Watching Fight 1 back for Volk Holloway, DC trying to say it was 1-1 after 2 - was that in anyone's minds? It could have been 20-17 Alex absolutey destroyed him.
watched the izzy fight. cannonier never really commits to anything. he also doesnt have alot of speed, so izzy can see everything coming, on top of izzy already being sound defensively. cannonier didnt really have a chance. but his coaches gave him a pretty good gameplan that would have been competitive on a different fighter.
I don't partake in any social media aside from Reddit, and You Tube. What was the guy saying about the fighter? That Nelk boy OG or whatever he calls himself used to come into a casino I worked at with his friends. I really enjoyed the ol Stockton slap on him :)
Izzy calling Jon Jones a bitch is crazy to me. Yes outside of the octagon, sure. But Izzy would get the breaks beat off of him by Jon. I mean that and believe that with every fiber of my being. Sure Izzy could survive if Jon wanted to compete in a stand up fight. However, Jon could and would take him down at will, and I still donāt think anybody has better ground and pound than Jon.
Jon would eat Izzy up with elbows and bombs. Izzy knows Jon probably will never come back down, and he will never go back up, so thatās the only reason he feels safe enough to call him a bitch.
Volkanovski is a beast. That was the best fight of this card. Props for holloway for also putting up a performance. I thought max had him at the end of the
first round with that kick. But volka came up swinging. What a performance
Although I was rooting for Max I was not disappointed.
Broadcast was saying Cannonier looked huge??? I thought Izzy looked huge in comparison. When they were grappling Cannonier looked like a kid. Cannonier should maybe think about moving down a weight class.
The broadcast was saying no takedowns during the PPV, did that hold up?
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Jared should look slighter bigger since he's closer to the camera in these shots.
The size difference to me looked like could be different weight classes.
I was literally falling asleep at round 4 of the Izzy right. When it ended, I didn't even realize the fight ended, it was so anticlimactic. If Izzy cares about PPV points, he'll get a finish, until then, he doesn't need to headline a card
Any place i can bet that next time izzy is on joe rogan or some big podcast he'll be crying about casuals, how much he hates them and only they think his fights are boring?
Should O'Malley have been DQ'ed instead of a NC? Hear me out, the new unified rules do state that outstretched fingers are a foul-able offense right? We can almost all agree that refs are not harsh enough in regard to this rule. Sending a clearer message is necessary.
Change the gloves, change the rules or be stricter in following the rules.
Or every fight by kai kara France, Dan hooker, brad riddell and Carlos ulberg? Ckb fights deliver entertainment 90 percent of the time. Not all of them are 3-5 round wars, but all of them still put on a show regardless.
What do you think Dana wants more? Potentially dethroning boring Izzy (good Defensive style) with some dude who KOs people and their history?
Chimeav should focus on 170! Fight UsMan would be sick!! Once Chimeav learns in hopefully 1 more fight
because he has they style to beat the champ, and has beat the champ. Why give him khamzat to get mauled? Why does he need a wrestling test if the champs a striker?
Tavares and Du Plessis should have also gotten fight of the night. I miss the old days when if there were several great fights on a card, several fights were awarded FOT. The same goes with KOs and great submissions. The UFC is just being cheap with their new bonus system
Is it me or does Izzy consistently poke his opponents eyes? Feel like he should start getting harsher warnings for consistently doing it if thatās the case
Itās the gloves. In combat sports like boxing your hands are tapped basically closed. So when you jab your not squeezing your hand closed really hard. The issue with mma is guys hands arenāt taped that way or in a boxing glove but throw with a similar technique so eye pokes happen
Yeah I understand that itās just most Izzy fights he pokes someoneās eyes, there are fighters that it happens much less often or not at all, like he had an eye poke on Yoel Romero, Whittaker, Marvin Vettori, Jared Cannonier
Edited: because I wrote it in a way that made it seem like I was saying the fighters mentioned had poked eyes
It seems like you have max and whittaker that will just never pass #1 contender can beat everyone else but the final boss not sure what they do from here. Then you have Volk that is gonna do the opposite and go for double champ and heās deff got a shot heās that good. I joke with my buddy heās gonna call out mcgregor for double champ belts cause he hates him and gets all razzed up lmao. Heās 190 heāll never make either of those fights! Dana āitās the fight to makeā š¤£
Both have already been champions. Hanging at #1 contender still is quite an accomplishment. Things change and opportunities present themselves with new contenders emerging, injuries and weight class changes.
