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2022 Round-Up Rodeo and Championship Breakdowns Twenty twenty two. What happened. What was the running theme across the MMA landscape? Does anyone remember a fight that happened two weeks ago, let alone in January? I sure don’t! UFC UFC in 2022. What can be said about the biggest MMA organization this past year? Baffling booking decisions, shelved stars, uncrowned kings, vacant titles, all underpinned by a growing sense of dread and sadness would be a decent start. The Children’s Army is here from the Contender Series, and their gnashing teeth are hungry to rip the flesh from any regional journeyman thrown their way for paltry sums. The young always eat the old, of course, but 2022 seemed particularly harsh. Maybe it’s that so many legendary figures retired, most on pronounced losing streaks of vicious knockouts, their last wins often coming years ago. Cowboy Cerrone, Eddie Wineland, Joanna Jedrzejczyk, Luke Rockhold, Marlon Moraes (briefly), Roxanne Modafferi, and Frankie Edgar all hung up their gloves this year. Zabit Magomedshapirov finally announced an end to his fighting career, despite not competing for 3 years, stating he was training to become a doctor. Tony Ferguson didn’t retire, but maybe should, as he’s now lost 5 in a row. Nate Diaz finally fought out the end of his UFC contract, offering cryptic statements regarding his next moves. In the various world title scenes, it was a mixture of new blood, as 7 championships directly changed hands inside the cage, more of the same, with 8 title bouts being some form of rematch, and pure chaos, as there were three bouts that saw a title vacancy going into the bout, and only one resolving with a champion at the end of the night. Jon Jones spent another year doing crimes and not fighting after talks of him moving to Heavyweight, either as an immediate title challenger, or in a title eliminator were merely chatter. Stipe Miocic, at points floated for Jones’ heavyweight debut, was also out of action all of 2022. Francis Ngannou defended the Heavyweight title against Ciryl Gane in January, but knee injuries requiring surgery in March put him on the shelf for the remainder of the year. Light Heavyweight saw something resembling stability for most of the year, but then hilariously tripped and busted its poo poo up right at the end. Czech madman Jiri Prochazka took the title from Glover Texeira in June in one of the wildest fights in recent memory. A rematch was scheduled for December, but Jiri tore his shoulder to shreds in a training accident, presumably when he got launched by an ornery rhinoceros. Glover was given the option of facing Magomed Ankalaev on short notice or loving off, and being an old man with morals, he chose the latter. Ankalaev then faced his originally scheduled opponent, the man Glover was willing to face on a truncated training schedule, Jan Blachowicz, and the two fought to a split draw that left Dana White severely unhappy, which is about all I can ask for these days. Rather than have the two men who fought tooth and nail for 25 minutes face each other once more to crown the 205 lb champion, the UFC is executing a hard pivot to Glover taking on Jamahal Hill in the UFC’s return to Brazil in 2023. Remember, world championship titles are merely honorifics that go to the best fighter of the night. UFC argued this point in a court of law, and there’s no reason to consider them anything beyond this. Middleweight was disrupted by the most ancient technique: Punching a motherfucker extremely hard in the face. Israel Adesanya looked, perhaps unstoppable isn’t the right word, more accurate to say he was simply not going to lose. He appeared content to fight a methodica stylel, not exposing himself to danger, using movement and defense to stymie the offense of his opponents and take decision wins. He’d done it to Robert Whittaker in their rematch, and he did it to Jared Cannonier. Then, from his past, with the most favorable matchmaking the UFC had put together not seen since Conor McGregor avoided his own slate of wrestleboxers, Alex Pereira returned, a horrible boogeyman. Some said those kickboxing losses didn’t matter, this was MMA. Was one fight an extremely controversial decision? Sure. Didn’t the knockout loss come moments after Izzy had put a standing 8-count on Pereira? Well, yes, as a matter of fact, it did. Was Pereira down in the fight, having been pushed and out grappled? Yeah, but all it takes is punching a motherfucker extremely hard in the face. Middleweight’s newest kingpin is extremely one-dimensional and it will be interesting to see how much more protection he’ll get. Welterweight, what a journey. Kamaru Usman had won 19 fights in a row, having not tasted defeat since his second ever pro fight. He was 15-0 in the UFC, he had 5 title defenses on his resume. He was handily winning the fight with Leon Edwards, a man he beat nearly 7 years ago. Sixty seconds. That’s all that was left in the fight to salt away his 20th win in a row, his 6th title defense. Life, and in this particular case, shin bones, come at you fast. Nothing gold can stay, Ponyboy. The Charles Oliveira Experience was one loving hell of a ride. He came into the UFC at 21, a 12-0 prospect. Over the next 7 years, he went 10-8 in the UFC, prospect status fully eradicated. Then, between 2018 and 2022, he won 11 in a row, set and shattered records for most submissions and finishes in UFC history, captured the Lightweight title, and defended it, knocking off some of the best 155 lb fighters in the process. 2022 saw things take a turn, though. First, he missed weight, losing the belt on the scale, but that didn’t matter, the champion has a name, and it is Charles Oliveira, as he choked out Justin Gaethje in one round. And then, from the Caucasus mountains came his doom. Islam Makhachev arrived, tossed him around, and took the belt back to Makhachkala. It looked like nobody could beat Oliveira, and now that Islam won without much fuss, the question now becomes who can beat Makhachev? Featherweight, man. To quote former title challenger Chan Sung Jung, fighting champion Alexander Volkanovski is like fighting a wall. People throw themselves at him, and sure, maybe they find a little success: drop him in an early round, get him in a tight guillotine. But guess what, there’s still more wall. Max Holloway, at one point considered the finest example of 145 lb fighting man in all the land, has been reduced to an ancient king of yore, standing on the shore, futilely beating at the tide to retreat with a sword that’s just getting rusty. Volkanovski is going to challenge Makhachev