Elsalvajeloco Posted January 29, 2022 Author Posted January 29, 2022 Nope, you're in the right place.
Elsalvajeloco Posted January 29, 2022 Author Posted January 29, 2022 Color me surprised...I had no idea Anthony Njokuani was still fighting. Khabib, if anything, has done a great job of getting folks out of the mothballs. 2
The Natural Posted January 31, 2022 Posted January 31, 2022 Meltzer: After Ryan Bader beat Valentin Moldavsky in the Bellator heavyweight title unification match last night in Phoenix, it was announced he would defend his title next on 5/6 in Paris, France against Cheick Kongo. Bader won the fight via unanimous decision.on straight 48-47 scores, but media had it 63-37 percent in favor of Moldavsky, so it was a close fight. Benson Henderson won a split decision over Islam Mamedov. Mamedov had won 19 in a row. Henderson said he wasn't sure if this was his last fight or not. He said it was the last fight of his Bellator contract.
Elsalvajeloco Posted January 31, 2022 Author Posted January 31, 2022 12 hours ago, The Natural said: Meltzer: After Ryan Bader beat Valentin Moldavsky in the Bellator heavyweight title unification match last night in Phoenix, it was announced he would defend his title next on 5/6 in Paris, France against Cheick Kongo. Bader won the fight via unanimous decision.on straight 48-47 scores, but media had it 63-37 percent in favor of Moldavsky, so it was a close fight. Benson Henderson won a split decision over Islam Mamedov. Mamedov had won 19 in a row. Henderson said he wasn't sure if this was his last fight or not. He said it was the last fight of his Bellator contract. I watched the Bellator card on DVR late, late Saturday night/almost Sunday morning. Both of those fights were really close but it's damage versus control. Nowadays, judges don't really score fights for wrestlers or even grapplers who get the takedown unless the person on bottom basically does nothing. That's pretty much eliminated lay and pray type fights. Bader won a fight that 10 years ago would have been scored the other way. Same for Benson. That said, based on his performance, Benson probably should just hang it up and become a coach. He didn't look super washed up, but he could have been easily looking at 6 (I think the streak was 5) losses in row. 1
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 3, 2022 Author Posted February 3, 2022 UFC Fight Night on ESPN+ 58: Hermansson vs. Strickland February 5, 2022 Las Vegas, NV (UFC APEX) Jack Hermansson (185.5) vs. Sean Strickland (185.5) - Strickland, DEC (split) Punahele Soriano (185)vs. Nick Maximov (185) - Maximov, DEC (split) Shavkat Rakhmonov (170.5) vs. Carlston Harris (169) - Rakhmonov, KO (spinning hook kick and punches), R1 (4:10) Sam Alvey (205) vs. Brendan Allen (205) - Allen, SUB (rear naked choke), R2 (2:10) Tresean Gore (186) vs. Bryan Battle (185.5) - Battle, DEC (unanimous) Julian Erosa (145.5) vs. Steven Peterson (149)* - Erosa, DEC (split) ESPN+ Preliminary Card: Miles Johns (136) vs. John Castañeda (135.5) - Castañeda, SUB (arm triangle choke), R3 (1:38) Hakeem Dawodu (146) vs. Mike Trizano (145.5) - Dawodu, DEC (unanimous) Chidi Njokuani (185)vs. Marc-André Barriault (184.5) - Njokuani, KO (punches), R1 (0:16) Alexis Davis (135) vs. Julija Stoliarenko (135.5) - Davis, DEC (unanimous) Jailton Almeida (203) vs. Danilo Marques (205.5) - Almeida, TKO (punches), R1 (2:57) Jason Witt (171) vs. Philip Rowe (170.5) - Rowe, TKO (punches), R2 (2:15) Malcolm Gordon (126) vs. Denys Bondar (125) - Gordon, SUB (arm injury), R1 (1:22) *Forfeits 30% of purse for missing weight Event Bonuses ($50,000) Performance of the Night: Chidi Njokuani Performance of the Night: Shavkat Rakhmonov Fight of the Night: Julian Erosa vs. Steven Peterson
twiztor Posted February 3, 2022 Posted February 3, 2022 (edited) Sam Alvey is 0-6-1 in his last 7 fights, with his last win coming June of 2018. he has to be a big underdog (edit: currently +310) against Allen, and i can't see him lasting much longer. then again, i've been saying this since his third consecutive loss (and that was july 2019!) Edited February 3, 2022 by twiztor added odds
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 3, 2022 Author Posted February 3, 2022 34 minutes ago, twiztor said: Sam Alvey is 6-0-1 in his last 7 fights, with his last win coming June of 2018. he has to be a big underdog (edit: currently +310) against Allen, and i can't see him lasting much longer. then again, i've been saying this since his third consecutive loss (and that was july 2019!) I think you mean 0-6-1 because I don't remember the last time Alvey won. But yeah, I thought Alvey was gone at a couple times now. Matter of fact, there are about three fighters or more that normally would have been cut under regular circumstances. There are folks still on the roster who haven't won since UFC was still doing shows on Fox which was 3 or 4 years ago now.
