever channels they use on a daily basis i thought it would be cool to keep a thread open to post in some recommendations you think it'd be worth others checking out...doesn't necessarily have to be new either, any olds ones are welcome. I'll start with the one that gave me the idea to start the thread (and was mentioned in the Jon Jones thread). any Rogan fighter based interview is worth checking, the new Chael one is excellent though. I've ragged on Chael in recent times because on his own podcast he seems to play upto his gimmick and it makes for a frustrating listen, here though the guard is dropped and you get to hear him talk openly about various subjects where you feel he isn't actually bullshitting. The Jon Jones' drug test thing obviously brought attention to the podcast but the rest of it worth a listen too as well. Great to hear Chael's opinions on fight promotion, more fighters need to take a page of the book of Chael P. he's also done The Fighter & The Kid this week (not listened to this one yet) get em in here...

been looking for the old documentary thread but i can't find it so i thought i'd fire up a new one. I'm constantly trying to get hold of new ones so get your recommendations in... today i saw the documentary that's featured in The Fighter, it's called High on Crack Street, it's a HBO doc. that followed around 3 people in Lowell, all crack addicts (one being Dickie Eklund who Christian Bale played in the movie). It's pretty short but it's one of the most personal docs. ive seen about serious drug addicts, horrible to watch, these peope are deep shit and it's just a constant downward spiral. Eye opening stuff.

Bellator's 2nd and 3rd seasons kick off on April 8th. For those that don't know, Season 1 took place over a few months and consisted of a weekly fight show, with a tournament format which finally crowned the promotions first champions. The season was a huge success, the only problem was, it wasn't shown on US TV, it only aired live in Spanish. This time it's on Fox in America (not in the UK, but it should be easily available if you know what i mean), and i can't fucking wait for it to start. The promotion heavily features up and coming fighters, some of the hottest prospects in MMA will be on these shows, it's gonna be awesome and it's weekly!! Fighters: Middleweight (185lb) Bryan "The Beast" Baker (14-1) Eric Schambari (14-1) Matt Major Sean Loeffler Jared Hess Fighters: Lightweight (155lb) Chad Hinton Toby Imada Mike Ricci Ferrid Khedder Carey Vanier Janne Tulirinta Fighters: Welterweight (170lb) Ben Askren Steve Carl Brett Cooper Sean Pierson Dan Hornbuckle Jacob McClintock Ryan Thomas Jim Wallhead Fighters: Featherweight (145lb) Georgi Karakhanyan Shad Lierley Eric Marriott Patrcio Pitbull Wilson Reis Bao Quach Joe Warren William Romero

Lets discuss heavy metal stuff gets mentioned in the 'albums listened too' thread, but i think we should have a place dedicated to the metal.