Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted June 20, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted June 20, 2020 (edited) OK,Ā Saturday 11th July. Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. Itās FIGHT ISLAND! And this is a bit of a monster card.Ā PPV MAIN CARDKamaru Usman vs Jorge MasvidalĀ - WelterweightĀ Title Alexander Volkanovski vs Max HollowayĀ - FeatherweightĀ Title Petr Yan vs Jose AldoĀ - VacantĀ BantamweightĀ Title Jessica Andrade vs Rose NamajunasĀ Paige VanZant vs Amanda Ribas Ā ESPN+/FIGHT PASSĀ PRELIMSVolkan Oezdemir vs Jiri ProchazkaĀ Elizeu Zaleski Dos Santos vs Muslim SalikhovĀ Makwan Amirkhani vs Danny HenryĀ Leonardo Santos vs Roman Bogatov Marcin Tybura vs Maxim GrishinĀ Raulian Paiva vs Zhalgas ZhumagulovĀ Vanessa Melo vs Karol RosaĀ Davey Grant vs Martin DayĀ Ā Love that poster. SummerSlam vibes.Ā Tremendous card pretty much top to bottom. And this lineup looksĀ fresher than what weāve been getting latelyĀ because with Fight Island kicking off, they can finally get moreĀ international fighters back in there rather than making the best of what they had in the US. Now thereās a biggerĀ mix of talent to play with we should start getting more consistency with the upcoming shows. I was listening to Dana talk about Fight Island the other day and it sounds pretty fucking cool. Should hopefully be better for limiting the possibly of COVID related issues as well because, as far as I can tell,Ā the UFC crew will be the only people on the island. Ā Kamaru Usman vs Jorge Masvidal. Weāre in a time when itĀ seems like IāmĀ saying this for everyĀ fucking card now but what a mad journey itās been getting here. This was the fight that was always the UFCās Plan A. After 2019 saw Usmanās riseĀ to the gold and Masvidalās career resurgence, it felt like these two were on a collision course. And this little run-in back in January seemed to all but confirm that an Usman vs Masvidal title fight wasĀ the direction we were heading.Ā Dana was saying that the fight was being targeted for the big July PPV but then this thing calledĀ COVID hit and threw the whole planet out of whack. Nothing was certain, least of all some poxy fight in a cage. Usman vs Masvidal was always the plan though.Ā We justĀ took a bit of a detour getting back here.Ā Kamaru Usman is at the peak of his powers right now. 33 years old, 16-1 record, on a 15 fight win streak. NCAA Division II wrestler, Ultimate Fighter winner, UFC Welterweight champion. The āNigerian Nightmareā is a force to be reckoned with. He beat the likes of Leon Edwards, Demian Maia and Rafael Dos Anjos on his way up the ladder. Completely dominated Tyron Woodley to win the belt last year. Then in December he took on the Trump supporting, cheap suit wearing, Sid from Toy Story looking shithouse known as Colby Covington... Maybe the most satisfying outcome of a fight since Lesnar vs Mir 2 for me, that. Thereās not many things more enjoyable as a MMA fan than seeing a proper dickhead get their comeuppance and this was up there with the best of them. Even more poetic was the fact that Covington, known for being a fucking gobshite, got his jaw broken. Usman had already won me around by this point but him temporarily retiring Covingtonās mouth took it to another level. Jorge Masvidalās road to 251 was a little bit different. From the days of fighting in backyards on the Kimbo Slice videos in the early days of YouTube to challenging for the world championship in the biggest MMA organisation on the planet is pretty crazy when you really sit back and think about it. Turned pro in 2003, came up on the smaller shows, had his ups and downs and scratched and clawed his way onto the big stage. In the days of Danaās Contender Series and fightersĀ gettingĀ fast-tracked to the UFC, thereĀ arenāt many guys like that left. Masvidalās journey predates TUF, Griffin vs Bonnar and all that. Itās been a long and bumpy ride. And by the end of 2017,Ā it seemed to be petering out. He had a respectable record of 32-13 but it just wasnāt happening for him in the UFC. He was coming offĀ back-to-back decision losses to Wonderboy Thompson and Demian Maia and his run as a whole had been very stop-start and littered with frustrating split decisions where it felt like heād let it slip away. He disappeared and sat out all of 2018 and nobody