🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread

[TopTort777]

Wow! I really wish to see El Cucuy vs fastfood kid fight. They both like attacking grappling. I really want Tony to get a final win

For sure I want to see El Cucuy win this one

I also like Tony Ferguson to win this

I will rephrase a bit my post. It is not really that I want Tony to win (if fact I just really want him to retire already), but I want Paddy to lose Just replace Tony with other fighter and I would cheer him to win. Maybe Paddy isnt a bad guy IRL, but I really dont like his "Im a big star" behaviour without actually having a strong opponent. Dont like that UFC tried to create a huge star from him. In general, his achievements in UFC does not match his king status

Should we move on to next event or it is kinda a filler before real events?

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With what happened to Fiziev's knee, he will definitely be inactive for more than a year. He must be the most unlucky person in UFC that whole event. With the knee injury, this is a career-ending injury, he may be able to come back but I doubt he could ever win a title shot.

The fight is very close. Fiziev wasn't throwing volume while Gamrot is close to taking him down every round. Very close that if Fiz didn't have that injury, Gamrot would still win.

Fiz had R1 even though he really didn't throw a lot imho.  And remember it's a 5 round match.  His game plan was prolly to take it easy in the first couple of rounds before going for it beyond R3.  So don't know about Gamrot would still win it.  I mean how sure can anybody be..?

As for the knee, it was prolly a problem he already had during training.  He should have pulled out if his team knew of the injury imo.

Here's the post fight presser.

UFC Fight Night 228:  Post Fight Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FO7vxX2s0Y

And here are the results.

UFC Fight Night 228:  Results

Lightweight:  Mateusz Gamrot def Rafael Fiziev TKO (knee injury)
Featherweight:  Bryce Mitchell def Dan Ige Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28)
Women's Strawweight:  Marina Rodriguez def Michelle Waterson-Gomez   TKO (punches)
Welterweight:  Bryan Battle def AJ Fletcher Submission (rear-naked choke)
Featherweight:  Charles Jourdain def Ricardo Ramos Submission (guillotine choke)
Bantamweight:  Miles Johns def Dan Argueta Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)
Welterweight:  Tim Means def André Fialho   TKO (punches)
Middleweight:  Cody Brundage def Jacob Malkoun   DQ (illegal elbow)
Heavyweight:  Mohammed Usman def Jake Collier Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28)
Women's Strawweight:  Mizuki Inoue def Hannah Goldy Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)
Women's Bantamweight:  Montserrat Rendon def Tamires Vidal Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 28-28)

There were comments I've read that this is how the knee injury started.
Gamrot is planning to fight Charles Oliveira as he said. Given that Dustin and Gaethje recently fought, I think Dana will give him that fight with Charles and then Mackhaev if he wins. Straight up to a title shot.

That's not happening as Oliveira is already matched up to fight Makachev in Dubai at UFC 294.  The event is still around three weeks away.  Maybe Gamrot could be the back up fighter..?  Since he didn't really get any bumps and bruises vs Fiziev.

Here's the Tapology page for 294 in case anyone is curious.

https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/99416-ufc-294

And we have another event for DCWS is coming 11 hours or so.  Should be good...

Date:  Tuesday, September 26
Main Card (Fight Pass):  8:00pm EST
Venue:  UFC Apex Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
Live Streams:  



Main Card
Welterweight:  Raheam Forest vs Danny Barlow
Heavyweight:  Mario Piazzon vs Alexander Soldatkin
Featherweight: Angel Pacheco vs Danny Silva
Women's Flyweight:  Carli Judice vs Ernesta Kareckaite
Bantamweight:  Vinicius Oliveira vs Victor Hugo Madrigal

[YuginKadoya]

There is a lot of Speculation that it could be that hold on the left leg on Fiziev that he was injured but for sure it was the solid kicks that got it worse or maybe it is the start of that injury, we will never know until we likely hear Rafael Fiziev side for sure, and because I also want to hear his side of the story for sure, on how it happens and what is his thought on this matter, because it was not clear on what part does the injury 1st occur

For sure no one wants this to happen and after that injury, he will surely have a long-term recovery that could also end up not returning at all but I surely want Fiziev to return for sure Islam Makhachev has to say Fiziev as he has predicted that Rafael Fiziev will not make it into Rank 5 for sure and this has happened for sure there is a reason for this and recently Rafael Fiziev have talked about his injury and it was a torn ACL for sure, and said that he will surely return stronger than ever,

This might just be what you mean https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5197906.0 which is about the MMA talk - PFL, Bellator, KSW, ONE...

