Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted May 31, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted May 31, 2022 (edited) Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but weāre back at the Apex for this. ESPN+ MAIN CARDArman Tsarukyan vs Mateusz GamrotĀ Neil Magny vs Shavkat RakhmonovĀ Josh Parisian vs Alan Baudot Thiago Moises vs Christos Giagos Umar Nurmagomedov vs Nate Maness Chris Curtis vs Rodolfo Vieira ESPN+/FIGHT PASS PRELIMSĀ Tafon Nchukwi vs Carlos Ulberg TJ Brown vs Shayilan Nuerdanbieke Raulian Paiva vs Sergey MorozovĀ Cody Durden vs JP Buys Mario Bautista vs Brian KelleherĀ Jinh Yu Frey vs Vanessa DemopoulosĀ Ā Not the official bout order. Just wanted to get this up now because itās only a few weeks away and I think it deserves talking about. Really like this card. Main event is class, Iām all over that. But the rest of the card is pretty strong by Fight Night standards as well. To be honest, this card is wasted on the Apex. A fight like Tsarukyan vs Gamrot deserves a crowd. Shame they couldnāt get to Poland or something for this show. Ā Ā Arman Tsarukyan vs Mateusz Gamrot headlines. Tremendous matchup between two of the best rising contenders in the stacked Lightweight division. Seriously, these two might just be the future of 155. When the fight was first announced I actually saw some moaning about it on social media. People banging on going āwhy put these two against each other now?ā Like they should save the fight for down the road. Fuck that! I never agree with that logic. In this day and age weāre seeing more fights than ever before. Tons of good ones but, naturally, more fights inevitably means weāll see more shite as well. Some of the Apex main events especially have been terrible. And weāre gonna moan about a fight like this? We need more fights like this. Like I said when the fight was made, this is exactly the kind of fight that should be main eventing a Fight Night card. Two young guys rising up the ranks and trying to break into the title picture. Two guys who could benefit greatly from getting a bit of that spotlight, in terms of the exposure and the perception of fans seeing them as players in the division. And also, the valuable experience of a 5 rounder to prepare them for whatās to come if/when they make it to the title mix. Tsarukyan is Armenian/Russian, 25 years old with a record of 18-2 and 12 finishes. He went 13-1 before debuting with the UFC in 2019. And in his first Octagon appearance, he was matched up with Islam Makhachev. Iāve bummed the fight on here many a time, I wonāt go into it again. I reviewed it in the thread for the Makhachev vs Green card on here a few months ago if you wanna know more. Or better yet, just watch the fight. It was fantastic. One of those fights I always bring up as an example when people ask about good wrestling/grappling heavy MMA fights. It got FOTN but Tsarukyan came up on the losing end of the decision. But at just 22 years old at the time, it was clear there was massive potential there. Heās since proved that to be the case, rattling off 5 straight wins over Olivier Aubin-Mercier, Davi Ramos, Matt Frevola, Christos Giagos and in his last fight in February he crushed Joel Alvarez. Proper made a mess of him. Alvarez was dangerous, a big finisher and had looked a bit of a beast himself coming in as well. That was Tsarukyanās best win so far, in my opinion. Not only the best fighter heās beat but the way he did it. He beat Alvarez to a pulp and stopped him in the second round. Completely overwhelmed him. He got POTN bonuses for his last two fights as well. After the Makhachev loss, he didnāt really knock anyoneās socks off with his first few wins in the UFC. He looked good but they went to decisions and they werenāt mega standout performances. Seeing him stop Giagos and Alvarez in his last couple though, it really feels like heās starting to find his feet in there and feel more comfortable and confident. To see how good he looked at 22 against Makhachev, itās scary to think just how far he could potentially go as he continues to improve and mature as a fighter. Gamrot is Polish, 31 years old and 20-1-0-1 with 12 inside the distance. The only two blemishes on his record are a No Contest due to an eye poke against Norman Parke back in 2017, and a razor thin split decision loss in his UFC debut against Guram Kutateladze. Depending on how you scored that Kutateladze fight, you could argue that Gamrot has never been truly beaten. Heās also a former āchamp champā in the KSW promotion in Poland. He held both the Lightweight and Featherweight straps there. He cleared up the Norman