Elsalvajeloco Posted February 23 Author Share Posted February 23 I know they were high on Jauregui as potentially the next Alexa Grasso, but then she kinda got steamrolled by Denise Gomes who herself just lost to Angela Hill. She needs this win to prove that she just got caught and that loss was fluky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 i know the card has suffered in recent weeks, but i'm looking forward to tonight's PFL vs Bellator card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 24 Author Share Posted February 24 Off to an amazing start already. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 also, i forgot this was in KSA. afternoon card ain't gonna work for me. guess that means i won't watch until Monday. ugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 24 Author Share Posted February 24 I am watching on ESPN+. It's amazing that PFL gets to advertise the rival streaming service DAZN while on ESPN+. That's the new normal, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E. Dynamite Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 (edited) AJ McKee looked like a Top 10 P4P fighter hiding in plain sight. That wasn't the dude who should have lost to Roberto de Souza, that's the guy who beat Pitbull. Edited February 24 by John E. Dynamite 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 25 Author Share Posted February 25 Ryan Bader lost to a guy more than twice his size. Didn't see that one coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Lots of back and forth scraps so far tonight. Judges having a tough night. I made a joke about not knowing a bunch of these folks, but every fight I've recognized someone. I just can't keep up with these names. First round of Barcelos/Quinonez had some fence grabs that felt like Barcelos was working rudo. The crowd was yelling everytime his fingers went through the cage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Elsalvajeloco Posted February 25 Author Share Posted February 25 Prado's face looked rough at the end of the fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Brian Ortega on the ground, man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waffle Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Yair had nothing left after the first. Altitude + levels on the ground. snatched that arm-triangle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 25 Author Share Posted February 25 Coming out to "El Rey" in Mexico City is a mandatory, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 25 Author Share Posted February 25 Brandon Royval thought the fix was in so much that he forgot his first name is also Brandon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Surprised to see Moreno real fade those last two rounds. Royval's output was insane and perhaps very inefficient, but I don't know if it was exactly overwhelming either. Moreno seemed to be reading it fine, he just never really turned it up, other than the round he was ending combos with the leg kick. So much drama in the Ortega/Yair fight, particularly in the first. Ortega rolling his ankle in the intro and panicking. Getting rocked. And then by the end of the first he realized, "Oh even if I'm loopy, Yair Rodriguez has nothing for me on the ground." What a weird 6 years for Brian Ortega. 2018 - Fights Max for the Title, gets housed and loses his 0. Spends next two years injured. 2020 - Comes back and beats Korean Zombie to get another shot. 2021 - Loses to Volk in a barn burner 2022 - Fucks his shoulder against Yair, setting Yair up for an eventual run at the title. 2024 - Comes back and beats Yair, and maybe set himself up for a third shot at the title. He's either injured or about to fight for the title. Kinda like Conor McGreggor without the money. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 1 hour ago, jaedmc said: Surprised to see Moreno real fade those last two rounds. Royval's output was insane and perhaps very inefficient, but I don't know if it was exactly overwhelming either. Moreno seemed to be reading it fine, he just never really turned it up, other than the round he was ending combos with the leg kick. So much drama in the Ortega/Yair fight, particularly in the first. Ortega rolling his ankle in the intro and panicking. Getting rocked. And then by the end of the first he realized, "Oh even if I'm loopy, Yair Rodriguez has nothing for me on the ground." What a weird 6 years for Brian Ortega. 2018 - Fights Max for the Title, gets housed and loses his 0. Spends next two years injured. 2020 - Comes back and beats Korean Zombie to get another shot. 2021 - Loses to Volk in a barn burner 2022 - Fucks his shoulder against Yair, setting Yair up for an eventual run at the title. 2024 - Comes back and beats Yair, and maybe set himself up for a third shot at the title. He's either injured or about to fight for the title. Kinda like Conor McGreggor without the money. 2018: Brian Ortega the first to ever finish Frankie Edgar. 2021: Came close to beating Alexander Volkanovski, that was a tight guillotine choke. Brian Ortega is tough, his two TKO losses were doctor's stoppages only. Like to see if Ilia Topuria can be the first to put Ortega out by KO/TKO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted March 1 Author Share Posted March 1 UFC Fight Night on ESPN+ 96: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev March 2, 2024 Las Vegas, NV (UFC Apex) Jairzinho Rozenstruik (257) vs. Shamil Gaziev (261) - Rozenstruik, TKO (corner retirement), R4 (5:00) Vitor Petrino (205.5) vs. Tyson Pedro (205.5) - Petrino, DEC (unanimous) Alex Perez (125.5) vs. Muhammad Mokaev (126) - Mokaev, DEC (unanimous) Umar Nurmagomedov (136) vs. Bekzat Almakhan (136) - Nurmagomedov, DEC (unanimous) Matt Schnell (126) vs. Steve Erceg (126) - Erceg, KO (punch), R2 (0:26) ESPN+ Preliminary Card: Eryk Anders (185.5) vs. Jamie Pickett (186) - Anders, DEC (unanimous) Vinicius Oliveira (135.5) vs. Benardo Sopaj (135.5) - Oliveira, KO (flying knee), R3 (4:41) Javid Basharat (136) vs. Aiemann Zahabi (135.5) - Zahabi, DEC (unanimous) Christian Leroy Duncan (186) vs. Claudio Ribeiro (185.5) - Duncan, TKO (elbows and punches), R2 (1:57) ĽudovÃt Klein (156) vs. AJ Cunningham (155.5) - Klein, TKO (strikes), R1 (4:36) Loik Radzhabov (155.5) vs. Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady (156) - Radzhabov, KO (punches), R3 (0:49) Event Bonuses ($50,000) Performance of the Night: Vinicius Oliveira Performance of the Night: Steve Erceg Fight of the Night: Vinicius Oliveira vs. Benardo Sopaj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jaedmc Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 If anyone is sleeping on this card(and why wouldn't you) definitely look for Oliveira/Sopaj - specifically Round 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted March 2 Author Share Posted March 2 BRU-TAL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Oh my shit and it ends with a stomach turning flying knee KO for the ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E. Dynamite Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 You know you've banked a legit KO of the Year contender when the booth is audibly depressed over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 No joke. I don't know if there's really a difference between knock outs physiologically. Bad is bad, right? But that KO made me feel uncomfortable in a way few have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted March 2 Author Share Posted March 2 The Erceg/Schnell finish was a 7.1 on the Oliveira death blow KO scale. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Goddamn that was a pretty great performance from Rozenstruik. He was really feeling himself in the fourth. And kudos to Godard for getting in that corner's face and telling him to "do the right thing." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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