MMA Thread (UFC, Bellator, ONE Championship, etc.)

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@Badheart
I remember the story of that first one. Crazy injury… Shattered cranial bone are extremely dangerous. Because it’s sharp broken piece inside will puncture the frontal lobe resulting in an immediate stroke.

All that was made by a knee. The knee in combat sports is like a fucking sledgehammer.
That’s why a knee to a downed opponent is illegal in MMA.

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@tehwatever

@Khamzat Chimaev
Eugh.
I’m gonna switch to Bellator at the moment. F this UFC drama.
IMO fighters are the least accountable for this kinds of politics. Their team are the ones totally responsible to check if their methods fall within the country’s rules–heck, even UFC itself could be the one fucking up. Australia don’t even allow SAUNA or them sweat jacket ffs, which is allowed in other places.

Speaking of Bellator, Yaroslav Amosov will return defend his WW title this Feb 25th.

Man’s record is 26-0, he’s basically trailing behind Khabib’s undefeated record of 29-0 is coming out of MMA hiatus from being a soldier defending his nation on a war in Ukraine for over a year makes this story truly crazy.

Imagine what’s going through this man’s head going to the cage after being mentally wrecked by the brutality of a war for over a year. Could it affect his performance? Or something else? Let’s see what happens. I hope he wins.

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@Khamzat Chimaev
ALRIGHT! Now that’s a fight imma see.
That’s a story for the ages. A man broken hearted by the war, putting his undefeated streak on the line. That’s a lot of pressure, but one that could turn out a beautiful story.

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Chimaev said he will fight again after Ramadan. Most preferably May (UFC 288?)

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@tehwatever
Here’s the image of him in full army gear retrieving his belt hidden from the ruins of his own home in Irpin, Ukraine. That belt is soo fucking badass yet saddening, it even got to be in the ire of this war.

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@Khamzat Chimaev
Umar Nurmagomedov wants to fight before Ramadan so he don’t have to wait till at least May, but apparently no takers so far.

Why ppl duck him, man? He’s only ranked 15!

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@tehwatever
The curse of the Dagestanis. Lol

Khabib and Islam, they’ve been throught that same shit. I really want him to fight O’Malley.

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OK… UFC 288 starts off with Aljo Sterling the drama champ facing off against Henry Cejudo and confirmed fight between Charles Oliveira and Beneil Dariush.

Khamzat also aďdressed his return this May so most particularly, on this PPV. I wonder who will he fight? And most importantly, what weight class will he be?

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So Jon Jones just named his top 5 UFC GOATS and Khabib is one of them.

…of course he included himself. Like the Obama medal meme.

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Makhachev ended a total of 23 winstreak in two fights.

In an ideal scenario:

Dariush gets a win over ex-champ Charles and get his winstreak to 9. Then Islam beats him and ended a total of 31 winstreaks in three fights.

Then Leon Edwards defends his belt against Usman and get his winstreak to 11.

Then Islam jumps to the Welterweight, become double champ and ended a total of 43 winstreaks in four fights, while having a 14 winstreak himself.

Edit: And then retires, which technically means he ended his own 14 winstreaks. That’d gonna be a total of 57 winstreaks ended by Makhachev in four fights.

That would be fucked up in the best way.

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@tehwatever
Islam “The Streak Stopper” Makhachev.

Also, his mom also had said she wants him to retire now that he’s a champion. First Khabib, now Islam.

So… Moms are basically a Dagestani fighter’s REAL Kryptonite. Lol

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@Khamzat Chimaev
In the currently 1000+ chapter long running boxing Manga Hajime no Ippo.
The titular main character has now been retired for quite a while now, also at the behest of mom and girlfriend.

I guess moms discouraging sons to fight is common enough that fiction writers have to acknowledge it as a non-negligible factor.

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Yaroslav Amosov later this morning. I hope I can catch his fight.

Dude he’s fighting has 17 wins and 1 loss from USA.

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Just as I thought. I missed it dammit!

Btw, SLAVA YAROSLAV AMOSOV!!!!

He’s now 27-0. JUST TWO MORE WINS SHY OF KHABIB’S UNDEFEATED STREAK OMG

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@Khamzat Chimaev
AYO!!!!
GOOD ON OUR BOY!!!! I had to wake up early today so I have to miss Bellator 291 but MAN!

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@tehwatever
Ey guess what? Streaming Bellator is much MUCH easier than UFC because they stream it on YouTube!

I hope Usman Nurmagomedov and him fight again soon so we can livechat there instead.

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Haha guess what lol.

I commented affirmation to Amosov in the Post fight interview video on YouTube but lots of my replies were hate comments because of my pfp. My pfp is the ponified Khabib because they think I’m a hypocrite for supporting a Ukrainian while having a Russian as my pfp. Lmao

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YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JAKE PAUL LOST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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So Sergei Pavlovich is the official backup for Jones vs. Gane.

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@Khamzat Chimaev
This means Pavlovich WILL have media coverage and that means he’s likely next in line even without fighting Curtis Blaydes.

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Oh. This is an interesting news. Very interesting…

Daniel Cormier is gonna commentate Jon Jones’ fight. C’mon, even us casuals knew the bad blood between them before we fully became MMA fan. I wanna see what DC’s gonna do and say in this fight.

Imagine if Jones wins, and DC got to interview him……………. Hoooo boi.

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@Khamzat Chimaev
DC the entire 5 rounds: Cyril Gane’s doing a good job. He beat Jon Jones everywhere in the striking and the grappling. I’m giving all the rounds to him.

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