even noticed. Nobody really cared. Everyone claims to be a longtime MasvidalĀ fan now but back in 2018, he was the forgotten man and not one of these keyboard Scarfaces were professing their love for him in his absence. Not a fuck was given. In 2019, for whatever reason, things changed. He emerged from the wilderness with long hair and a big beard,Ā sparked Darren Till in London then gave Leon Edwards a slap backstage. Overnight, everyone you spoke to or read online wasĀ a Gamebred fan āsince before you were even born broā. Then almost a year ago to the day... He damn near murdered Ben Askren in cold blood, in 5 seconds. And taunted him asĀ rigamortis set in. In November, he capped off a spectacular year by battering Nate Diaz to a doctor stoppage at Madison Square Garden. Becoming the first, and hopefully only, Bad Mother FuckingĀ champion.Ā The Rock strapped the belt on his candyass. AndĀ his childhood hero and Boxing all time great Roberto Duran stood next to him and endorsed him during his post-fight interview.Ā As cartoonishĀ as the silly belt was, it was pretty fucking cool seeing āThe Great Oneā and āHands Of Stoneā in the Octagon. So after that and Usman temporarily shuttingĀ Covingtonās gob, Usman vs Masvidal seemed like a no brainer. But then Masvidal spat the dummy about his pay and Gilbert Burns wasĀ rightfully slottedĀ in for the title shot after a hell of a run himself. COVID put paid to that this week though and Burns went from the top of the MMA world to living that quarantine life in a matter of days. I really thought theyād just hold off and reschedule it for a later date but... Whatever hurdles were in the way of Masvidal signing to fight Usman before, I guess theyāve been cleared. Because itās on. Whether theyāve sweetened the deal with a $$$ figure closer to what he was after or itāsĀ the lure of the title shot, or both, itās happening. As Ted DiBiase used to say, āeverybodyās got a priceā. I guess they found Jorgeyās.Ā I know everyone wants to live their inner āgangstaā through Masvidal but I canāt be doing with the nob. All credit due, heās done a grand job reviving his career over the last 18 months. Both in his in cage performances and in promoting himself. After 15/16 years being just another jabroniĀ on the card, heās found a way toĀ click with the audience. But bollocks to him and his Primark Tony Montana act. Iām hoping Usman keeps his run going a bit longer yet. I said it the other day but Iām gutted Burns is out, to be honest. I feel like Burns wouldāve given Usman a better test than Jorge. But in fairness, I was kind of indifferent on who I actually wanted to win that one. So at least here, I have a dog in the race. I donāt think itāll be as competitive as the Burns fight wouldāve been, or as most fans seem to be expecting, but Iām more invested in the resultĀ and that always makes it that little bit more fun as a spectator. Ā Alexander Volkanovski vs Max Holloway 2Ā is the co-main event. Very interesting rematch here. Like the two guys in the main event, Volkanovskiās rise to the top was kind ofĀ unexpected. Not that people didnāt rate him but I just donāt think many had him pegged as being on that very top tier. Especially in a division as talent rich as Featherweight. Also, with Max Holloway as champion at the time and looking every bit of a pound-for-pound player, I just donāt think many fancied this little Aussie midget to be the man to put an end to that. But Volk kept plugging away and by December 2019, he was 20-1, on a 17 fight win streak and had just beat Jose Aldo and Chad Mendes back-to-back. At UFC 245, he was granted a crack at Holloway, āfor all the marblesā as Gorilla Monsoon used to say. Holloway was fresh off a one sided points win over Frankie Edgar and in previous defences heād butchered Brian Ortega and stopped Jose Aldo twice. Volk seemed a solid enough opponent but I think most felt like itād be a fairly run of the mill title defence for Holloway. But after 5 high pace rounds, Volkanovski had pulled it off. He was the new UFC Featherweight champion. Dethroning Holloway was impressive enough on its own but,Ā more than that, it was the way he did it. He didnāt squeak by and barely win a controversial decision. This wasĀ clear cut. The thinking going in had been that if Volk had any chance against Max, itād most likely