Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted October 9, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted October 9, 2021 (edited) The Octagon returns to Madison Square Garden with the most stacked card of the year. PPV MAIN CARDKamaru Usman vs Colby CovingtonĀ - Welterweight Title Rose Namajunas vs Zhang WeiliĀ - Strawweight Title Frankie Edgar vs Marlon Vera Shane Burgos vs Billy QuarantilloĀ Justin Gaethje vs Michael ChandlerĀ ESPN PRELIMSAndreas Michailidis vs Alex Pereira Al Iaquinta vs Bobby GreenĀ Phil Hawes vs Chris CurtisĀ EdmenĀ Shahbazyan vs Nassourdine ImavovĀ ESPN+/FIGHT PASS PRELIMSIan Garry vs Jordan WilliamsĀ Gian Villante vs Chris BarnettĀ John Allan vs Dustin Jacoby Melsik Baghdasaryan vs Bruno Souza CJ Vergara vs Ode Osbourne Ā What a fucking card! Before anyone says it, yeah I know, we wonāt actually get all of this. These days weāve just been conditioned to expect a bunch of fights to drop off a card. Itās a given now unfortunately. But this is less than a month away now and we should probably get talking about it because, on paper at least, this has ācard of the yearā written all over it. Ā Kamaru Usman vs Colby Covington 2 then. A rematch two years in the making. It was just a matter of time until these two crossed paths again. Usmanās more than proven himself the top dog at 170lbs at this point and, like him or loathe him, itās pretty much been the consensus opinion over the last couple of years that Covington is probably second in the pecking order. Between them, they most likely clear out the division as things stand right now. So it always seemed inevitable that theyād meet again. Especially with how the first fight played out. It went down at UFC 245 in December 2019. I remember doing the opening post for the thread on here and going through both their careers and there were so many parallels between how their journeys had gone. Both were coming in with 15-1 records and had suffered defeat early in their career before going on streaks later. And in a weird little twist, the guy Usman lost to, Covington beat and the guy Covington lost to, Usman beat. Even later in the UFC, they both had to get through Demian Maia and Rafael Dos Anjos on the way up to title contention and those were their breakthrough wins. Usman got the gold with a complete domination over Tyron Woodley in early 2019 and that was that. Anyway, Usman and Covington finally met at UFC 245 and it turned out to be a FOTY contender. I havenāt seen it since around the time it happened, Iāll have to revisit it before the rematch, I just remember they had a hell of a battle. All weād really seen to this point was them both grinding out clear wins, but against each other they were so evenly matched and close in skills that it made for a tremendous fight that was close all the way. By the time they came out for the 5th round I think pretty much everyone had it level with both winning 2 rounds apiece. Then it happenedā¦ Colby got his jaw jacked, got put on his arse and he was done. The ref stopped it and Usman had conquered his toughest challenge and retained his Welterweight belt. It was poetic justice that after all the shit talking Covington did going in, he got his jaw broken. And heād talked all kinds of shit going in. Proper low road stuff, even by his standards, talking about Usmanās manager who had died and making dodgy comments about ātribesā and āsmoke signalsā aimed at Usman. And even when he wasnāt being a racist or disrespecting a dead manās name, he was just being his usual cringey self desperately trying to make shite nicknames like āMarty Fakenewsmanā catch on and wearing a bright orange suit to overcompensate for his lack of any actual legit charisma. So yeah, when Usman spun his jaw and he ran out of the cage and tried to hide his battered face and swollen jaw from the camerasā¦ Ha! For me, it went down as one of the most satisfying results to a fight ever. Probably the most satisfying for me since Brock Lesnar pulverised Frank Mir at UFC 100 a whole decade earlier. If Vince McMahon himself was scripting this, it couldnāt have had a better āheel getting his comeuppanceā payoff. It was beautiful. Since then Usmanās only gone from strength to strength. His next defence against Jorge Masvidal was a bit lacklustre. He won a lopsided decision but it wasnāt much good to watch. In fairness though, it was a late switch of opponent. After that, he stopped Gilbert Burns in February in really impressive fashion. Burns, for me, was probably the next toughest test for Usman after Covington and Usman didnāt just win, he got him out of there. Then he rematched Masvidal in April andā¦ This after Masvidal said Usman was the āsoftest hitter heād been in withā. Usmanās making a bit of a habit of forcing trash talking opponents to eat their words. Heās really solidified himself as the man at 170 at this point. Easily one of the top āpound-for-poundā fighters