The MMA Thread: DON'T ASK 4 STREAMS & NO GIFS- Cannonier, Imavov, Reyes, Rosas on NOW

[アミーゴ]

spiderjericho as someone ALSO from NY - don’t hit Da Chi in winter

 

[SORIANOTRON]

I just don't see Khazmat bullying costa around like he's used to at 70

I feel like he's going to be forced to stand and get exposed.

But we shall see, great matchup

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

This is weird to think about but Sterling for sure has a case to be the 135 goat as of today

Certainly with a dominant win over O’Malley, he’d clearly be #1

 

[spiderjericho]

I feel bad for Aljo. Before that knee, he was a favorite of the people….

He definitely earned his title shot. He also definitely beat Yan in the rematch, imo. Folks are always going to pick at his championship resume….kind of like Woodley. They’ll say TJ was hurt. Some might say he lost to Cejudo. Some might say if Yan hadn’t committed that foul, Aljo would never have been champ.

He definitely is tied for most wins in the division. Headed for most title defenses. I like the guy besides the cringe.

 

[steevoo1]

The main reason I can’t get behind costa is because he kind of had a hard time with Luke rockhold

Granted: Luke maybe wasn’t as washed as I thought he was and there was elevation but I figured Costa should be able to steamroll

Chimaev is a different beast… proven to be durable.. even if he’s moving up he’s fought and been a beast at 85 too

This fight is everything though I’m sure it’ll be a banger and Costa will get his shots in

I take that fight being the way it was, due to the elevation.

Costa has power but was never really a 1 punch KO guy. The pace, pressure, and volume he puts on guys is crazy and that could give Chimaev problems. He's also got a great chin. But this all relies on him fighting off the takedowns and chain wrestling of Chimaev. I need to rewatch Costa/Romero. I know he defended some takedowns from prime Yoel but can't remember Yoel trying to chain wrestling much.

 

[spiderjericho]

Yoel wasn't a big chain wrestler. And more and more, he just relied on his explosiveness to generate the offense.

Khamzat...you know what's coming. Costa didn't look good in the Vettori and Cockhold fights. But hopefully, he brings his A game against Khamzat. Chimaev is such a monster.

 

[jewseejay]

They're both overrated skillset wise. But they got that dawg in em, intensity and power. Should be a banger like the Burns vs khamzat scrap. Like many have said Costa too big and strong to get ragdolled if Burns wasn't having it.

 

[spiderjericho]

Appreciate the respect Suga's camp has for Aljo.

Weili doesn't train with Fight Ready anymore? Seems like folks do one camp there and poof.

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

It’s also a major possibility that yoel and izzy took a lot out of costa

He might not be the same fighter after those two losses

The costa that entered the yoel fight was definitely a different type of human… but yoel somehow at that stage was still an alien too

I think the vetorri fight might be more telling than anything, gonna rewatch that one

 

[spiderjericho]

 

[xbiker47]

Hard to really know where costa is at right now. His performances post the Izzy fight have been a drop off from the guy prior.

 

[steevoo1]

The Izzy fight definitely took a beat on him mentally.

Feom what I remember, I dont think the Vetorri fight was that bad. I remember he landed a couple hard head kicks flush but Vettori just has a concrete block of a dome. That fight week was weird as hell too, because of Costa trying to get out his contract for more money. Ended up being a LHW fight.

Yeah, Costa is just a weird *** dude.

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

I feel like chimaev has a granite chin too

I don’t know how many clean shots Costa can land but I think it’ll have to be a sustained beating to get chimaev out of there in that manner

 

[steevoo1]

Definitely don't think he can get Chimaev out of there, but Burns did drop him off a check hook. Only big question I have of Chimaev is cardio. Since he doesn't have to cut the extra weight maybe he'll be alright though. If he doesn't get baited in to a brawl like the Burns fight then he beats Costa fairly easy.

 

[spiderjericho]

It'll definitely be a must watch. If I'm being real, on paper that's probably the best card on paper unless they put Leon/Colby on MSG and somehow have a banger for December.

Vettori definitely has a crazy chin/durability. I don't remember if he tried wrestling. We know Khamzat going to try and has decent grappling. Gilbert did drop Khamzat but we gotta admit Chimaev was firing back in glee. He just has to pace himself. Probably the same for Costa.

 

[spiderjericho]

Eh. Back-to-back weeks of fighting. Man is hungry (double entendre).

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Told ya

Merab, sandhagen etc gonna have to wait if Sterling loses

 

[jayt1202]

Suga ducking Cory?!? Nah but I figured this was coming, epecially with the lackluster performance by Cody last time out (I realize he did get injured but UFC and most fans won't care unfortunately). I'm not even biggest Aljo fan but I'd like to see him shut the hype train down and ends these talks lol.

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Sandhagen would be the second “best” matchup for O’Malley out of the contenders

Umar and merab are definitely the worst. Cejudo for the next year or so too

 

[imasoleman18]

even though merab deserves it im sure the ufc will do umar vs merab before he gets a title shot, i never heard what was the reason umar pulled out?

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

even though merab deserves it im sure the ufc will do umar vs merab before he gets a title shot, i never heard what was the reason umar pulled out?

Shoulder injury that requires surgery unfortunately

 

[xbiker47]

If O’Malley and chito both win this weekend that’s the stars aligning for that fight. Just works out other people infront of chito are injured at the right time

 

[boxer15]

Still wild that O’Malley got gifted the split decision after blatantly cheating with fence and glove grabs. Had the ref been competent a point deduction would have made it an easy UD for Yan. Yan honestly should have won either way.

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Still wild that O’Malley got gifted the split decision after blatantly cheating with fence and glove grabs. Had the ref been competent a point deduction would have made it an easy UD for Yan. Yan honestly should have won either way.

Yan's career been so wild. And then getting dominated by Merab... damb

Is Khabib and Umar close with Yan? I wanted to see Umar vs Yan breh... but Umar vs Merab would be even nuttier

 

[boxer15]

Yeah, that Merab loss was definitely a bad look.

I think they support him because he is Russian, but are indifferent about him otherwise and would fight him.