UFC 223: Nurmagomedov vs ??? Info Prediction, MCGREGOR ATTACKS BUS LOL!

[SaShiRaJaVu]

Jedrzejczyk's kickboxing was overrated imo. I think before Jedrzejczyk moved to american top team her kickboxing was better than Karolina's but not by a lot. Valentina vs Joanna could be a good rematch in MMA as its been said Valentina is 3-0 against Joanna in kickboxing.

Valentina Shevchenko is my favorite fighter in the women's division after Cyborg and Valentina has three wins over Jedrzejczyk and she was fighting against bigger opponents in Bantamweight division and with the new division open in the UFC she is the future champion in Flyweight division and i do not see anyone challenging her in that division as it is the right division for her size.

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[bbc.reporter]

@SaShiRaJaVu. I speculate that Dana is already setting up his storyboard for one of the biggest fights for 2019. If Joanna wins her belt back and Valentina wins the women's flyweight championship, then we might see a champion versus champion match up for both.

Also, from what I have seen from Joanna, she might want to get 1 win back hehehe.

[Theb]

Nurmagomedev I think has the edge here as this is probably his biggest fight to date and it is also a title bout. You can't also say that he is an underdog as if you look at his fight record most of his wins are from Submissions and TKOs which means a lot. Their fight between him and Ferguson are expected since 2015 and now it is really happening, this is one of the things you want to watch as they are both excellent fighters, but between them I would be leaning over to Khabib who would be winning the fight.

[tokeweed]

You wanna listen to two grown men acting like two little whiney kids?  You're all in luck, click the link below.  Lol. 

Ferguson lost it in this one.  He was trying too hard in bullying Khabib and it back fired.  Oh well...

Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson Absolutely Rip Eachother in Epic Trash Talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo-yZLP8UZc

[michkima]

You wanna listen to two grown men acting like two little whiney kids?  You're all in luck, click the link below.  Lol. 

Ferguson lost it in this one.  He was trying too hard in bullying Khabib and it back fired.  Oh well...

Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson Absolutely Rip Eachother in Epic Trash Talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo-yZLP8UZc

This is the usually norm nowadays in MMA, so much trashtalk and bad blood which are actually just for show! I blame McGreggor for this as he has really made a lot of money with this! He hypes the fight through trashtalking every single fighter he is up against this made him famous and rich and eventually had a chance to fight Mayweather which made him more famous and rich!

[jakagintiri]

You wanna listen to two grown men acting like two little whiney kids?  You're all in luck, click the link below.  Lol. 

Ferguson lost it in this one.  He was trying too hard in bullying Khabib and it back fired.  Oh well...

Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson Absolutely Rip Eachother in Epic Trash Talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo-yZLP8UZc

This is the usually norm nowadays in MMA, so much trashtalk and bad blood which are actually just for show! I blame McGreggor for this as he has really made a lot of money with this! He hypes the fight through trashtalking every single fighter he is up against this made him famous and rich and eventually had a chance to fight Mayweather which made him more famous and rich!

I also assume so, between the truth or just setting to add to the popularity surely add to the income as well right? to become richer, where McGregor vs. Mayweather fits in a lot of big gambling. She collected a lot of dolls, everything can be a game object.

[SaShiRaJaVu]

Also, from what I have seen from Joanna, she might want to get 1 win back hehehe.

I am also waiting for that match in MMA and in my opinion Valentina Shevchenko is much more skilled than Joanna Jedrzejczyk, Joanna actually blames her weight cut for her loss and the media obligations are said to be a burden now , even in the last fight i never expected Rose Namajunas to win by knockout and i am sure no experts predicted that either, lets see whether it was a fluke .

[tokeweed]

F*ck guys...  Ferguson is out of 223 due to injury!  There was a freak accident or something, don't know the details yet.  This sucks.  The event went from a 10 to a 5.

Holloway is taking the fight in Ferguson's place.

[Sithara007]

F*ck guys...  Ferguson is out of 223 due to injury!  There was a freak accident or something, don't know the details yet.  This sucks.  The event went from a 10 to a 5.

Holloway is taking the fight in Ferguson's place.

This is frustrating. After waiting for many days for the Nurmagomedov vs Ferguson fight, now we have Nurmagomedov vs Holloway. I mean no disrespect to Max Holloway. He is a very good fighter. But I don't like his technique and IMO he is no match for Nurmagomedov.

[bbc.reporter]

I can already see a conspiracy here to favor Conor hehehe.

Dana White will make sure that Max Holloway wins and becomes a double champion in the lightweight and featherweight divisions. Then on December 29, 2018 in UFC 239, Conor will challenge Max and Dana will make sure that this time Conor wins and makes him a double champion once again.