in the sport and definitely one of the best Welterweights MMA has ever seen. Heās getting very close to GSPās legacy for Welterweight GOAT status for me now. As for Covington, heās fought a whopping once in the two years since the first Usman fight. He fought Tyron Woodley last September, had his way and the fight ended in the 5th due to a Woodley rib injury. Covington was well on his way to winning anyway but it was a bit of a deflating ending and Woodleyās looked done at the top level for a while so Iām not sure what that win even tells us. I still think if anyone of the current crop can dethrone Usman, then skills-wise Covington probably has the best chance. But Usmanās only gotten better since they last fought, especially in the striking, and heās been active. And weāve seen Covington once and it was against a badly fading Woodley. Covingtonās still chatting shit anyway. This time heās going the PED accusing route; āHeās been doing EPO his whole career. Itās so obvious. Heās got the pimples all over his back, all over his face. Youāre a 35 year old man, youāre not going through puberty like youāre in your teens anymore. Thatās from his testosterone being out of whack. He is the CEO of EPO. Heās āMarty Juicemanā. Theyāre gonna let him get away with it but youāve gotta live with that the rest of your life. That you had to cheat the whole way through your career. I know Iām all natural American. I work the hard way. You know, blue collar. Earned it. Blood, sweat and tears.Ā November 6thĀ is destiny. Colby āChaosā Covington will be the UFC welterweight champion of the world, and thereās not a steroid in the world that can stop itā. - Colby CovingtonĀ Getting his excuses in early maybe. Iād love to see Usman crumble this prick like he did Masvidal. A proper one punch knockout this time would be fantastic. Preferably in a fight thatās not even competitive either. Just a beating. I know thereāll be people in here going āyeah but if Covington wins we get the rubber match, itās good for the sportā etc. I donāt care. I canāt root for a bellend like Covington just so we get a third fight. I want him to go winless against Usman and then fizzle out and slide further down the rankings into obscurity. Thatād be grand. Itās not what I expect to happen. Canāt stand him but Iāll always admit heās one of the best in the division. He gave Usman a really hard fight last time, maybe Usmanās only hard fight in the UFC, to be honest. Only Covington has been able to push him like that. They were neck and neck for 4 rounds last time before Usman pulled ahead and then broke his face. They were even all the way. I just think Usman is the more improved of the two since they last met and I can see this being a bit more of a clear win. Should be good regardless. Ā Rose Namajunas vs Zhang Weili 2 co-headlines. Not a massive fan of this myself. I donāt hate it or anything, Iām sure itāll be fun however long it lasts. I just donāt really get why itās happening. Not yet anyway. They literally just fought in April. Zhang was the champ going in, making her second defence a year after her crazy 5 round war with Joanna Jedrzejczyk. The fight started and before it even got goingā¦ All over. That wasĀ 1:18Ā into the first round. Done. Thug Rose channeling Mirko Cro Cop with the big left high kick and just like that we had a new UFC Strawweight champion. Now Iām a fan of Strawweight, there are some really good fighters in the division. But the way things sat coming out of this show, there werenāt a lot of obvious immediate challengers. But when Carla Esparza beat Yan Xiaonan to a bloody pulp in May, I thought she should be getting the next shot no question. And Iām far from a fan of Esparza but fairās fair. Sheās on a winning streak and a fight with Namajunas would actually have a cool little backstory because Esparza was the first ever Strawweight champ in the UFC, and beat none other than Rose Namajunas back in 2014 for the vacant belt. A rematch now, this time with Rose as the defending champion, would be a nice little full circle story. But for some reason, theyāve gone with Namajunas vs Zhang 2. Despite Zhang getting knocked out in a minute last time. There was zero controversy and itās not like Zhang was some long reigning champion. Meanwhile, Robert Whittakerās had to jump through hoops to get his rematch with Adesanya and Aldo never did get his rematch with McGregor. Donāt mean to be down on this fight because itāll likely be entertaining enough. Just not a big fan of these immediate rematches unless theyāre necessary and I donāt think this was. Oh well. If nothing else I canāt see it being boring. Ā Frankie Edgar vs Marlon Vera.