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[George Owen]

Holy shit! Great matchmaking. Jack gets to fight a top 10 guy, and a good stylistic test against a strong grappler too.

More than makes up for this setback:

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I was looking forward to that fight as it was guaranteed violence and I'm a fan of Figueiredo despite him being a bit of a tool. Realistically though he's probably on the decline, shouldn't be fighting at flyweight anymore, and is likely too dependent on a strength and size advantage to do well at bantam.

What a bummer. I like Figgy too. Hopefully his eye gets better soon and the fight is rescheduled. .

Yeah he is in that tough spot fighters get with age. Either keep cutting extreme amounts of weight with more and more negative consequences, or just move up and try his luck with the bigger guys. (Faber came out yesterday saying that Figgy thinks he can do at least 3 more fights at FW before moving up mmmm)

ps. Goblin Figueiredo meme will always be goated

 

[Pat_Mustard]

What a bummer. I like Figgy too. Hopefully his eye gets better soon and the fight is rescheduled. .

Yeah he is in that tough spot fighters get with age. Either keep cutting extreme amounts of weight with more and more negative consequences, or just move up and try his luck with the bigger guys. (Faber came out yesterday saying that Figgy thinks he can do at least 3 more fights at FW before moving up mmmm)

ps. Goblin Figueiredo meme will always be goated

How have I never seen that before? Magnificent!

 

[Carolina Red]

Really pulling hard for Cejudo. Dude is a legend in the wrestling world.

If you wanna listen to a great podcast where he talks about his (very hard) upbringing and life up through his Olympic gold medal then give Wrestling Changed My Life: The Henry Cejudo Experiment a listen. It’s amazing.


*sometimes the calendar is hard

 

[George Owen]

Really pulling hard for Cejudo tonight. Dude is a legend in the wrestling world.

If you wanna listen to a great podcast where he talks about his (very hard) upbringing and life up through his Olympic gold medal then give Wrestling Changed My Life: The Henry Cejudo Experiment a listen. It’s amazing.

Next Saturday.

 

[Carolina Red]

Next Saturday.

Damn. Been reading the date of this fight wrong the whole damn time

 

[Raoul]

Really pulling hard for Cejudo. Dude is a legend in the wrestling world.

If you wanna listen to a great podcast where he talks about his (very hard) upbringing and life up through his Olympic gold medal then give Wrestling Changed My Life: The Henry Cejudo Experiment a listen. It’s amazing.


*sometimes the calendar is hard

 

[Carolina Red]

Legit was sitting here watching the UFC stuff on ESPN2 telling my wife “man, can’t wait for this fight tonight”

 

[George Owen]

Event starts in 2 hours.

 

[Pat_Mustard]

Really pulling hard for Cejudo. Dude is a legend in the wrestling world.

If you wanna listen to a great podcast where he talks about his (very hard) upbringing and life up through his Olympic gold medal then give Wrestling Changed My Life: The Henry Cejudo Experiment a listen. It’s amazing.


*sometimes the calendar is hard

I must listen to that. I really like Cejudo. I find the cringe angle he plays funny and harmless, and he's clearly a very smart, thoughtful guy when he speaks more seriously.

 

[George Owen]

Damn. Been reading the date of this fight wrong the whole damn time

I fly next Thursday to NYC and wanted to go to the fights, but over USD $700 for two tickets in the furthest seats of the arena?

fecking ticketmaster allows the re-selling of their tickets in their own site, and charges commission again!!! how the feck is that allowed... what level of capitalism is that?

Anyways. Great match up and I'm pumped.

The fight IQ, speed, kickboxing/wrestling of Cejudo vs the strength, size/reach and grappling of Sterling.

Outside of Sterling somehow backpacking Cejudo, doesn't look like he has many paths to victory? Or am I underrating Sterling's long and unorthodox striking?

 

[George Owen]

We are live!

 

[George Owen]

2 good fights already to start the night.

Dream debut for "The Maniac" McGhee.

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[George Owen]

Russian Ronda next

 

[George Owen]

Russian Ronda next

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[Desert Eagle]

Song finishes Simon with a sweet left hook and then some ground and pound. Was tuning him up most of the fight.