[Hydrogen]

Dana White said he will "never" book Tony Ferguson vs Khabib Nurmagomedov again. Dana has tried to make this fight happen since 2016.

I'm not happy Max Holloway took this fight. Was hoping another lightweight could step up on short notice. Tony Ferguson sounded very bitter, almost like the fight was over in some of the recent press conferences(like the one Tokeweed posted in this thread on march 29th) . I wonder if Ferguson was injured days or weeks ago, and they're only reporting it now that they've finally found a replacement. The timing for the news release on April 1st, April Fool's Day seems like a publicity stunt.

Oh well, its been two weeks since we've had a UFC event. At least the MMA drought will finally come to an end.

[tokeweed]

Meh...  Still can't believe Ferguson is out.  I was still hoping it was all an April Fool's joke until April 2.  Lolol.

Anyway here are some vids to get you guys back into it somehow.  Enjoy.

UFC 223 Embedded:  Episode 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Fr2qZGbVjQ

UFC 223 Countdown:  Namajunas vs JJ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkwmE_1hkas

Leaning towards JJ here.

[bbc.reporter]

I reckon Rose versus Joanna might become be a trilogy. Dana needs to create artificial drama until Connor comes back hehehe.

I predict Joanna is going to win in a controversial split decision. It will be one of the best engineering jobs by Dana.

[eaLiTy]

F*ck guys...  Ferguson is out of 223 due to injury!  There was a freak accident or something, don't know the details yet.  This sucks.  The event went from a 10 to a 5.
Holloway is taking the fight in Ferguson's place.

There is no one in the division that could make this much interest than a super fight with the champion Holloway. The freak accident sucks without a doubt and i really do not want to comment in this thread till the last day because i did not want this fight to be moved again and still it is not going to happen in the near future.

I can already see a conspiracy here to favor Conor hehehe.
Dana White will make sure that Max Holloway wins and becomes a double champion in the lightweight and featherweight divisions. Then on December 29, 2018 in UFC 239, Conor will challenge Max and Dana will make sure that this time Conor wins and makes him a double champion once again.

This is not the Wwe to script the winner.  If Max Holloway could somehow win this fight it would be against two double champions one reigning and the other retired.  as McNuggets has no plans to fight top competition especially Khabib and Tony.

[tokeweed]

Watch the vid.  Holloway is actually selling the event better than Ferguson does.  I kinda like his personality better.  I wonder what the pre fight conference would be like if McGregor and Holloway were fighting.  

And I agree with bbc.reporter...  Namajunas vs JJ could may well become a trilogy (more money for the UFC).  Just made a bet on JJ at 1.86.  

UFC 223:  Pre Fight Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd0bB-5X4o0

[tokeweed]

So Conor McGregor attacked the bus that was taking the fighters back to their hotel from the press conference.  In case you guys didn't know, it started when Khabib and his team went to Artem Lobov (who is part of McGregor's team) started bullying him.

McGregor didn't take it sitting down.

McGregor Bus Attack Details
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC6CH9U2NuE

Dana White Admonishes Conor McGregor's Criminal Behavior at UFC 223
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjBGMAE7GBU

McGregor in Police Custody After Bus Attack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0hAcM3Q2cs

Enjoy!  

[tokeweed]

Holloway is medically unfit to fight according to the New York State Athletic Commission.  Dana White is thinking of bringing in Anthony Pettis to fight vs Khabib.  Lawl what a disaster this turned out to be.

This event just went from one of the greatest ever (TJ vs DJ - Nama vs JJ - Ferg vs Khabib) to Nama vs JJ and a bunch of scrubs.

Edit:  Here's McGregor's mugshot.  Rofl.

[babygun]

Hahaha, Conor is really brilliant . You can say what you want, but this guy always provides entertainment, now by attacking a bus  .

[yugyug]

Ferguson was out for UFC 223 due to freakin' knee injury and he will be replaced by Max Holloway it is another misfortune of Dana White's UFC MMA fight ticket.  Nurmagomedov quoted on instagram about Ferguson "Tony heal up man. Just want to advise you, don’t talk too much anymore. Lot of thoughts in my head right now, but I don’t want to become like you. Hope, this lesson will teach you watch your mouth."

I thought max was injured. I hope the usual max Holloway shows up, if he does I think he can take this one and shock the world. If max can keep his distance and avoid the take down then he can easily take khabib on the feet, but that’s a big if when it comes to avoiding the take down.

[bbc.reporter]

@babygun. It is like a reality TV show hehehe. I also remember Dana talking about Conor fighting Khabib in UFC Russia. Maybe this is the start of the drama being engineered by the UFC.

@yugyug. We know. Khabib will fight Al Iaquinta now for the real lightweight title hehe.