Parke controversy as well. They fought again and Gamrot won via TKO. They had 3 fights altogether in KSW and, aside from the eye poke NC, Gamrot won the other two. He made his long awaited UFC debut in 2020, dropping that decision against Kutateladze. But heās been on fire since. Heās won his last 3 fights and finished Scott Holtzman, Jeremy Stephens and Carlos Diego Ferreira. Buzzing for this. Again, this āthey should save the fight for laterā mentality can piss off. I think thatās coming from the old Boxing mindset where you build guys up first before making the harder fights. But sod it. Theyāre both on form and climbing the ladder now, why wait? You can hold off on fights like this and they end up never happening. Or happening way too late when one or both of them are on the decline. I could see this going like Poirier vs Holloway or Moreno vs Kara-France where they fight here then meet again in a few years with higher stakes. And if they never do, then at least we got to see it once. How anyone who calls themselves a MMA fan can complain about this after some of the crap main events weāve been fed baffles me. Itās such a good fight. Ā Neil Magny vs Shavkat Rakhmonov is ***WANDāS ONE TO WATCH***Ā this time. Donāt think Iāve ever had a Magny fight as my one to watch before but here we are. Iāve been critical of Magny over the years but itās not to say heās not a good fighter. I just rarely enjoy watching him fight. To be fair to the dullard though, he usually finds a way to get the job done. And if you look back over his record, heās beat Robbie Lawler, Carlos Condit, Johny Hendricks, Kelvin Gastelum, Hector Lombard etc. Heās one of those gatekeeper guys whoās hard to beat and even harder to look good against. Thatās why I actually do like this matchup though. Itās gonna give us some answers.Ā Rakhmonov for me might just be the best prospect on the roster that nobodyās really talking about. Everyoneās on the Khamzat Chimaev bandwagon and I understand why, but Iāve said before I donāt see Chimaev staying at 170 for much longer. I think Rakhmonov might turn out to be the next big thing in the Welterweight division. Chimaev doing what heās done has kind of allowed Rakhmonov to just slide under the radar and do his thing. But heās looking the business so far. Heās undefeatedĀ at 15-0, all finishes, and has put away Alex Oliveira, Michel Prazeres and Carlston Harris in his 3 Octagon appearances so far. Granted, not stellar opposition but heās handled them with ease and shown skills on the feet and on the mat already. He looks like a problem. But Magny is a big step up. Thatās what I love about this. Itās the perfect litmus test for a guy like Rakhmonov. If he beats Magny heās legit, no question. If he rolls over Magny like he has his last few opponents then heās worth really getting excited about because, say what you want about Magny, you donāt just walk through him. Not sure how this goes. Iāve had a good feeling about Rakhmonov but Magny is a tricky test. Looking forward to seeing how it plays out. Ā Josh Parisian vs Alan Baudot. No card is complete without a big old dollop of low level Heavyweight shite, is it? Donāt worry. Iāll look them up on Sherdog so you donāt have to. Parisian is 14-5 with 12 finishes and coming off a TKO loss to DonāTale Mayes in December. Heās also got to be the most haggard looking 32 year old Iāve ever seen. Baudot is 8-3-0-1 with 7 knockouts and has gone winless in his 3 UFC appearances so far. Smashing. If nothing else, theyāre both finishers so hopefully itāll be one of those fun fat man brawls not one of those 15 minute plodding turds. Ā Thiago Moises vs Christos Giagos. OK fight. Not particularly grabbing me. Moises is 15-6 and was on a nice little run not too long ago, beating Michael Johnson, Bobby Green and Alexander Hernandez in a row. He then got fed to Islam Makhachev and it all went tits up. To be fair, he lasted until the 4th round, which is better than anyone expected, but in the end he got strangled. He tried to rebound in November and got bashed up in a round by Joel Alvarez. And here we are. A third loss on the bounce here is the last thing he needs so heās gonna have to find a way to turn things around. Giagos is 19-9 and got done in about 2 minutes by Arman Tsarukyan in his last fight in September. Never been overly impressed by Giagos but heās not terrible. He had a cracking fight with Drakkar Klose a few years ago but he mostly comes up short against anyone at the upper-mid levels or above. Moises should probably be winning this, I reckon. Ā Umar Nurmagomedov vs Nate Maness. We get another look at Umar. 26 years