Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted May 19 Paid Members Share Posted May 19 (edited) Itās no Fury vs Usyk but weāre off to Saudi Arabia again in a few weeks. First ever UFC Saudi showā¦ ABC MAIN CARDRobert Whittaker vs Ikram Aliskerov Sergei Pavlovich vs Alexander VolkovĀ Kelvin Gastelum vs Daniel RodriguezĀ Shara Magomedov vs Antonio Trocoli Johnny Walker vs Volkan OezdemirĀ FIGHT PASS PRELIMSĀ Nasrat Haqparast vs Jared GordonĀ Muhammad Naimov vs Felipe Lima Rinat Fakhretdinov vs Nicolas Dalby Muin Gafurov vs Kyung Ho Kang Magomed Gadzhiyasulov vs Brendson RibeiroĀ Xiao Long vs Chang Ho LeeĀ - Road To UFC Bantamweight FinalĀ Ā Ā Losing Khamzat has obviously hurt this one but I still quite like it. Itās a fairly strong Fight Night card but Whittaker vs Khamzat as headliner was definitely carrying the load. If you remember, the UFC were actually supposed to make their Saudi debut back in March but basically offered up an Apex card and were swiftly told to piss off. Theyāve come back with this and apparently old Turki wants the UFC over there regularly like heās been doing with the big Boxing cards. Can definitely see Islam Makhachev defending the title over there if he gets past Poirier in a few weeks. Interesting times ahead.Ā Oh and just a headās up, with this card being in Saudi Arabia, weāre getting a lovely UK friendly start time. From what I can tell the main card kicks off at 8pm! Ā Robert Whittaker vs Ikram Aliskerov is our new main event then. Not ideal. Obviously, the original Whittaker vs Khamzat Chimaev fight was much bigger and more interesting. But what can you do? Khamzat just continues to disappoint. When it was announced he was out, Dana described him as being āviolently illā. Hopefully itās nothing too serious. But man, to get this close to the fight only for him to drop out with a week to go is shite. Donāt know what you do with Khamzat at this point. The talk for a while has been that he canāt fight in the US due to legal issues. But then they try and have him fight in Saudi Arabia and this happens? Oh well. Like always, the game moves on regardless. And on just over a weekās notice, the UFC have done about as good as they could with the substitution. Gotta say fair play to olā Bobby Knuckles for accepting this last minute replacement. Because letās face it, this matchup does little for him. A risky fight for relatively little reward because Aliskerov is a dangerous fighter but not particularly well known at this stage of his career. In that sense, this reminds me a bit of that Dustin Poirier vs Benoit Saint Denis fight back in March. Whittaker is never far away from title contention and itās likely to stay that way until he significantly declines. Since moving up to 185 back in 2014, heās gone 13-3 with the only losses being the two against Izzy and the surprising (at the time) TKO loss to Du Plessis last year. He rebounded in style beating Paulo Costa in a really fun fight at UFC 298 in February. Add to that wins over Uriah Hall, Derek Brunson, Jacare Souza, Yoel Romero x2, Darren Till, Jared Cannonier, Kelvin Gastelum and Marvin Vettoriā¦heās easily one of the best Middleweights in UFC history. One of the true good eggs in the sport as well. Impossible to dislike. To use a pro wrestling term, heās as babyface as it gets. The Ricky Steamboat of MMA. Considering we first saw him on the excellent TUF Smashes season way back in 2012, itās easy to forget heās still only 33. Iād love to see him get another crack at the belt but with the current landscape at 185, itās gonna be difficult. Heās 0-2 to Adesanya and already got stopped by DDP fairly recently. Again, credit to him for still taking this fight. He sounded well up for that Khamzat fight and must be gutted. Hopefully he wins this fight and gets back in the title mix. Aliskerov was all set to co-main on the Apex card on the 15th against UFC newcomer Antonio Trocoli. To go from that to this is quite a jump but itās also a huge opportunity for him. Too good a chance to pass up. Heās been in camp anyway so conditioning and the weight cut shouldnāt be an issue. But itās worth noting this is his third scheduled opponent during this training camp. He was originally supposed to fight Andre Muniz on the 15th, Muniz dropped out so then it was Aliskerov vs Trocoli. Now his fightās been pushed back a week and heās in with a former UFC champion in Whittaker. Thatās the last time we saw Aliskerov. He bashed up Warlley Alves in about 2 minutes at UFC 294 in October. Before that was his UFC debut and he did the same to Phil Hawes. Heās from Dagestan, 31 years old, a 4 time world champion in Combat Sambo and has a MMA record of 15-1 with 11 not making it to the judges scorecards. The lone loss was by knockout at the hands ofā¦Khamzat Chimaev. Now heās stepping in replacing him. Funny old game. Iām not sure how good Aliskerov is yet. Havenāt seen a ton of footage but