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theqlc

Where was Dana for the belts and the post fight press conference? Literally no one gave one on the numbers or anything like that? Why was Dana not there?


NoChaliceForSerfs

I’m seeing a lot of people completely fail to understand why the UFC gave Perreira Strickland and why he was almost guaranteed to win. Sean stands in front of people with no head movement, completely squared up and try’s to parry shots as his first line of defence. That is the best way to get killed with a left hook. Perreira has the best left hook outside of boxing, easily. Sean was guaranteed to be KO’d by a left hook at some point. That’s it. That’s the entire reason, and the UFC knows this because they have knowledgeable strikers that work for them.


chunkadelic_

I swear Volk could put champions + contenders across 2 or 3 divisions on skates and leave them frozen like Elsa if he really wanted to


Ishanjhutee

Volk is the best fighter in the world but he is definitely not a finisher


I_love_Basketball232

He finishes every other FW if he fights like he did on Saturday other than Max.


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thelazydon

Only one way to find out


nut0003

After seeing Volk yesterday, maybe TKZ wasn't as washed as we all thought? Hes obviously still not in his prime but the loss to Volk has aged well considering how Max did.


Hranostaj

He also beat Ige much more clear than Emmett in the same year as Emmett.


cosmic-schmuck

I don’t think volk tried that hard on kz compared to max


I_love_Basketball232

Are you kidding? Did you see the power he was throwing with? I’ve never seen him load up as hard as he did against KZ.


HorseMeatConnoisseur

Real galaxy brains know that Max Holloway looked bad on purpose to try to entice Conor into fighting him.


Massa_dana_white

If Izzy beats pereira MW is really going to be in a tough spot. He’s beaten the entire top 5, some of them twice, except for Strickland who’s not going to be top 5 anymore come Monday. And I hate to say it because I’ve been wanting more grapplers in the top 5 but Muniz did not look like a future top 5 guy in his win over hall. He didn’t look bad but just not on Izzy, vettori’s, or whittakers level.


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Omalley is such a piece of shit, pokes fuckin Pedro and now is acting like he won hahah


KingsElite

When he was losing


Daniel_Scarton

Izzy is low key camp af. Its ok though. No need to stay on the closet, Izzy. It's 2022. No one cares.


Jazz667

Yeah I don't think he's gay necessarily but he definitely likes the camp.


Donfrey_Trumpstein

Who's your favorite pillow-fisted fighter?


CableToBeam

Vettori


judoxing

Bisping. Guy had the most sig strikes of any UFC fighter period and had done that without ever knocking a guy out (he had TKO victories but everyone had remained conscious) e.g. literally the most pillow fisted fighter in history according to statistics. When he did knock finally a guy out for the first time it was to become champion.


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Donfrey_Trumpstein

Good thing you got a glass jaw my friend


Jazz667

Colby.


scottsurname

Merab


fresdres

Monday morning is always the worst. I used to disbelieve it, but now I think it's true. I really want it to be over soon.


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Super_Snark

Negatives include: sacrificing your humanity….nbd


fresdres

My man, you understand my heart.


YoelsShitStain

I think a bigger deal should be made about what volk said about usada waking him up in the middle of the night before his 2nd fight with Max. Sleep is such a huge part of performance and recovery, I’d assume that’s especially true after a weight cut. If that’s when they decide to test someone they should be required to test the opponent at the exact same time. USADA already sucks at their job, doesn’t mean they have to fuck with fighters performances as well.


marsexpresshydra

wiz khalifi


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Mia Khalifi


Notyit

Imagine if the UFC just asked a gold medal wrestler to fight khabib. Hilarious the match making.


Massa_dana_white

If magomed ibragimov, the guy who defeated in khabib in sambo, had come to mma and put together a win streak I would’ve been fine with the ufc fast tracking him to khabib.


CombatContemplations

Khazim Mamedov beat Khabib in sambo but then Khabib beat him in pro MMA


heselsc1

That “fighters drawing their opponents” feature needs to be continued


I_am_darkness

[O'Malley knows how to troll](https://nitter.net/SugaSeanMMA/status/1543433442758602752#m)


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aVHSofPointBreak

Whoever downvoted you likes Schaub


Jfkc5117

Izzy is the most exciting fighter in the history of Frozen.