be by landing the perfect KO shot, otherwise known as the āpuncherās chanceā, or heād have to get the takedowns going. And neither of those paths seemed likely. But Volkanovski went a different route and managed to get the better of Max over 25 minutes, in what was almost purely a standup battle. It was quite a brilliant performance. The biggest factor was his use of leg kicks, the low calf kick in particular, which Max seemed to not be expecting and had no answer for. It was a stroke of genius really because it hindered Hollowayās movement and footwork, which is usually one of his biggest assets, and in turn that allowed Volkanovski to open up more with his hands. Think I had him winning the rounds 4-1 on the night, which Iād never have called going in. One judge even scored it 50-45.Ā Itās an intriguing one to say the least. Not sure how it goes. Was it more a case of Volk just getting his tactics spot on and Max being taken by surprise by a gameplan he didnāt expect? Or has Volk exposed a weakness in Hollowayās armour? Maybe Volkanovski switchesĀ it up again this time and mixes in more wrestling. Thereās a bunch of ways this could go and Iām really up in the air on it. If Volkanovski can go 2-0 itāll be massive for him. If Holloway can even things up, it opens up the trilogy. Ā Petr Yan vs Jose AldoĀ isĀ ***WANDāS ONE TO WATCH***Ā on this bad boy. Weāre finally going to clear up the mess that has become the Bantamweight title picture. Happy about that as 135 has become such an incredible division. It deserves better than for the title to be on ice and all the top contenders being in limbo indefinitely. With Legohead Cejudo out of the way, at least for the time being, we can finally crack on. What Iām even more chuffed with though, is that weāre getting this fight out of it. Two killer strikers going at it with little 4oz MMA gloves on. This is my shit. I love a good ground battle and these two can certainly do that too, but I just want to see these vicious little bastards Tong Po each other. Yanās become one of my favourite newer breed guys over the last couple of years. Just something about him that I instantly liked. Heās got that silent assassin vibe, like you shrunk Cro Cop in the wash or something. Beautiful striking and he seems to have a proper mean streak in there. āNo Mercyā is an appropriate nickname. Heās still only 27 years old, from Russia, 14-1 record, has won his last 9 on the trot and, it hasnāt been confirmed but he probably put Urijah Faber back in the retirement home in his last fight. Hard little sod. Not sure what level he truly is in MMA though. Heās looked the part so far but heās yet to really face a truly elite fighter whoās still in or close to top form. Which is why this fight is perfect. Jose Aldo is a fucking legend. Say what you want about his losses to McGregor and Holloway, for me heās still the GOAT at Featherweight. Nobody has quite matched his resume at 145 for me, including the guys who beat him. And despite the miles on him, the manās still only 33 years old. Thereās a misconception that heās some old man because heās been around a long time and twats like Paulie Malignaggi kept saying he was 115 years old and stuff in an attempt to discredit McGregorās record. But heās 33 and far from shot. People keep trying to declare him done but Iām not seeing it. Heās not as dominant as he once was, but Iām not sure thatās indicative of him declining or just the overall level of the rest of the division improving. You look back at his fights with Stephens and Moicano and he looked as devastating as ever. And even in his last fight, where we all thought he was going to crumble into dust on the scale trying to make 135, he looked pretty fucking sharp against Marlon Moraes the next night. Heās got some ammo left. Like Usman-Burns, the little twist here is that Yan actually trained a bit with Aldo at Nova UniĆ£o a while back. So who knows how that sparring went or if one feels like theyāve got the mental edge now from those training sessions or whatever. Quality fight. If Yan wins then he arrives as the new King Of 135. If Aldo can turn back a young lion like Yan he silences a lot of doubters and becomes a 2 weight champion in one night. And whoever comes out on top, thereās a bunch of contenders lining up and waiting in the wings for their shot. Bantamweight is boss. Ā Jessica Andrade vs Rose Namajunas 2.