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Call your shot: Who're your champs by the end of the night?
This poll is closed.
Israel Adesanya/Carla Esparza 2 8.00%
Israel Adesanya/Weili Zhang 12 48.00%
Alex Pereira/Carla Esparza 1 4.00%
Alex Pereira/Weili Zhang 10 40.00%
Total: 25 votes
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Unperson_47
Oct 14, 2007



stylebender got bent

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Lid
Feb 18, 2005

And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

fyallm posted:

But 5 fights to go for the belt? Seems.... insane

yes, they wanted him not to fight a wrestler to make the style match up

UFC's done this for years, look at GSP's challengers and how many didn't fight Jon Fitch

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Hollandia posted:

Big fella just pushed his way in front of the translator, lol

Oh poo poo it was the ACTUAL translator who tried to come up and got shoved away? :lol:

This card really does keep delivering!

Radical 90s Wizard
Aug 5, 2008

~SS-18 burning bright,
Bathe me in your cleansing light~
I'm so salty fuckin hell

Unperson_47
Oct 14, 2007



Radical 90s Wizard posted:

Cant belive this guy ruined Izzy's Special Night again :smith:

this but :unsmith:

fyallm
Feb 27, 2007



College Slice

Lid posted:

yes, they wanted him not to fight a wrestler to make the style match up

Ahh. Not surprised

Marching Powder
Mar 8, 2008



stop the fucking fight, cornerman, your dude is fucking done and is about to be killed.

Radical 90s Wizard posted:

Fuuuuuck this dumb sport. Why he sit his rear end against the cage so much goddamn

pereira is one of the best kickboxers in the world and a weight division heavyer than izzy.

BlindSite
Feb 8, 2009

Give Whittaker the shot.

double negative
Jul 7, 2003


what a fun card. izzy bout to become a true anime villain thanks to pereira

Truther Vandross
Jun 17, 2008

The odds that this guy misses weight on his first defense are like 100%, right?

Goofballs
Jun 2, 2011



delightful posted:

If this isn't the best UFC card ever can someone tell me what is so I can go watch those fights too? Holy poo poo, this card delivered!

I fell in love with our carny sport at ufc 68. I would check that out

Marching Powder
Mar 8, 2008



stop the fucking fight, cornerman, your dude is fucking done and is about to be killed.

BlindSite posted:

Give Whittaker the shot.

definitely but only if he agrees not to wrestle

Radical 90s Wizard
Aug 5, 2008

~SS-18 burning bright,
Bathe me in your cleansing light~

Marching Powder posted:

pereira is one of the best kickboxers in the world and a weight division heavyer than izzy.

I know it was rhetorical because I'm very sad

DeimosRising
Oct 17, 2005

¡Hola SEA!


fyallm posted:

Insant rematch for the views right?

Yeah and because Whittaker and khamzat would just wrestle him. Give Izzy a chance to get it back and maybe if Pereira wins he learns to wrestle a bit in two more camps

Lid
Feb 18, 2005

And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

delightful posted:

If this isn't the best UFC card ever can someone tell me what is so I can go watch those fights too? Holy poo poo, this card delivered!

the bar is UFC 189

delightful
Jul 20, 2022
What a great goddamned fight card. I literally can't remember the last time a UFC fightcard was so good top to bottom.

Goofballs
Jun 2, 2011



sportsgenius86 posted:

The odds that this guy misses weight on his first defense are like 100%, right?

Its hard not to imagine whitaker or vettori wrestlefucking him, if he gets Izzy again who knows

kimbo305
Jun 9, 2007

actually, yeah, I am a little mad

Radical 90s Wizard posted:

Fuuuuuck this dumb sport. Why he sit his rear end against the cage so much goddamn

I have no idea. Obviously it was gameplan, cuz he'd have no problems circling around in the middle of the mat and keep some more distance. It seemed like he was thinking he could get an edge in counters, but cage was where Pereira was doing the most damage.

beep by grandpa
May 5, 2004

At least I watched my boy DUSTIN absolutely finish a war and put chandler away like a loving stud. I'm gonna rewatch that tomorrow for sure. Izzy gets another chapter in his anime manga to rebuild and then his OP theme music begins starts playing during the rematch in tbh final round

Afterbirth Aftermath
Aug 29, 2002

fyallm posted:

But 5 fights to go for the belt? Seems.... insane

Don't look up Light Heavyweight

delightful
Jul 20, 2022

Goofballs posted:

I fell in love with our carny sport at ufc 68. I would check that out

Lid posted:

the bar is UFC 189

I will check these out, but I was so happy with this card it deserves credit and should be at least top 5 UFC cards of all time.

