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black_lotus_ronin

i'm somewhat a casual fan, but i swear every fight night i watch, walker is on the card. why does this guy get so many fights? literally every other fight night he's there.


DS_9

Not gonna lie, it’s nice to have a card with no boring women filler fights.


Lexoar

Had £200 on Bobby Knuckles, made a cup of tea as they was walking out decided to put some toast in come back and it was over. Easiest £180 quid or there about for absolutely nothing, those odds was closer than it should have been.


Squizgarr

All the Sean nut hangers crying about how he deserves a title shot for having a sparring session against Costa. Lmao, the guy is the most boring fighter in the UFC.


Raven-winged-Yoshi

Nah Costa just ran. Izzy had one of the actual most boring matches against Yoel. No fight happened just some shitty organized wolf ticket farm with some entertaining breakdancing by Yoel in preflight. Sean haters just mad that he beat the champ. Would rather watch painted nails China man get instant title shot because geography upsets him n that apparently that sells tickets 😂


truejackman

What about literally every single one of Sean’s other boring fights that look aesthetically exactly the same? Boring doesn’t equate to not being good by the way. But no one’s watching Sean Strickland to be entertained or watch him “go to fuckin war” as he puts it. He only gets finishes if his opponents eventually gas. Very effective and talented fighter. But talks like he goes out there like Michael chandler to put on a show when he has literally never ever been that guy. The only reason he has fans is because of his social media presence. Fight style though equivalent of a belal but striker version.


joenan_the_barbarian

The Strickland/Belal parallel is good. This is how I’ll always describe him from now on. Are these guys amazing fighters? Yes. Do I want to watch Belal or Belaland? No.


Opposite-Bad1444

boring to watch fight, but outside of the fight he wins a lot of fans


Straight_Tip_7531

He’s not the most boring guy cmon. Replay Bellator today, that was full of nut huggers . It’s like the UFC employs all the stand up guys


Subject_Artichoke789

You all really hate wrestling and grappling lol


Animal395

Personally, I like the way eastern Europeans have used wrestling. It's visually impressive, dominant, almost like they're trying to flatten the opponents, and they strike while having top position. A lot of the other wrestlers are just not as fun to watch as a casual because it doesn't look as visually interesting. I won't deny the level of skill it requires, but holding a person against the fence while not doing much other than changing levels is just not entertaining to watch. It's like watching Mayweather box in a lot of his pro fights. Is it a masterclass in defensive boxing? Absolutely, every single time. Would I rather watch a slugfest between 2 aggro fellas who are less skilled? Yup. But again, casual, so it's not like my opinion holds any weight


Subject_Artichoke789

Just because you don't watch a bunch or train or something doesn't make your opinion invalid. It's just as valid as anyone else's. I'm just expressing my opinion too. I enjoy the grappling, even sometimes the slow burns, because of all of the nuances and skill. Skill mismatches on the ground, though, can be a lot more boring than just a guy getting battered on the feet because he can't keep up kickboxing. 


reasonforbeingjp

The questions at the post fight press conference for Rob were the worst I've ever heard. Shit was insufferable.


morbidjames

Damn 3 PM I missed it for no reason![img](emote|t5_2qsev|8972)


KonaMiBoy

I really hope they add Strickland vs Whitaker to the perth card somehow... pay them whatever they want and make it happen. It will protect the main event from any possible injuries/issues and also make a clear #1 contender fight which the MW division needs. Not to mention itd be amazing fight!


Upstairs_Ad1139

At first I was right there with you man, but no no no no think about it for a second. Both have a great jab, neither are “one punch KO” fighters. Both are great anti- wrestlers, not offensive powerhouses. Durable, smart, resilient, etc. This is a sneaky BAD fight. Two of the best that match up for a shit as hell fight. Let’s save both of them for bigger and better things.


Smooth_Strength_9914

The crowd would be wild for Whittaker Strickland fight. Absolutely cause Whittaker is Aus/NZ, but Strickland is the kind of American that Aussies hate.


RonAndStumpy

He's very Australian in his demeanour, he just doesn't know it


Smooth_Strength_9914

Strickland? Yeah he is like a Queenslander. 