Fans must have been outraged since Superlek won a very controversial KO. Rodtang isn't just fighting in kickboxing, he once fought against Demetrious Johnson and was defeated by a rare naked choke. Demetrious Johnson was once the Goat in UFC actually but also left UFC.

Yes! That was the right thread for the other MMA fighting company we could surely Discuss other fights there but not boxing,

Anyway, Rodtang VS Superlek was so intense that I thought that Rodtang was winning it well the fight could surely go the other way around for sure but even though Superlek is bloodied he was still fierce and it looks like he is not slowing down is why the judges have come to a conclusion that Superlek has won the fight,

I will rephrase a bit my post. It is not really that I want Tony to win (if fact I just really want him to retire already), but I want Paddy to lose Just replace Tony with other fighter and I would cheer him to win. Maybe Paddy isnt a bad guy IRL, but I really dont like his "Im a big star" behaviour without actually having a strong opponent. Dont like that UFC tried to create a huge star from him. In general, his achievements in UFC does not match his king status

Should we move on to next event or it is kinda a filler before real events?

Well, I totally agree with you in fact I want Tony Ferguson to retire but because of his stubbornness or maybe he was addicted to fighting he is surely refusing to retire and just like you I am going with Tony Ferguson because I don't like Paddy Pimblett's big shot attitude for sure he deserves a good beating going into the fight,

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Anyway, Rodtang VS Superlek was so intense that I thought that Rodtang was winning it well the fight could surely go the other way around for sure but even though Superlek is bloodied he was still fierce and it looks like he is not slowing down is why the judges have come to a conclusion that Superlek has won the fight,

Kickboxing since the time of Van Damme was brutal lol This time around, you can see them hitting their elbow to the jaw but they allow their opponent to clinge preventing them from falling.
Unlike in UFC where one mistake and an elbow hits the jaw the fight is over. Either the fighter will be submitted or punches will rain on him even when he falls on the floor. That's the fight in real life.

Not a fan of Kickboxing after learning Van Damme is not a real kickboxer. Rodtang lost that fight when he clearly was the one doing significant damage. 

[pawel7777]

That's not happening as Oliveira is already matched up to fight Makachev in Dubai at UFC 294.

Why not? Gamrot has just fought. Oliveira fights next month. If he loses, the timing would be perfect to match him up with Gamrot, as both will have similar time between the fights.

Maybe Gamrot could be the back up fighter..?  Since he didn't really get any bumps and bruises vs Fiziev.

Yeah, I've said the same thing somewhere above. Looks like Gamrot is the most feasible option for a back-up. It has to be someone from the top, Gaethje or Poirier are unlikely to take such offer, Dariush is already scheduled to fight Tsarukyan, which leaves either Gamrot or Chandler.
Chandler is patiently waiting to fight McGregor, but, as that is not happening anytime soon, he could agree to it just to stay active etc, but Gamrot is already there, all he has to do is not let himself go too much and postpone his family time by couple of weeks.

[Rampagoe004]

I will rephrase a bit my post. It is not really that I want Tony to win (if fact I just really want him to retire already), but I want Paddy to lose Just replace Tony with other fighter and I would cheer him to win. Maybe Paddy isnt a bad guy IRL, but I really dont like his "Im a big star" behaviour without actually having a strong opponent. Dont like that UFC tried to create a huge star from him. In general, his achievements in UFC does not match his king status

Should we move on to next event or it is kinda a filler before real events?

Maybe the UFC wants to make Paddy a big star like McGregor. But looking at Paddy now I don't think that's possible. Paddy doesn't have the aura of a star yet. Even though he plays McGregor in the UFC, in my opinion it is Sean Omalley who shines more. But for UFC, Sean doesn't have Trashtalk like McGregor, while Paddy does. I think the UFC is confused by this because there hasn't been a star like The Notorius.

[Synchronice]

and for me even if Ferguson won this fight for me I want to see him retire,

I agree with you. It's time for Ferguson to retire. I think a match against Oliveira or Dariush should be his last match. This means that Oliveira and Dariush are two competitive fighters who are on par with Ferguson in his prime. It is very unpleasant to see Ferguson having to face opponents just to increase their ranking.