twiztor Posted February 3, 2022 Posted February 3, 2022 31 minutes ago, Elsalvajeloco said: I think you mean 0-6-1 because I don't remember the last time Alvey won. haha, sure did! good catch
twiztor Posted February 5, 2022 Posted February 5, 2022 just finished watching Eagld FC 44 from last weekend or whatever. not much positive to say about this event. Henry Cejudo sucks as a commentator. Chael carried that broadcast team, tho one Kamaru joined he was pretty good too. most fights were a grinding decision. 40+ y/o Kharitonov didn't look great but still got a pretty easy win in the main event. Rashad Evans easily wrestled a 30-27 win against a guy who inexplicably kept going for leg locks that were nowhere near working. the big hyped prospect Ramazan Kuramagomedov won an easy boring decision against John "Doomsday" Howard, whose heyday was 10 years ago. also, Ray Borg was on the card (he last won via stoppage in 2015) so you can guess how that went. don't go out of your way to watch this. and again, Cejudo sucks as a commentator and interviewer.
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 5, 2022 Author Posted February 5, 2022 Re: Kharitonov I think everyone should feel old because I still remember when he showed up in PRIDE and knocked out like Semmy Schilt or someone and the commentators were talking about how he's the future of the HW division because he was a HW in his early to mid 20s. The man is 41 now. And not like a youthful, spry 41. He's a combat sports 41 with a bunch of miles on his body. 2
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 6, 2022 Author Posted February 6, 2022 Speaking of the Njokuani family... 2
twiztor Posted February 6, 2022 Posted February 6, 2022 Bryan Battle entered to Motorhead's "King of Kings" (aka Triple H's theme song). i couldn't decide if that made me want to root for or against him. 1
twiztor Posted February 6, 2022 Posted February 6, 2022 Alvey gets SUB'd and slips to 0-7-1 in his last 8. i gotta believe that ends his UFC career. you may not believe this, but i do always enjoy watching him and will be sad to see him go.
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 6, 2022 Author Posted February 6, 2022 Sam Alvey is the Dusty/Dale Wolfe of the UFC 3
jaedmc Posted February 6, 2022 Posted February 6, 2022 Ready for more Shavkat let's gooooooooo. They just showed the UFC 273 card on the screen.... man there's so much going on with that show.
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 6, 2022 Author Posted February 6, 2022 7 minutes ago, jaedmc said: How long before Chimaev/Rakhmonov..... 2024...book it
twiztor Posted February 6, 2022 Posted February 6, 2022 Strickland jabs his way to a UD victory. yawn.
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 6, 2022 Author Posted February 6, 2022 48-47 Hermansson is...yeah, okay.
Lawful Metal Posted February 8, 2022 Posted February 8, 2022 UFC 271 thread here or does it get its own? I’ll be there! 1
The Natural Posted February 8, 2022 Posted February 8, 2022 3 hours ago, Lawful Metal said: UFC 271 thread here or does it get its own? I’ll be there! I think UFC 271 will get its own topic. Have a good time!
Custos Posted February 8, 2022 Posted February 8, 2022 (edited) 20 hours ago, Lawful Metal said: UFC 271 thread here or does it get its own? I’ll be there! So jealous! Have a great time. I only realised in the first Embedded video that, not only is Bobby Knuckles an avid Soulsborne fan too (he mentioned in a recent interview), but he lives about 20km from me. We probably unwittingly passed each other at the local Penrith Plaza shopping mall. Even with all that, I’m still an unapologetic Izzy fanboy, but can’t deny it’ll be a bigger challenge this time around. Edited February 8, 2022 by Custos 1
Setsuna Posted February 10, 2022 Posted February 10, 2022 Lineker off tomorrow's One show, so no Lineker-Bibiano title fight. I don't know. I was weirdly intrigued by that fight despite being pretty sure Lineker would walk through him.
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