from what we have seen he definitely carries fight ending power and he goes for the kill. If nothing else, at least he hasnāt been boring yet. Iām not gonna complain about him when thereās so many dullards in the Middleweight division. I expect thisāll be an enjoyable enough fight. Doesnāt have the same buzz as the Khamzat fight wouldāve but, as Middleweight headliners go, this isnāt a bad one. Ā Sergei Pavlovich vs Alexander Volkov is a bit of a weird one. At face value itās just a run of the mill Heavyweight fight. And not a bad one, to be fair. I feel like Iām always down on the Heavyweights but this is actually a solid fight. Pavlovich is obviously a heavy hitter and going up against a giant of a man in Volkov, itās an interesting clash of styles and physical frames. Itās weird in the fact of the circumstances of how it came about. It definitely wasnāt the original plan. Volkov had apparently signed to fight Jailton Almeida at UFC 302 and Pavlovich was reportedly being lined up to fight Ciryl Gane in Paris in September. For whatever reason, the UFC decided to switch things up. Tom Aspinall was talking about it on Helwaniās show recently and said heād heard the UFC announced it without either guy signing a contract. Nothing new there then, but itās always mad when you hear about that shit going on in the biggest MMA promotion in the world. Then you factor in that Pavlovich and Volkov have trained together in the past and you see what Volkovās saying about the fight and it all just feels oddā¦ āI found out about this fight when it was already announced. The UFC, as I understand it, received a āyesā from Sergei Pavlovichās team, because they replied that they would agree if I agreed. This card is important for the UFC and Dana White, so few people asked my consent here.ā āI had already turned down several fights because I didnāt want to fight with my compatriots who I trained with. My limits on refusals in the eyes of the UFC, unfortunately, are gone.ā - Alexander Volkov Doesnāt sound like heās too jazzed about this fight, does it? And then when you read his memories of what sparring was like with Pavlovichā¦ āPavlovich hits very hard. It was very difficult to work with him. I donāt think I won a single round against him. After every blow, my legs were giving way. To be honest, when he came to sparring, I tried to stand less with him because I understood that every time he hit, some kind of injury could happen.ā - Alexander Volkov Oh dear. Yeah, heās not sounding up for this. Not sure why they couldnāt have just left the original fights with Jailton and Gane intact but, given Ganeās recent antics, Iām guessing he didnāt fancy fighting Pavlovich and thatās whatās forced the shuffle. Reading those quotes from Volkov though, it seems like heās already going in with a defeatist mindset. Maybe he rises to the occasion, maybe itās mind games. Fuck knows? But on the surface, it looks like heās already mentally beaten. Looking forward to seeing Big Sergei back in there. Obviously heās coming off that quick knockout loss to Tom Aspinall at MSG in November. In fairness though, that fight was thrown together just a couple of weeks before the show because Jon Jones got injured (surprise, surprise) and got the Stipe Miocic fight cancelled. So neither Pavlovich or Aspinall wouldāve had an actual training camp for that fight. They jumped at the opportunity purely because it was for the interim title and on a huge card. It was worth the gamble so they both just rocked up with no camp and threw bombs at each other. Like a lot of Heavyweight slugfests, it felt very much like a case of whoever lands first. But Sergei tagged Aspinall and got slept with the counters. It was a fun big man shootout for theĀ 1:09Ā it lasted but Sergei ended up flat on his back looking at the lights on the ceiling of MSG. Before that though, heād been a wrecking ball. He was on a 6 fight winning streak in the UFC, with all 6 fights ending by KO/TKO in the first round and had stopped Derrick Lewis, Tai Tuivasa and Curtis Blaydes in his 3 previous fights. Overall heās 19-2 now with 15 first round knockouts. Like any Heavyweight, heās not without flaws. He had a couple of fights go the distance earlier in his career and Iāve read he looked shite in at least one of them. But they were so long ago now. Heās way better than most of the dross in the division. Volkovās coming off 3 wins now and submitted Tuivasa last time out at UFC 293 in September. His size and height would usually make this interesting but if those sparring stories are true (and why would Volkov lie and make himself look bad?), it doesnāt sound like Pavlovich had much trouble with that. Yeah, bit of a strange booking really but hopefully itās a good fight. Ā Kelvin Gastelum vs Daniel Rodriguez is OK. Not in love with it but itās not a bad fight. Iām just sort of done with expecting much from Gastelum at this point. It