old, unbeaten, 14-0, 8 inside the distance, 7 submissions. Khabibās little cousinās doing alright for himself. He made his UFC debut last year on Fight Island and submitted Sergey Morozov. Then at UFC 272 in March, he rolled right over Brian Kelleher in about 3 minutesā¦ Looks the real deal so far but time will tell. My memory is a bit fuzzy on Maness but on paper he sounds like a decent next test for Umar. Heās 30 with a record of 14-1 and is on a 4 fight winning streak. He submitted Luke Sanders and knocked out Tony Gravely in his last couple of fights. Ā Chris Curtis vs Rodolfo Vieira. Another fight I quite like the sound of. Interesting clash of styles here too. āAction Manā Curtis is 28-8 with 17 finishes and is on a 7 fight winning streak. He got the call from the UFC relatively late in his career. Heās 34 now and heās knocked about a bit but itās going well for him so far. He stepped in on short notice at UFC 268 in November, weathered the storm of Phil Hawes and then sparked him. Then a month later he put Brendan Allen out. Two solid wins in the space of a few weeks. Not sure about Vieira though. On paper he could be a nightmare matchup for Curtis, and for a lot of the division really. BJJ black-belt, ADCC gold medalist etc. One of the best pure grapplers on the roster. But I canāt shake the memory of that shock submission loss to Anthony Hernandez last year. A grappler of his calibre had no business getting caught in a guillotine like that but he fatigued rapidly, got sloppy and that was that. In fairness, he rebounded nicely with a slick RNC over Dustin Stoltzfus in his next fight. Heās 8-1 now. But Iām not sure about him. Ā Tafon Nchukwi vs Carlos Ulberg is nothing special but might be worth a gander. Nchukwi is a bit of a tank but I havenāt been blown away by him in the fights Iāve seen so far. Heās 6-2 and coming off a nasty flying knee KO loss to Azamat Murzakanov in March. His best wins are Mike Rodriguez, Jamie Pickett and a pre-UFC stoppage over William Knight from a few years back. I remember Ulberg came in with a little bit of buzz last year. He was only 3-0 but had caught a lot of peoples attention with his knockout on DWCS. Made his debut at UFC 259 against Kennedy Nzechukwu and was looking the part for a round or so. Then Nzechukwu rallied and chinned him in the second. The hype train hadnāt even picked up much speed yet and it had already been derailed. He came back in February with a decision win over Fabio Cherant. Not really sure what to make of either of these two. Ā TJ Brown vs Shayilan Nuerdanbieke. No real opinion on this. Nothing against either of them, not saying itāll be bad or anything but itās just one of those fights where I know Iāve seen both fight but nothingās really jumping out in my memory. A quick refresher on Google tells me Brown is 16-8 and coming off a couple of decision wins over Charles Rosa and Kai Kamaka. Barely remember any of that. Iām even hazier on this Shayilan chap. Apparently heās 28 years old with a record of 37-10 and 28 finishes! Busy boy. Although most of them will be unknowns in China. In the UFC heās 1-1 and beat Sean Soriano on points last time. Ā Raulian Paiva vs Sergey Morozov. Alright fight. Paivaās a decent fighter, 21-4 record with wins over Kyler Phillips and Zhalgas Zhumagulov. He also went to a split decision in a fun fight against Kai Kara-France in 2019. That oneās aged well. He got fed to Sean OāMalley in December though and got stopped in a round. Morozovās 17-5 and coming off getting choked completely unconscious by Douglas Silva De Andrade at UFC 271 in February. Believe it or not, that gif actually got me a warning by email off Giphy because, and I quote, āany content that portrays gruesome violence, mutilation, or gore, is not permitted. Content that presents footage of a scene where it is commonly known that an individual was killed is not permittedā. They thought Morozov died! Regardless, Morozov vs De Andrade was a belting fight. It got FOTN but I donāt think it got enough love at the time just because I think a lot of people missed it with it being tucked away on the Fight Pass prelims. If you missed it, give it a look. Trust me. Anyway yeah, thisāll probably be entertaining enough. Could be the sleeper on this card actually. Ā Cody Durden vs JP Buys. Canāt say Iām too fussed with this but I hope Buys wins just because Durdenās a prick. If you recall, Durdenās the one who beat Aori Qileng late last year then said something about āsending him back to China where he came fromā. Of course, this led to people digging up his old tweets and, surprise, it threw up a bunch of examples of him