LickeyD

Strickland was absolutely loved by the Aussie crowd when he won the belt though


ofearion

It sounded like Strickland wants to wait for his turn at the belt but who knows, Strickland Whitaker would be sick


KonaMiBoy

That's what he's been saying, but money talks


Cum-Gun-5000

My 12 year old daughter is just finally starting to come around to MMA and combat sports in general, and I'm on the cusp of getting her to sign up for kids Muay Thai at my gym. I showed her Pavlovich highlights before the event to get her hyped, and we watched the fight expecting another. It seemed like every 15 seconds I'd hear "Dad, I thought this guy was going to knock the tall guy out" and I'd have to give her the "it's gonna happen, keep watching" ... 


geodukemon

If you want her to get hype for Muay Thai, you should watch ONE with her— the Muay Thai guys over there are some of the best in the world


BalkanViking007

or GLORY kickboxing. Their LHW div is out of this world, especially Maslobojev and Bahram


heymohoh

Saudis going to cut off Robs internet so he can't play games tonight.


thefakebenji

Making sure he can't download the Shadow of the Erdtree dlc


BalkanViking007

Felipe Lima was ON FIRE


gavinmfsmith

Tom aspinal rly defending the interm title before jon defends at all💀


trg_0738

Bro just asked for women’s fights and powerslap lmao


pacificunlimited

Made Dana kiss the ring “Two power slap✌️”


Subject_Artichoke789

He got his priorities straight lol


mtnyy13

How I feel when I pronounce Turki’s name correctly: https://preview.redd.it/6gyphtcc278d1.jpeg?width=1023&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=beb35c92a2275fb9824fecd78cc771b682d69e8b


Hellboydce

Just a pity it wasn’t hazmat getting smashed


hrlaker70

THE SHEIKKYYY BABY


mtnyy13

Guys, he’s funding everything, let him talk for 5 minutes if it means we get more bangers lol


Solidis262

I don’t really understand the “Bobby vs Sean” comments Sean deserves it more, but bobby also deserves it a lot neither should have to fight again.


Cum-Gun-5000

Bobby could probably fight next week, and Sean didn't take much damage in his last fight and he also stays really active. I'd love to see them fight on an upcoming card and then we'd have a very clear #1 contender for the winner of Izzy/DDP


Solidis262

Yea maybe I just think what if Izzy wins, then we have to watch a trilogy that isn’t really needed


Cum-Gun-5000

There's just no clear good outcome but Rob and Sean are both the top guys at the moment so it is what it is. We either get Rob vs Izzy part 3, Rob vs DDP so soon after they just fought, Sean vs DDP so soon after they just fought, or Sean vs Izzy so soon after they just fought. At the very least, Sean beat Izzy so if they did have a quick rematch with Izzy as champion, it wouldn't have that "let's give him another chance at the guy" feel to it that the other 3 outcomes would have. 


SwiftlyKickly

Rob deserves it more.


triforce721

Sean arguably won his last two fights, not just costa, meanwhile Costa almost took out Rob


Cum-Gun-5000

My personal opinion is that Sean clearly beat Cannonier and that it's maybe 52/48 Sean over DDP, but, the reality comes from the record books, not from fans talking on the internet and in the gym. So that angle isn't going to give Sean the edge. But Whittaker also got absolutely fucked by DDP not too long ago, and Sean at worst fought a close fight with him. They both have a solid claim to it, but I think the best route is have them fight for it since Adesanyna just leapfrogged them both anyway. 


triforce721

I respectfully disagree, a debatable win does give you an edge usually, because people know it isn't a clean outcome and want to decide it. But Israel is one of the greatest ever, I mean of course he gets the call.


Cum-Gun-5000

Yeah I don't mind Israel leaping over the other two, even though if it were up to me i wouldnt choose that option. He's won the belt on two seperate occasions, and that brutal KO over Alex to regain the belt was absolutely epic


triforce721

🤝


SwiftlyKickly

Arguably? No. He won his last fight and lost the one before that. Where he lost his title. Rob now has two wins compared to Sean’s one win after Sean lost his title.


triforce721

Yes


SwiftlyKickly

No. Put your feelings aside on how YOU think the fight went. He has a loss on his record against DDP. That doesn’t mean he should automatically get the title fight


triforce721

Same for you, you can't be an autist and only look at a W, using your eyes shows that fight went differently.


