MMA General Discussion and Fight Announcements 10.0

[m9]

It's a bad card, but RDA is ranked #12 at WW and a former champ. He still has a name in the UFC. And I think stylistically it's a good fight for Chandler. RDA struggles with wrestlers. If he got bullied by RDA, then he might not want to step in there with the Poirier's and Ferguson's of the division.

But oh well, Felder is a good choice to replace Islam. That has the potential to be a pretty good fight. Felder is a massive LW. Can't believe he's going to accept a fight at LW on 5 days notice.

I don't really see the reasoning why this fight is taking place at 155lbs. You have a guy in RDA who has struggled with weight cuts in the past vs a guy who is now going to probably cut a bunch of weight on short notice who is pretty big for 155lbs anyway. Who does this benefit?

It's a solid fight though. Good on Felder for stepping up.

 

[Chaels Arms]

Mcgregor v Poirier locked in for 1/23

 

[pistolpete11]

I don't really see the reasoning why this fight is taking place at 155lbs. You have a guy in RDA who has struggled with weight cuts in the past vs a guy who is now going to probably cut a bunch of weight on short notice who is pretty big for 155lbs anyway. Who does this benefit?

It's a solid fight though. Good on Felder for stepping up.

I don't know what, if anything, RDA is doing differently now than what he was doing before, but he wants one more run at a title and it sure as hell ain't happening at 170 given his recent record there. He went through this whole camp preparing to weigh in at 155, so he probably wants to see that through. I'm not sure how much beating Felder at 170 would do for him, but beating him at 155, even on short notice, puts him in the top 10 of LW.

From Felder's perspective, I don't know. Hopefully the UFC is paying him well, but that cut on short notice is probably going to be hell, especially on short notice.

 

[CDJ]

Lowry vs Motta on the contender series right now is insane

Lowry may have the worst nose since Perry. Insane chin


Motta 30-27 across the board. Kids got some personality on the mic too, impressive for somebody speaking a 2nd language




The Allen-Strickland fight this weekend will be at 195. Also 24 hours ago you could get Allen at +120 and now he’s -120. There are holes you can exploit on the undercards/lesser known guys if you catch the line before public money comes in on it

 

[CDJ]

Bellator card tonight is legit

Excited to see Amosov vs Storley in particular.

 

[CutOnDime97]

Prelims live:

 

[CDJ]

Josh Thomson says Aaron Pico is the best wrestler in the sport, also said the prelims on the last Ufc card sucked in case you wanted to know how his CTE adventure was going

 

[m9]

Josh Thomson says Aaron Pico is the best wrestler in the sport, also said the prelims on the last Ufc card sucked in case you wanted to know how his CTE adventure was going

Bellator is definitely on mute for me tonight. Can't deal with Thomson & McCarthy.

 

[CDJ]

Amosov-Storley has been sweet so far


I got 29-28 Amosov

 

[CDJ]

Alistair Overeem vs. Alexander Volkov headlines UFC event on Super Bowl weekend


Cub Swanson vs. Daniel Pineda added to UFC 256 lineup

^lowkey sick fight

one of the Cosce twins is out of his fight at 255 so Dalby will face D-Rod

Kelvin Gastelum booked vs. Ian Heinisch, looks to snap skid Jan. 30 at UFC Fight Night

good fight

Carlos Condit vs. Matt Brown in the works for UFC event on Jan. 30

fun fight in the legends division


Lastly we got Maycee Barber vs Alexa Grasso in a couple of months

 

[CDJ]

Patricio Pitbull is simply awesome

Walkoff KO

 

[CutOnDime97]

 

[CDJ]

Pico is a fun fighter

Horiguchi to return from injury, will fight Asakura

Rizin having a good one. Horiguchi makes his return to the cage. Would love to see him back in the ufc some day

 

[CDJ]

Sources: UFC finalizing Santos-Rakic for March 6


wooooo boi


Streaking bantamweights Merab Dvalishvili and Raoni Barcelos meet at UFC Fight Night on Dec. 5

OK DANA AND SEAN


Justin Ledet, John Phillips, and Bevon Lewis have been cut

 

[CDJ]

 

[CDJ]

Ex-UFC heavyweight champ Werdum joins PFL

Werdum coming for the milly


UFC releases perennial flyweight contender Jussier Formiga

I’ll never forget him winning me money against the current champ </3

 

[CDJ]

Lookin like we will get Usman vs Burns in a few months

 

[m9]

Lookin like we will get Usman vs Burns in a few months

So Covington/Masvidal on TUF?

 

[Avs_19]

Great fight.

 

[CDJ]

Great fight.

oh my goodness the boxing

 

[pistolpete11]

Great fight.

Love when great fights also make sense.

 

[I am not exposed]

Great fight.

Yes! I was calling for this fight to happen after Max lost to Volkanovski!

 

[m9]

Yeah, Max v Kattar was always the fight that made sense. Glad they got it booked and it's happening pretty quickly too. Should mean Ortega/Volkanovski will happen sometime in early 2021 as well.

Saw that Uriah Hall v Chris Weidman also got booked for February. Solid and appropriate fight for both guys.

 

[BGDDYKWL]

Saw that Uriah Hall v Chris Weidman also got booked for February. Solid and appropriate fight for both guys.

Perhaps my bias is coming through as a Weidman fan, but I feel like this fight does nothing for either fighter, in terms of getting them closer to a title shot. I wouldn't be thrilled with it if I were either of them. If Hall wins people will discredit it as Weidman being shot, and if Weidman wins people will say, well yeah, you already beat him, so...

 

[pistolpete11]

Perhaps my bias is coming through as a Weidman fan, but I feel like this fight does nothing for either fighter, in terms of getting them closer to a title shot. I wouldn't be thrilled with it if I were either of them. If Hall wins people will discredit it as Weidman being shot, and if Weidman wins people will say, well yeah, you already beat him, so...

I think it makes sense. Weidman beat him, but it was 10 years ago. Frankly, Weidman just needs to stack some wins together. Doesn't really matter against who IMO. For Hall, it's another big name and frankly, his resume doesn't suggest he should be fighting the top of the division guys anyway. Weidman may or may not be shot, but he's still ranked #10.