Ā This oneās been booked a couple of times, I think. I know it was meant to take place at UFC 249 in May but Rose pulled out when 2 of her family members sadly died as a result of COVID-19. I wonāt even get started on the cretins giving her shit for pulling out but the whole thing was awful. I just hope sheās mentally well enough and up for this, and not just doing it to get back in there and get paid. Thatād be understandable, of course, but sheās had her ups and downs out of the cage and itād be a real shame, and dangerous to boot, if sheās rushing her comeback. Hopefully Iām chatting shite and sheās good to go. If she is then this could be a brilliant fight. They first met at UFC 237 in May 2019. Rose was the Strawweight champ going in and she looked great for a round or so. Maybe the sharpest sheās ever looked, IMO. Then it all went tits up in the second round and Andrade launched her with a monster of a slam, knocking her out and taking her title in one fell swoop. One of the more brutal finishes I can remember in recent memory. Rose came right down on her head and neck. It was scary as fuck and she was fortunate not to suffer serious injuries. No title on the line this time. That gold is sat on Zhang Weiliās fireplace in China somewhere. Itās a chance for redemption for Rose though and a chance for Andrade to get back in the convo at 115. The first fight was shaping up to be a corker before the gruesome finish so Iām expecting more of the same here. Ā Paige VanZant vs Amanda Ribas opens up the PPV. A fight that was supposed to happen on the Brazil card in March but VanZant suffered an arm injury and pulled out. Here we are. I expect this to be an entertaining one. Just not sure what to make of PVZ at this point. Sheās never been championship level in my eyes but sheās always been pretty exciting to watch.Ā But Iāve long felt like sheās not that arsed about fighting anymore. Sheās still only 26, sheās got time if she wants to keep at it. But sheās 8-4 now and sheās barely fought the last few years. She fought quite regularly early in her career. But afterĀ 2016, that changed. She sat out all of 2017, fought in January 2018 then sat out a whole year again. Then she beat Rachael Ostovich in January 2019 and, again, hasnāt fought since. In the meantime sheās got married, got a boob job and seems to spend most of her time catering to creepy fans asking for feet pics and stuff. Itās all a bit weird. Hey, if she can make dough going the OnlyFans route exploiting pervy MMA fans, more power to her. I donāt begrudge it at all. But it does make me think her heart isnāt in fighting anymore and that gives me doubts on her chances whenever she steps back in there. Doesnāt help that sheās coming right back against Ribas, who Iāve been quite impressed by so far. Sheās 9-1, trains at ATT, has black-belts in BJJ and Judo. And sheās been active. While Paige was pissing about dancing about with her hubby on Instagram, Ribas was beating Randa Markos and handing Mackenzie Dern her first loss. Just got a feeling this might be it for Paige in the Octagon. I sense a beating coming her way. Ā Volkan Oezdemir vs Jiri ProchazkaĀ sounds like an absolute banger on paper. Switzerlandās Oezdemir will be the more well known of the two. Heās fought 8 times in the UFC already, fought for the title against Daniel Cormier etc. Heās a heavy handed fucker, fittingly nicknamed āNo Timeā due to his habit of knocking sods out cold early. But he comes into this one off a points win in December over Aleksandar Rakic. This is the UFC debut for Prochazka though. Heās Czech, 27 years old with a record of 26-3-1, 25 finishes, 23 inside a round. Among his victims - Vadim Nemkov, King Mo, Kazuyuki Fujita, Fabio Maldonado and CB Dollaway. He was also the RIZIN Light Heavyweight champ and many thought heād end up facing Ryan Bader in a RIZIN vs Bellator clash of champions, but then the UFC swooped in and nabbed Jiri. Love this pairing. If I couldāve chosen Prochazkaās debut opponent myself I think Iād have said Oezdemir. It just sounds like total chaos. Wouldāve been ideal as the PPV opener actually but I guess it makes more sense as the āmain event of the prelimsā. Ā Elizeu Zaleski Dos Santos vs Muslim Salikhov is going to get lost in the shuffle on a