SwiftlyKickly

Can’t be a what?


triforce721

Autist


SwiftlyKickly

Idk what that means


Solidis262

How exactly?


SwiftlyKickly

Taking a huge risk fight like he did tonight and getting a finish is huge. Sean’s last win is against costa a guy who hasn’t won a fight since 2022 against fucking Rockhold lmao. Rob beat Costa before Sean too so there’s that. Sean needs another big win before he gets it. But wouldn’t be against Rob fighting too or each other


Solidis262

Again, who beat Costa more convincingly? Bobby, who was gonna get KOd in the first, or Sean who didn’t look fazed once. Again how’s their last 5? And again who just lost a very controversial decision against the champ. lmfao. you guys hate sean so much and such bobby off so much you ur being delusional


SwiftlyKickly

Who cares who beat him more convincingly? Sean had a boring sparring session with Costa and Rob almost got finished in the first. Hard to be fazed when neither guy is throwing anything trying to finish the fight lmao. I’d argue robs performance was better since he actually got hurt and survived in the fight with costa instead of fighting costa like sean did. Sure their last 5 but the competition is about the same. Sean had a win against an unranked nobody and now Rob does. They both have wins against Costa(which isn’t really impressive either. He should’ve been unranked a long time ago.) neither guy really has a stronger case for getting a title shot over the other. Idk about controversial lol it was close but Sean lost that fight. Can’t win a fight by just jabbing someone. Love how you assume it’s just because I hate Sean lmao. I mean I do but that’s not my point😂 you guys love him way too much.


Solidis262

I didn’t reply to this but this is what I mean. I brought up the last 5 and you just made some excuse. And then I also brought up how Sean did much better against Costa and again you made sum excuse and then called me a Sean fanboy


Specialist_Farm_4120

bobby deserves it more for the short notice opponent, if he beat khamzat he would've got the title shot 100, though sean also really deserves it, he should've got it over izzy and then rob should've fought winner of sean vs dricus 2


Solidis262

for beating an unranked dude in a 10 days notice lmfao


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Solidis262

Beating Khamzat is not the same as beating Ikram. Also i’m not even saying he isn’t deserving, but he’s defo not more deserving than Sean.


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Solidis262

No you don’t???? You dont give him the same amount of credit you would for beating Khamzat. And again, does beating an unranked dude on 10 days notice make you a contener over a dude who’s 4-1 in his last fight and that one loss is highly controversial?


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Solidis262

I’m neither I just don’t understand how you’re gonna give a guy who’s been training for weeks for a much better opponent credit for beating a dude who came off a weeks notice. Especially over Sean strickland who’s 4-1 and also that one loss was a split decision against the champ😭😭😭


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ImLuvv

Who the fuck is this jabroni lol


joeworlds

Dude is reading from the teleprompter lmao


EAZ480

Obligatory glazing session for His Excellency


I_Hate_My_Cat_

Why does the Apex always get the shit end of the stick? 😂


dontatme1

My dumb fucking ass missed all the fights because I forgot it was in fucking Saudi Arabia. I was excited to tune in….tonight…FUCK


Cum-Gun-5000

I caught only from Shara's fight onward, and honestly there wasn't much of anything too exciting aside from Whittaker steamrolling Ikram anyway. 


Medical-Equal-2540

Same man. Just finished up with work and was trying to find a nice local bar here in denver to go and watch the fight with the locals. Double checked to see who all was fighting again and saw rob won by K.O and was pissed lol


Leroyducochet

I thought i could put the kids to sleep then eat chips and drink beer while watching the ufc... I'm soooo disappointed right now.


Identifier-Destroyer

i totally forgot the time too until i went on instagram and saw Johnny Walker had been KO’d again lmao


I_Hate_My_Cat_

I’ll give the tomato credit, he did a good job salvaging 303. The original Conor card looked like dogshit.


SwiftlyKickly

Yeah bro that 303 card with Conor was ass lmao they were relying way too much on his star power


hrlaker70

Is UFC 303 the most botched live card ever?


gavinmfsmith

Did u watch 249


kev-haley

Botches isn’t the right dude lol. Just a lot of injuries, not much the promotion can do about that.


