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[MaestroMike]

Spoiler: Alternative Poster

 

[MaestroMike]

 

[MaestroMike]

Spoiler: More Free Fights

 

[MaestroMike]

 

[tommycronin]

Big hype for this one. Usman may get the win because its a 3 round and he's been training for 5 round fights for years now. He also doesn't have to cut much weight for this fight.

 

[MaestroMike]

Spoiler: UFC 294 Media Day

 

[GymWolf]

I root for volk and walker but they are probably gonna lose.

For the other one, i would be ok with a double ko but chimaev is probably gonna win.

 

[juliushandle]

Usman popped his knee during light open workout w Gathje

 

[MaestroMike]

Usman popped his knee during light open workout w Gathje

 

[juliushandle]

usman has fought nearly his entire career with major knee issues. this isn't going to be an excuse for him.

 

[MaestroMike]

usman has fought nearly his entire career with major knee issues. this isn't going to be an excuse for him.

haha i guess he didn't say that. sounds like he did

 

[EverydayBeast]

I don’t think volk is up to the fight it sounds too early they’re supposed to train for 6 months imagine that being cut by 95%. God.

 

[MaestroMike]

 

[tommycronin]

Everybody made weight. Volk losing 26lbs in 12 days.

 

[MaestroMike]

 

[MaestroMike]

Spoiler: Live Weigh-in Show

Spoiler: Live Weigh-in Show Interview

 

[MaestroMike]

 

[MaestroMike]

Spoiler: More Final Face-offs

 

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[tommycronin]

Rampage Jackson Approved

 

[tommycronin]

2 round 1 finishes back to back. I've a feeling we're gonna get maybe 1 or 2 more of those.

 

[MaestroMike]

 

[MaestroMike]

nice finish by aliskerov and submission by said. two more dagestanis fighting left lol i think islam and anakalaev will probably get the W they'll use their grappling and I have khamzat winning too volk and usman are like 11 day short notice I think but we could have some surprises

 

[MaestroMike]

oh no

 

[MaestroMike]

what's wrong with this doctor wtf

 

[MaestroMike]

this is bs

johnny just got up from a knee to the head let him breathe for a couple of minutes before asking him if hes alright

 

[MastAndo]

Seemed like an horrendous stoppage, but Walker did look and sound concussed in that replay. He should have been given more time though.

 

[tommycronin]

Can we please have 1 fight go passed R1

 

[MaestroMike]

nice striking from usman in the third but I think khamzat's dominant first round is going to get him the win

 

[MaestroMike]

maybe they'll still do a khamzat vs costa fight i still wanna see that one lol

 

[pauljeremiah]

Round 6 is about to start...

 

[MaestroMike]

even though its short notice volk seems super motivated. not risking his belt and chance to become double champ beating islam at his place is a crazy high reward i'd imagine. islam knows this and has a ton of pressure to come out on top hope we get a great fight please no doctors coming in the cage

 

[pauljeremiah]

He is t

even though its short notice volk seems super motivated. not risking his belt and chance to become double champ beating islam at his place is a crazy high reward i'd imagine. islam knows this and has a ton of pressure to come out on top hope we get a great fight please no doctors coming in the cage

He was training for UFC 297 in January, so he was in a camp.

 

[MaestroMike]

lol got dam

 

[MaestroMike]

poor volk islams gotta be relieved got dam

this is volk's 2nd ufc loss, 3rd mma loss and 2nd time hes been TKO'd

 

[MaestroMike]

 

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[tommycronin]

Now can Islam properly defend his belt against someone in his division and within the next 3-4 months please. Volk should have gone all out in that first round.

 

[FireFly]

I wonder if Islam could have made that kick if Volkanovski was those few extra inches taller.

 

[Little Mac]

As always, thanks MaestroMike for the awesome OT.

 

[Kings Field]

Now can Islam properly defend his belt against someone in his division and within the next 3-4 months please. Volk should have gone all out in that first round.

There's no competition at LW right now. Years ago when Khabib said his "brother" will succeed him and he's better than he is, he wasn't lying. One could argue that Khabib is a better cage grappler and more dominant on the ground but not by much. Striking wide Islam is lightyears ahead. . No one at LW will beat Islam. He should move to 170 to fight the winner of Leon/Colby.

 

[Kings Field]

As a HUGE Islam fan, this is a huge relief after hearing months of shit from people saying Volk won that last fight when it was a clear 4-1 going on 5-0 until Volk rocked Islam.

Khamzat fought great tonight but his cardio is suspect. Definitely was gassed after the first round and took the second round off.

Hopefully they run back Mag/Walker eventhough I feel like Mag was going to easily win. Shame that happened.

 

[SpiceRacz]

Pretty confident in saying Usman would have won that fight with a full camp.

 

[tommycronin]

As a HUGE Islam fan, this is a huge relief after hearing months of shit from people saying Volk won that last fight when it was a clear 4-1 going on 5-0 until Volk rocked Islam.

Khamzat fought great tonight but his cardio is suspect. Definitely was gassed after the first round and took the second round off.

Hopefully they run back Mag/Walker eventhough I feel like Mag was going to easily win. Shame that happened.

He broke his wrist at the end of 1st round apparently which is why he wasn't throwing much punches after that.

 

[Kings Field]

He broke his wrist at the end of 1st round apparently which is why he wasn't throwing much punches after that.

Makes sense. He was way too reserved after the first. Thought it might have been his cardio but hopefully not.

 

[Flutta]

As a HUGE Islam fan, this is a huge relief after hearing months of shit from people saying Volk won that last fight when it was a clear 4-1 going on 5-0 until Volk rocked Islam.

Khamzat fought great tonight but his cardio is suspect. Definitely was gassed after the first round and took the second round off.

Hopefully they run back Mag/Walker eventhough I feel like Mag was going to easily win. Shame that happened.

Khamzat broke his hand during the first round. He Said he couldn’t use it much during the rest of the fight.

 

[GymWolf]

Poor Volk, everything was against him.

Chimaev got exposed unless he had some bad injury during the fight.