card like this but this is the real dark horse of the card for me. Dos Santos is a bit of a Poundland RDA but heās always good for a fun prelim scrap. Besides the blip against Li Jingliang last summer, heās gone 8-1 in his last 9 and put together some real highlight reel finishes. Flying knee knockouts, spinning wheel kick knockouts, breezed through and submitted Curtis Millender. He can be a right handful. And Salikhov is a striking savage. A Russian bloke nicknamed āKing Of Kung Fuā. How much more badass can you get? Heās got a bunch of gold medals in Wushu Sanda, a Kickboxing record of 185-13-1 and in MMA heās 16-2. All together, heās knocked out 88 men officially. Fuck knows how many more in the Kumite. Even on a card as loaded as this, I genuinely think this fight has a decent shot at stealing the show. Ā Makwan Amirkhani vs Danny Henry could be alright. Not particularly feeling it but itās an OK fight. Amirkhani is 15-4. Burst into the UFC back in 2015 with a spectacular 8 second flying knee KO over Andy Ogle. I remember people really buzzing about it at the time. Not just for the knockout itself but Amirkhaniās personality and interviews following the win made him instantly likeable. He had a few more wins but the hype fizzled quickly due to a mixture of injury layoffs and a couple of losses. Shame because he couldāve really caught on if heād been able to keep that momentum going. He started getting back on track with a couple of wins but then he ran into Shane Burgos in November and got TKOād. Heās up against Scotlandās Danny Henry here. Canāt recall much of Henry. My main memory is the cracking fight with Daniel Teymur in 2017. Drawing a blank beyond that though. He does have a quick submission over Hakeem Dawodu, which I donāt recall. Could be decent. Ā Leonardo Santos vs Roman Bogatov.Ā Going in half blind on this. Santos is one of the more overlooked guys on the roster for me. Mostly because heās been so inactive. Out of sight, out of mind etc. Heās 40 years old now as well. Donāt know why heās had so many gaps in his career but it feels like such a wasted opportunity. Heās a 4th degree BJJ black-belt, TUF Brazil winner, 17-3-1, has gone unbeaten in his last 12. He also battered Kevin Lee before it became cool. He should be higher up than he is but he just hasnāt fought enough. He did return on the Sweden show last June and one punched Stevie Ray out cold in 2 minutes. Hopefully we see more of him now. At 40, itās now or never if heās going to make a proper run. Bogatov is making his first trip to the Octagon. Heās Russian, undefeatedĀ at 10-0Ā with 6 finishes and was M-1 Globalās Lightweight champion. Pretty intriguing fight actually. Ā Marcin Tybura vs Maxim Grishin.Ā Donāt know. Never really got into Tybura. Heās not terrible or anything. 18-6 record, beat Arlovski, went 5 rounds with Werdum. There are worse Heavyweights on the roster. Just never been that arsed about his fights. Grishin is a UFC newcomer and aĀ late replacement,Ā stepping in for Alexander Romanov. To be fair, he sounds a decentĀ signing. Heās Russian andĀ 36 years old,Ā so no spring chicken. ButĀ heās got a record of 30-7-2 with 21 finishes. In his last 21 fights heās only lost once (to Magomed Ankalaev), heās won his last 9, fought in PFL and has a 2010 submission win over Alexander Volkov. Granted that was a decade ago but thereās enoughĀ there to have piqued my interest.Ā Ā Raulian Paiva vs Zhalgas Zhumagulov,Ā again, not familiar with these two. Pretty sure Iāve seen Paiva at least once in the UFC. Heās 19-3, took Kai Kara-France to a split decision, which Iām guessing is where I saw him. He also knocked out Mark De La Rosa in his last fight. Zhumagulov though? Never heard of him. Looking him up now, heās from Kazakhstan, 33 years old, 13-3 in MMA. Just had a quick glance at his record and heās got wins over Tyson Nam and former UFC Flyweight title contender Ali Bagautinov. Ā Vanessa Melo vs Karol Rosa means nothing to me. Never seen either fight before, I donāt think. Theyāre both Brazilian. Melo is 32 years old, trains at Chute Boxe (theyāre still going?) and has a record of 10-7. Rosa is 25 with a 12-3 record. She was linked to a fight with Julia Avila a bunch of times but it kept falling through for whatever reason. Probably the only fight on the card whereĀ I canāt muster up a