Pin-seeker
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Yeah I’m not a big Ferguson fan either,but he is class.
Only person I can see beating Khabib.
Boxing/UFC 2018-24
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Only person I can see beating Khabib.
Dan2501
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What a performance from Fury. Didn't give his opponent a sniff, dominated from the very start and put him away in the 2nd. Sets up the re-match with Deontay perfectly.
Pin-seeker
Well-known member
How can you not like Fury?
Bring on Wilder.
Bring on Wilder.
Piece
Tour Winner
Years ago I wasn’t a fan at all. He has turned a new leaf in my book and is now letting his talent do most of the talking.
Pin-seeker
Well-known member
Same for me mate.
Obviously been in a dark place in the past,but seems like he’s in a much better place now.
Dan2501
Tour Winner
Hahahaha, what a result. Artem, a living meme of a fighter with a 50-50 MMA record beats Paulie Malignaggi at BKFC. This is incredible. Imagine being Paulie:
- Talking a ton of smack.
- Being flown out just so Conor can slap him up in Sparring
- Have them release the end of the fight as well as a ton of photos and clips to make you look bad to promote Conor
- Getting turned into a meme for approaching Conor in a crowd to complain and getting blocked by security.
- Finally losing to Conor's journeyman friend with t-rex arms and has only won half his fights.
gmc40
Head Pro
Same here. I’ll be honest and say I thought he was overrated and it was a poor performance by Klitschko rather than a good performance by him that won the title. Happy to hold my hand up and say I was wrong.
Pin-seeker
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I thought exactly the same.
The man is seriously skilled,must be so awkward to fight against.
Imagine if he had Wilders KO ability 😱
Pin-seeker
Well-known member
So the Jones v Santos is PPV.
No wonder people stream it.
No wonder people stream it.
Fromtherough
Assistant Pro
Didn't realise this! Been looking forward to this card for months. Think this is the beginning of the end for my Virgin tv package. Only keep it for the UFC.
Marshy77
Journeyman Pro
Same for me. Watch the odd Premiership game but mainly have it for UFC. If every UFC fight now is going to be PPV then I'm cancelling.
Dan2501
Tour Winner
All the numbered UFC events are on BT Box Office going forward. They're proper shooting themselves in the foot doing that.
Fromtherough
Assistant Pro
Seems really short sighted for a sport they're trying to grow over here.
12/13 numbered events a year make this pretty expensive to follow legitimately now.
Marshy77
Journeyman Pro
It's ridiculous. If you pay £20-30 a month just for BT Sport and also play for the main numbered UFC PPV events by the end of December you'll have paid an extra £140 and that's without the UFC fight nights being included. Plus your Sky subscription!!! Ridiculous.
Dan2501
Tour Winner
Predictions for this weekend:
Jones vs Santos - Would love to see Marreta win. He's one of my favourites at the minute so would be great, but just see Jones being too technical, too well rounded and just too good generally for Thiago unfortunately.
Nunes vs Holm - Nunes is the best female fighter on the planet by a mile. Holm doesn't have the power to worry her (not compared to Cyborg), imagine it'll be another dominant Nunes performance
Masvidal vs Askren - Askren is so damn good, it'll be another classic Askren domination via wrestling. Jorge is good, and has power, but Askren got through Robbie Lawler, I don't see him having issue with Masvidal
Rockhold vs Blachowicz - Interested to see how Rockhold looks at 205, can see him being a real contender in the division and expect him to dominate this one. Don't see an area where Jan has an advantage.
Sanchez vs Chiesa - Love Diego and would love this little resurgance to continue but can't see it happening. Chiesa coming off a big win over Condit looked good at 170 should be too good for Diego.
Fantastic card, stacked from top to bottom. Looking forward to it!
Jones vs Santos - Would love to see Marreta win. He's one of my favourites at the minute so would be great, but just see Jones being too technical, too well rounded and just too good generally for Thiago unfortunately.
Nunes vs Holm - Nunes is the best female fighter on the planet by a mile. Holm doesn't have the power to worry her (not compared to Cyborg), imagine it'll be another dominant Nunes performance
Masvidal vs Askren - Askren is so damn good, it'll be another classic Askren domination via wrestling. Jorge is good, and has power, but Askren got through Robbie Lawler, I don't see him having issue with Masvidal
Rockhold vs Blachowicz - Interested to see how Rockhold looks at 205, can see him being a real contender in the division and expect him to dominate this one. Don't see an area where Jan has an advantage.
Sanchez vs Chiesa - Love Diego and would love this little resurgance to continue but can't see it happening. Chiesa coming off a big win over Condit looked good at 170 should be too good for Diego.
Fantastic card, stacked from top to bottom. Looking forward to it!
Marshy77
Journeyman Pro
Definitely won't be paying for it so will catch up on Twitter/Instagram.
Jones
Nunes
Masvidal
Blachowicz
Chiesa
Dan2501
Tour Winner
Holy *** Jorge Masvidal. 5 seconds. Askren was out COLD. What a win. Surely gets a title shot now?
Nunes is the greatest female fighter on the planet by a mile, and one of the best female athletes in the world. She's unreal.
Jones-Marreta was a solid fight. Marreta hits SO hard and did so well given his knee was messed up. Surprised Jones didn't take it to the ground tbh.
Nunes is the greatest female fighter on the planet by a mile, and one of the best female athletes in the world. She's unreal.
Jones-Marreta was a solid fight. Marreta hits SO hard and did so well given his knee was messed up. Surprised Jones didn't take it to the ground tbh.
Fromtherough
Assistant Pro
Wow Masvidal! Unbelievable, you don't get any more clear cut than that. His last two fights have produced 2 of the most brutal KO's you'll ever see. I think he'll get the shot for the belt. Not sure if he's perfect for Usman though, unless he can land a bomb. As for Askren, I think the UFC is proving quite a step up from Bellator and One championship. Although, Lawler followed by Masvidal would be a challenge for anyone. Potentially a career affecting KO.
Nunes is the best female fighter of all time. There is no argument to justify anyone else. Impressive finish once again.
Blachowicz potentially ended Rockhold's career. His punch resistance does not appear there any more. Did he break his jaw? Looked odd!
The Jones Santos fight failed to live up to billing. Shame the knee injury occurred, as no doubt impacted the fight. Even with such a dangerous opponent, at times Jones looked bored and was never really in any strife. It looks and feels like he needs a new challenge. A move up to heavyweight might engage him a bit more.
All in all a great card, which I watched on YouTube. BT's decision to put it as PPV hopefully backfires and they change their approach. Not a very bright way to build what is a niche, non-mainstream sport.
Nunes is the best female fighter of all time. There is no argument to justify anyone else. Impressive finish once again.
Blachowicz potentially ended Rockhold's career. His punch resistance does not appear there any more. Did he break his jaw? Looked odd!
The Jones Santos fight failed to live up to billing. Shame the knee injury occurred, as no doubt impacted the fight. Even with such a dangerous opponent, at times Jones looked bored and was never really in any strife. It looks and feels like he needs a new challenge. A move up to heavyweight might engage him a bit more.
All in all a great card, which I watched on YouTube. BT's decision to put it as PPV hopefully backfires and they change their approach. Not a very bright way to build what is a niche, non-mainstream sport.
Marshy77
Journeyman Pro
Should have put a couple of quid on my prediction. Not seen any of it yet, only seen stuff on Twitter. Will catch up this week.
Still a terrible decision by BT.
Beezerk
Money List Winner
That 5 second knockout looked lucky as owt to me, he was just jumping in for a clinch by the looks of it and unfortunately his opponent ducked his head at the same time 😂