using the ān wordā. He was then matched with Muhammad Mokaev in Mokaevās UFC debut on the London card in March and started mouthing off again. As a result, Mokaev dropping and submitting him in under a minute was satisfying as fuck to watch. Buys is South African, 9-4 and itās been L after L for him since signing with the UFC. First he got TKOād in his debut, then he lost a decision in his next fight, then his wife Cheyanne Vlismas left him shortly after. Heās claiming sheās had an affair with Middleweight fighter Roman Dolidze. Weāve only got his side of it so far but if thatās true, itās hard not to feel sorry for him. Another reason to root for him over Durden the dick here. Ā Mario Bautista vs Brian Kelleher will probably be entertaining enough. Win or lose, Kelleher is rarely in dull fights. I canāt remember any off the top of my head actually. Bautista is 28 years old and 9-2. Beat Jay Perrin on points last time but my main (and really only) memory of him is his sweet flying knee finish on Miles Johns a couple of years ago. He might be a bit better than Iāve made him sound and, to be fair, one of his 2 losses was against Cory Sandhagen. But heās just one of those fighters who hasnāt really stood out in my memory on such a bloated roster. Always liked Kelleher though. Iāve never claimed heās anything special but heās one of those guys who always comes to battle. I think I became a fan when he fought John Lineker years ago. He lost, obviously, but he was game and showed a lot of toughness before eventually succumbing to the old āHands Of Stoneā. Heās 24-13 now and coming off that quick submission loss to Umar Nurmagomedov. Hopefully he gets back to winning ways here. Ā Jinh Yu Frey vs Vanessa Demopoulos. Nothing happening here really. Neither are gonna be making any waves in the Strawweight division. Freyās 11-6 and a former Invicta Atomweight champion. She moved up to Strawweight for her UFC debut in 2020 and had a very shaky start in the promotion, losing her first 2 fights. Sheās bounced back with a couple of decision wins and looked decent, but unspectacular. I quite like her but at 37 years old, in the 115lb division, I just donāt see much happening for her. Demopoulos is 7-4, lost her debut to JJ Aldrich but armbarred Silvana Gomez Juarez in an exciting 2 minute fight at UFC 270 in January. Apparently she quit her job as a stripper just weeks before that fight to commit full time to MMA. As you do. Ā Ā Thatās your lot.Ā Edited June 19, 2022 by wandshogun09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted May 31, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted May 31, 2022 That main/co-main event combination is legit. Probably the most ive ever looked forward to a Neil Magny fight. oh, and be nice to get another look at Carlos Ulberb š Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted May 31, 2022 Author Paid Members Share Posted May 31, 2022 20 minutes ago, Egg Shen said: oh, and be nice to get another look at Carlos Ulberb š Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted June 9, 2022 Author Paid Members Share Posted June 9, 2022 Shavkat Rakhmonov training with the champ. Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted June 15, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted June 15, 2022 bout order according to Big Marcel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted June 15, 2022 Author Paid Members Share Posted June 15, 2022 Yeah they reshuffled because the Tim Elliott vs Amir Albazi fight got scrapped yesterday.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted June 19, 2022 Author Paid Members Share Posted June 19, 2022 This one is next week. Doesnāt look as good as the Kattar vs Emmett card but still a lot stronger than your typical Apex show. Iām looking forward to Tsarukyan vs Gamrot about as much as any one fight over the next few cards and Magny vs Rakhmonov in the co-main is a very intriguing one. The undercardās already taken a couple of hits though. Tim Elliott vs Amir Albazi and Tagir Ulanbekov vs Tyson Nam have been scrapped. Two of the better fights on the undercard for me so thatās shit.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted June 24, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted June 24, 2022 pretty surprised that Curtis is the betting favorite there to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebra Kid Mark Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Decent little fight night card.