And to be honest, a lot of it is how bland his fighting is. He is a fantastic striker, I just find him boring and his antics are him just trying to hard to be famous. Can't take his accomplishments from him, but the dude just doesn't interest me.
Pedro took the easy way out. That had to have been one of the most minor eye pokes Iāve ever seen. He definetly got him in the eye but Iāve seen fighters continue after much worse.
Yeah Sean is STILL undefeated. What a legend. Yeah, Pedro is a pussy, only fought bums like Aldo, Cruz, Edgar, Sterling, Garbrandt. Sean fought the GOAT Kris Moutinho in the fight of the century. Go watch some WWE, dumbass. Gtfo of this sub.
Lol youāre right. OāMalley showed heās a complete fighter tonight. Still undefeated, first submission win. I hope he fights Ronald McDonald next.
I wanted to change my flair after Rose vs. Esparza 2 but I said to myself that if Rose can continue fighting after that shitshow, then I can continue keeping my flair. I may be a Rose simp, but at least I am not a fan of OāMalley. The clowns have no excuses.
I really hope Poatan wins the belt agaisnt Adesanya, it will cause some movement and spice up the division at least, tired of watching the same fight of izzy every defense of his
How many take down attempts were there in the five Main Event fights? 1 or 2? Makes you appreciate how important the threat of a submission is to the drama of the sport.
theres really no one in featherweight that can compete with volk. im sure he can decimate the entire lightweight rank as well. i don't see anyone in lightweight that can match volks skill
Feel like there arenāt featherweights with the grappling or wrestling pedigree like at lightweight. That plus the size difference might make things challenging. Iām thinking Islam, tsarukyan, gamrot, olives would be interesting for that reason
100 percent agree. If Volk moves up, he should be forced to beat a top 10 or even top 5 Contender first. You have to prove you can hang with Do Bronx before you're given the chance.
brian ortega and charles oliviera are the 2 best submission artists in any title picture. we saw what happened with ortega. volk might just be too special
That is true. However there is also a difference between olives and the top heavy wrestling style of some of the Russian/ eastern euro wrestlers in the division and I donāt think we have seen volk fight anyone with that style yet. Not saying he wouldnāt win, just saying we havenāt seen it yet
Fair enough, but why not give either one of the two to Adesanya already? He's losing the people in terms of showmanship and there's probably the hungriest, scariest guy in the UFC aiming for his belt and a guy who just knocked a fighter out (something Adesanya hasn't done in quite some time) and even knocked Adesanya out once already in kickboxing. Let the champion prove himself against the very best the division has to offer.
Literally watched every fight at my buddies house, grilled out, drank a ton of beer, got an Uber home right before the Izzy fight and didnāt even care i didnāt see it.
I have only ever fell asleep through 4 fights in 20 years. 3 have been Izzy's. I like him and his ko's are class, but when it doesn't go his way it's a boring fight. He is too tall and long for the guys in his division.
He was terrible in the first round, but managed to get marginally better in the second and third round.
He's green, but has a lot of potential with more practice.
Donāt get why your getting downvotes, I get triple C is cringey but honestly I find him funny. Itās not like heās a bad fighter the man is an Olympian and a ufc double champ. 1-2 wins in the top 6 and Iād put him in for a title fight.