for the Lightweight title, and we might actually see him face adversity in that one. But at Featherweight? Good luck, my friend, good luck. To some, Bantamweight is a kingdom of ash, ruled over by a fraudulent usurper. Aljamain Sterling claimed the belt because Petr Yan is a violent idiot, and it’s not entirely clear on a given day which of those descriptors wins out. The long-anticipated rematch saw Sterling fare much better, because hey, maybe when a fighter requires surgery, and they get that surgery, they can perform at a much higher level! Aljo won a split decision, that of course was declared a robbery and a miscarriage of justice. He then fought TJ Dillashaw, and whoops, TJ should have got loving surgery. His arm flopped around basically from the opening bell, and Sterling got another win that a certain set of people will discount as not legitimate. Oof. Speaking of oof, Flyweight! Brandon Moreno and Deiveson Figueiredo met for the third time in just over a year, with Figueiredo taking the title back. Of course, a fourth bout was quickly planned, but a hand injury forced Deiveson on the shelf for the remainder of the year. Because UFC can’t go more than a few weeks without a title on the poster, Moreno was booked for an interim title fight against Kai Kara-France, and since Kai Kara-France isn’t Deiveson Figureido, Moreno won the bout. The rest of the Flyweight division exists, in theory, but you probably wouldn’t know that given how little shine in booking it gets. Women’s Featherweight does not exist, has never existed, and will never exist in the UFC. Move on. Bantamweight saw the return of the Queen, as Amanda Nunes, having recovered from Covid, beat the mess out of Julianna Pena, leaving her presumably even more confused about how old she is. Nunes hecked off for vacation and will possibly finish her trilogy with Pena in 2023. Beyond that the top 5 are three people who have already lost, badly, to Nunes, and two people on two fight winning streaks. My god, Valentina Shevchenko showed a flaw. She defeated Talia Santos, but it was a split decision, making Santos the first person in UFC Flyweight history to take one judge’s scorecard against Valentina. Obviously, this means that Santos should fight Erin Blachfield in 2023, while Shevchenko takes on not the person that gave her the toughest test. Manon Fiorot might have been the next woman up, after beating Katlyn Chookagian, but she decided she wasn’t quite ready. I guess Alexa Grasso has a decent win streak going. Oh well. Strawweight is a land of flux and chaos. Rose Namajunas put on an all time bad performance against Carla Esparza, losing the title in a truly terrible fight. Esparza got obliterated by Zhang Weili in her first defense, as most expected. The rest of the top 5 is Amanda Lemos, on a two-fight win, but she got turned away by Jessica Andrade earlier this year, Andrade herself, also on a two-fight win streak, but her next bout is booked for Flyweight, and Marina Rodriguez, who most recently lost to Lemos. RIZIN Rizin Fighting Federation had a landmark 2022, not just because they held three events called Rizin Landmark. They surpassed 34 numbered events, the benchmark Pride Fighting Championships set before they ceased operations. Rizin also saw The Match in 2022, finally pitting Japan’s handsome boy kickboxers, Tenshin Nasukawa and Takeru Segawa, against each other. Floyd Mayweather also returned to collect a paycheck and embarrass a homegrown star, this time Mikuru Asakura was the victim. Rizin also put on a Grand Prix between top Atomweights, which has primarily been a vehicle for Seika Izawa to submit people. As is proud tradition in Japanese MMA, very few title fights took place, with a mere four championship bouts taking place in 2022. The aforementioned Seika Izawa finally won the Atomweight crown after beating Ayaka Hamasaki in a rematch of their non-title New Year’s Eve 2021 contest. Roberto de Souza defended the Lightweight title against Johnny Case, and the Featherweight title was fought over twice. Juntaro Ushiku beat Yutaka Saito in April, but then lost the belt to Kleber Koike Erbst in October. Of course, the biggest thing for Rizin was the grandiose New Year’s Eve mega event cross over interpromotional clash with Bellator. Seika Izawa won the Super Atomweight Grand Prix in a contentious decision, and Rizin went 0-5, including their Featherweight and Lightweight champions, Kleber Koike Erbst and Roberto Satoshi Souza, losing to Bellator stars. Tough break to end the year. At least Manny Pacquiao came out to say he’s going to fight an unannounced Japanese star next year. Bellator MMA Bellator’s 2022 was decent. They finally completed the Light Heavyweight Grand Prix and most of the Bantamweight Grand Prix has been fought, setting up 2023 for a tournament finale. Most impressively, all of the injury replacements happened prior to the beginning of the tournament, which is truly a sign that Bellator and Scott Coker have been blessed by Moosin, God of Martial Arts. A handful of titles changed hands, most notably Patricio Pitbull wresting back control of the Featherweight crown from AJ McKee after an exceedingly uneventful performance by the then-undefeated rising star. Liz Carmouche captured gold with a controversial stoppage victory over Juliana Velasquez in April, but silenced any doubters with a far more decisive submission win in the December rematch. Gegard Mousasi’s attempt to remain the king of the middleweight UFC cast-offs came to an end when he lost his 185 lb title to Johnny Eblen through the use of the most devious technique known to man: wrestling. The final title change came thundering out of the mountains of Dagestan, as Usman Nurmagomedov defeated Patricky Pitbull for the Lightweight title in a one-sided affair (What is it about Dagestan Man whomping a Brazilian for a title this year?). Next year has some interesting things planned. Ryan Bader will look to turn back the last gasp of the Last Emperor as he defends his Heavyweight title against Fedor Emelianenko in the Russian’s alleged retirement match. Johnny Eblen will make his first defense of the 185 lb title against Anatoly Tokov, a man on a 7-fight Bellator win streak, the most recognizable names being former champ Alexander Shlemenko in 2018 and master of the slam KO, Gerald Harris, in 2019. Don’t try to pretend you know who Sharaf Davlatmurodov or Hracho Darpinyan are, I just made up those names. Yaroslav Amasov, having returned from defending his homeland against a literal invading army, will defend his Welterweight championship against a man he beat once before, interim champ Logan Storley. A