always boggles my mind when I remember how young he still is. Heās only 32 but it genuinely feels like heās a relic from a bygone era these days. The names heās fought is insane and heās had some big wins over the years against the likes of Bisping, Jacare etc. But at just 32, it really feels like heās pretty much shot at the top level. Not that he was ever truly tippy top level but he did have that war with Adesanya and came close to winning at various points. I think that was the fight that sapped whatever was left of his prime though. He was always a bit inconsistent but since that Izzy fight heās gone an abysmal 2-5 and hasnāt looked great in any of them. Heās coming into this fight off a submission loss to Sean Brady in December. Still, itāll beĀ nice to see him get to compete on the same card as his twin brother from another (German) motherā¦ Rodriguez is the older man at 37 but hasnāt really taken the punishment Gastelum has or faced as much stiff opposition. Heās 17-4 and his notable wins are over Li Jingliang (whereās he, actually?), Kevin Lee and Tim Means. But even then, the Jingliang win was a split decision that I recall being hotly debated at the time. And Lee and Means were both on the downswing. D-Rod is now coming off back-to-back losses to Neil Magny and Ian Garry, he was finished in both, got brutally headkicked by Garry, and has been out of action just over a year now. Yeah, they might have a decent dust up but they both have the look of fighters on the way out. Ā Shara Magomedov vs Antonio Trocoli isĀ ***WANDāS ONE TO WATCH***Ā now.Ā Jesus Christ though. At this point fuck knows if this is the fight we actually get on the night. On a card thatās been full of changes and dropouts, this fight especially has been all over the shop. If Iām keeping track, Shara Bullet was originally supposed to fight Ihor Potieria. But then Potieria jumped in against Michel Pereira on short notice at UFC 301 in May when Pereiraās scheduled opponent withdrew. And that was that. Pereira buzzsawed through Potieria quick and choked him out. The original plan was for Potieria to still fight Shara here but the way the fight went, he wasnāt gonna be able to turn around and fight again just weeks later. So Shara then called out Pereira but nothing came of it. The matchmakers finally found him an opponent in UFC newcomer Joilton Lutterbach but then just 3 days before fight night, Lutterbach was also out after the anti-doping commission popped him for pissing hot for some substance or other. Just an absolute shambles. Will he actually get to fight this time? Will his opponent make it 2 more days or will I have to edit this shit again for fuckās sake? I hope this one does go ahead. Heās from Dagestan, just turned 30 in May and so far heās gone undefeatedĀ at 12-0Ā with 10 knockouts, 7 of them inside a round. In his last fight before signing with the UFC he won by KO in just 8 seconds! Definitely dangerous but largely untested. His first 11 opponents donāt even have a Wikipedia page so Iām not sure how good any of them were. I guess weāll find out soon enough if he can hang with legit opposition. And to be fair, he did alright in his UFC debutā¦ He took on Bruno Silva at UFC 294 in Abu Dhabi back in October. It was an entertaining enough scrap and Shara ended up winning a decision. Silvaās no world beater but heās a tough guy and had gone the distance with Alex Pereira a few fights ago. Certainly the best opponent Shara has faced to date and I recall him winning comfortably. Although I do also recall his grappling looking very suspect and I came away from that fight feeling like thereād be fun matchups to be had with him against some of the strikers at 185, but that ultimately his lack of ground game will let him down and his ceiling probably isnāt particularly high. Weāll see, I guess. If for some reason you were looking for a reason to root against Trocoli, there you have it. Heās dating Mackenzie Dern. Trocoliās a weird one actually. Heās 33 years old and has a record of 12-3-0-1 with 8 finishes. He also hasnāt fought since November 2021! Heād won a fight on DWCS before that but it got overturned to a No Contest when he got caught with PEDs in his system. He was given another chance in 2022 and was booked against Ovince Saint Preux but pulled out with Visa issues and Dana binned him again. Then as recently as May this year, he was briefly booked against Oumar Sy but dropped out again. I mean, fuck! So even this close to show time, Iām not exactly confident heās gonna actually make it to the cage. He was already training though, he was supposed to fight Ikram Aliskerov on the Perez vs Taira card at the Apex a week earlier but Aliskerov was pulled out to headline this card against Whittaker. What a mess. Hopefully they both make it toĀ Saturday nightĀ and this fight goes off without a hitch. Ā Johnny Walker vs Volkan Oezdemir sounds like a potentially