MMA/UFC thread

[Cruz_del_Sur]

Olyy's right. I didnt mean too late for it to happen. I mean too late for it to be interesting. I was thinking of fights that didn't happen or happened too late in combat sports.
GSP vs Silva, Mayweather vs Pacquiao, Fedor v Couture, Khabib vs Ferguson, Ngannou vs Jones, give Aldo a second shot vs Conor, etc. I mean, Conor vs Khabib took AGES to happen.

Or things like Pereira vs Jones at Light Heavyweight. That would be monstrous.

Middleweight: Dricus, Strickland, Adesanya, Khanzat, Bo

Or do Leon vs Rakhmonov at welterweight. Or bring Makhachev up.

The potential, right now, is astronomical.

And we fans keep being fed names like Gaethje, Poirier, Oliveira... no disrespect, but they are all, right now, second tier when compared to the names/fights I'm mentioning above.


This is why i like, no, love Volk. He demolished his division and not only talked the talk, he walked it, taking ridiculous risks in the process. Short notice? no problem. Another category? No problem. Coming from an injury? Sure, I'll deal with it. Concussions? **** that!

And sure, he is not the only case where a guy goes up a category. But... he did so after demolishing, beyond any doubt his former division, as in, he was not running away, AND he went and faced an opponent who is on the run to become the greatest lightweight of all time. And he didn't even blink, and performed brilliantly. No 'let s meet in the middle' or 'i need this or that'. He just went and faced a formidable opponent, outside of his class, and stood his ground. I am looking for comparable examples and i cant find them. The only one i cant think of is BJ Penn (beat all and went up to face GsP), but he kinda ruined it at the end IMO. You need to know when to retire i guess.

Khabib could have done it, maybe, but we'll never know. I am not going to blame Khabib for that, obviously. And sure, Jones beat everyone in Light Heavyweight BUT i look at both divisions and i see a hell of an opponent in light heavyweight and not much competition in heavyweight so the obvious question that comes to mind is, if he is really looking for a legacy, why doesn't he go down again and face Pereira?
I see Volk and i see someone who, on top of being world-class, was/is actively and constantly looking to fight against the best. Not buts, no ifs, no excuses. It is, IMO, incredibly rare and it ****** me off.
End rant/

 

[munstermuffin]

Will McGregor get knocked out again?

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Will McGregor get knocked out again?

Very possible
Chandler is a ball of fast twitch muscle fibres, very fast and very strong.
Prime McGregor beats him easily but modern McGregor?
Conor coming back from a serious injury and didn't look great in his fights before that, looking like a plodding boxer rather than the karate stance darting around the cage that saw him reach the heights he did

Both fighters the wrong side of 35, and both been on the sidelines multiple years so who knows what level of athleticism they'll show (no USADA will help that though)
Conor doesn't look like he's been training seriously, whereas Chandler is a notorious gym junkie

I could see either of them getting clipped in an early exchange and it being over within a minute or two

 

[munstermuffin]

Very possible
Chandler is a ball of fast twitch muscle fibres, very fast and very strong.
Prime McGregor beats him easily but modern McGregor?
Conor coming back from a serious injury and didn't look great in his fights before that, looking like a plodding boxer rather than the karate stance darting around the cage that saw him reach the heights he did

Both fighters the wrong side of 35, and both been on the sidelines multiple years so who knows what level of athleticism they'll show (no USADA will help that though)
Conor doesn't look like he's been training seriously, whereas Chandler is a notorious gym junkie

I could see either of them getting clipped in an early exchange and it being over within a minute or two

McGregor just living the life now. Not the hungry lad that was unbeaten. And the thing that made him get to the top, his mouth, will ultimately be his downfall. The body can't cash the cheques that mouth writes these days

 

[Yulia]

I'm not an expert in fighting,but last videos I saw with Conor (recent ones, with his trainings I mean) was super impressive! He's in a good form now, in my opinion. Maybe finally calmed down and decided to continue his career

 

[Cruz_del_Sur]

Ok, need a pair of fresh eyes and since this thread is quiet i thought i'd use you lot.
I came across (again) Khabib's only loss in combat sambo. He was 17, fighting against a 20 year old dude.
Video in case anyone's interested:


So I heard his opponent's name and it sounded familiar: Magomed Ibragimov
So i googled him there it was. Highly decorated wrestler, olympics, the lot.
But for some reason i recalled the guy bigger, as in heavier and taller, so i check again. This guy is 1,9 meters.
The problem i have is that the guy in the video is considerably shorter than Khabib (WHILE Khabib was 17!). So i'm guessing 170 cm.
I know... i can see the 'he grew up' retort. Who the ***** grows 20 cms after turning 20? Mass, weight, muscle, i understand. I can understand someone growing after 20. But it is very, very rare and rarer if it's 20 cms on a 170 person.

Is it just me or there is some weird stuff going on here?

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Wonder if it might be crossed wires, in translation, combined with a lot of similar names from that region and the guy who has been attributed with the win having a more successful career after that so people presuming it's him?

If you google the guys name there is another wrestler/sambo fighter from around the same time who looks more like the guy in that video (same low hairline, whereas the guy who's wikipedia talks about beating Khabib is balding)

Guy with the Wiki:


Other guy with same name:

 

[Cruz_del_Sur]

My thoughts, exactly.
I 'convinced' myself when i read this



but i guess you are right. Either we are in front of the most extreme non surgical physical transformation in history or someone made a mistake.
The latter seems more likely.

 

[munstermuffin]

Just seen McGregor trolling Khabib.
Probably aiming to get Khabib back in the octogon,

Wouldn't it be great if Khabib came back for 1 fight and retired McGregor with a broken jaw to quiten him.