Who will be the Featherweight champion at the beginning of 2025? This poll is closed. |
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Still Alexander Volkanovski | 3 | 27.27% | |
Ilia Topuria, the new generation | 3 | 27.27% | |
Sean O'Malley, because weight classes don't matter | 0 | 0% | |
Frankie Edgar, motherfuckers | 5 | 45.45% | |
Total: | 11 votes |
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ccubed posted:I didn't notice in the moment, but mountain tiger was complaining about an eyepoke before the finish. if beltran had paused it there the whole fight coulda gone differently Can't leave anything up to the
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# ? Feb 18, 2024 02:23 |
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# ? May 21, 2024 13:58 |
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All those times commentators say that fighters need to back themselves and make callouts and build themselves up, and this guy makes a callout and Rogan says,"Well let's not get ahead of ourselves..."
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# ? Feb 18, 2024 02:24 |
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Jerusalem posted:All those times commentators say that fighters need to back themselves and make callouts and build themselves up, and this guy makes a callout and Rogan says,"Well let's not get ahead of ourselves..." ok yeah but he called out the champ on his debut hahaha, maybe pick a couple names in the top 15 first or something.
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# ? Feb 18, 2024 02:26 |
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https://youtu.be/QXDU-XN9Mxs?si=zzs1-5Gs9_nDYDZ6
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# ? Feb 18, 2024 02:26 |
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https://streamable.com/jxiu13 (1:40)
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# ? Feb 18, 2024 02:27 |
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Brut posted:ok yeah but he called out the champ on his debut hahaha, maybe pick a couple names in the top 15 first or something. Go hard or go home! 98% of the roster go hard and immediately have to go home
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# ? Feb 18, 2024 02:31 |
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Anaheim, you deserve everything bad that has ever happened to you.
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# ? Feb 18, 2024 02:45 |
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CarlCX posted:Anaheim, you deserve everything bad that has ever happened to you.
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# ? Feb 18, 2024 02:46 |
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Having read Carl's OP, I guess Sherdog and UFC both don't include Ultimate Fighter in their stats as Vera's not listed as having actually had a fight since September of 2022, and that was for Fury FC?
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# ? Feb 18, 2024 02:48 |
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Jerusalem posted:Having read Carl's OP, I guess Sherdog and UFC both don't include Ultimate Fighter in their stats as Vera's not listed as having actually had a fight since September of 2022, and that was for Fury FC? Yeah, with the exception of that one season where they did them live TUF fights are legally considered exhibitions because that way a) they can make them only two rounds long and b) they don't have to legally disclose the results after the fights happen.
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# ? Feb 18, 2024 02:51 |
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That makes sense, it does make his 11-3-0 record in Fury indicate a pretty big gulf between the companies. I'm sure that's no surprise to anybody, I guess I should have grasped that after Ben Askren came into UFC from being a big fish in a small pond constantly talking poo poo to Dana White, to being retired within a year.
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# ? Feb 18, 2024 02:57 |
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I like that De Lima seems to be a dark souls random npc. Looks like he's in some loop of movement and then just explodes with ferocity. I hope Tafa can put him out though.
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# ? Feb 18, 2024 03:09 |
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t r a s h w e i g h t
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# ? Feb 18, 2024 03:15 |
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de Lima has negative fight iq.
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# ? Feb 18, 2024 03:16 |
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I think if one of those shots hit me my entire skeleton would disintegrate
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# ? Feb 18, 2024 03:17 |
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bad fight IQ but when these leg kicks are nasty
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# ? Feb 18, 2024 03:17 |
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de lima has been fighting for a decade and a half and his sense of tactics is still bellatoresque
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# ? Feb 18, 2024 03:17 |
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If he didn't have a career this dumb you'd wonder if he was carrying for a round.
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# ? Feb 18, 2024 03:20 |
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Guy is in the corner saying,"My leg hurts and I don't know if I can stand on it" and they're just telling him,"Well you gotta!"
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# ? Feb 18, 2024 03:20 |
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boy, that young lion marcos rogerio de lima sure is going places in this division
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# ? Feb 18, 2024 03:22 |
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How was Tafa ranked in Glory? He seems baffled by the idea of going southpaw.
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# ? Feb 18, 2024 03:22 |
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Devoz posted:How was Tafa ranked in Glory? He seems baffled by the idea of going southpaw. He hits loving hard and has an iron chin. At HW that makes you a contender.