Lightweight Grand Prix has also been announced, and god do I love a Grand Prix. As stated previously, the Bantamweight Grand Prix should wrap up some time in 2023 as interim champ Raufeon Stots takes on Patchy Mix in what should be an exciting affair, while injured champ Sergio Pettis will look to take on the winner at some point, pending his body not falling apart. PFL The Professional Fighters League looked to be having a good 2022 season. Anthony Pettis had rebounded from his bad 2021 season with an early win, Kayla Harrison was steamrolling opponents, things were looking up. Then PFL decided to announce the dumbest thing in the world - their championship finale event was going to be a PPV. Not even a budget event, somewhere in the neighborhood of $20, but a full on PPV costing over $50. Things went downhill from there. Anthony Pettis got beat twice in a row by Stevie Ray, knocking him out of championship contention. Rory MacDonald got knocked out in the first round of the playoffs by the #7 seed, replacement Dilano Taylor. Worst of all, Antonio Carlos Jr, beloved by all as Shoeface, had to withdraw before the playoffs began with an injury. The finale was even worse. Taylor and eventual Welterweight champ Sadibou Sy had a plodding, interminable fight that saw nothing happen over 25 minutes. Most of the other title bouts were quick and violent finishes, but didn’t necessarily have the grandiose feel of a title fight between the two very best competitors in a given division. Then, came the main event. Kayla Harrison, undefeated in MMA, Olympic gold medalist, a pure force of domination, going up against a woman she’d beaten twice before, the hard hitting Larissa Pacheco. It was a foregone conclusion. Pacheco is good, at least against the other “lightweights” PFL corrals into the SmartCage, but against Harrison, she’d struggled. This time, though, things had changed. Pacheco didn’t defend every takedown, but she stuffed enough, and even for the attempts that succeeded, Larissa made Harrison pay with hammerfists and punches. She was active off her back, while Kayla made almost no effort to posture for ground and pound or look for submissions. After 25 minutes, in the company’s biggest event, their biggest star had lost, putting a damper on possible interpromotional mega fights with Amanda Nunes or Cris Cyborg (Though, to be realistic, the Nunes fight would never happen, and even before Pacheco’s win, it seemed unlikely that Harrison would have a lot to offer Cyborg). What will 2023 bring for PFL? Probably more former UFC fighters winning titles. Of the six champions in 2022, four had at least one bout in the UFC, the group going a combined 7-10 inside the Octagon. It also looks like 2023 will see PFL introduce a Women’s Featherweight division. It’s unclear how many of the Lightweight division will drop down to avoid getting punched in the head by Larissa Pacheco, but I expect that number to be greater than zero. ONE Championship ONE had a lot of big things going on in 2022. The ill-fated attempt to bring in more American eyeballs with tape delayed cards airing on TNT was gone, now it’s all about supremely stuffed events airing on Amazon Prime. ONE put on 5 such events, which is impressive since they only started in August 2022. ONE also either started, ended, or entirely ran three Grand Prixes in 2022 - Featherweight Kickboxing concluding with Chingiz Allazov defeating Sittichai Sitsongpeenong via decision. The Flyweight Muay Thai tournament began in 2022, and was set to conclude, but first injuries required the finale to be rescheduled, and then, hilariously, both finalists missed weight, disqualifying both men from competing for the Flyweight Grand Prix championship. Being a four man affair, the Heavyweight Kickboxing Grand Prix was much simpler, as it just resulted in Roman Kryklia knocking out whoever was put in front of him. ONE had over 30 title fights in 2022, but you have to remember that they have MMA, kickboxing, Muay Thai, and now submission grappling divisions in multiple weight classes. For me, personally, the most important title bouts were John loving Lineker defeating Bibiano Fernandes, Demetrious Johnson getting revenge over Adriano Moraes, and Anatoly Malykhin punching Reinier de Ridder’s face into bits. Honorable mention to Thanh Le doing the same to Garry Tonon, because grapplers who have no plan besides “try for bad takedown, shrug if do not work” getting whomped is the height of mixed martial arts. For Chatri Sityodtong, the only bouts worth mentioning are Angela Lee besting Stamp Fairtex, Christian Lee beating Ok Rae Yoon, and Christian Lee beating Kiamrian Abbasov, because anything for the horrid Lee Children. Early predictions at ONE’s 2023 looks to be promising. More Amazon Prime cards, stuffed to bursting with title fights, including the trilogy bout between DJ and Moraes, a rematch between John Lineker and Fabricio Andrade for the currently vacant “Bantamweight” title, plus more kickboxing, submission grappling, Muay Thai, and even some mixed rules bouts. And of course, Rodtang, always more Rodtang. Invicta FC Invicta’s 2022 saw the usual level of upheaval in its championship scene. Three new champions were crowned, and two champions vacated their titles to sign with other promotions. Featherweight has been dormant since Pam Sorenson left for Bellator in 2021. Taneisha Tennant has held down Bantamweight, and even notched a successful title defense in July. Karina Rodriguez defended her Flyweight crown against the woman she beat to win the vacant belt, Daiana Torquato in March, but then left for Bellator in July. Emily Ducote defended the Strawweight title in May against Alesha Zappitella, but dropped the belt for the UFC in June. Valesca Machado claimed the vacant 115 lb title by winning a one-night tournament in November, and has thus far stayed under the Invicta banner in the intervening month and a half. Atomweight has long been Invicta’s premier division, mostly because it’s the only major game in the US for the teensiest of fighters. Jessica Delboni won the title over Alesha Zappitella at the start of the year, but lost the belt to Jillian DeCoursey in September. That’s one title changing hands inside the cage for the entire year. It’s impossible to guess at what Invicta will be able to do in the future as their roster gets picked over by larger organizations. Currently, January is scheduled to feature Taneisha Tennant defending her title against Talita Bernardo, and the Flyweight title’s vacancy will be no more once Kristina Williams and Ketlen Souza face off. Beyond that, nobody can say for sure who will be an Invicta fighter.