While I 100% support Tony Ferguson in this fight, I am afraid he is making a wrong move. This man lost his last six fights, he lost against the 2022's Nate Diaz, did he even trained for that fight? There is a very big chance that he will lose against Peddy too and it's shameful for such a legendary fighter to finish a career with 7 loses in a row. I think he shouldn't have taken this fight, no words about match against Oliveira, if anything, this match against Peddy should be his last match.

[Hirose UK]

Anyway, Rodtang VS Superlek was so intense that I thought that Rodtang was winning it well the fight could surely go the other way around for sure but even though Superlek is bloodied he was still fierce and it looks like he is not slowing down is why the judges have come to a conclusion that Superlek has won the fight,

Kickboxing since the time of Van Damme was brutal lol This time around, you can see them hitting their elbow to the jaw but they allow their opponent to clinge preventing them from falling.
Unlike in UFC where one mistake and an elbow hits the jaw the fight is over. Either the fighter will be submitted or punches will rain on him even when he falls on the floor. That's the fight in real life.

Not a fan of Kickboxing after learning Van Damme is not a real kickboxer. Rodtang lost that fight when he clearly was the one doing significant damage. 

As time goes by Kickboxing has several basic rules that have been changed or improved with the aim of keeping each fighter from experiencing bad things or fatal injuries when it really feels impossible to fight.
Not only Kickboxing there are several sports or martial arts which currently have several changes in the basic rules that were previously established.

UFC is a free fighting event with an international level or UFC champions can be said to be world champions because UFC is the only free fighting event that has contracts for the greatest fighters from all over the world and it has rules and regulations which may be different from other events so It no longer surprising if there are several things that we might wonder about like what you said.

Many thought Rodtang defeat was unfair and Superlek full points were when Rodtang fell because he was cornered by Superlek who made an elbow but in reality Rodtang fell because his ankle slipped not because of Superlek elbow.

[YuginKadoya]

Kickboxing since the time of Van Damme was brutal lol This time around, you can see them hitting their elbow to the jaw but they allow their opponent to clinge preventing them from falling.
Unlike in UFC where one mistake and an elbow hits the jaw the fight is over. Either the fighter will be submitted or punches will rain on him even when he falls on the floor. That's the fight in real life.

Not a fan of Kickboxing after learning Van Damme is not a real kickboxer. Rodtang lost that fight when he clearly was the one doing significant damage. 

Jean Claude Camille Francois Van Varenberg also known as Jean-Claude Van Damme in his screen name, has style in martial arts Karate, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, and Taekwondo as his Wikipedia states but even though he is not a real kickboxer, real deal is that he competes in some tournaments so for sure he knows martial arts, well, in my opinion, Kick Boxing is like boxing where they will not stop the fight if the delicate opponent is not knocked out yet while in the MMA it is clear that even with a couple of massive punch to the face the referee will surely stop the fight for sure Kickboxing is like boxing only with kicks,

Actually, I like kickboxing mostly Muay Thai, because I was inspired by the Movie Ong Bak but not a fan or Jean-Claude Van Damme at all

Yeah, I've said the same thing somewhere above. Looks like Gamrot is the most feasible option for a back-up. It has to be someone from the top, Gaethje or Poirier are unlikely to take such offer, Dariush is already scheduled to fight Tsarukyan, which leaves either Gamrot or Chandler.
Chandler is patiently waiting to fight McGregor, but, as that is not happening anytime soon, he could agree to it just to stay active etc, but Gamrot is already there, all he has to do is not let himself go too much and postpone his family time by couple of weeks.

There is a lot of option for Mateusz Gamrot on who he can fight but for sure he wants a bigger threat to face next for me, I really think he is not ready for Charles Oliveira, not underestimating Gamrot but it is likely what I am seeing if that fight progress, he still needs a different fighter so I could truly see his changes with his style because I haven't seen anything valuable with his fight against Rafael Fiziev,

While I 100% support Tony Ferguson in this fight, I am afraid he is making a wrong move. This man lost his last six fights, he lost against the 2022's Nate Diaz, did he even trained for that fight? There is a very big chance that he will lose against Peddy too and it's shameful for such a legendary fighter to finish a career with 7 loses in a row. I think he shouldn't have taken this fight, no words about match against Oliveira, if anything, this match against Peddy should be his last match.