Ā Bit of an old guard vs new blood feel to it but it should be a good fight. Interesting one for Edgar as well. People have been wanting to declare him washed up for about 5 years now and I was never on board with it. I argued the case for him for years and he proved me right a couple of times. I remember people acting like he was gonna get slaughtered when he fought Yair Rodriguez a few years ago and he went out and took Yair to school. In 2021 though, weāre now at the point where even Iāve got to admit the end is near. Heāll be 40 years old by the time he steps into the cage at MSG. Started in 2005. Thatās a good old run, especially for a lighter weight class fighter. Heās competed at the highest level of the sport for nearly all of it as well, and won the Lightweight title when he probably shouldāve been at Featherweight or even Bantamweight his whole career. The wars with Gray Maynard, going 3-0 over BJ Penn, wins over Sean Sherk, Urijah Faber, Cub Swanson, Chad Mendes, Yair Rodriguez and Charles Oliveira. Heās a future Hall Of Famer for sure. Everything comes to an end though. Heās lost 4 of his last 6 and even his last win over Pedro Munhoz, I thought the decision was iffy. The most telling sign that itās probably over is that heās started getting knocked out now as well. Knocking out Frankie Edgar used to seem like an almost impossible task. Ask Gray Maynard. But over the last couple of years, Ortega and Zombie put him out. Then in February this year, he took a flying knee off Cory Sandhagen that wouldāve knocked out an elephant. A really, really bad knockout. The type that ruins a chin forever. Like when Rashad Evans sparked Chuck Liddell. Chuck had been stopped before that but he was still pretty durable. After the Rashad KO, his chin was toast. I fear this could be a similar thing with Frankie. Vera isnāt in that elite bracket at 135, heās a guy Iād usually favour Edgar to beat. But I just donāt know with Frankie anymore. Veraās a scrappy fucker and dangerous. He stopped Sean OāMalley and just beat Davey Grant in a total dogfight in June. Heās 12 years younger than Frankie as well. I dunno. Style-wise, Frankie certainly has the tools to win this fight. I just think it might be over. I think it actually might be kinder to Frankie if he loses. If he wins heāll only convince himself that heās got another run in him and thatāll end in tears. He might, might, still have enough to pick up some wins at this level but I think itās pretty clear his days of hanging with the top contenders are over. Ā Shane Burgos vs Billy Quarantillo sounds like a serious darkhorse FOTN contender to me. Not even sure itās a darkhorse, to be fair. On almost any other card itād probably be my āone to watchā, itās just kind of getting lost in the shuffle here due to the depth of this card. Make no mistake though, this will be worth tuning in for. Burgos loves a good old scrap. I think the first time I saw him was when he fought Calvin Kattar and he gave Kattar all kinds of bother before Kattar finally rallied for the late finish. His barnburner with Josh Emmett was one of the best fights of 2020 as well. Unfortunately though, heās been coming up on the losing end in these fights. And he got knocked out by Barboza last time out as well. He could really do with a W right about now. Quarantillo is a guy I havenāt seen that much of but Iāve really got into his fights in the UFC so far. His debut submission over Jacob Kilburn was great, he had a really fun fast paced battle with Spike Carlyle, scored a peach of a KO against Kyle Nelson and had a cracking FOTN winning TKO over Gabriel Benitez last time out. If thereās been a dull moment, I havenāt seen it. As we saw with Santos vs Walker recently, sometimes in MMA, two rights can make a wrong but Iād be surprised if this isnāt at least a āgood fightā, with potential to be a lot more. Ā Justin Gaethje vs Michael Chandler is ***WANDāS ONE TO WATCH***Ā here. Even on a card as ridiculously stacked as this, itās a fight that really jumps out at you. Canāt go wrong with it. Feels like forever since we last saw Gaethje, doesnāt it? The Khabib loss was a year ago now and we havenāt seen him since. Heās been linked to a couple of fights, this Chandler fight was actually talked about early this year, it just never got finalised. I could be wrong but I donāt think the time away will effect him the way it does some fighters though. He fights the way he fights and thatās that. Chandler obviously had a great start to his UFC run, knocking out Dan Hooker in a round in January. Then him and Charles Oliveira met to crown a new Lightweight champ in May and, although Chandler had him in bother early, Oliveira came through and stopped him in the second round. So theyāre both in the same position now. Both coming close to the gold only to fall at the final hurdle. Neither of them are far off though and a big win here puts one of them right back in the race. Chandlerās talking (or tweeting) a good game; Iāve got a feeling he might try to wrestle this one out though. But that might not be so straight forward. I think some put too much stock into the way Gaethje lost to Khabib and think now that anyone