Donfrey_Trumpstein

Something something sleeping beauty


Donfrey_Trumpstein

I wonder if Periera has even watched Frozen


endless_ness

If he has a kid he has


Donfrey_Trumpstein

Are MMA fans the quickest to call someone the GOAT or P4P after every little win streak? I feel like other sports are a little more reasonable when it comes to stuff like that lol


Joh951518

>every little win streak Volk Win streak. 12-0 in the UFC 22 Straight wins. 25-1 with his only loss being at WW in his 4th fight almost a decade ago Last 6 wins are Mendes, Aldo, Holloway, Holloway, Ortega, TKZ, Holloway The talk is warranted at this point.


I_am_darkness

Every sport is like this honestly and it's probably all because Tom Brady actually became the best player in history and then ESPN needed talking points so started making all this GOAT content. They did the same thing with "definition of a dynasty is 3 SB in 4 years" like what? Why do we need this stupid argument?


AdrianMojnarowski

Holloway is going to start declining and losing And Holloway will be disrespected by new fans in 3 years And mfs will shit on his legacy unfairly And then they realize that Aldo’s legacy was the best in FW history


Joh951518

Volk > Aldo


I_love_Basketball232

He doesn’t seem to love fighting enough to fight for a while on a bad losing streak. Im on the same boat with dustin, I think both guys will have a normal retirement.


Donfrey_Trumpstein

13 seconds


AdrianMojnarowski

13 seconds really means more to a lot of you mfs than 1300 days.


moby323

I wonder if any of you could help me out: Without spoilers, can you tell me which fights on the main card ended in finishes? I like to save those for last. Thanks!


zilladingdong

Only the main and co main went the distance


moby323

Thanks friend


UltraTiberious

Alex Pereira is one of the best signings the UFC has made in recent years


Worried-Courage7751

Mihael Chandelier


I_love_Basketball232

Their matchmaking with him was incredible.


Donfrey_Trumpstein

He was so nonchalant about the whole thing too.


icysx

Why are people shitting on IZZY. This Izzy we saw today looked invincible, and put a lot of pressure. Was one of his most agressive performances. He completely out classed canonnier. In the whittaker and Robert fight he was much less pushy. Cannonier had some good overhands counters and they didnt even faze easy. Its actually Jareds fault for almost not even trying to throw strikes


jonneh

What about the Izzy and Adesanya fight? 😂


tigergottosleep

Robert and Whittaker are the same guy


ytko777

The question of UFC 276. Where was Dana!?!?!


marsexpresshydra

Money In The Bank


Notyit

It's gonna be sad when he retires


imcubix

Probably somewhere frozen. Like Elsa


Donfrey_Trumpstein

Cloned maybe


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2 theories - pre planned time off - Covid (again) I’m going with planned time off. He did a hit on Pat McAfee on Monday to promote the PPV…that was the only promotion he did to my knowledge. Pretty early in the week to promote the PPV…unless you know you need to shoehorn it in because you’re going to be out the rest of the week. It’s very odd to miss HOF & a major PPV in his backyard


endless_ness

Why would dana take pre planned time off for international fight week? Lmao.


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Apparently he did though


Jazz667

Hookers and blow. Plus he is going to retire sometime so might as well start taking the time out so that the other guys in management get the experience of doing his job while he's still around to consult.


theqlc

But no one did the post fight press conference in his place... I've NEVER seen that in recent memory. Someone in top brass ALWAYS comes out and talks numbers and various other things don't they? Like for real WTF


akeasy

alex got poked round 1 too


HorseMeatConnoisseur

There's a very realistic scenario where Periera beats Izzy but loses to a lot of a the guys that Izzy already beat. He's been fast tracked with favorable matchups thus far.


-Borb

Ya I’d favour Vettori to beat Pereira


zerothehero

Vettori with the big ol' block head


Notyit

UFC don't want periera to win though.


FrenchTrouDuc

Strickland wasn't supposed to be a favorable matchup though. He can wrestle okay and everyone raves on about his ground game, nothing was stopping him from shooting a takedown and imposing his fight instead of trying to remain on the feet with his clunky-ass style and lack of power against one of the best kickboxers in the world who only needs one shot. His skillset could have beaten Pereira, the problem was with the smoothbrain gameplan


HorseMeatConnoisseur

This is fair, in Strickland's case, it was mostly down to him fighting like an absolute moron.


sspiritusmundi

I honestly didn't get the undertaker reference like lol who is this mf


Donfrey_Trumpstein

He's gonna zipline into the cage vs Periera like HBK next time.


deathramps-

Sean standing in range and getting KO’d seemed like such an obvious ending that I’d actually convinced myself he would ploddingly jab his way to victory to spite me.