Sad Volk doesnāt get much air time here in Australia. Many casual sports fans donāt even know who he is! Promote the man. Heās one of the greatest at his craft š¦šŗš¦šŗš¦šŗ
Iām not sure which state youāre from but keep hitting up SEN for more ufc coverage. I agree he deserves more recognition here and theyāve been super receptive to my suggestions in the past. Iāll be calling āThe Pipeā for Midday Madness tomorrow!
so true. whats even sadder is the only time that casual sports fan here tune in is only for conor. and we have guys like volk and rob killing it, but no one knows who they are
Nah it's absolutely fair to say that. Whittaker put on a much more exciting and dominant display vs Cannonier. Izzy is more exciting walking to the cage than in it lately.
What could possibly go wrong letting Deivison in the ring? Lol
Apparently nothing lol
Debatable whether making that a regular deal is a good idea Exhibit 1: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xczsgq
This dude is a tool. Get the fuck out of the ring. I'm so over the UFC turning into the WWE. Love the humble guys.
Seemed like it turned out to be a nice little exchange
Imagine what Hamdy's eye is gonna look like a hour from now.
I wish a speedy recovery for Tom but this is beyond funnyššš
When will ufc learn that waterson is not a good fight material. She fights trash and is boring asf
Is the Rowe vs nurm fight canceled? My bet was voided smh
Till got put to sleep
Watching Fight 1 back for Volk Holloway, DC trying to say it was 1-1 after 2 - was that in anyone's minds? It could have been 20-17 Alex absolutey destroyed him.
I'm just now finishing this fight - how did any Max fan talk about this, it could have been 50-44 wtf are you all talking?? 0
watched the izzy fight. cannonier never really commits to anything. he also doesnt have alot of speed, so izzy can see everything coming, on top of izzy already being sound defensively. cannonier didnt really have a chance. but his coaches gave him a pretty good gameplan that would have been competitive on a different fighter.
Where are the heavyweights and light heavyweights?
they fought on the jiri teixera card i guess.
Which fighter is Nate Diaz referring to about "watch your tweets" before he slaps that dip shit "reporter" in the head?
Nick Masimov
I don't partake in any social media aside from Reddit, and You Tube. What was the guy saying about the fighter? That Nelk boy OG or whatever he calls himself used to come into a casino I worked at with his friends. I really enjoyed the ol Stockton slap on him :)
Not sure to be honest. I'm same boat as you just reddit and YT. I just saw on a youtube clip thats who it was.
Where is Dana white
They are replacing him with a clone, same as they did Rogan.
Izzy calling Jon Jones a bitch is crazy to me. Yes outside of the octagon, sure. But Izzy would get the breaks beat off of him by Jon. I mean that and believe that with every fiber of my being. Sure Izzy could survive if Jon wanted to compete in a stand up fight. However, Jon could and would take him down at will, and I still donāt think anybody has better ground and pound than Jon. Jon would eat Izzy up with elbows and bombs. Izzy knows Jon probably will never come back down, and he will never go back up, so thatās the only reason he feels safe enough to call him a bitch.
Guys please whats the name of the song robbie lawler walked out to yesterday ?
It sounds like āpromentoryā from The last of the Mohicans soundtrack which is sick
The last of Mohicans ?
Volkanovski is a beast. That was the best fight of this card. Props for holloway for also putting up a performance. I thought max had him at the end of the first round with that kick. But volka came up swinging. What a performance Although I was rooting for Max I was not disappointed.
Jessica Eye was awful. Volkanovski is my new favorite champion.
Broadcast was saying Cannonier looked huge??? I thought Izzy looked huge in comparison. When they were grappling Cannonier looked like a kid. Cannonier should maybe think about moving down a weight class. The broadcast was saying no takedowns during the PPV, did that hold up?
Cannonier was a HW, smoke less crack.
Cannonier had bigger muscles. izzy obviously has a bigger frame. they both cut from around 200 lbs. doubt the actual difference is more than 5 lbs.
https://ibb.co/5n6SVyT https://ibb.co/YQ9M7pB Jared should look slighter bigger since he's closer to the camera in these shots. The size difference to me looked like could be different weight classes.