Ā I'm with you Wand in cheering for JP Buys, the guy can't buy (pun intended) a win right now, I hope he puts his nightmare of a personal year behind him and wins. I've just googled his ex Cheyene Buys and it's actually her birthday on the night he fights. I'm sure that will be in the back of his mind when he goes out there. Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted June 25, 2022 Author Paid Members Share Posted June 25, 2022 (edited) 14 hours ago, Zebra Kid Mark said: I'm with you Wand in cheering for JP Buys, the guy can't buy (pun intended) a win right now, I hope he puts his nightmare of a personal year behind him and wins. I've just googled his ex Cheyene Buys and it's actually her birthday on the night he fights. I'm sure that will be in the back of his mind when he goes out there. I could swear at one point they had a Roman Dolidze fight down for this card as well, but it got moved forward a week to the Kattar vs Emmett show. The rumour is Cheyanne is with Dolidze now, or was at one point. Imagine your wife leaves you for another man, your next fight is on her birthday and the guy she left you for is on the same card? Ā Edited June 25, 2022 by wandshogun09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted June 25, 2022 Author Paid Members Share Posted June 25, 2022 Final card (hopefully), bout order, start times and all that bollocks.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted June 26, 2022 Author Paid Members Share Posted June 26, 2022 Another quality card. Weāre being spoilt lately.Ā How good was Gamrot vs Tsarukyan? Everything I hoped it would be and, like that Ismagulov vs Kutateladze fight last week, seeing a fight like this, the future of the Lightweight division is in good hands. Such a great fight. Got to say though, I really didnāt agree with the decision. Almost feel bad even saying it because Gamrot fought his arse off but I felt like Tsarukyan got a raw deal here. I had him winning at least 3 of the rounds. Had him winning 1, 2 and 4. It was mega competitive throughout so I donāt wanna call it an outright robbery but looking at the scorecards and seeing all 3 judges scored round 4 for Gamrot baffled me. Gamrot had his moments in the round with the takedowns, some ground control and the choke attempt at the end. But for me that wasnāt enough to cancel out Tsarukyanās success on the feet and scoring a knockdownā¦ Tsarukyan won that round on damage for me. But it was like Gamrot ending the round on top made the judges forget what happened earlier in the round. Of course, takedowns and top control should count and if Tsarukyan had done no damage earlier in the round Iād be fine with Gamrot taking this round. But he really didnāt get much done on the ground, didnāt do much damage and it wasnāt like the choke attempt was close.Ā The scoring of this round was the difference in the outcome and I felt like the judges fucked it up. Thereās been worse decisions and I donāt wanna harp on the negatives after such a brilliant fight. But I felt bad for Tsarukyan when the decision was announced. Iāll rewatch it at some point in the week and see if I feel the same but on first watch, for me it was a highly competitive fight but not that close score-wise, in my opinion. Oh well. A beautiful fight. And if you look at the big picture, the way it played out was probably the least damaging outcome for all involved. Tsarukyanās still only 25. Heāll come again and heāll only get better from this. Gamrot is 31, not old by any means but the win here was slightly more urgent for him. I wonder who theyāll both get matched up with next. Thereās so many options. Iād like to see them both get a name or top ranked guy. Letās inject some new blood into the title picture. I think Iād go with Gamrot vs Beneil Dariush next. Dariush is ranked #6 as I type this. And heās probably gonna be left without a dance partner once all the big names get paired off. Depending on results, the winner of that could see themselves in the Top 5 which gives them some leverage to get a contender fight or one of the big names. For Tsarukyan, I donāt think a loss like this harms his stock much at all. Iād give him the winner of RDA vs Fiziev. Or if we wanna be really sadistic, feed Tony Ferguson to him. What theyāll probably do though, is make Gamrot vs Ismagulov and Tsarukyan vs Kutateladze. Donāt get me wrong, both would be fantastic fights to watch but itās what I was saying before, it keeps these guys stagnant in the same spot while the title picture consists of the same old faces. Iād like to see things shaken up a bit. If there was any doubt, we got confirmation last night that Shavkat Rakhmonov is definitely for real. Magny was the first real litmus test for him and he passed with flying colours. It was clear after his first 3 UFC fights that he was due a step up. Magny wasnāt just a step up, heās usually a really awkward fighter to look good against. Rakhmonov subbing him was very impressive. 