with decent wrestling can just rag him about. But Khabib is made of different stuff and people overlook that he had to walk through some fire to impose his will in that fight. Itās been largely forgotten now but Khabib ate some fucking shots on his way in from Gaethje in that fight. But he had the chin and the guts and determination to keep walking him down. Thatās not gonna work for everyone. You try to walk Gaethje down and most of the time youāre getting ironed out. Gaethje sounds well up for it; āThe dude comes to fight. He loves fighting just as much as me. Styles make matchups and this is a stylistic matchup for the fans. Someoneās gonna get knocked out. Unless he turns into a bitch and tries to turn this into a wrestling match the whole time. Heās talking about timid souls taking a step backwards. Heās gonna be a timid soul when he starts shooting for legs because he doesnāt like the power. Thatās what I thinkā. - Justin GaethjeĀ Even if Chandler does go the wrestling route, that could be a lot of fun to watch as well. Khabib can make anyone look bad in the grappling. Gaethje can wrestle, he just chooses not to. But if Chandler forces that kind of fight, I think itāll make for some entertaining exchanges. If it plays out mostly on the feet though, Iāve got to favour Gaethje. Both can crack but I think Gaethjeās insane durability and his aggression will be the difference maker. Should be a fantastic fight though. You look at Chandlerās last fight with Oliveira, even in defeat, you look at Gaethjeās mad fights with Poirier and Ferguson, then you look at both menās wars with Eddie Alvarez. This has all the potential to be another one of them. I donāt wanna jinx it with the āpossible FOTYā stuff but the ingredients are definitely there. Canāt wait. Ā Andreas Michailidis vs Alex Pereira. Right then. This is an intriguing one and itās got very little to do with Michailidis. Heās 13-4, hasnāt beat anyone of note yet, canāt even say I recall watching him fight before. Itās the UFC debut of Pereira that makes this worth a look. Heās only 3-1 in MMA and hasnāt fought anyone youād know yet. Heās fought very sporadically in MMA as well, few fights in 2015/16 and then one in 2020 and thatās it. Itās all about his Kickboxing background though. And one win in particular. Yep. There he is knocking out Israel Adesanya back in 2017. He actually beat Adesanya twice in Kickboxing but the other one was on points. This knockout though, is what heās best known for. Truthfully, Iām not sure about him. Aside from beating Adesanya (nearly 5 years ago, by the way), heās not really done much else worth talking about. His Kickboxing record is 33-7 and heās got some other solid wins over Simon Marcus and Dustin Jacoby but nothing spectacular. And like I say, in MMA heās done nothing really. Heās 34 now, I canāt see him going on some crazy run but I quite like the signing. Sod it. Throw him in there and see what happens. Theyāre obviously thinking if he gets a few good wins, the rematch with Adesanya is an easy one to promote. I have serious doubts he gets that far but if he can string some wins together that story writes itself. Ā Al Iaquinta vs Bobby Green. Really like the sound of this. Where has Raginā Al been? Hasnāt fought since 2019 and for someone whoās usually got a lot to say, heās been pretty quiet as well during that time. Always get the impression that Iaquinta isnāt that arsed about fighting. Itās just something he dips in and out of. Donāt know if heās still selling houses but I think he was doing well with that at one time wasnāt he? So MMA is most likely just a secondary job to him. Shame really because heās shown real potential in the past and if he was fully committed to MMA and stayed active, he wouldāve only got better over the last few years. Itās probably healthier, physically and financially, that heās got other shit going on outside the cage though. Donāt know how heāll look here. MMA is very much a āout of sight, out of mindā sport and Iaquinta has been away so long. I think people forget he was wins over Jorge Masvidal, Kevin Lee and stopped Diego Sanchez and Joe Lauzon years ago. Heās probably mostly remembered for going 5 rounds in a losing effort against Khabib on about 2 days notice. Not sure how heās gonna look here. Like I said, 2 years away and he lost his last 2 fights as well. And Greenās been active the whole time. Heās also coming off losses but heās fought 6 times since Iaquinta last got in there and he ran Fiziev close in his last fight. Could be decent but these long breaks for Al canāt be good. Ā Phil Hawes vs Chris Curtis. Kind of intrigued by this one. The UFC actually tried to put this fight together a few weeks ago. Hawes was all set to face Deron Winn on the Dern vs Rodriguez card but Winn pulled out the day before. The UFC offered Curtis the fight but Hawes declined it, which was probably a wise move with less than 24 hours notice. So