 

[George Owen]

Song finishes Simon with a sweet left hook and then some ground and pound. Was tuning him up most of the fight.

Tremendous performance. Did well to manage his gas tank.

Good event overall.

 

[George Owen]

Mike Perry about to fight Luke Rockhold in BKFC

This should be fun.

 

[Welsh Wonder]

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Alvarez beat Mendes too, who retired post-fight.

 

[George Owen]

 

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[Pat_Mustard]

Mighty Mouse's trilogy fight with Moraes is literally just about to start on One FC's youtube channel

 

[Dirty Schwein]

So who we got tonight lads?

The king of cringe and Olympic gold medalist Cejudo? Or the master of funk and academy award winning Aljo?

I kinda want the little guy to do it

 

[T00lsh3d]

So who we got tonight lads?

The king of cringe and Olympic gold medalist Cejudo? Or the master of funk and academy award winning Aljo?

I kinda want the little guy to do it

Aljo by RNC
Lay-off and Aljo’s size will prove too much for Cejudo

 

[Pscholes18]

Is this what the Gracies are producing these days?

 

[Carolina Red]

Let’s go Henry

 

[Pscholes18]

Hope Cejudo gets his ass handed to him.

 

[Pscholes18]

Sterling is a muppet for taking thec5th ioff.

 

[sizzling sausages]

Sterling probably edges it

 

[Raoul]

Entertaining fight. Surprised Cejudo pushed Aljo to the limit to get a split decision.

 

[Desert Eagle]

Good fight between two guys at the top of their game.

 

[Name Changed]

Sterling is a muppet for taking thec5th ioff.

One of the judges gave the 5th to Sterling...

 

[Dirty Schwein]

One of the judges gave the 5th to Sterling...

 

[Carolina Red]

One of the judges gave the 5th to Sterling...

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[Raoul]

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I thought Sterling did barely enough to win. It was close though, and in such circumstances, the burden is always on the challenger to do a bit more to convince judges in 50/50 situations. Cejudo did a bit better than expected to be retired for 3 years then suddenly come back and nearly regain the belt from a dominant champion.

 

[NM]

I thought Sterling did barely enough to win. It was close though, and in such circumstances, the burden is always on the challenger to do a bit more to convince judges in 50/50 situations. Cejudo did a bit better than expected to be retired for 3 years then suddenly come back and nearly regain the belt from a dominant champion.

Agree. I think Sterling (wrongly) thought he had it in the bag and cruised in the 5th. Similarly, Cejudo cruised end of the 1st and lost that round for no reason..

It was a close fight but Aljo won (despite me not liking him tbh).. Now I hope he smokes O'Malley. Hate the fighters getting "Dana White privelige"

 

[Pat_Mustard]

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[Raoul]

Just had a look at UFC 290 lineups on July 8th and apparently Rob Whitaker vs DuPlessis is on the prelims. WTF UFC

 

[Dirty Schwein]

Just had a look at UFC 290 lineups on July 8th and apparently Rob Whitaker vs DuPlessis is on the prelims. WTF UFC

That must be a mistake

 

[DannyCAFC]

Just had a look at UFC 290 lineups on July 8th and apparently Rob Whitaker vs DuPlessis is on the prelims. WTF UFC

That must be a mistake

Yeah surely, where did you see this? I'd be highly surprised if it isn't before the co-main.

For such an overall smart organisation, the UFC are really quite dumb at times though with their scheduling.

Like why would you put Bo Nickal on the main card behind the PPV wall?

You've got a guy who's one of the greatest collegiate wrestlers of all-time, viral knockout in his 1st pro fight, 2 quick dominant finishes on DWCS - there was a lot of hype around him but guaranteed for all the people that had heard his name before he made his UFC debut, most people would have never have actually seen him fight or even wrestle.

So probably makes sense to put him as the last fight on the prelims and get as many eyeballs on him as possible so people can see what all the fuss is about, no? Nope - let's stick on the main card where far less people are watching! People want to see him fight for sure, but nobody is buying the card because he's on it - so makes zero sense to me.