16-0 now, 16 finishes, 8 by KO/TKO, 8 by submission. He really looks the business. He pretty much dominated and looked so calm in there. The Welterweight division is on notice. Itāll be very interesting to see who heās matched up with next. Magny was ranked #10 going in so beating him in the fashion he did should bag Shavkat a biggish fight next time out. Looking at the Top 10, I canāt see many of them being in a hurry to fight him. I can see Rakhmonov vs Sean Brady (currently ranked #9) maybe being next. But you never know. I wouldnāt be shocked if Gilbert Burns (#4) offers to fight him. Mad bastard that he is. If I could choose Iād probably go with Rakhmonov vs Brady or Belal Muhammad next but I donāt blame him calling out some of the names in the division. Heās been quiet long enough. Thereās no way Masvidal or Diaz go near him though. Not a fucking chance š Parisian vs Baudot was what it was. Heavyweight mediocrity at its finest. At least it didnāt go the distance I suppose. Donāt know why it was so far up the card though. Happy to see Thiago Moises get that much needed return to the win column after being fed to Islam Makhachev and Joel Alvarez in his last couple of fights. Nice first round submission. He needed a performance like this. Umar Nurmagomedov continues to pile up the wins. 15-0 now. Didnāt get the finish this time but Maness is tough and Umar getting 3 rounds in is no bad thing. He looks really good. Striking and grappling looked pretty sharp here. This was filthā¦ Iām still hoping we see that fight with Umar and Jack Shore rescheduled at some point in the near future. If Shore beats Ricky Simon in a few weeks Iād be happy with that next. Wouldnāt mind seeing it headline a Fight Night over 5 rounds either. Two unbeaten prospects who deserve some spotlight. Could be the Bantamweight version of Gamrot vs Tsarukyan. Carlos Ulberg scored a sweet first round finish over Tafon Nchukwi. Wobbled him with a stiff jab and then swarmed all over him. Never let him recover. Heās well back on track now after that loss to Kennedy Nzechukwu in his UFC debut. Morozov and Paiva had a solid battle. Nice rebound for Morozov coming off that loss to Douglas Silva De Andrade in his last fight. And a nice rebound in this fight as well. Paiva put it on him in that first round but he weathered it and took the second and third. JP Buys continues to spiral downwards. Poor prick canāt catch a break. I donāt know if I was more sympathetic to him losing or pissed off seeing dickface Cody Durden get the win. But this was shit all around. Got to think Buys is gonna be a goner now as well. Thatās 3 straight losses in the UFC now, zero wins, and now heās just got battered in about a minute. Hope he didnāt see thisā¦ š¬ If I was him Iād buy a lottery ticket. Heās got to be due some luck, right? Mario Bautista looked great running through Brian Kelleher with the quick submission. I like Kelleher but heās so inconsistent. I hope they keep him around a bit longer because win or lose heās never dull. Strong performance from Bautista though. Enjoyed this a lot. Wasnāt as good a card overall as weāve been treated to the last 2 weekends. 275 and Austin were fantastic top to bottom. But this was still a lot better than the vast majority of Apex cards are. Some nice finishes, Shavkat passed his first real test and the main event was class. Roll on 276 next week!Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted June 26, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted June 26, 2022 Talking of potential matchups for Rakhmonov, I'd have thought Wonderboy might be a good choice too. He's coming off a loss, but he's still a problem for anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted June 26, 2022 Author Paid Members Share Posted June 26, 2022 Yeah he mentioned Wonderboy after the fight. Thatās another option and a big name for Rakhmonov. Different kind of test as well. Iām up for any of them. I wanna see Rakhmonov mix it with all of those names. Not sure Wonderboy will go for it at this stage in his career though. He might think itās worth the gamble but at 39 years old and coming off back-to-back one sided decision losses, facing someone like Rakhmonov sounds like a bad move. Thatās me saying that though. A guy like Wonderboy might really fancy it and think itās the best way to get back on track.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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