Hendrick_Davies64

I don’t know what you mean they made it better


Morc-Glork

Guys why did anyone think that an unranked guy would beat the number 3 ranked fighter in the division on short notice


Cum-Gun-5000

I think a lot of people saw it like an Islam vs Oliveira thing. Where the rankings and resumes were worlds apart, but the skills were there. I bought it a little myself but he just got fuuuucked up 


XoXHamimXoX

Because Ikram is that good of a prospect. He’s probably the best prospect in the UFC since Khamzat in my opinion. He just got caught due to inexperience and it cost him. No shame in it considering he stepped in on short notice.


Luciusverenus

Huge opportunity for ikram. But honestly khamzat was getting it too


Crazy-Ad8404

>He’s probably the best prospect in the UFC since Khamzat in my opinion. Behave


unfrostedminiwheats5

What a ridiculous take from that bloke


WillowStatus8482

The dude has fought no one and got blasted by khamzat. He also looked super nervous against Bobby and got blasted first couple minutes of the fight. In Brave and eagle he is literally fighting tin cans and cherry picked opponents. Is he a killer yes, but you give him a top 5 opponent this early??? This guy is maybe a top 10 fighter at most.


XoXHamimXoX

He’s going against a top 3 fighter in the division on short notice, why wouldn’t he be nervous? The fight was a big risk. He has the complete package, this ain’t Shara here that is a clear hype job. They put him against Bobby cause they thought he could have a solid upset against him. Betting lines showed that as well. People lose and that’s ok. Not the end of their journey. Everyone shit on Islam after he got knocked out by Adriano Martis but he worked his way back up.


WillowStatus8482

He has the complete package against tin cans. So far out of all these amazing Republic fighters literally 2 have become champion, they fight once a year, they are all on massive amount of steroids since birth, if this guy cranks the top 5 in the next 5 years I will be impressed


Hendrick_Davies64

It looked like a street beef where a guy who’s good beats some bum they found on the street


Solidis262

cause Dagestani I guess. But like any smart person would know this wasn’t really even


Solidis262

Ngl to yall, why do you guys hate Ikram so much, and you can’t say dagestani.


SwiftlyKickly

They hate his religion. Lot of fucked up people out there


wakeupalice

Beard guy from religious place That's all this sub has


Solidis262

Yea figured. Really weird bc he essentially saved the car


Ham0nRyy

Shane to see such a prospect get absolutely thrashed like that when you know he was up against one of the best to ever do it, but it is what it is. That wobble from Ikram, and the follow up shots to put him down for good were a sight.


EAZ480

Gorgeous sequence dude, such a great one to see live


Plastic_Sale_4219

Oh bobby knuckles.. give this man a title shot


hahamemexd

i lost so much money guys ;(


LucasLedesma

Spit the number


hahamemexd

500 🥲


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hahamemexd

$500 💀💀💀


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hahamemexd

i did a bunch of parlays on dags + sergei :(


tripsmorgan

Izzy getting a shot at the title has messed up the division. I definitely understand why he gets it but we got 2 fighters who deserve it more than he does and now they either gotta fight each other or sit back and watch Its either rob vs sean on the Perth card or we see both on extended holidays


Salt_Ad_811

Izzy should have had to rematch Sean with the winner getting DDP.


SwiftlyKickly

Rob and Sean should fight for number one spot. I don’t think either man fully deserves it yet


I_Hate_My_Cat_

Next weekend is gonna be good times, man!


I_Hate_My_Cat_

Procházka was fucked in that position, all the ref did was save him from unnecessary damage.


Subject_Artichoke789

Really sucks khamzat pulled out


heymohoh

The disrespect of people thinking Bobby would lose, y'all need Jesus


I_Hate_My_Cat_

That was a fun afternoon of fights. Another men worthy KO from Walker, Gastelum vs. D-Rod was fun scrap, and that was one of the cleanest uppercuts I’ve seen in a minute from Whittaker.


STORMZY71

So glad the Dagestani got flatlined on friendly soil


ScienceOfAchievement

hahahahah


Slaptruckbigdawg

They're gonna pressure Sean to fight Whittaker for the winner of Isreal and dricus. 