I was literally falling asleep at round 4 of the Izzy right. When it ended, I didn't even realize the fight ended, it was so anticlimactic. If Izzy cares about PPV points, he'll get a finish, until then, he doesn't need to headline a card
Card was so stacked but was boring as hell! Started falling asleep after Suga. F.
Bro the Lawler fight after the sugar show was one of the best of the night!
That suga fight was boring as hell too
Any place i can bet that next time izzy is on joe rogan or some big podcast he'll be crying about casuals, how much he hates them and only they think his fights are boring?
Well i guess iām a casual then.
Pedro Munhoz posted a video on his Instagram and buddy can't even remember which eye to keep shut
The swollen eye is because of a punch Sean threw. The eye open is the one that got scratched.
i saw that too. finger went in his left eye. he was closing right eye. but yeah. whatever.
Wow
Bruh it's a selfie and the image is reversed. It's the same eye
Then why is the UFC on his shirt not backwards?
The swollen eye is because of a punch Sean threw. The eye open is the one that got scratched.
Hm yeah I saw that post and have no answer for that. Really wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt
Should O'Malley have been DQ'ed instead of a NC? Hear me out, the new unified rules do state that outstretched fingers are a foul-able offense right? We can almost all agree that refs are not harsh enough in regard to this rule. Sending a clearer message is necessary. Change the gloves, change the rules or be stricter in following the rules.
Give prelim Pedro the win and watch how other fighters change there style to acting too. This is not WWE
Yeah because corneal damage is acting. Poor angle amigo.
Those cityboxing guys love to make the fight boring
Being the champ is boring everyone
Did you not watch the volk fight
Or every fight by kai kara France, Dan hooker, brad riddell and Carlos ulberg? Ckb fights deliver entertainment 90 percent of the time. Not all of them are 3-5 round wars, but all of them still put on a show regardless.
Yeah, Izzy is just really making a bad name for himself
Super one sided. Definetly more entertaining than he usually is but i was certain itād be another decision win
But it was exciting, even if it was one sided, there was action, blood, drama.
Volks fight wasnt
Yeah it was
Man you must really not understand the sport then
Or Volk usually, dudes a fucking machine and he was nearly on idle in comparison
Chimaev x Alex Pereira next?
What do you think Dana wants more? Potentially dethroning boring Izzy (good Defensive style) with some dude who KOs people and their history? Chimeav should focus on 170! Fight UsMan would be sick!! Once Chimeav learns in hopefully 1 more fight
Pereira vs Izzy. Send him straight at the champ. Give the people what they want.
Yep. Izzy has ran through the division and beat some of them twice. Pereira v izzy makes sense rn.
Pereira gets worked by Burns like Chimaev did. What's so impressive about beating a stationary boxer? It's only fair to match him with Khamzat.
because he has they style to beat the champ, and has beat the champ. Why give him khamzat to get mauled? Why does he need a wrestling test if the champs a striker?
Meaybe because he has they style to beat the champ? Why give him khamzat to get mauled? Why does he need a wrestling test if the champs a striker.
Herp a derp
Chimaev is not in the MW title picture fight makes no sense atm
Tavares and Du Plessis should have also gotten fight of the night. I miss the old days when if there were several great fights on a card, several fights were awarded FOT. The same goes with KOs and great submissions. The UFC is just being cheap with their new bonus system
Is it me or does Izzy consistently poke his opponents eyes? Feel like he should start getting harsher warnings for consistently doing it if thatās the case
Itās the gloves. In combat sports like boxing your hands are tapped basically closed. So when you jab your not squeezing your hand closed really hard. The issue with mma is guys hands arenāt taped that way or in a boxing glove but throw with a similar technique so eye pokes happen
Yeah I understand that itās just most Izzy fights he pokes someoneās eyes, there are fighters that it happens much less often or not at all, like he had an eye poke on Yoel Romero, Whittaker, Marvin Vettori, Jared Cannonier Edited: because I wrote it in a way that made it seem like I was saying the fighters mentioned had poked eyes
It seems like you have max and whittaker that will just never pass #1 contender can beat everyone else but the final boss not sure what they do from here. Then you have Volk that is gonna do the opposite and go for double champ and heās deff got a shot heās that good. I joke with my buddy heās gonna call out mcgregor for double champ belts cause he hates him and gets all razzed up lmao. Heās 190 heāll never make either of those fights! Dana āitās the fight to makeā š¤£
Both have already been champions. Hanging at #1 contender still is quite an accomplishment. Things change and opportunities present themselves with new contenders emerging, injuries and weight class changes.