single fuck to give. Hopefully it surpasses my low expectations. Ā Davey Grant vs Martin Day will jerk the curtain as the bout order stands currently. Always liked Grant ever since his stint on the Rousey vs Tate season of TUF back in 2013. Thought he came off as one of the soundest cast members in the showās history. Just a genuine, down to earth, normal bloke. Heās had a nightmare with injuries since then unfortunately and has only fought 4 times in the last 6+ years! He beat Grigorii Popov on the Moscow card in November though so hopefully he stays healthy and can put some fights together before itās too late. Donāt really recall Martin Day although Iāve definitely seen him. Heās Hawaiian, 8-3 with 5 finishes. Thatās about it on him. Ā See you on the island.Ā Edited July 10, 2020 by wandshogun09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 3 hours ago, wandshogun09 said: Sid from Toy Story looking shithouse known as Colby Covington... š Arrows.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted June 20, 2020 Author Paid Members Share Posted June 20, 2020 IĀ didnāt come up with that myself, itās become a bit of a running joke on Twitter. But itāsĀ so nail on the head itās stuck with me ever since.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted June 20, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted June 20, 2020 this is a belter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members WeeAl Posted June 20, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted June 20, 2020 (edited) A cracker of a show this. Also one of those where I fail to see a way for most of the fights that you hope would deliver, to be a letdown. Maybe Burns and Usman could turn into a stalemate or something, but it'll be damn intriguing.Ā Aldo Vs Yan is immense looking though. That just has chaos written all over it. I'm more hyped for that one than any other fight over this period that I can think of. Hoping Holloway can get back on track here as well against Volkanovski.Ā It looks clear to me that Paige Van Zant, on the last fight of her deal, has been matched up with someone that the UFC is hoping will win and get the rub of her promotional star power before she leaves. I think they know Van Zant isn't staying, and aren't trying to protect her here, they're ready to build off of her name. Ribas should win this one comfortably in my book, and send Van Zant over to Bellator for a two fight deal. EDIT: Maybe I've gotten my wires crossed here, but was Edgar Vs Munhoz scheduled for this card too or was that one of the other Abu Dhabi/Fight Island cards? Edited June 20, 2020 by WeeAl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted June 20, 2020 Author Paid Members Share Posted June 20, 2020 59 minutes ago, WeeAl said: EDIT: Maybe I've gotten my wires crossed here, but was Edgar Vs Munhoz scheduled for this card too or was that one of the other Abu Dhabi/Fight Island cards? Your wires are in working order, Al. Edgar vs Munhoz was originally on this card as part of the prelims but itās been moved back a few days to the Fight Night on Wednesday the 15th. Looks like itāll co-main under Kattar vs Ige. Ciryl Gane vs Shamil Abdurakhimov was also supposed to be on this card but Abdurakhimov got injured so Gane got moved to the August 8thĀ show against Sergei Pavlovich. So yeah, this show was actually going to be even more stacked if you can imagine that.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members WeeAl Posted June 20, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted June 20, 2020 I like that move better actually. Offers a bit of support to the Kattar Vs Ige card, as the PPV didn't really need it for depth, since it was on the prelims anyway.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 On 6/20/2020 at 3:04 AM, wandshogun09 said: This is the UFC debut for Prochazka though. Heās Czech, 27 years old with a record of 26-3-1, 25 finishes, 23 inside a round. Among his victims - Vadim Nemkov, King Mo, Kazuyuki Fujita, Fabio Maldonado and CB Dollaway. Jiri's win over Nemkov in RizinĀ was not that impressive. Nemkov got the better of the action for the most part. However, NemkovĀ had terrible cardio at that stage of his careerĀ and the extendedĀ openingĀ roundĀ exacerbated the problem. HeĀ retired on his stool through exhaustion after the 10 minute round came to a close.