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# ? Feb 18, 2024 03:24 |
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You know the way heavyweight MMA is always like 2 guys who are genuinely great, and then 3-6 guys who are good, and maybe a few guys who are okay, and then after that it's like a raging scrap heap of people chucking haymakers and seeing who lands first? Heavyweight kickboxing is not actually dissimilar, the kicks are just prettier.
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# ? Feb 18, 2024 03:28 |
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I still find Mackenzie Dern extremely annoying.
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# ? Feb 18, 2024 03:41 |
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Is Dern the one who kept changing accents and claimed nationalities or was that a different underwhelming fighter they desperately want to be a contender?
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# ? Feb 18, 2024 03:48 |
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What was that with the guy on mics (Dern's corner?) yelling,"WHAT'S HE DOING GOING INSIDE!?! I'LL GO THE OTHER WAY!" ?
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# ? Feb 18, 2024 03:48 |
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Oh my God she's dead. End it, ref. Edit: Or maybe not!?! The way she froze, reached up to her face and then toppled like a tree was terrifying.
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# ? Feb 18, 2024 03:48 |
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Snowman_McK posted:Is Dern the one who kept changing accents and claimed nationalities or was that a different underwhelming fighter they desperately want to be a contender? Yes that is her but as someone who switches between languages and who I'm talking to a lot, I think the accusations of her doing it on purpose are just complete nonsense.
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# ? Feb 18, 2024 03:49 |
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*Lemos packs four duffel bags full of Mackenzie Dern's remains into the back of a rented Buick* "The ref could end this any moment!"
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# ? Feb 18, 2024 03:50 |
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Dern got lit up
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# ? Feb 18, 2024 03:50 |
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Jerusalem posted:What was that with the guy on mics (Dern's corner?) yelling,"WHAT'S HE DOING GOING INSIDE!?! I'LL GO THE OTHER WAY!" ? You're only allowed a certain number of people in the cage between rounds (2 I think?) and usually there is some kind of consensus on who's gonna be doing what.
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# ? Feb 18, 2024 03:50 |
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Snowman_McK posted:Is Dern the one who kept changing accents and claimed nationalities or was that a different underwhelming fighter they desperately want to be a contender? No that's Dern. She was born in Arizona, lives in California and has spent the overwhelming majority of her life in the US but her father was brazilian and took her to brazil a few times as a kid and teenager and she's bilingual and speaks Portuguese at home, but despite being as american as it gets she has the brazillian flag on her graphic and puts on a fake weird accent for some interviews. To be fair. Her accent is about as consistent as her octagon performances, has its highs and lows but it's usually ugly to watch.
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# ? Feb 18, 2024 03:51 |
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Brut posted:You're only allowed a certain number of people in the cage between rounds (2 I think?) and usually there is some kind of consensus on who's gonna be doing what. Thanks! Guess there were some crossed wires on that.
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# ? Feb 18, 2024 03:52 |
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this fight is fun, gently caress the dern haters but also how do you get into the top 10 if you let your legs get chewed up like that in 90s
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# ? Feb 18, 2024 03:53 |
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Faustian Bargain posted:this fight is fun, gently caress the dern haters It's WMMA there's about 4 proficient fighters across 3 divisions.
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# ? Feb 18, 2024 03:55 |
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The thing is, the problem with Mackenzie Dern is only like 10% Mackenzie Dern. She's tough as nails, she has the best grappling in the division, if she could make her striking not terrible she'd be a serious threat. It's just everything around Mackenzie Dern.
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# ? Feb 18, 2024 03:57 |
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I still can't believe this fight wasn't ended after that collapse, and that it seems entirely reasonable now!
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# ? Feb 18, 2024 03:59 |
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surprisingly fun fight
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# ? Feb 18, 2024 03:59 |
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Did Dern think she had a chance? She was holding her hand up as if there was a hope
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# ? Feb 18, 2024 04:00 |
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# ? May 21, 2024 13:58 |
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Faustian Bargain posted:this fight is fun, gently caress the dern haters I dunno dude, remember how Tafa looked trying to walk? Okay, now go watch how Dern walks back to her corner at the end of r1, here: https://streamable.com/mzs338 Still agree with the commentary?
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# ? Feb 18, 2024 04:00 |