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Looks like the "nothing will happen, nobody cares" prediction is winning out https://twitter.com/TrentReinsmith/status/1610313933310627841?t=KNH0XanjCrQhpwClcqPVcQ&s=19
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if he retires, dana will just have more time to indulge in his hobbies, chief among them appears to be spousal abuse
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kensei posted:Am I the only one who wants to see the UFC buy another Coker org and close it, because For all of Bellator's many flaws, at least they try fun stuff sometimes. Grand Prixes, fighters getting to wear dumb costumes, cross-promotional stuff. I would like to see that continue, instead of UFC just gobbling up another organization and making everything the same
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lol and lmao https://twitter.com/jeremybotter/status/1611055685206216708?t=p1wSx62OzwAxIkYdusR8Nw&s=19 Dana has been cucked by Young Sheldon reruns https://twitter.com/byajperez/status/1611057930777903105?t=JLEeKJoO_mJjDTjPdHMokw&s=19 LobsterMobster fucked around with this message at 19:02 on Jan 5, 2023 |
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AndyElusive posted:Looks like the only place we're gonna be seeing men slapping other men really hard in the face is gonna be from Russia (with love). Dumpling: Then, Now, Forever
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Never mind, false alarm, everything remains bad and it all still sucks poo poo https://twitter.com/JohnMorgan_MMA/status/1611104219876188160?t=ZZdzzydsn1Nb0yMOAx9bpQ&s=19
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biggest lol, lmao https://twitter.com/pdlmma/status/1611121794106421248 https://twitter.com/pdlmma/status/1611123327665590272
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Brut posted:Well as much as I wanna talk poo poo about jones he is probably capable of beating the current LHW champion. Holy poo poo I didn't realize it's been almost 3 full years since he last fought, gently caress. Vacant is undefeated against all challengers
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Fozzy The Bear posted:It all seems like the same thing: To me: Fighter of the Year - a solid resume of excellence Favorite Fighter - if Mark Hunt is not active, who's the person that gets you hyped, regardless of how much they win or lose Breakout Fighter - Came from out of nowhere to become A Big Thing Most Improved - shown to have gotten demonstrably better Fight of the Year - The entire fight ruled Round of the Year - sometimes there's just one round that's nuts and then both people are spent Performance of the Year - one fighter has a tremendous effort, usually by whomping on an opponent
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CommonShore posted:Well which is a problem, but fill it out best you can, leave blanks if you want. would this be Coolest Thing, Comedy, or both? https://twitter.com/Grabaka_Hitman/status/1611799095433203714
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Trillhouse posted:i don't want to watch Sean Strickland fight! i dont know if you could favorably call what he does "fighting", but i get you
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Aljo apparently has a torn bicep, so expect interim champ Sean O'Malley after he knocks out a returing Marcus Brimage
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Yeah, but this is bareknuckle, so even if Trout can't land big shots, he's still going to shred Diego's face, and while I realize Diego is not normal, most people need their face blood inside their face, not spattered across a canvas
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Excellent write up, and again, my condolences that you had to think about Sean Strickland so soon after having had to previously think about Sean Strickland In Bellator news, the participants of the Lightweight Grand Prix have been announced: https://twitter.com/jedigoodman/status/1613236751283388416?t=-uGxOeQsIl6m5fsgAikb1w&s=19
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MassRafTer posted:Never been more proud to be a UFC fan. Dana knows that him being punished would hurt others so he is proving how selfless and caring he is by refusing to be punished. can we get some o7 in the thread for brave hero dana