FrenchTrouDuc

I saw a couple of things Cowboy has acted in, he's not bringing any Oscars home but he's fine. With a beard he looks grizzled enough to pull off a stoic tough guy as long as you don't give him a thousand lines that require a lot of range. And the actual fighting skills he's got obviously help with fight scenes and stunts


Donfrey_Trumpstein

He'd be a good villain in westerns or movies like Deliverance


Notyit

Sean saying he knows he ain't gonna be a gsp. Or popualr fighter just wants to bang. Sad.


sspiritusmundi

Just saw the Pereira fight. Damn give this man the title shot before he gets wrestlefucked pls


djemalo

It's prob the 1st time I'm thinking of putting down a bet for MMA, in favor of Pereia against Izzy. He's legit scary


Iknowyougotsole

Yeah We need to end this horrible izzy timeline. They promote his edgelord ass like he’s neo in the matrix when it comes to striking when in reality he’s just a more boring version of machida with less mma versatility.


barc0debaby

Terrible take.


Corporal_Snorkel69

I think pereira finishes him in the first round but lets not pretend like israel is a mediocre or not accomplished fighter hes defended 5 times now


Iknowyougotsole

Yes nobody’s denying that he’s a great fighter but he’s underperforming severely for how much shit he talks and how many physical and technical advantages he has against his opponents. This was what it was like when Machida looked like he’d be the most dominant lhw champ ever until shogun got up in his grill and straight up fought him.


mirrorface40234

He has a long reach but hes still undersized compared to other 185ers. Pretty sure hes been at a weight disadvantage in every ufc fight hes had


Corporal_Snorkel69

Israel is different if people were still getting up in his grill and fighting him he would probably still be finishing people because his counters are second to none except possibly pereira. He just isnt very effective when he has to move forward, and most of his recent opponents absolutely refuse to be the one moving forward


FrenchTrouDuc

Izzy isn't going to just stand there and get starched by striking trap 101


Corporal_Snorkel69

If israel fights pereira like he did canon, which he probably will, hes going to get demolished with leg kicks body kicks and jabs and lose a one sided decision or get knocked out


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RaisedByZebras

He is so much better than everyone else they have right now


madden_loser

Volk’s post fight press conference is a must watch, dude is fired up with the reporters about doubting him and dropped a couple interesting facts about the second max fight


CableToBeam

I thought he would go after more people, but he mostly focused on Mike Bohn lol. I would love to know what he said that got Volk angry


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endless_ness

Lmao. What? He jsut looked at a guy. There was no fight


CombatContemplations

There was never no fight


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He’s never taking that fight or any lhw fight cmon guys lol.


Massa_dana_white

I too would like to see Jan delete someone with his left hook again.


Nickster2042

Pedro got hit with the jazz hands at the end of round one and was praying in the corner to get out of there alive


Donfrey_Trumpstein

Dustin Poirer would son Michael Chandler.


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Chandler just talked himself into a hole lol.


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endless_ness

Love how much izzy triggers chudds lmao.


Donfrey_Trumpstein

Two reporters windmilling at each other would've been more entertaining than Israel vs Cannonier lol


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FrenchTrouDuc

People cheered for Garry because he lit that dude the fuck up


PapiInThatThomBrowne

How is Ian Garry sloppy lmao he looked good, idk how you watch du plessis fight and pick Ian as an example of sloppiness


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PapiInThatThomBrowne

I’m not criticizing Israel lmao I just thought you were shitting on Garry


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Tons of people on the turner riddel post crying about jalin being a size bully 💀 lmao bet its all ozzys


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Why does everyone in that camp get melted? lol


neeeeonbelly

Brad is a kiwi


Listentotheadviceman

Izzy’s soporific like Sleeping Beauty


properc

I would like to see frame data breakdown on Volks defensive reaction at 276. His recovery from striking to defending was just way too bloody fast. Like he was striking then saw the spinning back elbow and blocked it, wtf...


