GDT: UFC Fight Night: Zabit vs. Kattar

[Avs_19]

Now I'm even more disappointed it wasn't five rounds. Kattar started coming on towards the end of the second and was at his best in the third.

Should be 29-28 for Zabit. Conditioning appears to be his biggest issue but he's good. They should finally go ahead and make the Yair fight now.

 

[h2]

Zabit with the massive fade in the 3rd round. Smart for his team to not make this 5 rounds.

 

[Sheppy]

Why the hell isnt this a 5 round fight?

I think they were supposed to be the co main event so they didn’t train for 5 rounds.

 

[cyris]

Zabit really needs to work on his conditioning. This would have gotten quite ugly in a forth and fifth round.

 

[cyris]

I think they were supposed to be the co main event so they didn’t train for 5 rounds.

Okay that makes sense, thanks.

 

[Taytro]

I think they were supposed to be the co main event so they didn’t train for 5 rounds.

Okay that makes sense, thanks.

Zabits team rejected the 5 rounds, Kattars accepted. Probably cause they all knew Zabit gasses.

 

[Avs_19]

Zabit is really good but I don't think he's ready for a title shot just yet. The Yair fight is the obvious one to make and it should be a five round main event on one of the fight night cards.

Zabit's currently ranked 5th and his last two wins are over Kattar (ranked 11th) and Stephens (ranked 6th at the time)

Yair's currently ranked 6th and his last two wins are over Stephens (ranked 8th at the time) and TKZ (ranked 10th at the time)

The only fighters ranked ahead of them are Volkanovski (fighting Holloway), Ortega (fighting TKZ), Aldo (going down to 135), and Frankie (going down to 135).

 

[m9]

It just depends what happens with the title fight and the Ortega/Zombie fight. I don't need to see Max fight Ortega again yet, so if they both win I'm fine with Zabit getting the next shot.

Any other combo of winners provides a different option that is more appealing than Zabit.

 

[CDJ]

Sick KO from Ankalaev, that guy looks pretty talented

 

[Balls Mahoney]

Thought Hardy showed a tremendous amount of heart taking on a fight with a competitor of Volkov's quality nursing his injuries and everything that was going against him. Was pretty impressed with him. Thought he'd be a meme but I don't know how you stop that boxing ability. If Hardy's hand wasn't hurt, that fight could have been a lot different.

Zabit looks like a mini-Abe Lincoln and fights like I imagine Honest Abe would.

 

[CDJ]

Hardy was surprisingly competent. Looks like he may be around for a bit. I get the sense he has quite a chin.

Don’t think he was all that close to winning but I thought he would look like he didn’t belong in the sport. That is not the case, he definitely belongs

 

[darko]

Zabit is really good but I don't think he's ready for a title shot just yet. The Yair fight is the obvious one to make and it should be a five round main event on one of the fight night cards.

Zabit's currently ranked 5th and his last two wins are over Kattar (ranked 11th) and Stephens (ranked 6th at the time)

Yair's currently ranked 6th and his last two wins are over Stephens (ranked 8th at the time) and TKZ (ranked 10th at the time)

The only fighters ranked ahead of them are Volkanovski (fighting Holloway), Ortega (fighting TKZ), Aldo (going down to 135), and Frankie (going down to 135).

Zabit should definitely fight Yair. Winner of Ortega/Zombie should get a title shot against Max/Volkanovski.

 

[MaxV]

Hopefully, a top 10 guy is next for Ankalaev. The guy is very talented. He had that brain cramp at the end of a fight that he was dominating against Paul Craig, but has since looked great.

 

[pistolpete11]

Zabit should definitely fight Yair. Winner of Ortega/Zombie should get a title shot against Max/Volkanovski.

As much as I like Ortega and even if he beats TKZ, he shouldn't get another shot at Max (if Max wins, of course). Their first fight wasn't very competitive, Ortega hasn't been active since he lost that fight, and one win shouldn't get him a rematch.