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 B League Preview Time! ONE on Prime Video 6 - Friday, January 13 Main Card - Amazon Prime, 8PM ET Lightweight Title (Kickboxing) - Superbon Singha Mawynn vs Chingiz Allazov Superbon is 113-34 with 27 KO wins. He’s the current ONE Featherweight kickboxing champ. Allazov is 59-5 with 36 KO wins in kickboxing. He’s the 2021 ONE Featherweight kickboxing Grand Prix champ and a former K-1 Super Welterweight champ. This fight has been attempted twice previously. First, in September, Allazov was injured. Then, in December, Superbon was injured. Let’s hope the third time is in fact the charm and Allazov can cash in his Grand Prix victory for a title shot. Bantamweight Title (Kickboxing) - Superlek “The Kicking Machine” Kiatmoo9 vs Daniel Puertas Superlek is 131-29 in kickboxing. He’s the 2012 (115 lbs) and 2013 (118 lbs) Lumpinee Stadium champ. Puertas is 32-8 with 12 KO wins. He’s some International Sport Karate titles, which, I guess is a thing that exists. I would not want to face a machine that kicks in a bout that is 50% kicking by name. Pray for Puertas. Bantamweight Title (Grappling) - Mikey “Darth Rigatoni” Musumeci vs Bayanduuren Gantumur Musumeci is approximately 60% grappling, 40% nerd poo poo, 1000% pasta, by volume. Gantumur is a 3-1 MMA fighter with all of his wins by TKO, and his lone loss by submission. Unless Bayanduuren forgets the rules and just clocks Mikey, I think Musumeci is going to submit him quickly. Strawweight (Custom Rules) - Stamp Fairtex vs Anissa Meksen Stamp is 9-2 in MMA and 63-17 in kickboxing. She’s got 3 TKO and 2 submission wins in MMA, all inside of ONE. She’s a former ONE kickboxing and Muay Thai champ at Atomweight, plus the 2021 MMA Atomweight Grand Prix champion. Meksen is 103-5 in kickboxing, with 33 knockouts. She’s a former Glory Super Bantamweight champ. This fight is set up with rounds 1 and 3 under Muay Thai rules and rounds 2 and 4 MMA rules. Meksen looks to be far more experienced in kickboxing, but Stamp’s no slouch in the striking world. Should be fun and rad! Catchweight (215 lbs) - Aung “The Burmese Python” La N Sang vs Gilberto “Giba” Galvao La N Sang is 28-13, boasting 14 TKO and 12 submission wins, with 4 TKO and 3 submission losses. He’s 13-4 in ONE, with 8 TKO and 3 sub wins. He’s a former ONE Middleweight and Light Heavyweight champ, with a combined four successful defenses. He’s currently on a one-fight win streak, having TKO’d Yushin Okami inside of two minutes back in November. Galvao is 30-7, with 3 TKO and 15 submission wins, plus 4 TKO and 1 sub loss. He’s 2-2 in ONE, with 1 TKO win and both losses coming by TKO as well. He’s on a one-fight losing streak, having been knocked out by Reinier de Ridder via grounded knees way back in 2019. Huh, I wonder if Gilberto is being brought back to the ONE Circle so that Aung La N Sang can obliterate a guy with a decent-on-paper record. Bantamweight (Kickboxing) - Rodtang “The Iron Man” Jitmuangnon vs Jiduo “The Eagle of Yi” Yibu Rodtang boasts a 269-42 kickboxing record. He is ONE’s “flyweight” Muay Thai champ, with 4 successful defenses of that belt. Best I can tell, he’s on a 7-fight win streak under kickboxing rules. Yibu exits, question mark? His profile page on ONE just lists his vital stats with no biography. He’s 0-1 in kickboxing on Tapology, having lost a split decision to Daniel Puertas in ONE last March. C’mon guys, it’s Rodtang, and the chatter is a win here gets him a title shot at the kickboxing belt. Lightweight - Garry “The Lion Killer” Tonon vs Johnny “Johnny Boy” Nunez Tonon is 6-1, with 2 TKO and 3 submission wins. He’s fought exclusively in ONE, and lost his last bout, a bid for the title, to Thanh Le by first round bludgeoning. Nunez is 7-2, with 2 TKO and 1 submission win. He went 2-1 in WSoF, 1-0 in Bellator, 0-3 on two separate stints on TUF, and is 0-1 in ONE. He has not fought since 2019, when he lost a decision to Kazuki Tokudome inside the ONE Circle. Nunez has gotten submitted by Joe Condon, Ryan Hall, and James Krause. I’m pretty confident that Tonon is going to obliterate him easily. Postlim Card - Later, YouTube Flyweight (Muay Thai) - Anna “Supergirl” Jaroonsak vs Ekaterina “Barbie” Vandaryeva Jaroonsak is 2-0 in ONE’s Muay Thai division, notching an opening minute KO in her debut against Milagros Lopez in 2020. She went to a split decision against Ekaterina Vandaryeva last January. Vandaryeva is 58-10 as a kickboxer, with 16 KO wins. She’s 0-3 in ONE Muay Thai. Vandaryeva really needs to not lose her fourth in a row. That seems like a bad streak to be on! Catchweight (150 lbs) - Jae Woong “The Fighting God” Kim vs Shoko “Masamitsu” Sato Kim is 13-6 with 9 TKO wins, and 4 TKO losses. He is 4-3 inside the ONE Circle, all four wins coming by TKO stoppage. He went 1-2 last year in ONE, getting knocked out by Kai Tang in just over 2 minutes in March, then he got choked out by Shamil Gasanov in October. He ended the year on a high note with a TKO win over Kevin Belingon in November. Sato is 33-15, with 20 TKO wins, and just 3 stoppage losses. He is 3-2 in ONE, though he’s split time with Vale Tudo Japan and Shooto. He lost his last bout to Stephen Loman by decision last March. You would think a god of fighting would have a much better record, but I think it’s good for the mythology when gods are a bit flawed. Sato has been fighting since 2007, and in case you need a reminder, that is 16 years.