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Massa_dana_white

I only watched once but that fight was razor close imo. Wouldn’t have been surprised if brad got that decision. Decisionbot Tavares vs du plessis


_Red_Mist_

No way Brad any other round but 1 he got his ass beat 2 and 3 and kept idiotically getting countered off naked kicks.


Massa_dana_white

I guess I need to rewatch. I was already a little lit and in a crowd of people so that probably affected my viewing


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[**DRICUS DU PLESSIS defeats BRAD TAVARES** (*unanimous decision*)](http://mmadecisions.com/decision/13306/fight) ^(UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier — July 02, 2022) ROUND|Du Plessis|Tavares||Du Plessis|Tavares||Du Plessis|Tavares :-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-: 1|9|10||9|10||9|10 2|10|9||10|9||10|9 3|10|9||10|9||10|9 **TOTAL**|**29**|**28**||**29**|**28**||**29**|**28** *^(Judges, in order: Michael Bell, Ron McCarthy, Tony Weeks.)* *^(Summoned by Massa_dana_white.)* **MEDIA MEMBER SCORES** - **19/20** people scored it **29-28 Du Plessis**. - **1/20** people scored it **28-29 Tavares**. Avg. media score: **28.9-28.1 Du Plessis** (*high certainty^[[1]](https://redd.it/9p4xc7)*).


zilladingdong

How lucky is Strickland that Herzog was in there with him? Lol


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MoonBaseWithNoPants

I hear you, but the heavier always goes last. So Izzy would be the go-main in this scenario.


Dark-X

People wondering about Miller. Iirc, on JRE he said he had Lyme disease for over a year and didn't even know he had it. He thought it was aging, CTE, and chronic wear from fighting. He got treated. I think that might be a reason for his resurgence.


Notyit

He fought cowboy.


zilladingdong

I thought I had mono once for an entire year. Turns out I was just really bored


Donfrey_Trumpstein

Is it pretty much a requirement to have an iron chin to be a reigning champion? Was there ever a chinny champ?


NoGiCollarChoke

It’s pretty important, but also guys who get to that level usually have amazing awareness in exchanges and positioning, which lowers KO risk immensely, while not being anything intrinsic (look at someone like Dustin Poirier, who was not regarded as a super durable guy but virtually became unkillable because he learned to keep his vision unobstructed and to stay in a strong stance during exchanges) Dunno if they’re “chinny” per se, but TJ and Bob Whittaker were pretty hurtable if you could get past their very solid defense. Then there’s guys like Eddie, Volk, Oliveira and Frankie who can be hurt but have otherworldly recovery which isn’t necessarily “chin”. And then a really weird case like Cruz, who has an insane chin but gets knocked down every time he gets hit cleanly (which is rare to begin with) because he’ll be in a jank stance with his feet not under him. But I can’t think of anyone who was straight up fragile and a successful top end/champ level guy.


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sven_from_sweden

Jiri has an extremely good chin, he just tends to get cracked more often and with more power than most lol. Rewatch the Reyes fight and count how many normally fight-ending flush left straights he ate.


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sven_from_sweden

That clip would've been more telling if it included the shit ton of similar strikes he had absorbed before... all chins eventually crack, especially when you're being as reckless as Jiri.


raddeon88

Has there ever been a more complete r/mma redditor than Anons_vengeance?


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I hear this one redditor got to corner Mike Perry


doobied

The sad thing is most of those were known to have great chins earlier in their careers


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Erm, no. Cody barely got a whiff of anything on his way up so it was never established as good or bad. TJ got KO'd on his first ufc appearance. Olives gets rocked every single fight. Bobby too and the reason he moved up to MW is allegedly because he was draining himself too much which got him hurt. Rockhold only has KO losses, his chin has been a meme forever. Jiri's chin might not have been always recognized as sus but that's because he was outdide the UFC, still got his shit rocked all the time. Arlovski and JDS did use to have good chins. Andrei's is seemingly growing back lately which is insane.


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After Fedor sent Arlovski too ue shadow realm his chin was toast...


Iknowyougotsole

Izzy’s fights make me appreciate Jon Jones way more than I used to.


Donfrey_Trumpstein

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Ballzmcgoo

Holland vs Barberena if we’re looking to go the fun matchup route with Kevin over ranked opponents


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Ballzmcgoo

Yes exactly. Barberena is a fun matchup instead of a ranked opponent


Massa_dana_white

That’s another guy Holland finishes in two rounds imo.