hilariously goofy fight to me and Iām all for it. Thereās been a few exceptions but, on the whole, youāre usually getting something weird and wonderful out of a Walker fight. Win or lose. This is a man who once knocked his opponent out and then dislocated his own shoulder doing āThe Wormā in his celebration. Heās an absolute loon but the Light Heavyweight division could do with more like him, to be honest. Never gonna be champion, probably never even gonna challenge for UFC gold, but he brings a bit of fun to a division that often lacks it. Last time we saw him, it ended like that. He got decked by Magomed Ankalaev in their Apex headliner in January. A rematch of that mad fight in Abu Dhabi last year where Ankalaev caused a No Contest due to an illegal knee to Walkerās head while he was grounded. Ankalaev has mostly been a dullard but Walker just seems to bring out the chaos in fights. Oezdemir should be the ideal opponent for Walker to have a bit of a nutty scrap with. Heās 19-7 and has had a really hot and cold run in the UFC. Easy to forget he actually fought for the title against Daniel Cormier at one point. Heās had some alright wins but has mostly lost when heās stepped up a level. Heavy handed though and heās not afraid to throw them. Heās coming off a first round finish over Bogdan Guskov on the Paris card in September. Ā Nasrat Haqparast vs Jared Gordon isnāt setting the world alight but I donāt mind the fight. Theyāve both had very hit and miss UFC stints but theyāre both coming into this fight off good wins. Haqparast is still only 28, 16-5 and is now on a 3 fight win streak. He got a first round stoppage over Jamie Mullarkey in a POTN winning showing back in December.Ā Itāll also be nice to see him get to compete on the same card as his twin brother from another (Mexican) motherā¦ Gordonās 35 now and has a 20-6-0-1 record. Heās been on the UFC roster since 2017 but mostly went under the radar until he got robbed by the judges of his rightful win over Paddy Pimblett in December 2022. Still pisses me off and Iāll continue to recognise that as a win for Gordon. His luck didnāt get any better in his next fight, a No Contest due to a clash of heads with Bobby Green, which left Gordon with a concussion. He did manage to end 2023 on a positive note though, getting a first round TKO over Mark Madsen on the MSG card in November. That mustāve been the personal highlight of his career so far, as a New Yorker getting that moment at MSG. Ā Muhammad Naimov vs Felipe Lima is another late card change. Naimov was all set to fight Melsik Baghdasaryan until Baghdasaryan dropped out on fight week. Lima is an interesting replacement though, to be fair. Heās the Bantamweight champion for the Oktagon promotion and never lost the belt. Theyāve granted him his release for whatever reason. He hasnāt fought in almost a year so Iām guessing itās some contractual loophole but, regardless, Oktagon have let him go and do his thing in the UFC. Heās 26 years old with a record of 12-1 with 6 finishes. Got subbed in his MMA debut way back in 2015 and has done nothing but win ever since. Went 5 rounds in his last fight as well so thereās that. Naimovās from Tajikistan, 29 years old and 11-2 with 8 finishes. Heās on a 6 fight win streak and has beaten Jamie Mullarkey, Nathaniel Wood and Erik Silva since signing with the UFC last year. I donāt really remember his last fight (Silva) but he looked decent in the Mullarkey and Wood fights. Although he was cheating like prime Eddie Guerrero against Wood with the repeated groin strikes and fence/glove grabbing. So yeah, Lima sounds like a solid substitute. Iām actually more interested in this fight now than I was when it was Baghdasaryan involved. Ā Rinat Fakhretdinov vs Nicolas Dalby is a pairing I really like the sound of actually. Fakhretdinov is 21-1-1 now with 17 finishes. He got off to a good start in the UFC, going 3-0, and absolutely smoked Kevin Lee in less than a minute last July. Granted, it was a washed up Lee but if nothing else it was a name on his record that couldāve catapulted him onto bigger things. Itās cooled off slightly though, with him being taken to a draw by Elizeu Zaleski Dos Santos on the SĆ£o Paulo card in November. I vaguely recall thinking Rinat won but Zaleski did have a big third round that mightāve forced a 10-8. Regardless, coming straight back against Dalby isnāt a step backwards by any means. Dalbyās coming off a TKO win over Gabriel Bonfim in the FOTN on the same SĆ£o Paulo card Rinat last fought on. It was a cracking fight and, for me, Dalbyās best win and overall performance in the UFC to date. Bonfim was undefeated going in, 12 years younger than Dalby and had home field advantage. Great win for Dalby. He also dragged Darren Till to the most entertaining fight of his career back in 2015 on a Dublin card. Looking forward to this. Two hard nosed pitbulls colliding. Ā Muin Gafurov vs Kyung