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kimbo305 posted:I can hear exactly how Schiavello pronounces GUT MUNCHING KNEE FROM THE THAI
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Nope. There was a grand prix final towards the end of last year and both guys missed either weight, hydration, or both, so the fight became a catchweight and nobody won the tournament Also, the current Vacant title after Lineker missed and the fight went no contest after that brutal nard shot e: f, b
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Allazov passed hydration and made weight Still waiting for Rodtang's 2nd weigh in attempt e: rodtang missed weight again https://twitter.com/DeadSeaGulls/status/1613558541876617217?t=OKFIngtpU7jSX_WS_oyHkg&s=19 LobsterMobster fucked around with this message at 16:39 on Jan 12, 2023 |
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Cyber Dog posted:Man, what is up with Rodtang. He missed for his bout against Savvas too. he is literally made of iron, and thus, far too dense for his height for the weight class he competes in
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Apparently Meksen was not at the press conference the day before because she wasn't feeling well.
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lol, lmao https://twitter.com/JohnMorgan_MMA/status/1613957020129820684?t=ddP8Ay0bSHg6dHftuBPZ2w&s=19
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Boco_T posted:Meanwhile for ONE tonight, Anna Jaroonsak stepped up from the Postlims to fight Stamp and they made the other Postlim the first fight on the show instead, so now all 8 fights are airing on Prime and there are no Postlims. The Stamp fight that was previously MMA/MT mixed rules is now... kickboxing rules. glad stamp gets a fight, but boo to no more weird mixed rules
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  GDT for ONE on Prime + UFC: Strickland vs Imavov
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Fight Week, Pets Week! UFC: Strickland vs Imavov edition Punahele Soriano's dog  Rocky Pennington's lil pal  Dan Argueta's fluffy friend 
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Can't believe Noted Spousal Abuser Dana White cut off his nose to spite his own face, re: the enormous, highly marketable knockout machine that was his heavyweight champion because he refused to pay him slightly more money
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Don't forget to get votes in for 2022 https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=4020881
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B League Preview! Invicta 51 - Wednesday, January 18 Main Card - 8:30 PM ET, AXS TV, YouTube Bantamweight Title - Taneisha “Triple Threat” Tennant vs Talita Bernardo Tennant is 7-1, with 1 TKO win that came in her pro debut. She’s 6-0 in Invicta, though two of those bouts were special 1-round fights as part of the one night tournament format of the Phoenix Series. She lost on the Contender Series to Danyelle Wolf in 2020, but has bounced back with a pair of wins in Invicta, capturing and defending the 135 lb title. She is now the second ever Invicta Bantamweight champ to make a defense of that belt, joining Tonya Evinger. Bernardo is 9-4, with 6 submission wins, and two TKO losses. She made it to UFC in 2017, going 1-3 inside the Octagon. She’s currently on a 3-fight win streak, including two wins inside the Invicta cage. Tennant’s got a technical striking edge, but doesn’t have a ton of power to get finishes. Bernardo’s a solid grappler, but she’s going to have to really work to get any takedowns. Now, with that being said, I fully expect Tennant to foolishly pull guard or Bernardo to employ a Stand n Wang gameplan because, as always, fighters are big dum-dums who hate to play to their strengths. Flyweight Title - Kristina “Warhorse” Williams vs Ketlen “Esquentadinha” Souza Williams is 6-3 with 1 TKO and 1 sub win, as well as 1 TKO and 1 sub loss. She started her pro career in Bellator, going 3-3, with wins over Heather Hardy, Emily Ducote, and Bruna Ellen, while dropping fights to Valerie Letourneau, Juliana Velasquez, and Denise Kielholtz. She’s now on a 3-fight win streak, including her two most recent bouts in Invicta. She was last in action in July, submitting Liana Pirosin in the first round. Souza, whose nickname apparently translates to “Hottie” (Unsure if there is any karate involved), is 12-3. She boasts 8 TKO and 1 submission finish, with 2 TKO and 1 submission loss. She went 4-1 in Brazil’s Mr. Cage promotion, and I’m only noting that because I just like the name. She’s 1-0 in Invicta, taking a decision over Maiju Suotama in September. As recently as 3 fights ago, Williams took on a 1-1 Helen Lucero, and 3 fights ago, Souza took on 0-0-1 Joane Milen, so the level of competition has been a bit thin for both fighters. Bantamweight - Serena “The Southpaw Outlaw” DeJesus vs “Big Bad” Olga Rubin DeJesus is 5-2, and has never not gone to the judges. She’s 2-1 in Invicta, plus has a 1-1 exhibition record thanks to the Phoenix Series. She’s currently on a 4-fight win streak. Rubin is 7-3 with 3 TKO wins and 2 TKO losses. She went 4-2 in Bellator, with a pair of TKO wins and losses. She is 0-1 in Invicta, having lost to Taneisha Tennant in July in a bid for the Bantamweight title. Rubin has struggled against high level competition, but I don’t think DeJesus is a major threat. She’s not bad, and I can see her winning, but I don’t think she’s going to blow Olga out of the water like all the other times Rubin has taken a leap forward in opponent. Bantamweight - “Grizzly” Claire Guthrie vs Auttumn “The