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

@𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐫
Is bro gonna go after PoAtan next, the way PoAtan went after Izzy?

@tehwatever
We bout to go FULL CIRCLE with this one. XD

Meanwhile Izzy in a bar if Vakhitov beats PoAtan in the UFC:

P4P UPDATE

All 3 P4P’ders remain their position #1 Mak, #2 PoAtan, #3 Jon Jones.

Honestly bro, with all due hespect, PoAtan should surpass Islam Makhachev as the number one P4P because he fought and defended his title 3 times under just this year. And it hasn’t been a full year yet since he won the title last November last year. Incredible feat for such a short period of time.

Sorry guys but I might not be able to watch Bivol vs. Beterbiev tonight because I have a scheduled spaying of my two cats on that same timeframe on my timezone which is morning.

Guess I leave it up to you guys do play by play post on what’s gonna happen. I honestly wanna watch this go down those two undefeated beasts go at it. I swear that fight will not last 3 to 5 rounds.

@𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐫
PoAtan should be #1P4P tbh. Bro fought in and dominated TWO Weightclasses in such a short time.
And all of his performances have been utter dominance.

And Jon Jones is ducking him.

PoAtan is P4P.

If Mak wants to be P4P he needs to beat either Leon Edwards/Kamaru Usman or MaxHolloway/ Topuria with finishes.

no disrespect to Mak ofc, it’s just that his division is currently in complete mess

Bruh PoAtan’s sister Aline just left hook KOed her opponent in Karate.

Sibling left hook is unreal. 🗿🗿

Dana REALLY HATES Belal so much. LOL!

The pressure is on for Shavkat now. He better make Uncle Dana proud or his hype train dies.

Beterbiev vs Bivol R1.
Trading jabs, boxing, moving. Biev landing jabs on Bivol’s body. One-two by Bivol lands flush.

Another one-two.

Biev fights back! One-two by Beterbiev, one-two by Bivol lands simultaneously. Bivol is pushed back.

End of R1

R2

Bivol is showing his slickness. He’s so GOOD. Left Hook by Bivol lands. It’s Bivol’s pace right now.

Bivol sidesteps out of Biev’s punches and counter punches.

The guy is slippery. It’s totally Bivol’s round.

R3

Biev sets up his jabs. HUGE right, broke thru Bivol’s guard.
Bivol moves out of the way, controlling the distance.

OneTwo by Bivol. Very well timed, caught Biev mid motion. Biev fights back, HUGE right by Biev.

Bivol is NOT INTIMIDATED. He’s brawling with Biev!

R3 ends on a high note. Bivol takes R3

R4 had Biev on the offensive, but Bivol is really freaking good. He moves so well! Roght cross by Bivol stopped Biev.

R4 is Biev’s best round so far but Bivol is really setting the pace.

R5

Bivol is actually throwing power punches.
BODY SHOT by Biev.
Bivol stopped him with a counter and left hook followup.

R6

BODY SHOT again by Biev. Again right hook to the body. Biev power punch.

Bivol fights back with stinging right cross! Combo by Bivol.

Biev walking Bivol down. He’s got Bivol moving back.

CLEAN one two at the end of R6 by Bivol.

R7

Jabs by Biev.

Bivol with a never ending flurry of combo.

BIVOL COMBOOO! Biev HURT!

BIEV FIGHTS BACK! BIVOL ATE a right! Bivol HURTT!

Bivol is covered up! Damn, they’re brawling!

R8
Biev pressuring him the entire round. OUCH! Uppercut by Biev.
Last 10 seconds in R8 Bivol went ham and slugged it out with Biev!

R9

Bivol fight IQ is sooo high. He just moves out of the way, places his shots well, throws combos to stop Biev, he’s GOOD!

Imma summarize the last three rounds.

R10 Biev worked Bivol but Bivol managed to counterattack.

R11 Biev just flat out BULLIED Bivol. Bivol turtled the entire round, he’s absolutely gassed.

R12 Biev walked Bivol down, but Bivol knew he HAD to fire back, it’s the last round after all. Biev couldn’t finish him. Bivol tired, he’s just surviving but he wanted to brawl.

Judges score:

114 114
116 112
115 113

Winner by majority decision

Arthur Beterbiev.

Bivol outboxed the crap out of Biev early round, and he’s also setting up great counters in the mid rounds, stopping Biev’s advances. The later rounds, especially the last three, Bivol practically just stood there and tried to weather the storm.

Biev admitted he underperformed. May have something to do with the fact that he just got out of knee surgery five months ago.

BIVOL tho. He’s got elite skills. He’s such a good boxer. Got the timing down amd knows when to weave and when to explode. He’s got a good head on his shoulder.

Bivol got robbed.

Discovered that Beterbiev is a Dagestani. 💀 I SWEEEEEEEAAAAARRRRR these people are the final boss of combat sports and everyone view them as supervillains because they keep beating their favorite fighters or boxers. And when they won by decision, that’s where people will stem their hate and discredit for being unable to finish their opponents and they’ll use this as an excuse why they’re “boring” and they suck.

Shavkat Rakhmonov will UD Belal.

It will not be a finish so he loses that 100% finish rate because Belal has never been subbed. Dude is a hard guy to submit because grappling is his number one game. That Wonderboy sub is not a factor because Belal has better grappling and TDD and Wonderboy looks washed now. (Bro got KOed recently by Joaquin Buckley)

If possible, a KO/TKO win will not be ruled out because Shavkat can sometimes throw heavy hands or kicks.

My guy’s CTE is off the roofs. Knock it off Tony.

Dana probs wants Belal and Merab gone asap.

Merab is also a decision merchant.

@tehwatever
Umar can.

This has that Mak vs. Olives level of doubt where people think Mak is not ready for Do Bronx’s phenomenal grappling skills just because he has subbed more contenders and former champs in just short period of time while Mak has beaten few ranked guys. ;)

This shit is giving me Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah vibes.

Look at the size of Renan Ferreira compared to Ngannou 🥶😱

I’m SERIOUSLY excited for this fight this Saturday night!

Renan may be taller and heavier but Francis got double biceps makes him next level JACKED.