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Fecking state of that tattoo.
19-19 after two...
Till landed absolutely nothing in that round
For me, Whittaker leading 29-28.
I have it the same.
38-38 now.
That's a hard one to call, Till had a good flurry at the start but Whittaker actually landed more.
wtf is wrong with Herb
3-2 Whittaker IMO
Same.
Yeah I'd give it to Whittaker. Was worried Herb Dean was about to call the doctor for that cut there 
Think that’s about right. Good fight.
Could never tire of seeing Scousers come second 
fair result
Yeah, fair result. Chopper just edged it.
It was a great fight. Surprised it went the whole way. Sadly Adesanya had nothing to worry about from these two, but costa will be interesting.
Is UFC/MMA popularity still on the rise? I kind of lost interest after all the Mcgregor and Jones drama along with the oversaturation of events, after I've been fully invested for a long time (live events, Helwani's show, etc.). What is its situation these days?
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I feel like Till threw away the victory there. No doubt Whittaker won it but mostly due to Till just being inactive and waiting too long for that one strike.
He was making Whittaker look a fool at times slipping those big looping shots but once Rob had finished them he was off balance and Till was in the perfect position to fire a left kick or punch down the pipe and there would be nothing Rob could do as he was off balance, and in a stupid position. For whatever reason he just never pulled the trigger and there were countless opportunities to do so. If that was Wonderboy for example He would have capitalised on so so so many of those opportunities.
Just seemed to get locked in to trying to catch him with elbow when they came together.
Adesanya is going to make a mess of Costa and I wouldn’t be surprised if he catches him charging forward in the first few minutes.
He was making Whittaker look a fool at times slipping those big looping shots but once Rob had finished them he was off balance and Till was in the perfect position to fire a left kick or punch down the pipe and there would be nothing Rob could do as he was off balance, and in a stupid position. For whatever reason he just never pulled the trigger and there were countless opportunities to do so. If that was Wonderboy for example He would have capitalised on so so so many of those opportunities.
Just seemed to get locked in to trying to catch him with elbow when they came together.
Adesanya is going to make a mess of Costa and I wouldn’t be surprised if he catches him charging forward in the first few minutes.
I think Costa could KO Adesanya. Izzy is not accustomed to that level of aggression. He seemed to struggle a bit against Gastelum and Costa is basically a more aggressive version of him.
Who will he fight? Can he get a ranked fighter this soon?
Doubt any top-15 fighter would accept fighting him. I think he will fight someone ranked between 15 and 25. A Gunnar Nelson, Tony Martin, James Krause, etc. (good step up fights)
For now, Chimaev is calling out Demian Maia (ranked 7). We'll see who he end up fighting.
In this Covid19 days, logic goes out of the window, fighters need to fight and pay bills, and potentially derailing a hype train, is good for biz.
If anything, fighting him now would be the best time. 2 weight cuts* in 3 weeks has to have some sort of debilitating effect, even though he is still quite young.
*3 in 1 month if you count his first fight at 185pounds (not an extreme cut compared to 170).
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Could never tire of seeing Scousers come second
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Omg
This made me very horny... wheres my wife
I'm not getting too excited just yet. At least not until fight week.
I can genuinely see this happening. Khabib wants it and GSP will be lured out for one final adventure that he can use as a career exclamation point. Likewise if Khabib retires undefeated, and with a win v GSP (who many regard as a GOAT candidate), then Khabib will be universally regarded as the GOAT.
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Nah. On the contrary.
A Khabib in his prime should fight the best, not an 10 years older man, way past his prime.
He wants it though. And frankly its the only reason I could see GSP fighting again. It would probably be the biggest card ever.
I agree with this.
I think GSP has more to lose. He's pretty much universally regarded as GOAT anyway, if he loses to Khabib then that would change, although it shouldn't given he's not the same fighter he was clearly.
Khabib on the other hand would cement his GOAT credentials as no 1 when h beat a past it GSP.
All relative I'm sure GSP even now can take on X number of contenders and smash them. We're talking levels here with these 2 once in a gen fighters.
Great to hear from El Cucy.
Ferguson can be quite revealing at times and this is a fantastic interview.
Love this guy.
Really don’t want to see Khabib vs GSP. The guy has retired and was in his prime decade ago. What is the point?
No interest at all in watching GSP fight Khabib. GSP is probably my favourite fighter of all time but he's fought 3 times in 7 years, and he would step in with a prime Khabib with no warm up fights at lightweight I'm assuming, crazy. I don't think this fight would be as big as Dana thinks. I think he is underestimating the public big time. There are enough, creditable, legit challengers to keep Khabib happy for the foreseebale, no need to bring back old fighters.
Don’t think Khabib is staying too long. I think Gaethje and GSP/Conor and that’s it. Maybe all three but that’s it. He always talked about retiring relatively early (for an MMA fighter) and I think the death of his dad will just reinforce that notion.
Don't think Khabib wants Conor to get a shot without beating proper contenders. He said so himself. But money talks I guess.
But bringing GSP back reeks of something WWE would do. What if GSP beats Khabib then retires? Such short term thinking.
Exactly. Think astronomical purse would do the trick for Khabib if push came to shove. Also expect him to retire and then unretire for Conor fight. Just an opinion though. Watch him now fight for another 6-7 years...
@Dirty Schwein also agree re GSP. I don’t see how it helps Khabib’s legacy at all. Just fecking spar the guy behind closed doors seeing as you want to bone him so much.
Agree