Natural” Norton Guthrie is 4-1 with 1 submission win to her record. She’s 3-1 in Invicta, and is on a 3-fight win streak, as long as you ignore her stint on TUF. Norton is 2-1, with all three bouts taking place inside the Invicta cage. She won her last two fights, notching the first stoppage of her pro career in July. Both fighters had amateur careers spanning over five years, but Guthrie went 7-1 and Norton went 6-2, so it’s not like they were racking up a ton of fights and experience. It’s just a little weird to go that long before turning pro, but hey, I’m just some globule of adipose behind a keyboard, clacking away to shield myself from the lack of a true warrior’s spirit that would relish the chance to get punched in the head for zero money. Atomweight - Marisa “Spider Monkey” Messer-Belenchia vs Elisandra “Lili” Ferreira MMB is 5-1 with 1 TKO and 2 submission wins. She is 1-1 in regular Invicta bouts, and also went 1-1 in the Phoenix Series back in 2021. She’s on a 2-fight win streak, having last competed in Reality Fighting in July, taking a decision over Samantha Schell. Ferreira is 4-2, with 1 TKO win. She’s making her US debut, having fought the bulk of her career thus far in her native Brazil, only recently venturing to North America in her last fight for the Pallas Athena Women’s Fighting Championship Atomweight title in August, dropping a decision to Anastasia Nikolakakos. I am incapable of picking against someone called Spider Monkey. Go elsewhere for actual analysis, you know what I bring to the table: NOTHING. Atomweight - Katie “Queen of the North” Saull vs Rayanne Amanda Saull is 5-5, with 2 sub wins. She’s 1-2 in Invicta, having dropped a pair of split decisions before notching her first promotional win last January. She competed in Combate Global in July, taking a decision there. Amanda is 12-6, with 2 TKO and 8 submission wins. She dropped a decision to Denise Gomes on the Contender Series in August, but bounced back with a win over Vitoria Karolina under the Mag Fight banner in October. Half of Amanda’s wins came against opponents who had not won a fight at the time she faced them, and only 4 had a 0.500 or better record. At least on paper, Saull’s opponents wins have come against marginally more competent foes. Strawweight - Fatima “The Archangel” Kline vs Laura “La Jefa” Gallardo Kline is 2-0 as a pro, with one TKO and one sub win, plus an extensive grappling record. Both fights took place in Invicta, the latest one coming in May. Gallardo is 4-1, with 1 TKO victory. She’s 0-1 in Invicta, losing to Trisha Cicero by split decision in July 2020. Since then, she won in Combate Global and Cage Fury FC before heading to The Ultimate Fighter, going 1-1 on the season 30. In terms of combat sports with punching and kicking, Gallardo has the experience edge. Strictly grappling, gotta give it to Kline. Strawweight - Tanya Nijjar vs Sayury Canon Nijjar is 1-0 as a pro, winning by RNC in three minutes last August in Combate Global. She went 3-0 as an amateur with two TKO wins, all in 2015. She had several canceled bouts between and since then, so I can only assume everyone is ducking her. Canon is 2-0 as a pro, with her debut ending by TKO in the first round. She’s got one of those wonky Tapology pages, where her amateur “career” of one fight came in 2018, her pro debut was in 2016, and she last fought April 2021. What the heck is going on? Seven fights between the both of them between pro and amateur, since 2015. Nobody wants to fight any more!!!
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Fight Week, Pets Week! Invicta 51 edition First up, we got Ketlen Souza's fluffy cat  Rayanne Amanda's dog (As always, we at Fight Week, Pets Week do not condone cropping dog ears)  Laura Gallardo's dog, Queen Zuli  Tanya Nijjar's big friend, Diesel 
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Fight Week, Pets Week continues on with UFC 283 edition Jessica Andrade's got a lil cat  Lauren Murphy's pup, her lucky Penny  Shogun's dog  Bruno Ferreira's dog  Thiago Moises's lil pal  Luan Lacerda's sleepytime friend  Cody Stamann's outdoors companion 
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Well, dang https://twitter.com/marcraimondi/status/1615397944966144000?t=0ziz-3zC8cqG1m4Kh5P86A&s=19
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As more than a few twitter accounts have rampantly speculated, it would be hilarious if Krause and Molina intended to lose the Zhumagulov fight, but bad judges hosed them over e: w e l p https://twitter.com/UFCRosterWatch/status/1615420713548058637?t=a0GLrBNIwjSTTA0eRTHV6A&s=19 LobsterMobster fucked around with this message at 19:58 on Jan 17, 2023 |
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B League Preview ONE Friday Fights 1 - January 20, 2023 Main Card - 8AM ET, YouTube, or maybe just local Thai TV? I dunno! Nong-O is 264-54 in kickboxing. He’s the current ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai champ, with six defenses. He was 2014’s Rajadamnern Stadium champ at 135 lbs, as well as the Lumpinee Stadium fighter of the year for 2005 and 2010, plus 122 lb champ in 2006, 126 lb champ in 2007, 130 lb champ in 2009, and 135 lb champ in 2013. He was also 2005’s Sports Writers Association of Thailand’s Fighter of the Year, and the 2005 and 2010 Sports Authority of Thailand Fighter of the Year. To say Nong-O is highly decorated is a severe understatement. Ramazanov is 63-8 in kickboxing, and is the former ONE Bantamweight kickboxing champion. Nong-O is tremendous, Muay Thai is great, this should be rad as hell. Fight is off  Flyweight (Muay Thai) - Prajanchai PK Saenchai vs