Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted January 18, 2023 Author Paid Members Share Posted January 18, 2023 Fuck sake Shogun. Just stay in your hotel room and watch Netflix until Saturday will you 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce85 Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Just watched the countdown for this and really looking forward to it now, decent fights all throughout. Gone for Glover and Moreno in the polls but pretty much 50/50 on both fights. I really think the main event could go either way but heart says Glover! I just don’t want Moreno and Figgy to end in another draw…. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted January 19, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted January 19, 2023 Figgy can't be feeling too fresh going into weigh-in, fuck: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members WeeAl Posted January 19, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted January 19, 2023 3 hours ago, Egg Shen said: Figgy can't be feeling too fresh going into weigh-in, fuck: When you see the likes of that, it's a miracle that nobody has yet died trying to make weight for a fight in the UFC. I hope he moves up after this fight and doesn't keep trying to make that cut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfogg1991 Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 How come there isn't a pre show press conference for this first ppv of the year seems odd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted January 20, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted January 20, 2023 yeah good shout k-fogg, all they did was a bog standard media day, weird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted January 20, 2023 Author Paid Members Share Posted January 20, 2023 Figgy made it. I hope the cut hasn’t taken too much out of him. A lot’s been made of how rough he looked all week but he always looks like a bag of shite making 125. I hope he sacks it off soon and has a little run at 135 before he calls it a day. He’s 35 now, how many more times can he boil down to Flyweight? Buzzing for this fight though. Which might sound weird considering we’ve already seen it 3 times over the last couple of years. What a series though. Definitely the real main event tomorrow night for me. All four men in the title fights made weight. Anthony Smith weighed in as the backup for Glover vs Hill and missed weight though. Hopefully nothing fucks that fight up in the next 24 hours because the prospect of say, Jamahal Hill (who seems a bit of a weak challenger) vs Anthony Smith (who’s missed weight and would be ineligible to win the title anyway) as the first PPV headliner of the year is the absolute dregs. They’d have to bump Figgy vs Moreno 4 up in that scenario surely. Hopefully nothing like that happens but yeah, the real main event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 On 1/19/2023 at 3:52 PM, WeeAl said: When you see the likes of that, it's a miracle that nobody has yet died trying to make weight for a fight in the UFC. Sadly, I think this is something we'll see the effects of in fighters as they enter later life. All of the weight cutting and dehydration can't be good for the body. Let's hope I'm wrong, but I think we'll see fighters who are in their 40's today start to pay the price as they hit their 50's and 60's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted January 21, 2023 Author Paid Members Share Posted January 21, 2023 Start times and (hopefully) final bout order 👊🇧🇷 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panhead Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Might stay up for this, you know. At the very least, I'm setting an alarm and getting up before my 4 year old in the morning. I think Figgy and Moreno should be headlining though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members WeeAl Posted January 21, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted January 21, 2023 (edited) If Hill manages to win this, do we expect it to be early, catching Glover before he gets into a groove and putting his lights out? Unless (and it's quite possible) that madness with Jiri took all the fight out of Glover that he has left - then I see him just Old-manning Hill and dragging him into deep water and drowning him. Hopefully, anyway. Edited January 21, 2023 by WeeAl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted January 21, 2023 Author Paid Members Share Posted January 21, 2023 (edited) Yeah pretty much. Although Hill stopped Santos late last time so fuck knows. I just think Glover’s got one of those weird chins where he sometimes looks a bit shaky early but once he warms up and gets rolling he’s a real issue. The war with Jiri is the big x-factor for me though. That was the kind of fight that kills off a fighter’s prime, much less whatever’s left of a man’s durability at 40+. Purely on skills, I think Glover should be winning this, I’m still not overly convinced by Hill. But I’m just not sure Glover’s not pushing his luck a bit now. We’ll see. Would be a fantastic moment if he gets it done. It was cool enough when he won the strap off Jan the first time but that was in Abu Dhabi. If he can regain it on home soil it’ll be pretty special. Fuck it, Glover by submission for me. Just voted in the poll, both fights dead even… Edited January 21, 2023 by wandshogun09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted January 21, 2023 Author Paid Members Share Posted January 21, 2023 I’m with Dan Hardy on this. I know it probably makes more sense from the UFC’s point of view to match Shogun up with a younger guy that they can possibly build up a bit off the back of beating a legend. But purely from what I wanted to see, and I think a lot of fans feel the same, a legends matchup would’ve been more satisfying for his farewell. There aren’t many of them left but there was talk a few months ago of Machida wanting back in to do the rubber match. I’d have enjoyed that and it would’ve been a nice little change of pace on this card. Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted January 21, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted January 21, 2023 I cant remember what i put in the poll, but my official prediction as of fight night is... Hill to stop Glover. Dunno when but I dont think enough has been said about Glover coming off that brutal fight with Jiri, that may have been the last of him. Moreno over Figgy Smalls. Probably a decision but im saying this based purely on the weight cut. Im predicting it may have been one too many for Figueiredo. Dont bet on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Glover is the old guard, so Im always backing (and hoping) for a win. I hope he has enough in his locker to get Hill to the ground for 3 out of the 5 rounds, which is the way I see his path to victory. As for the Figgy fight, I genuinely have no clue who to pick, or who Id class as the favourate, which is insane as theyve fought three times already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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