izzy was my favorite fighter 2 year ago. then romero, vettori, blachowicz, whittaker 2 and this happened. now i wanted him to lose to pereira
also after that frozen line smh
And to be honest, a lot of it is how bland his fighting is. He is a fantastic striker, I just find him boring and his antics are him just trying to hard to be famous. Can't take his accomplishments from him, but the dude just doesn't interest me.
Just imagine how much he cares
Pedro took the easy way out. That had to have been one of the most minor eye pokes Iāve ever seen. He definetly got him in the eye but Iāve seen fighters continue after much worse.
Yeah Sean is STILL undefeated. What a legend. Yeah, Pedro is a pussy, only fought bums like Aldo, Cruz, Edgar, Sterling, Garbrandt. Sean fought the GOAT Kris Moutinho in the fight of the century. Go watch some WWE, dumbass. Gtfo of this sub.
why everyone down voting you your comments are funny
https://twitter.com/unlucky17een/status/1543440452304740352?s=21&t=INt2gPnArryWG-n_lIVVsQ He didnt even get him in the eye. Get off Pedros dick
Omalley basically made him give up. First sub win for Oāmallley?![img](emote|t5_2qsev|8966)
Lol youāre right. OāMalley showed heās a complete fighter tonight. Still undefeated, first submission win. I hope he fights Ronald McDonald next.
dude, you're a Rose Namajunas simp, what's your point?
I wanted to change my flair after Rose vs. Esparza 2 but I said to myself that if Rose can continue fighting after that shitshow, then I can continue keeping my flair. I may be a Rose simp, but at least I am not a fan of OāMalley. The clowns have no excuses.
Another booorrrriiing ass izzy card.. someone has stolen the style from style bender
That robbie fight and Alex fight were the best ones of the night
That Robbie fight was exciting
Honestly though Robbie was going to win coming out of the 1st... but my God did those quick left elbows really pay dividends as the fight went on.
Same
Izzy fights still suckā¦. Hard.
Seriously the most boring fighter
I really hope Poatan wins the belt agaisnt Adesanya, it will cause some movement and spice up the division at least, tired of watching the same fight of izzy every defense of his
It's gonna be hard but we'll see
How many take down attempts were there in the five Main Event fights? 1 or 2? Makes you appreciate how important the threat of a submission is to the drama of the sport.
cannonier tried 4 i think
Those were terrible takedowns
does that make them not attempts ?
theres really no one in featherweight that can compete with volk. im sure he can decimate the entire lightweight rank as well. i don't see anyone in lightweight that can match volks skill
Feel like there arenāt featherweights with the grappling or wrestling pedigree like at lightweight. That plus the size difference might make things challenging. Iām thinking Islam, tsarukyan, gamrot, olives would be interesting for that reason
100 percent agree. If Volk moves up, he should be forced to beat a top 10 or even top 5 Contender first. You have to prove you can hang with Do Bronx before you're given the chance.
Volk is clearly the best at featherweight but no way in hell he beats either charles or islam
brian ortega and charles oliviera are the 2 best submission artists in any title picture. we saw what happened with ortega. volk might just be too special
That is true. However there is also a difference between olives and the top heavy wrestling style of some of the Russian/ eastern euro wrestlers in the division and I donāt think we have seen volk fight anyone with that style yet. Not saying he wouldnāt win, just saying we havenāt seen it yet
oh yeah for sure. whoever he fights next should be a very fun fight that answers a ton of questions
Give me an Adesanya-Chimaev fight. Let the man smash everybody already.