itās been rescheduled for this card. Hawes is on a bit of a hot streak so I donāt blame him for not just hastily jumping in against a last minute replacement in Curtis. Nothing wrong with just pushing the date back a few weeks and giving both some time to prepare. Weāll probably get a better fight out of it as well. Anyway, Hawes is 11-2 with 9 finishes and has won his last 7 on the trot. Scored a quick KO on DWCS to get in, wrecked Jacob Malkoun in 18 seconds in his UFC debut and has taken decisions off Nassourdine Imavov and Kyle Daukaus so far this year. Not sure what his ceiling is but he looks the part so far. Chris āAction Manā Curtis is 34 years old with a record of 26-8 with 15 inside the distance. Heās coming in off a 5 fight win streak and has appeared on DWCS himself and fought in the PFL. Ā Edmen Shahbazyan vs Nassourdine Imavov. Quite interested in this, if only to see if Shahbazyan can get back on track. He came in with a lot of hype due to his association with Ronda Rousey. He quickly racked up a perfect 11-0 record, 10 were finishes, 5 were in under a minute! He wasnāt fucking about. And all in his early 20s. The most impressive win was his headkick knockout over Brad Tavares because Tavares had gone the distance with Israel Adesanya and Yoel Romero in the past, and this wet behind the ears kid comes in and flatlines him in less than 3 minutes. He was turning heads. It all got derailed big time though. Everyoneās favourite hype killer Derek Brunson handed him his first loss, and an arse kicking to go with it, last summer. Then they threw him right back in with Jack Hermansson and he got dominated again. Never got that matchmaking. It was obvious after the Brunson loss that he needed more time and work on his overall game before stepping up to that level. So they immediately chuck him back out there with Hermansson whoās another bad stylistic match for him? Itās not all doom and gloom. Shahbazyanās still only 23. Heās got time and thereās a lot of promise and upside there. He just doesnāt need to be in with the top boys yet. I donāt know a lot about Imavov. Heās 25, from Dagestan and has a 10-3 record. Mostly fought unknowns but did TKO Ian Heinisch in his last fight. Sounds decent but it looks like they have at least scaled back Shahbazyanās opposition a bit, which was obviously much needed. Still, Imavov could be a banana skin. Those Dagestani guys often come in as unknown quantities because they fight a lot of names we donāt recognise early in their careers. But that doesnāt necessarily mean theyāre not legit. Could be a risky one for Shahbazyan actually. Ā Ian Garry vs Jordan Williams. The UFC debut for Ian Garry is upon us. Heās 23 years old out of Dublin and as youād expect from a guy of his age from Dublin, he was inspired to get into MMA by watching Conor McGregor. Hereās young Garry meeting old glass ankles years ago. He got into MMA himself, made his pro debut in 2019 and now has a perfect record of 7-0 with 5 finishes. Heās been talked about as one of the best prospects in MMA for a bit now and heās just won the Cage Warriors strap in June. Heās leaving no stone unturned. Heās training in Florida at Sanford MMA under Henri Hooft whoās trained a whoās who in the sport. Heās training with the likes of Gilbert Burns and Derek Brunson, itās a great move for him, especially so early in his career. At 23, heās gonna improve leaps and bounds being on the mats with guys like that day in and day out. Williams is 9-5-0-1 and has already lost his first 2 UFC fights. Got submitted by Mickey Gall last time out. Sounds like a typical showcase debut opponent for Garry this. He shouldnāt have much hassle in this one. Thereās always the chance the old āOctagon jittersā come into play but Garry seems confident enough to deal with that. Ā Gian Villante vs Chris Barnett could be a laugh. Definitely one of the weaker fights on the card but whatever. Could be perversely entertaining. Villante hasnāt looked with it for years to me. He was never that good to begin with but he was this tough, brawling New Yorker who you could throw out there early in a card for a lively dust up. Over the last few years though he really looks like he just doesnāt give a shit anymore. Thereās a reason heās gone up to Heavyweight and I donāt think itās because he thinks he can make a little run there. I think he just couldnāt be arsed to train and put the burgers down anymore. He looked pregnant at the weigh in for his last fight. Honestly, I donāt know why heās been kept around so long. Heās 3-7 in his last 10, looks fat and sloppy and heās not even entertaining to watch anymore. Barnett wonāt go far either and heās another fatty but heās at least a bit of a character. Heās 21-7 and lost his UFC debut to Ben Rothwell. Nothing fight but hopefully thereās at least some comedic value. Ā John Allan vs Dustin Jacoby. Might be worth a gander, just for Jacoby. Barely remember