Kompetch Sitsarawatsuer Prajanchai is 338-52 in kickboxing. He was the Rajadamnern Stadium champ at 105 lbs in 2011 and 112 lbs in 2012, the Lumpinee Stadium champ at 118 lbs in 2014 and 122 lbs in 2020, and is the former ONE Strawweight Muay Thai champ. Kompetch is 83-17 in kickboxing. He was the Lumpinee Stadium champ at 112 lbs in 2018 and 118 lbs in 2019, and was named the 2018 Sports Authority of Thailand “Young Fighter of the Year”. Prajanchai is nearing 400 bouts, and he’s only 28. Kompetch is at 100 and he’s a spry 22. Strawweight (Muay Thai) - Petchbanrai Singhamawynn vs Khunsueklek UFABoomdeksean Do you know how difficult it is to search for fighters who participate in a country that not only is a different language than the one you speak, but its character set is in no way similar, and you’re just using the Romanized version of names? Anyway, these two people are going to fight with fists, feets, knees, and elbows, as one does in the Thai Style. It should be very good and cool. Featherweight (Muay Thai) - Saensiri Petch Por.Tor.Or vs Khomarwut F.A.Group I for one can’t wait for more money to pour into Muay Thai. I want to see in like, 10 years, Saempetch KaiserPermanente taking on Rodlek NorthropGrunman. Bantamweight (Muay Thai) - Tai Sor.Jor. Piek-U-Thai vs Sonrak Fairtex Muay Thai: watch it, you nerd! 112 lb (Muay Thai) - Sakaengam Jitmuangnon vs Suayai Chor.Hapayak Sorry, i was a little harsh last time out. It’s been a rough time, been a rough time for all of us. I hope you, friend reader on the something awful forums, punch sports pagoda subform, mma thread, are doing ok. I got a little frazzled, what with a whole slew of guys that I basically couldn’t even do my barest of bare bones write-ups on. Anyway, these tiniest of Thai Fighters are gonna shoot laser cannons at each other and one or both of them is going to explode spectacularly in a huge shower of sparks. Prelim Card - 5:30 AM ET, YouTube 140 lb (Muay Thai) - Seksan Or Kwanmuang vs Tyson “John Wayne Noi” Harrison Seksan’s nicknames on Wikipedia are “Kon Mai Yom Kon” which apparently means “The Man Who Yields to No One”, or, alternatively, Robocop. He’s got a 190-42 kickboxing record. He was the 2015 Rajadamnern Stadium Fighter of the Year, the 2018 and 2020 Rajadamnern Stadium Lightweight champ, and has been in Rajadamnern Stadium’s Fight of the Year in 2011, 2012, 2015, and 2019. Things I know about Tyson Harrison: Australian, 6 feet tall. Harrison is 5 inches taller than Seksan, but he’s also 11 years younger. Either a giant child is going to get butchered by an Unyielding Robocop, or a large baby is going to beat up a small adult. Let’s get weird with it either way! Welterweight - Richard Godoy vs Alexey Lyapunov Godoy is 14-4, with 2 TKO and 10 submission wins. He looks to have fought exclusively in his native Brazil, most notably going 2-1 in Jungle Fight. He’s on a 4-fight win streak, but hasn’t competed since 2019. Lyapunov is 10-3 with 4 submission wins, and all losses also coming by sub. He’s fought in organizations with cool names like Ambitions FC and Golden Horde, and also the exceedingly generic MMA Series. His last time out in July, he was submitted in the 4th round by Jonas Boeno, a person I’m sure you haven’t heard of. Lyapunov has had more recent fighting experience, but he’s also susceptible to the one thing Godoy is good(oy) at. Will the two submission specialists dare to dance the grapple game with one another? Or will they flick jabs and timid low kicks at each other for fifteen minutes? Find out, next time on ONE Championship! Featherweight (Muay Thai) - Muangthai “Elbow Zombie” PK Saenchai vs Mavlud Tupiev Muangthai is 201-43, and was 2012’s Lumpinee Stadium Light Flyweight champ, and the 2016 Lumpinee Stadium Fighter of the Year. Tupiev is from Uzbekistan, he is 1-0 in MMA, though that fight was on a card called BKK Kickboxing Championship, so maybe Tapology is confused. I am running out of ways to say “I like Muay Thai but I don’t know a lot about it and can’t talk with much confidence about these fighters, even the ones I’ve seen numerous times, but trust me, you should watch this.” Welterweight (Muay Thai) - Josh Hill vs Keivan Soleimani Get these freakin nak muay farangs out of here Bantamweight - Akihiro Fujisawa vs Colton Kielbasa Fujisawa is 6-3, with 4 TKO and 2 submission wins, and 1 TKO and 2 submission losses. This man does not require judges. He’s 4-3 in ONE, having won his last fight, a first round TKO back in 2020. Kielbasa is 4-1, with 2 TKOs and 1 submission. He’s on a 3-fight, 3-finish win streak, with all of those bouts taking place from May through November of 2022. After you watch Kielbasa fight, you’ll find yourself saying “I never saw such a skilled man”. Bantamweight (Muay Thai) - Angelos “The Bullet” Giakoumis vs Mohammad Sadeghi More non-Thais fighting each other? Who asked for this?
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GDT for the week/end is here https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=4022219
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Shumagorath posted:Finally some fighter tweets worth posting...? https://twitter.com/KelvinGastelum/status/1616181576722944001
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Shumagorath posted:Warming to the idea of Dana White’s Ow My Balls but instead of striking the ruleset is slow, deliberate, homoerotic pinching Competitive Endurance Tickling
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Mekchu posted:I wanna hear this ballad now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HJLRZJRqmo
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