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Very entertaining fights but i dont get Gaethje. He has no plan B. I get his plan A: He can use his wrestling to avoid takedowns and can outstrike most (if not all) the guys with grappling backgrounds. The problem is that that is too one-dimensional and predictable. When he faces someone who can outstrike him why not try to take the fight to the ground or something? I get the 'you don't need many tools when you ones you have are powerful' Think Khabib. But the difference is Khabib's style gets to dictate the tempo of the fight, Gaethje's doesn't. Khabib's takedowns created such a threat that made it very difficult for others to feel comfortable exchanging blows. Gaethje doesn't bring that to the table.

Kinda of a shame because the guy is amazing. He goes all in every time all the time, but i guess that is not enough.

I wish Holloway could have fought Connor again at some point. Now it's too late.


Biggest winner imo, Makhachev. He now gets Poirier and/or Holloway. He'll run over both of them. He could probably do so on the same card. I don't see any of them knocking him out cold, which is what they'd need to win, nor being able to stop Makhachev from taking them down, which is what they'd need to avoid losing.

Tsarukyan after that? He's good, but I don't think he is Makhachev good.

I want him to demolish the division and go up.


Looking forward I just wanna see Rakhmonov, Khamzat and Bo face each other.


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