GDT: UFC on ESPN: Makhachev vs. Moises

[Michael HOMERUNing]

Khabib looks huge

 

[Michael HOMERUNing]

-700...has to be one of the bigger main event favourites in recent UFC history

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Blaydes vs Lewis was -435 for Blaydes that was the biggest one in recent memory for me

 

[CDJ]

I’m not sure who is gonna beat this guy

 

[nickp91]

Amazing performance from Miesha Tate on her return to the octagon!

 

[Bunk Moreland]

I’m not sure who is gonna beat this guy

There are a lot of intriguing matchups in this division I mean you can do a match up of any of these guys and it could be great: Chandler, Makhachev, Gaethje, Dariush, RDA

 

[CDJ]

Dominant showing from Islam

 

[N o o d l e s]

I’m not sure who is gonna beat this guy

Might be in some trouble with the top level strikers but he’s easily top 5 soon

 

[YNWA14]

Yeah about as expected. I think Islam is the best LW in the division already.

 

[Chaels Arms]

Islam should be the betting favorite against everyone in the division except Dustin and Oliveira.

 

[SuperScript29]

That was a good fight from Islam, but if a smaller LW can push him against the fence like that, I imagine bigger guys will probably have more success. I think tonight Moises showed something that the other LWs are gonna take note. Islam is a good fighter, but he's no Khabib.

 

[YNWA14]

That was a good fight from Islam, but if a smaller LW can push him against the fence like that, I imagine bigger guys will probably have more success. I think tonight Moises showed something that the other LWs are gonna take note. Islam is a good fighter, but he's no Khabib.

Moises is pretty stocky, but even still I don't think that he was pushing Islam against the fence like that because he was bullying him. Islam is no Khabib though yeah, they've got some similarities but big differences too.

 

[Chaels Arms]

Him and RDA would be a great fight.

 

[darko]

Islam should be the betting favorite against everyone in the division except Dustin and Oliveira.

Agree

 

[SuperScript29]

Moises is pretty stocky, but even still I don't think that he was pushing Islam against the fence like that because he was bullying him. Islam is no Khabib though yeah, they've got some similarities but big differences too.

Well he was definitely strong enough to hold him like that against the fence. I feel like guys like Dariush or RDA would be tough matchups for Islam. He always seems to have tough matchups with those wrestling/grappling types. He's a good fighter, but this fight does not convince me and if anything, he's nowhere near the level that Khabib was on.

 

[MMC]

Dustin vs Charles
Chandler vs Gaethje
RDA vs Makhachev
Hooker vs Gregor
Ferguson vs Diaz

 

[Michael HOMERUNing]

It seems like Islam is far more technical on the feet, and even on the ground. Not saying he's better than Khabib on the ground, but he's a bit more textbook while Khabib can get wild with his brutal GnP

 

[jcs0218]

I think they should have Conor fight Islam in a year from now.

 

[CDJ]

6 bonuses tonight

FOTN: Billy Q vs Moggly

POTN: Tate, Vieira, Gamrot, Nascimento

somebody is starting to feeling the heat on fighter pay lol

 

[Chaels Arms]

Islam threw more high kicks this fight than Khabib did in his entire career. His striking is already better than Khabib's ever was. I don't think he's ever going to be the mauler Khabib was but he can still be the best fighter in that division with a different skillset. You don't have to be a Khabib clone to be a champion.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Billy Q absolutely deserved that bonus

 

[m9]

Tate, Islam, Vieira and Gamrot all were great tonight. They all won how you would expect but in very convincing ways.

 

[SuperScript29]

Chandler vs Gaethje
RDA vs Makhachev
Hooker vs Gregor
Ferguson vs Diaz

Where did you throw Dariush? The Bermuda triangle? This is what I see happening:

Poirier vs Oliveira (End of this year)
Chandler vs Gaethje (Probably in the next two months and it will likely be for a title shot)
Dariush vs Makhachev (Either end of this year or early next year)

Winner of Chandler/Gaethje faces the winner of Poirier/Oliveira in the spring of 2022, and the winner of Dariush/Makhachev faces whoever comes out the winner of those 4 guys in the summer of 2022.

 

[CDJ]

Coach Khabib 5-0

 

[16Skippy]

I think Islam could probably do better than RDA tbh, but I like that he wants to keep active and earn a shot instead of sitting on his ass.

Meisha looked good. They could probably give her someone inside the top 10 now like the Veira-McMann winner.