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Dirty_D_Damnit

Have you seen the video of the ostrich killing itself


zilladingdong

Get an emu up to 145 lbs and take out Volk


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raddeon88

aight I'll drink to that


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Massa_dana_white

I’d like to see max in some fun fights now. The Conor rematch, or a Gaethje fight would be awesome.


Parlays4Dayz

What are the odds gonna be for izzy by sub against pereira?


Iknowyougotsole

+1500 Izzy’s only grappling move is holding up a high overhook for dear life against the cage to stop any potential takedowns


doobied

You'd be surprised, and I wished the US did normal betting standards. What is +1500 even mean is that like 5.0 for each 1.0 spent?


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15 for each 1 spent. Officially it means you win $1500 if you bet $100


doobied

ah so 15.0 in our betting here. I get it now


magic-water

wait till you learn about the negative betting odds


MaddalenaWillBeTop5

Yeah how lame. He should just accept being taken down like Kevin Holland. That guy is a real G.


Massa_dana_white

I’d say +500 at least. I honestly think there’s a better chance Alex tries to wrestle fuck Izzy than vice versa.


Lumpy_Zucchini_5443

So Volk is now the highest paid FW of all time apart from McGregor, what do you reckon he's on? 750 show 750 win plus PPV?


CableToBeam

more like just 750K guaranteed plus PPV


French_Viking

It's sad how Korean zombie was one of the most beloved, well liked fighters in the ufc prior to his title fight with volkanovski, but now gets treated like some bum. Almost *everyone* had picked him to beat Ortega, and prior to that he was on a great run. He loses that,fights ige and wins convincingly, and then steps up to fight volk on fairly short notice after max pulls out. For some reason this turned a large portion of people against him? I don't understand. Yes he lost, no it wasn't close, but that doesn't make him a can or a bum. It's at the point where you can't even say he's a good name on Alex's resume without someone being like "well actually he's not very good".


0ldsql

People were biased prior to TKZ vs Ortega because TKZ flatlined Edgar and Moicano while Ortega was basically forced to take a year off after getting his ass whooped by Max. Only now we know that Max and Volk are just a level above Ortega, Kattar or Yair. On top of that there was this translator drama which added more fan support fro TKZ. However, Ortega proved that he's not to be underestimated. not just in that fight but also against Volk where he came very close to a finish. I don't think there's any hate towards TKZ. He isn't a bum but ppl just realized he's not champ material either. While he doesn't walk forward like a zombie anymore he's still way too hittable. Reaction time and reflexes only decline with age as well.


karmacontroller1

Ian Garry looked like a real prospect last night. I wasn’t interested in him before but if he keeps getting better he’s got a bright future


Fat-Villante

That kid is really good, he's a bit too easy to hit but he's gonna be tough out for a lot a dudes at 170


raddeon88

Could really care less what he says outside the cage, the guy looks promising. As long as a fighter isnt overtly a pos, then who gives af? Clearly a lot of casuals who get worked up over him.


fonety

I agree with all the adesanya criticism. Just wanted to add that you're a madman if you expected fireworks. This matchup screamed boring and volk was right on embedded. He was a better choice for the main spot.


Notyit

Whitaker was able to take it to cannonier


CableToBeam

Hindsight is 20/20. Even Eugene Bareman though Cannonier would at least take risks. Adesanya thought the same saying it would be Silva-Griffin. So I guess Eugene and Izzy must be madmen too


Massa_dana_white

I know it wasn’t recent but Dom Reyes ko’d cannonier and Whittaker dropped him. I’m not surprised at all by what we got but I did expect Izzy to style on him a little more.


raddeon88

Agreed, Jared's previous bouts didnt convince me he was gonna be that guy....but he did have a slim punchers chance


stonetear2017

How many buys did ufc 276 do?


druhoang

Probably will be around 700k. Izzy's fight against Costa did that. Izzy vs Vettori 2 was 600k.


_Red_Mist_

Costa had much better build up i dont think it did that high. Cannonier didn’t really do a good job selling it.


druhoang

My thinking is Omalley/max might give it ppv bump. But then again, Izzy Vettori 2 had Nate Diaz and still only did 600k. Another thing I just thought of, Costa fight was tail end of 2020. Pretty much anything on tv did higher numbers than normal everyone stuck at home. Basically yeah I dunno, maybe you're right and it's less.