Ā Nemkov lost his next fight toĀ Albrektsson for the same reason. Since then, Nemkov has made great strides while fighting inĀ BellatorĀ and would probablyĀ have few issues beatingĀ Prochazka or Alkrektsson if he fought them today. IĀ believe that Bader, Nemkov and Davis are the only light-heavies outside the UFC who are top 10 material. The likes of Alkrektsson, andĀ perhaps even Prochazka, are not in the same league.Ā That said, IĀ like Prochazka and hope he beatsĀ Oezdemir. Will he? Probably not. Oezdemir is no mug and I hear heĀ has improved quite a bit since losing to DC.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted June 21, 2020 Author Paid Members Share Posted June 21, 2020 Yeah, I was just listing Prochazkaās notable wins. Regardless of how the fight went and the timing of it, Nemkov is probably his best win so I had to include it. Oezdemirās definitely improved since the CormierĀ loss. Heās gone 2-2 since then but it doesnāt really tell the whole story IMO. Iād have to rewatch the Anthony Smith fight but as I recall he was giving Smith all kinds of problems before Smith rallied back with a submission.Ā And aĀ lot of people thought he shouldāve got the decision against Dominick Reyes. Since then he put on one of his best career performances stopping Ilir Latifi, then halted the hype of Aleksandar Rakic in his last fight. I donāt ever see him becoming champ or anything but I wouldnāt be shocked if he got another title shot before itās all said and done.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 (edited) 13 minutes ago, wandshogun09 said: Yeah, I was just listing Prochazkaās notable wins. Regardless of how the fight went and the timing of it, Nemkov is probably his best win so I had to include it. I'll use any excuse to stanĀ for NemkovĀ š 13 minutes ago, wandshogun09 said: And aĀ lot of people thought he shouldāve got the decision against Dominick Reyes. For some reason I had it in my head that it was OSP that gave Reyes a lot of issues, when in fact Reyes dominated him.Ā But aye, most media members scored theĀ Oezdemir vs Reyes fight to Oezemir. Edited June 21, 2020 by jimufctna24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted June 21, 2020 Author Paid Members Share Posted June 21, 2020 Yeah the OSP fight was a fairly straight forward Reyes winĀ as far as I remember. The only real talking point coming out of that was over Reyes knocking him down right before the final buzzerĀ and Rogan squealingĀ that it shouldāve been called a KO.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamicazze Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Wand, your write ups are exceptional and always get me a little bit more pumped for the upcoming shows. They're useful too as it's hard to keep up with MMA and know every person, and you tend to introduce us to all of them making me care about fights I may normally skip.Ā Dana has done it again by putting on another incredible card. Will Max Holloway return to form here? He looked incredible against Aldo and Ortega, would love for Max to pull it off.Ā Burns vs Usman is a good one, although can't see past an Usman win.Ā Aldo Yen looks to be toe to toe warfare. Andrade and Rose will also be a good one. This is one of those cards that doesn't have a stand out marquee match, yet its such a solid card.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted June 23, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted June 23, 2020 On 6/21/2020 at 10:33 AM, wandshogun09 said: Yeah, I was just listing Prochazkaās notable wins. Regardless of how the fight went and the timing of it, Nemkov is probably his best win so I had to include it. Ā I dont think ive ever seen Prochazka fight but its a name im more than familiar with. It still feels special when a high profile Champion from another organisation moves into the UFC, im looking forward to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted June 28, 2020 Author Paid Members Share Posted June 28, 2020 Dana posted this pictureĀ last night of an Octagon set up on the beach on Fight Island; I think itās just for the open workouts. The actual fights on the night will no doubt be in the arena. But it looks cool as fuck. Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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