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[burge13]

299 is looking ridiculous. Thirteen fights announced and at least 10 I'm pumped for. There's plenty to come for 300, but just in terms of names for 299 and 298, would be very hard to top either.

Edit: Had another look at 298; there's no way 300 is going to be better.

Leon/Yan are meh. Jiri and Charles I always watch no matter but 2 of the 3 title fights I have zero interest in. 300 is bog average to me and I struggle to think what other matchups they put on to stack it now

 

[DazalenkoUBewty]

298 Very good
299 EXTREMELY good
300 Taking shape. Coming along nicely, imo.
T Ferguson main event?? In all seriousness- a good event for him to finally bow out on.

 

[norway blue]

Hunt lost his lawsuit against UFC Brock didn’t he. How can you lose that when Lesna juiced ? Sadly he’s fighting for a pay day in BN.


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[burge13]

Hunt lost his lawsuit against UFC Brock didn’t he. How can you lose that when Lesna juiced ? Sadly he’s fighting for a pay day in BN.


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He was earning very well from his 2nd ufc contract onwards. Got paid well in Pride too

Believe he has 2x 800k fights at a minimum plus everything else. He shouldn't need a pay day

But yes, still exactly what hes doing. Sad tbh

 

[Topkent]

299 looks incredible, 298 a very good event as well. 300 looks shit right now
2 boring as **** title fights.

Starting to think the UFC actually doesn't care about 300 being a massive event at the top and might just stack it top to bottom. More of a card for hardcore's than casuals

 

[Engimal v3]

299 looks incredible, 298 a very good event as well. 300 looks s**t right now
2 boring as * title fights.

Starting to think the UFC actually doesn't care about 300 being a massive event at the top and might just stack it top to bottom. More of a card for hardcore's than casuals

300 looks like a fight night card

 

[DazalenkoUBewty]

300 looks like a fight night card

300 is a partly made card and all fights on it to this point look great. What you on about?

 

[RobbyRoy]

299 looks incredible, 298 a very good event as well. 300 looks s**t right now
2 boring as * title fights.

Starting to think the UFC actually doesn't care about 300 being a massive event at the top and might just stack it top to bottom. More of a card for hardcore's than casuals

200 was a bit like that. Headlined by Meisha Tate of all people (after Jones popped), but filled with great fights from the opener.

Garbrandt vs Figgy is a nice addition to 300. You look through the names on 298 and 299 and think there can't be anyone left, but the UFC roster is enormous now and I think it will fill out nicely.

 

[Engimal v3]

300 is a partly made card and all fights on it to this point look great. What you on about?
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I like the fights, but pretty much all these people are unknown to casual fans.

 

[Quivorir]

The card number will do a lot of the selling though. Everyone knows 300 of something would be celebrated.

 

[Joker91]

I like the fights, but pretty much all these people are unknown to casual fans.

1 champ and 3 former champs?

If casuals don’t know that lot they may as well not follow the sport at all.

 

[Crimson Azure]

Can’t believe we’re almost at 300. I had been watching the UFC for years and remember when it finally got to 100.

I remember watching Anderson destroy Franklin using the Thai clinch from memory. GSP lose to Serra And so many others.

Original TUF got me started From memory.

 

[DazalenkoUBewty]

"Lesner vs Aspinall to headline UFC 300" - The Count

Garbrant vs Fig has been added.

 

[Struggle]

Love Kape having his fight called off for missing weight after all the shit he talked when people got injured. What a flog

 

[RobbyRoy]

Can’t believe we’re almost at 300. I had been watching the UFC for years and remember when it finally got to 100.

I remember watching Anderson destroy Franklin using the Thai clinch from memory. GSP lose to Serra And so many others.

Original TUF got me started From memory.

There aren't many casuals in this thread, but good to see a few of us are a bit more "old school". I did Judo from a young age so always had an interest in martial arts, but it was a random late night watching Pride Final Conflict that got me hooked:

Fedor vs Cro Cop
Shogun vs Overeem then Arona (after beating Wanderlei)
Nakamura vs Vovchanchyn
Werdum vs Zentsov

Been chasing that high ever since. UFC 100 rolled around about 4 years later, so I was well and truly obsessed by that point. Here we are 15 (!) years later, and while I have a lot of problems with how the company is run, I'm bloody happy it's still around and thriving.

 

[Topkent]

"Lesner vs Aspinall to headline UFC 300" - The Count

Garbrant vs Fig has been added.

Lol to be clear he didn't say that though

 

[norway blue]

Lol to be clear he didn't say that though

Then Brock is next in line. Wouldn’t have thought so.


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[DazalenkoUBewty]

Thought it at the time.. still think it now.. worst acting ever...

 

[mouncey2franklin]

I don't know about you guys but for some reason I like Johnny Walker. I want him to do well.

That's why I didn't bother staying up for the fight this time, I had a feeling that would happen.

Where does he go from here?

32 years old, has been knocked out at least five times in pro fights (some say he was KOd four times in one fight alone).

Perhaps a move to HW might be fruitful but it seems more likely he'll just get hurt even worse.

If the contract isn't very juicy, then surely he has to look at other paths in life now.

 

[DazalenkoUBewty]

I don't know about you guys but for some reason I like Johnny Walker. I want him to do well.

That's why I didn't bother staying up for the fight this time, I had a feeling that would happen.

Where does he go from here?

32 years old, has been knocked out at least five times in pro fights (some say he was KOd four times in one fight alone).

Perhaps a move to HW might be fruitful but it seems more likely he'll just get hurt even worse.

If the contract isn't very juicy, then surely he has to look at other paths in life now.

He'll keep doing what he's doing. He'll win a few, lose a few. He'll get paid well enough to keep fighting in the ufc... for a while longer at least.

 

[RobbyRoy]

I don't know about you guys but for some reason I like Johnny Walker. I want him to do well.

That's why I didn't bother staying up for the fight this time, I had a feeling that would happen.

Where does he go from here?

32 years old, has been knocked out at least five times in pro fights (some say he was KOd four times in one fight alone).

Perhaps a move to HW might be fruitful but it seems more likely he'll just get hurt even worse.

If the contract isn't very juicy, then surely he has to look at other paths in life now.

He's talked about HW for a long time, including pretty firm plans recently. He's very well-liked, game, and entertaining to his own detriment. Heavyweight wouldn't be good for his health, but I'm not sure he's too worried about that.

 

[burge13]

Max Holloway v Justin Gaethje for the BMF belt at 300
Bobby Green v Jim Miller also added

 

[Quivorir]

Wish the BMF belt would just disappear.

 

[Topkent]

Wish the BMF belt would just disappear.

Lol why? Gaethje and Poirier was fun as ****. I think it's great

 

[Topkent]

Max Holloway v Justin Gaethje for the BMF belt at 300
Bobby Green v Jim Miller also added

Poirier handled Holloway pretty easy a few years ago, think Gaethje destroys him even though Holloway is still good.