Allan. Sherdog tells me heās 13-6-0-1 and nothing about his record stands out to me. Jacobyās filling in for Aleksa Camur, who pulled out with an injury. You can usually rely on Jacoby for a good scrap though. Short notice or not heāll be coming to knock Allanās head off. Probably an improvement on the original fight for me, although itās a shame it wasnāt Allan who dropped out because Jacoby vs Camur wouldāve been a banger. Ā Melsik Baghdasaryan vs Bruno Souza. This might actually be a bit of an under the radar sleeper. I forgot about Baghdasaryan but looking him up now has refreshed my memory. He made his debut in July and looked great as I recall. Stopped Collin Anglin and got a POTN bonus for his efforts. Heās 6-1 in MMA now and also went 11-2 in Kickboxing and 3-0 in Boxing. Heās still not even 30 yet either. Of course, we need to see him against better opposition but thatāll come in time. Especially at 145 in the UFC because itās a shark tank and thereās very few āeasy fightsā. I liked what I saw though. Souza is stepping in on late notice replacing TJ Laramie. Heās 25 years old, 10-1 and a Machida protĆ©gĆ© as far as I can tell.Ā Ā CJ Vergara vs Ode Osbourne. Dunno. Never seen Vergara before but he was on DWCS apparently and scored a quick knockout on there from what Iām reading. Osbourne Iāve seen a few times but recall little of it other than him getting done in by Manel Kape in his last fight. Typical curtain jerk prelim fodder but Iāll probably give it a whirl. Ā Roll on November!Ā Edited November 4, 2021 by wandshogun09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted October 9, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted October 9, 2021 im probably forgetting something, but this is the card of the year for me. Unbelievable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators neil Posted October 9, 2021 Moderators Share Posted October 9, 2021 Fully expecting Covington to actually drop the n-word in the run up to this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted October 9, 2021 Author Paid Members Share Posted October 9, 2021 You know heās been fighting the urge since the first fight.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 I'm firmly behind a Covington win here, simply because I'd love a trilogy fight between these guys.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted October 10, 2021 Author Paid Members Share Posted October 10, 2021 20 hours ago, wandshogun09 said: IĀ know thereāll be people in here going āyeah but if Covington wins we get the rubber match, itās good for the sportā etc. I donāt care. I canāt root for a bellend like Covington just so we get a third fight.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 If Covington wins me and Egg logging into UKFF the day after the fight... Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted October 10, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted October 10, 2021 am i Conor or Dee? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Someone should photoshop a vuvuzela into that for added annoyance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted October 10, 2021 Author Paid Members Share Posted October 10, 2021 I do myself no favours.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebra Kid Mark Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Sorry @wandshogun09, but chalk me up as another one hoping for a Colby win. It makes the division more interesting, Usman has practically cleared out the division and a Colby championship run would have some great fights/build up with the likes of Leon Edwards and Jorge Masvidal (I know he's lost 2 title fights but this is the UFC). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted October 12, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted October 12, 2021 i bring bad news: Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members WeeAl Posted October 12, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted October 12, 2021 It's just not happening for ol' Handsome Luke is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebra Kid Mark Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 Ah damn, that's annoying. I was looking forward to seeing Rockhold back in the octagon. The UFC cards lately have been dominated by a Ā lot of no namers/newbies that I was kind of excited to see a name back in the cage. Hopefully Strickland stays on the card, he's the type of guy that will take any kind of replacement even if they aren't ranked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted October 12, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted October 12, 2021 (edited) Its a shame Kevin Holland is running it back with Dakaus now. Can you imagine Holland/Strickland? talkiest fight of all time šµ Edited October 12, 2021 by Egg Shen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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