Truther Vandross
Jun 17, 2008

delightful posted:

If this isn't the best UFC card ever can someone tell me what is so I can go watch those fights too? Holy poo poo, this card delivered!

UFC 61

Goofballs
Jun 2, 2011



Lid posted:

the bar is UFC 189

This is a good one as well, Robby Lawler doing his biggest god of war performance

kimbo305
Jun 9, 2007

actually, yeah, I am a little mad

double negative posted:

what a fun card. izzy bout to become a true anime villain thanks to pereira

The left titty is about to go Akira.

Radical 90s Wizard
Aug 5, 2008

~SS-18 burning bright,
Bathe me in your cleansing light~
What a fuckin card man

Lid
Feb 18, 2005

And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

Goofballs posted:

This is a good one as well, Robby Lawler doing his biggest god of war performance

also UFC 116 and UFC 199

delightful
Jul 20, 2022

Radical 90s Wizard posted:

What a fuckin card man

Honey Im Homme
Sep 3, 2009

Radical 90s Wizard posted:

What a fuckin card man

Alaois
Feb 7, 2012

Radical 90s Wizard posted:

What a fuckin card man

Marching Powder
Mar 8, 2008



stop the fucking fight, cornerman, your dude is fucking done and is about to be killed.

delightful posted:

If this isn't the best UFC card ever can someone tell me what is so I can go watch those fights too? Holy poo poo, this card delivered!

189 as mentioned, 202 was tons of fun too just part of which was donald cerrone doing probably the best combination the sport has seen on rick story.

wec53 natch.

Unperson_47
Oct 14, 2007



Afterbirth Aftermath posted:

Don't look up Light Heavyweight

to add to this:

the previous LHW champ is 43

fyallm
Feb 27, 2007



College Slice
That was alot of fun and 2 of the folks i wamted to win didnt... great poo poo! Def worth the ppv

Marching Powder
Mar 8, 2008



stop the fucking fight, cornerman, your dude is fucking done and is about to be killed.
i just have to post about how loving scarily composed pereira was in finishing izzy. every shot was measured and brutal while in his first fifth round ever.

Unperson_47
Oct 14, 2007



Izzy wants to live in an anime and his old rival coming to kick his rear end is the only way it could've gone.

kimbo305
Jun 9, 2007

actually, yeah, I am a little mad
Yessss, this impromptu insider interview with Glover.

I really appreciate the corner asking for the knockout and Pereira delivering.

Keptbroom
Sep 10, 2009
That was a pretty cool thing having Glover come over to talk about it

Marching Powder
Mar 8, 2008



stop the fucking fight, cornerman, your dude is fucking done and is about to be killed.
i also wouldnt be surprised if issy reports not remembering much after pereira catching him with that 'jab'

beep by grandpa
May 5, 2004

Unperson_47 posted:

Izzy wants to live in an anime and his old rival coming to kick his rear end is the only way it could've gone.

He has to travel and find an old forgotten retired fighter who will teach to him the Ultimate Technique, the only way he can defeat him. But he can only use it at a cost......

chaleski
Apr 25, 2014

Slight disclaimer for UFC 189, maybe start with the Tim Means-Matt Brown preliminary headliner and go from there, I don't remember a single thing else about the undercard

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kimbo305
Jun 9, 2007

actually, yeah, I am a little mad

Marching Powder posted:

i just have to post about how loving scarily composed pereira was in finishing izzy. every shot was measured and brutal while in his first fifth round ever.

I don't find it that surprising. He had outlasted Izzy on the ground and had hurt him on the feet. So it was a scenario he was familiar with more than the 5 MMA fights implies, and also against someone he'd already survived and came back to beat on the feet.

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