10-24-2020, 02:34 PM
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#1821
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Toronto, Ontario
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Yeah, Khabib seems a little better than anybody in the weight class. If I knew how to bet I'd take Khabib all the way.
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10-24-2020, 02:48 PM
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#1822
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Oh damn... Khabib having trouble with getting the takedown the entire 1st. His stand up is better than expected though.
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10-24-2020, 02:49 PM
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#1823
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Toronto, Ontario
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Gaethje is really sucking air after the first round. Hard to see the possibility of him winning.
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10-24-2020, 02:51 PM
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#1824
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And just as I thought Khabib was in trouble, he pulls that submission off. Beautiful.
29-0, what a beast. Sad that he fight only have 1 fight left in his career
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10-24-2020, 02:55 PM
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#1825
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Taking his gloves off. retiring?
Wow. Can’t blame him, his father was everything to him.
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10-24-2020, 02:58 PM
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#1826
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Seattle, WA
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That wasn't even close.
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10-24-2020, 03:16 PM
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#1827
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Calgary, AB
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Khabib didn’t just beat but finished Gathje, Poirier, and Mcgregor in his last 3 fights...that's something. Nothing left for him to prove.
Last edited by SuperMatt18; 10-24-2020 at 03:18 PM.
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10-24-2020, 03:25 PM
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#1828
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Toronto, Ontario
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At this age there's no way St. Pierre could beat him, but I wonder if the UFC could entertain the possibility to bring both guys out one last time. I'm sure the money would be great.
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10-24-2020, 04:23 PM
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#1829
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Seattle, WA
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GSP would never take a fight he has no chance of winning.
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10-24-2020, 04:55 PM
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#1830
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First Line Centre
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I realize he is showing respect to Khabib so not wanting to hog the spotlight..,.but is it me, or did Gaethje seem pretty nonchalant about losing? Like, no big deal. Got paid.
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10-24-2020, 05:44 PM
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#1831
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 3rd liner
I realize he is showing respect to Khabib so not wanting to hog the spotlight..,.but is it me, or did Gaethje seem pretty nonchalant about losing? Like, no big deal. Got paid.
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I feel like he knew beforehand.
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10-24-2020, 05:59 PM
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#1832
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First Line Centre
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Yeah I think I bought into the ufc hype that that fight was going to be closer. Conor and Poirier both went longer with khabib. A little disappointed, but Khabib is truly dominant. I am a fan of McGregor (his fighting, not the extracurricular stuff) so I was hoping Gaethje did something more. But 100% respect to Khabib- truly a memorable show of emotion and calling it quits. Assuming he stays retired, will be an interesting battle for the lightweight title. Gaethje, poirier, this new chandler guy, mcgregor? and tony.
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10-24-2020, 06:13 PM
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#1833
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Seattle, WA
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The Mcgregor fight went longer because Kahbib wanted to beat him up. There wasn't near the animosity for this fight. I do believe that Justin though he could win outright, but after Khabib tasted his power that wasn't in the cards.
Switching to a triangle choke from a mount is such a flex. Not sure I've seen that before.
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10-24-2020, 07:22 PM
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#1834
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Originally Posted by 3rd liner
Yeah I think I bought into the ufc hype that that fight was going to be closer. Conor and Poirier both went longer with khabib. A little disappointed, but Khabib is truly dominant. I am a fan of McGregor (his fighting, not the extracurricular stuff) so I was hoping Gaethje did something more. But 100% respect to Khabib- truly a memorable show of emotion and calling it quits. Assuming he stays retired, will be an interesting battle for the lightweight title. Gaethje, poirier, this new chandler guy, mcgregor? and tony.
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Conor vs Poirier rematch is supposedly planned for January, originally was going to be a exhibition bout for Poirier's charity when the UFC had disagreements with both of them but now I would guess they probably make that fight for the vacant Lightweight title. Would love to see Poirier win that but I would favor Conor for that one, I don't think any striker at Lightweight beats him.
Gaethje or Tony vs Chandler to decide the next challenger would be good.
I think Gaethje had good wrestling and the biggest chance out of him/Conor/Poirier to knock Khabib out with his power, but had the weakest BJJ which is why I predicted an early submission. He hit Khabib with some big shots in the first round and was doing a good job circling the cage, but Khabib is tough as nails and Gaethje was getting visibly tired from the pressure. He knew he was gassed after the 1st so it wasn't a huge surprise.
It was an amazing way to go out for Khabib with the slick triangle finish and the emotion he showed after. Plus he showed the naysayers that he could stand and strike with a knockout artist in addition to his mastery on the ground.
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10-24-2020, 11:08 PM
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#1835
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fleury
At this age there's no way St. Pierre could beat him, but I wonder if the UFC could entertain the possibility to bring both guys out one last time. I'm sure the money would be great.
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Nurmagomedov, 32, said his mother did not want him to compete without his father, but he told her this would be his last fight.
"I promised her this was gonna be my last fight," Nurmagomedov said. "If I give my word, I have to follow this."
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https://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/...ces-retirement
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10-25-2020, 06:26 PM
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#1836
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Toronto, Ontario
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We've seen time and time again that athletes tend to have a desire to come back. He seems to be a guy of his principle, but who knows a year from now if he gets the itch again. His mom could very well give her blessing to come back for a fight. I'd actually say there's a greater than 50% chance it happens within a year and a half (maybe not GSP, but someone where it's a compelling PPV draw).
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10-31-2020, 07:46 PM
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#1837
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Toronto, Ontario
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Anderson Silva's really hurt his legacy. Legitimately a few years back the best fighter, but now he shows up to fights overweight, flabby, and just eats punches. Tonight he was a bit quick but he ate so many punches.
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11-08-2020, 01:22 AM
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#1838
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Disappointing performance for Boser tonight. Gotta bury a declining veteran like arlovski. If there was a crowd they’d have been booing that fight. Too much sitting back and waiting for the other guy to do something. Maybe Boser was nervous?
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11-08-2020, 03:07 PM
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#1839
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Originally Posted by 3rd liner
Disappointing performance for Boser tonight. Gotta bury a declining veteran like arlovski. If there was a crowd they’d have been booing that fight. Too much sitting back and waiting for the other guy to do something. Maybe Boser was nervous?
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Arlovski is still a solid fighter for Heavyweight, American Top Team has some great coaches and he’s won 3 out his past 4 with a few questionable decision losses before this stretch.
I agree though, it was a boring fight and thought Boser would do better. When Arlovski hit him, the damage was noticeable and Boser allowed himself to get hit too many times in the third. He’s also pretty undersized at Heavyweight so wrestling to get the win wasn’t an option.
The main event between Santos and Teixeira was a great fight, incredible how Teixeira always finds a way to recover after getting rocked.
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11-08-2020, 03:34 PM
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#1840
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Seattle, WA
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The forearm choke was pretty cool.
Hoping we see Texiera v Blachowicz early next year. That could be a decent fight.
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