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Hard to say. One one hand, he'll have seen the success Rountree had and consider himself the better striker. On the other, he was basically 50/50 with Jan, who himself lost a very tight decision (I had it for Jan) to Pereira in 3-rounder but did so mixing in grappling quite well. I think he has...

Crazy take. Herzog is probably the best in the business, but even he can't work his way through the MMA foul quagmire. Song should've been penalised after the first blatant poke, and to not even warn him when he immediately sticks all 5 fingers out after the 5 min timeout was insane. All that...

Killer event tomorrow. Cejudo looking to get his first win since his return and Song looking to get that big name win on his resume to take the next step. Nearly a decade younger and much the bigger man (looking like he'll struggle to stay Bantam forever), big opportunity for Song. Hernandez...

Big day for the Aussies! Volk is obviously on the way down, but Lopes is a good match-up for him, aside from the massive size discrepancy. Would be a fairytale for him to win this then defend against Evloev, but I'm getting a bit excited. On the other hand, don't like JDM's chances. Belal will...

I think Strickland will do everything in his power to never face Khamzat in the cage.

Can forget about most of these fights but at least the Aussies should be able to see our guys get their hands raised. du Plessis vs Strickland - Just feels like it's DDP's time. Both guys are puzzles and extremely hard for their opponents to work out. But DDP is younger, faster, more athletic...

As it turns out, you lot do!

Well yeah, just as I said in my response to you...

He was stopped by Nassourdine Imavov.

Well for me it's more what you describe, not necessarily a biological thing. I don't believe the nerves in his head are any weaker (likely stronger in fact) after all the knocks, but the reduction in speed, timing, confidence, concentration, fluidity etc etc, means he is more susceptible, and...

Jeez, quite a fall from Izzy. I know it's a terrible timeslot for us but he's gone from threads with dozens of comments to not even making it out of the General Discussion thread. Fairly predictable event overall. I thought this would be Izzy's last chance but his chin is clearly done. Sergei...

Let's not praise Dana for doing the bare minimum. I doubt he even would have done that if Ari Emanuel didn't own Endeavour. I'm not a free speech for all guy, but personally have no problem with Mitchell not facing any repercussions. The dude's a professional fighter who chases chickens for...

I'm not sure why he needs Oliveira again? No excuses for Charles there, and he's not going to fair any better 3 years later. Arman I agree with. Though experienced, Arman was only 22 or 23 at the time of that fight, and has definitely improved quite a lot. Gaethje is probably the only current...

Yeah not good for Islam's legacy (as good a fight as I think it would be), but he also won't say no to anything, so if the UFC brass want it, that's what we'll see.

Besides Arman, there's really only the winners of Gaethje/Hooker and Gamrot/Fiziev who would be legit opponents for him and line up timeline wise. Of those, I feel only Gamrot would be a real challenge (prime Gaethje would have been), but that's not an appetising match-up at all. Age has...

Islam looks like he's still in the middle of a weight cut :oops:

Not me! Merab is the champion and is on one of the great runs. Moicano is a journeyman who's fallen into a fight against possibly the world's P4P fighter. A Moicano win would be an all-time upset.

He can be very annoying haha. Take nothing away from him as a fighter, but I'd happily never see another interview or press conference with him.

No, why would we?

No reference at all to the marking from me.

Agreed, and that's why I give Umar the 1st. His first and last strikes of the round were by far the most impactful, and they had overall even striking numbers.

We've some wrestlers take advantage of their superior cardio before, but never like this. Absolutely freakish.

That one goes to Merab, and Umar is looking tired.

Clear 2-0 Umar imo, genuinely surprised to see some giving round 1 to Merab. He just looks better right now, but Merab will not dwindle.

Awesome fight. Very odd that Hill didn't hunt for that body shot all Round 3, but that's what happens in the last round of a close fight - head-hunting.

Good news. Hopefully they can also find a new opponent for him relatively quickly, effectively doubling his earnings. Love Moicano and he's been awesome the last couple of years, but don't expect this to last long.

Man, hell of a card. Islam vs Tsarukyan - Not picking against Islam but Arman is a physical freak and has all the tools in the world at his disposal, so he could very well be the one to get it done. Merab vs Nurmagomedov - Sandhagen is really the only top competition Umar has fought, but he...

Oh yeah for sure, and the saddest thing is that is the real reason she can headline, regardless of her ability. Anyway, on to the big stuff from here.

She has that for sure, but she's also an elite grappler. Ribas was game, but was eventually overwhelmed by a superior grappler. Nice little card to kick the year off today. Kopylov vs Curtis was top notch, while Almeida vs Alhassan was a crazy 4 and a bit minutes.

There will be a lot said about Colby after that, and rightfully so, but the guy has always been tough as hell with one of the great chins. He's clearly washed and/or significantly ring-rusty, but Buckley was always a bad matchup for Colby. Elite TD defence, far superior striking and able to go...