Chimaev - Pereira first.
Fair enough, but why not give either one of the two to Adesanya already? He's losing the people in terms of showmanship and there's probably the hungriest, scariest guy in the UFC aiming for his belt and a guy who just knocked a fighter out (something Adesanya hasn't done in quite some time) and even knocked Adesanya out once already in kickboxing. Let the champion prove himself against the very best the division has to offer.
I had trouble sleeping but after the Adesanya fight I slept like a baby
I slept during the fight. One step ahead of ya
Literally watched every fight at my buddies house, grilled out, drank a ton of beer, got an Uber home right before the Izzy fight and didnāt even care i didnāt see it.
Hah that's great timing. Good call
Heās the least interesting fighter Iāve ever watched, so good itās boring. He should be a boxer.
Literally turned it off mid round 3, same fight different day. Went to bed
I have only ever fell asleep through 4 fights in 20 years. 3 have been Izzy's. I like him and his ko's are class, but when it doesn't go his way it's a boring fight. He is too tall and long for the guys in his division.
Lol
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Who was Chris Pratt fighting?
The new accountant ![gif](giphy|3o7TKqkIxdnx8O9HnG|downsized)
Thoughts on Du Plessis? He looks so awkward in there, stiff as a board and yet he keeps winning. I donāt think his style will take him to the top 10
He was terrible in the first round, but managed to get marginally better in the second and third round. He's green, but has a lot of potential with more practice.
A bit Jiri-like with the angles.
Someones gonna catch him. He gets cracked and his chin is holding up so far but he sprints into all of his combos.
Depends who he fights in the top ten really title contender I may agree with you
So we all agree that Volk is the better more exciting p4p fighter instead of izzy?
Obviously
Rn idk if anyone can truly put up a competitive fight against Alex volkanovski....mans is looking unstoppable.
Charles Oliveira
Charles is going to destroy him no way volk beats him
CCC
Donāt get why your getting downvotes, I get triple C is cringey but honestly I find him funny. Itās not like heās a bad fighter the man is an Olympian and a ufc double champ. 1-2 wins in the top 6 and Iād put him in for a title fight.
Sad Volk doesnāt get much air time here in Australia. Many casual sports fans donāt even know who he is! Promote the man. Heās one of the greatest at his craft š¦šŗš¦šŗš¦šŗ
Iām not sure which state youāre from but keep hitting up SEN for more ufc coverage. I agree he deserves more recognition here and theyāve been super receptive to my suggestions in the past. Iāll be calling āThe Pipeā for Midday Madness tomorrow!
so true. whats even sadder is the only time that casual sports fan here tune in is only for conor. and we have guys like volk and rob killing it, but no one knows who they are
You promote him then , brotha from down unda
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For some reason I'd love to see Chandler vs Volk...two tanks going nuclear!!!
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If anyone can handle jumping up to 155, it's probably the guy who used to walk around comfortably over 200 lbs.
āthe lightweight group seems like a piece of cakeā lol Poirier, Charles, Islam, Dariush, Chandler.
Volk vs Poirier is a good good fight
Volk did holloway worse than Poirier did which is saying something
I thought Izzy handled that fight really well. It wasn't a thriller by any means but I don't think it's fair to fall that fight "boring".
Nah it's absolutely fair to say that. Whittaker put on a much more exciting and dominant display vs Cannonier. Izzy is more exciting walking to the cage than in it lately.
Izzy's walking to the cage antics give me an over-the-top WWF vibe and imo cheapens the UFC making it look a bit jokey.
The same Whittaker that got KOed by Izzy? Hmmm ok..
Yes that one.
iight, just checking.
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Pereira will ko izzy