Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted January 21, 2021 Author Paid Members Share Posted January 21, 2021 7 hours ago, Kfogg1991 said: Pretty much the only guys in that arena last night being put to work and really earning there pay check was the judges. 8 of 14 fights went to the judges yesterday and unfortunately 2 of those fights that didn't go to the judges were on the fight pass prelims.Ā Nah, Iām the opposite on this. I thought it was a good card myself. Fights going the distance doesnāt necessarily mean bad fights. If they were all snoozers Iād agree but there were some really good fights and some excellent individual performances last night. It wasnāt on the level of the Holloway vs Kattar cardĀ on Saturday but it was far from a dull show. As said, Michael Chiesa put on a bit of a masterclass. Really impressed by him. Magny isnāt a guy many look good against and I donāt recall anyone ever taking it to him in the grappling like Chiesa did and pretty muchĀ dominating. Heās looked good ever since he moved up to 170 but his first couple of wins wereĀ Carlos Condit in a slumpĀ and modern day Diego Sanchez. I wasnāt sure if it was more a case of out of form opposition flattering his performances. But since then heās beat RDAĀ and now Magny clearly. Heās looked better with each fight at Welterweight.Ā Makes you wonder where heād be now if heād made the jump sooner. Not sure how much furtherĀ he can go. IfĀ you beat Magny youāreĀ going to be mixing with the very top boys next. Thereās some really tough matchups aheadĀ but Iād be very interested to see ChiesaĀ in there with the Covingtons, Masvidals, Wonderboys etc. And I never thought Iād be saying that when he first moved up to 170. Warlley Alves had a great night. Lazzez was being hyped up as well and was a bit of a home favourite but Alves wasnāt having it. That canāt have been fun. Alves has shown flashes of serious potential a few times but he seems to not always show up on his game. Other nights he looks like a real player and this was one of them. Completely crushed a guy who was being talked up in some circles as the next big thing at 170. Alves calling out Nate Diaz was utterly pointless though because itās never going to happen. Why even bother?Ā Villanueva vs Moreira... Yeah.Ā Araujo vs Modafferi was about the only fight on the card I couldnāt get into. Just donāt find Modafferi enjoyable to watch. Sheās got that nerdy likability but Iāve never been able to get into her fights. I quite like Araujo and I expected her to win comfortably but itās no fun watching Modafferi get beat up and flailing about with her awkward crappy strikes. I feel like Iāve seen it 50 times now. Matt Schnell looked good,Ā as Panhead said. Iāve enjoyedĀ every fight of his that IāveĀ seen so far. Sharp in theĀ striking and heās pretty slick on the ground from what I remember.Ā Liked his post-fight interview as well. Flyweight again. Seems like 125 got really good really suddenly over the last year, doesnāt it?Ā Gutted with how Akhmedov vs Breese went but it was a fun fight all the same. The result wasnāt what I wanted but it was an exciting ground battle andĀ that whole finishing sequence was pretty sweet with Breese committing toĀ the calf slicer and Akhmedov escaping and coming through with the arm triangle for the sub.Ā The prelims were good too. There was nothing especially bad there. Nice wins and strong performances from Ricky Simon and Dalcha Lungiambula in their fights.Ā Su Mudaerji continues to impress.Ā The first four prelims were the standouts for meĀ though.Ā FranciscoĀ Figueiredo had a successful UFC debut and looked good. Wasnāt the kind of showing thatāll blow anyone away and at first glance he doesnāt quite have the venom and swagger of his more well knownĀ brother. But there were some similarities there as well and I can see there being better to come once he starts to feel at home in there. Mike Davis vs Mason Jones rightly got FOTN. If you didnāt see it Iād recommend it. Tremendous fight. Was disappointed Jones lost but I did have Davis edging it. Jones will comeĀ again though and heāll be popular because he goes for it. He showed no āOctagon jittersā here. He came out guns blazing. Heās taken the loss well too. I guess the $50K bonus will sweeten the pill.Ā We say it all the time butĀ it really is crazyĀ how stacked Lightweight is. You look at a fight like this and these guys are way off being talked about in the title picture. Thereās so much quality throughout the division itās insane. Really looking forward to seeing both these two again. Umar Nurmagomedov looked the dogs bollocks in his UFC debut. Morozov was tough and I think thereāll be better to come from him but he just came up against an animal here. Perfect debut really. He showed a bit of everything. He seems more of a striker than most of the DagestanĀ crew but he looked good everywhere here. Strong kicking game, power in his hands, good wrestling and he finished it with a choke. Iām excited to see where he can go. Heās got big shoes to fill with the legacyĀ his cousin Khabib left but heās already 13-0 and heās still 24/25. SoĀ far, so good.Ā Yet another great addition to the Bantamweight division. Manon Fiorot looked like she might be a bit of a problem as well. Had zero expectations going into this one as Iād never seen her or Victoria Leonardo before, or even heard of them before this fight was announced. But I loved Fiorotās aggression here. She put a right beating on Leonardo.Ā Proper set about her. Juryās obviously out until we see her against someone we know and we can properlyĀ gauge what sheās got. But this was a good first impression. Sheās in Valentina Shevchenkoās division so it probably wonāt end well anyway. But at the very least itās new blood for Val to potentially face downĀ the line. So yeah, not a bad show at all. There was plenty to like and feel positive about. Some fun fights, big finishesĀ and a few exciting debuts. Iāve certainly had duller Wednesday evenings.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 (edited) 56 minutes ago, wandshogun09 said: He seems more of a striker than most of the DagestanĀ crew but he looked good everywhere here. Strong kicking game, power in his hands, good wrestling and he finished it with a choke. Aye, apparently bothĀ cousins' (Umar and Usman)Ā gameĀ is more striking based than Khabib's is. I'll be keeping an eye on both.Ā Edited January 21, 2021 by jimufctna24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted January 21, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted January 21, 2021 yeh the talk isĀ that Usman (who signed with Bellator) has the most potential of the bunch. DC talked about him on a recent podcast, got me excited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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