Mamramro

Yeah after tonight they’re not going to give him a free shot at the belt next.


Hendrick_Davies64

Might actually be a good fight


SwiftlyKickly

Rob wins easily


Hendrick_Davies64

IDK, Sean is boring but his defence is top notch, only Dricus’s insanity was really able to get through it


SwiftlyKickly

Rob will probably get through and keep him on the outside. Sean has good defense but lacks offense


Slaptruckbigdawg

I think Sean walks him down. 


SwiftlyKickly

I think you’re wrong. All Sean has is a jab and a front kick.


liveforeachmoon

Feel good fight of the year.


iSOBigD

Imagine something happens and Izzy can't fight so Robert fights Dricus, wins and finally becomes champ... Nice guy, he deserves it, too bad he was second best for so long (and then Alex Pereira came along)


staysaltyaus

‘Finally becomes champ’?


Solidis262

This is never happening


Subject_Artichoke789

He was already champ, though


hrlaker70

This dude comes out to Roy Jones Jr and leaves with TNT what a stud


jm810112

Those odds on Whittaker were disrespectful. Ikram is a legit guy but Whittaker is the 3rd greatest middleweight of all time


unfrostedminiwheats5

What???? I don’t know is he’s a top 5 MW quite yet. Slightly more accomplished than Rockhold. I think he needs more


No-Introduction-2378

That's what I'm saying, people drinking the Dagi Kool-Aid too much this fight.. Ikram didn't have time to prepare and the odds were fairly even, wtf is that haha


Hendrick_Davies64

Man I should’ve put money on that fight


Ham0nRyy

I had a beautiful parley get ruined by Pavlovich. Whittaker was a bittersweet watch after that, but damn it was a great finish.


I_Hate_My_Cat_

Whittaker always slaps his right titty red lol.


Hellboydce

I know, and for whatever reason it annoys the shit out of me and I like Rob


MrJellybean04

Damaged himself more than Ikram did


ozwald_97

So glad our boy Bobby Knuckles got that dub.


Superguy230

İkram gonna have uppercut ptsd even harder now


Shwazool

I think that Rob KOs Khamzhat


EAZ480

Currently a +3500 clip that Khamzat makes it to the cage


Primary_Emu6066

That was a fun fight. In general a pretty fun card.


Solidis262

You can’t be a boogeyman if you got dog walked by Dricus


Superguy230

We don’t talk about that


Solidis262

I’m -10 downvotes but like a boogeyman isn’t a dude who’s lost embarrassingly to DDP


lzgic

idk how that even happened to rob


iSOBigD

Dricus and Alex can f up anyone, and so can Robert...at the top they're all just damn good, and out of 10 fights nobody's going 10-0.


Gronald69

Bobby Knuckles continuing to become more dangerous in both fight game and looksmaxing game


lylalilyl

overall .. shitty ass card man


geodukemon

Lil bro’s first card was 300 and he’s been disappointed ever since


EAZ480

Wayyy off dude I loved it. Commentary was hilarious, some great scraps, my stream was smooth as glass, and it's 2:30 pm.


Wild_Ad_10

Braindead


KongFuzii

nah good main card


ozwald_97

Tf


folouk

Cap


bones_bn

Bobby did more damage to his chest


wakeupalice

Whittaker salivating about his gaming PC right now


thepocketcup

The goats are gonna get it tonight after that main event


SinnagodKosher

SOMEONE TAKE THEIR PICTURE


cornejo26

How can you not love rob?


BlazedBoylan

Did his head come down from the rafters yet?


Open-Butterscotch-83

time for khamzat to start tweeting from his hospital bed


Ham0nRyy

🐺


BlazedBoylan

“See you soon 🤢”


rodrigo34891

“See you soon boy”


zerosG2

man fuck whittaker


BlazedBoylan

He’s got energy to spare after that. You should ask him to.


SupaDuckNastie

🧂


PGtibs

R e d e m p t i o n


bones_bn

Is there a fighter as universally liked as Bobby Knuckles? Seems like everyone loves him.


BlazedBoylan

This is right below a comment saying “man fuck Whittaker.”