Ho Kang. Just filler but whatever. Iāll give it a bash. Gafurovās 27 years old, from Tajikistan and has a record of 18-6 with 17 finishes. Not bad on paper but heās gone 0-2 since signing with the UFC. He lost on points to John Castaneda in his debut last June, then got guillotine choked in just over a minute by Said Nurmagomedov at UFC 294 in October. That Nurmagomedov loss especially was a bad look for Gafurov. From my memory of it he just rushed in and overcommitted to a takedown, left his neck out there and Said was on it like a shot. Kangās 36 and has a 19-10-0-1 record. Heās been in the UFC since 2013 and I can barely remember a thing about his 11 years on the roster. I probably saw most of his fights as well. Heās coming off a decision loss to John Castaneda in November but had won his previous two fights. Meh. Not gonna pretend I give a bollocks about this. Ā Magomed Gadzhiyasulov vs Brendson Ribeiro. Not a clue. Never seen Gadzhiyasulov but looking him up on Sherdog, heās from Dagestan, 30 years old and undefeatedĀ at 8-0Ā with 6 first round finishes. Fought in Eagle FC and Brave CF before winning his fight on DWCS back in October. Heās also had a bunch of amateur fights. And Ribeiro, Iāve only seen him once but that was when he got chinned in less than 2 minutes by Zhang Mingyang at UFC 298 in February. Heās 15-6-0-1 and all 15 wins came inside the distance. Going in blind but it sounds like this could be explosive. Ā Xiao Long vs Chang Ho Lee then. Absolutely zero idea on this. Never seen nor heard of either but itās the finals of the Road To UFC Bantamweight tournament. Not sure what exactly that means because the winner and loser will probably be kept around regardless. Maybe the tournament winners come in on a better contract or something. Fuck knows? Anyway, Xiao Longās Chinese, 26 years old and has a 26-7 record with 13 finishes. Nothing jumps out looking at his record but heās coming off 4 wins in a row and he has gone 5 rounds before. Chang Ho Lee is South Korean, 30 years old and 9-1 with 6 finishes. Heās fought in ONE FC and Brave CF and heās stopped his last 3 opponents. Ā Ā Thatās UFC Saudi. Danaās turn to tickle Excellent Turkiās taint. Edited Saturday at 11:09 AM by wandshogun09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted May 22 Author Paid Members Share Posted May 22 (edited) Few additions to the card and the current bout order. Iāve updated the opening post but this is how itās looking nowā¦ Shara Magomedov finally gets an opponent after the originally booked Ihor Potieria fight got ruined by Michel Pereira squashing him at 301. The other additions and changes arenāt anything special but Iām liking this card on the whole. Start times donāt hurt either. 5pm for the prelims? Get in!Ā Edited May 24 by wandshogun09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted June 13 Author Paid Members Share Posted June 13 Reports all over Twitter now that Khamzatās out. Seriously, fuck June up the arse. Dry. Iām way more gutted about this than McGregor vs Chandler likely being off.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfogg1991 Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 I cannot.... retracted banned word..... believe this what a crippling blow this has turned into for the UFC. Losing khamzat in a main event so important and anticipated in Saudi ArabiaĀ Then the very next week it's looking more likely each day we're losing Conor McGregor Jesus Christ this one has bummed me so badly out I couldn't wait too see khamzat again unbelievable. That fighter will now go down in history as the fighter who started on the most impressive debuts in the company id say ever absolutely tearing up the rankings in unreal timing getting so so close to a title shot and I'm convinced he would have won it. To now completely evaporating fighting once in a year or slightly longer completely blown what would have been a unbelievable couple of years within the UFC. Christ I'm feeling this oneĀ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted June 13 Paid Members Share Posted June 13 It just aint happening for Khamzat is it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfogg1991 Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 3 minutes ago, Egg Shen said: It just aint happening for Khamzat is it Nope absolutely not. He was so close but Christ it exploded at the very last stageĀ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJM Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 Khamzat Chimaev is officially out. It's now Robert Whittaker vs. Ikram Aliskerov. Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted June 15 Author Paid Members Share Posted June 15 Done all the updates on the opening post and poll. If you voted before youāll have to vote again. Sick of editing these things now š¤£ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfogg1991 Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 6 hours ago, wandshogun09 said: Done all the updates on the opening post and poll. If you voted before youāll have to vote again. Sick of editing these things now š¤£ Your a star this has now become a full time job for you the sheer amount your having to update and amendĀ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted June 16 Author Paid Members Share Posted June 16 Yep. Yet another edit to the opening post. Theyāve decided now to move the Shara Bullet vs Joilton Lutterbach fight from the main card to the prelims, for some reason. 5 fight main card as it stands now but no doubt theyāll shuffle shit up a million times between now and next Saturday. Oh well, at least weāve got the early start time. Unlike the actual UK card next month.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted June 16 Paid Members Share Posted June 16 Hadnt considered the early start time, may actually watch this one live. Got a feeling Aliskerov beata Whittaker, based off nothing other than a hunch. I'll lock him for underdog money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted June 16 Author Paid Members Share Posted June 16 22 minutes ago, Egg Shen said: Got a feeling Aliskerov beata Whittaker, based off nothing other than a hunch. I'll lock him for underdog money. It has got that feel about it. Itās one of those fights where I feel like Whittaker should win but a combination of the last minute switch of opponent plus Aliskerov being a bit of an unknown entity but carrying power etc. It feels like itās got all the ingredients for the upset. Plus as good as Whittaker is, I hope Iām wrong but thereās a chance he might be starting to slip a bit. He got badly wobbled by Costa last time and was stopped by DDP before that, which wasnāt expected at the time. Then add in that itās in Saudi Arabia which is pretty much as good as a home game for Aliskerov, it feels like all the stars are aligning for it to be Aliskerovās breakthrough moment. Whether heās good enough to make the most of it remains to be seen but it does feel like everythingās fallen nicely for him.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members WeeAl Posted June 17 Paid Members Share Posted June 17 And Whittaker has come out and said that he had a gameplan 100% focused on Chimaev, that he's having to totally pivot here and had no idea who Aliskerov was until after he got offered him. Not passing the sniff test if you want to be very confident for Whittaker here. He should be beating Aliskerov in normal circumstances, but you guys have hit what I was thinking, that they might be meeting at the wrong time for Whittaker and the right time for Aliskerov.Ā On a different train of thought for now, looking at that graphic has confirmedĀ for me that Haqparast needs to eat himself up to 170 at some point to fight Kelvin Gastelum. Watch DC try to tell them apart on commentary and we'll be privy to seeing his head explode live on air.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted Thursday at 04:48 PM Author Paid Members Share Posted Thursday at 04:48 PM (edited) On 6/16/2024 at 10:48 AM, wandshogun09 said: no doubt theyāll shuffle shit up a million times between now and next Saturday. Fuck me. Couple more changesā¦ ā¢ Shara Magomedov is on his third scheduled opponent for this card now. Joilton Lutterbach is out, Antonio Trocoli is in. Itās back on the main card now as well. Donāt know what theyāre playing at but it feels like Sharaās been moved from main card to prelims back to main card back to prelims back to main card every few days over the last couple of weeks.Ā ā¢ Melsik Baghdasaryan is out of the Muhammad Naimov fight. Naimovās now fighting UFC newbie and Oktagon Bantamweight champ Felipe Lima. With 2 days to go, hopefully thatās it now for changes because fucking hell, man. Iām blaming Khamzat. Every card heās on seems to be thrown into chaos stemming from something to do with his health or bad weight cutting. As it stands today at 17:49pm on the 20th Juneā¦ Edited Thursday at 04:50 PM by wandshogun09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Posted Thursday at 07:27 PM Share Posted Thursday at 07:27 PM Great write up, and multiple edits, Wand. Im liking the look of this main card alot. The Walker/Oezdemir and Volkov fights should be fun watches. Your quotes of Volkov are crazy though. Sounds likes he just cant be arsed with this one and just doesnt want to do it. Still looking foward to it a lot, as Pavlovich is a wrecking ball. As you said, it just doesnt seem possible that Gastelum is only 32. Thats insanity. In my head I think of Gastelum being on TUF when everyone still watched it, and fighting on the old TV channels like Fuel and stuff. His KO of Bisping seems a lifetime ago, and even for that I think of him as already being there for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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