I want Tony Ferguson to win this just because I really don't like the fat fast food-eating burger kid to win, but as I also want Ferguson to retire after he wins this, it is a shame that Tony Ferguson is a depleting fighter now for sure he can not win against Paddy Pimblet with raw strength at all he needs a determination and gets something with his past experience for sure he can get through against Paddy Pimblett,

[TopTort777]

Kickboxing since the time of Van Damme was brutal lol This time around, you can see them hitting their elbow to the jaw but they allow their opponent to clinge preventing them from falling.
Unlike in UFC where one mistake and an elbow hits the jaw the fight is over. Either the fighter will be submitted or punches will rain on him even when he falls on the floor. That's the fight in real life.

Not a fan of Kickboxing after learning Van Damme is not a real kickboxer. Rodtang lost that fight when he clearly was the one doing significant damage. 

Jean Claude Camille Francois Van Varenberg also known as Jean-Claude Van Damme in his screen name, has style in martial arts Karate, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, and Taekwondo as his Wikipedia states but even though he is not a real kickboxer, real deal is that he competes in some tournaments so for sure he knows martial arts, well, in my opinion, Kick Boxing is like boxing where they will not stop the fight if the delicate opponent is not knocked out yet while in the MMA it is clear that even with a couple of massive punch to the face the referee will surely stop the fight for sure Kickboxing is like boxing only with kicks,

Actually, I like kickboxing mostly Muay Thai, because I was inspired by the Movie Ong Bak but not a fan or Jean-Claude Van Damme at all

Maybe only in childhood I was inspired by fighting action movies, but quickly realised that most of the moves are more theatrical than useful. Specially that JCVD famous spinning kick and a jumping version of it. That is just so easy to counter and the consequences for attacker can be very bad. Also dont like those kickboxing trousers. So lame So unfashioned From all combat sports I like wrestling or judo. Athlete looks powerful and fit, and dont have various brain damages during career.

Have you seen UFC 294 card already? It looks more like Dagestani boys vs rest of the UFC

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That's not happening as Oliveira is already matched up to fight Makachev in Dubai at UFC 294.

Why not? Gamrot has just fought. Oliveira fights next month. If he loses, the timing would be perfect to match him up with Gamrot, as both will have similar time between the fights.

Dunno...  It's just from a match making perspective, it doesn't really make sense.  And even if it weren't the case, should Gamrot still fight Oliveira if Oliveira won vs Makachev at 294?  I don't think Gamrot deseves a title shot after the kind of win he had vs Fiziev.  If anything Gaethje is more deserving to get a title shot after winning vs Fiz and vs Poirier.

But what prolly would happen is Gamrot is matched up with Gaethje and the winner gets a title shot.

And if Oliveira loses vs Makachev, it also doesn't make a whole lot of sense to fight a loser of a title fight and give the winner the shot to the title.  I mean it could happen but it feels iffy to me.  

Anyway...  Here are the results of this week's Contender Series.  The matches were lit!  Except for one.

DWCS Season 7 Week 8:  Results

Welterweight:  Danny Barlow def Raheam Forest TKO (punches) R1 1:19   
Heavyweight:  Mario Piazzon def Alexander Soldatkin DQ (illegal knee) R3 0:20   
Featherweight:  Danny Silva def Angel Pacheco Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)
Women's Flyweight:  Ernesta Kareckaite def Carli Judice Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)
Bantamweight:  Vinicius Oliveira def Victor Hugo Madrigal KO (punch) R1 3:02

DWCS Season 7 Week 8:  Post Fight Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYgt51cnQEI

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That's not happening as Oliveira is already matched up to fight Makachev in Dubai at UFC 294.

Why not? Gamrot has just fought. Oliveira fights next month. If he loses, the timing would be perfect to match him up with Gamrot, as both will have similar time between the fights.

Dunno...  It's just from a match making perspective, it doesn't really make sense.  And even if it weren't the case, should Gamrot still fight Oliveira if Oliveira won vs Makachev at 294?  I don't think Gamrot deseves a title shot after the kind of win he had vs Fiziev.  If anything Gaethje is more deserving to get a title shot after winning vs Fiz and vs Poirier.

But what prolly would happen is Gamrot is matched up with Gaethje and the winner gets a title shot.

And if Oliveira loses vs Makachev, it also doesn't make a whole lot of sense to fight a loser of a title fight and give the winner the shot to the title.  I mean it could happen but it feels iffy to me.  

Anyway...  Here are the results of this week's Contender Series.  The matches were lit!  Except for one.

DWCS Season 7 Week 8:  Results

Welterweight:  Danny Barlow def Raheam Forest TKO (punches) R1 1:19   
Heavyweight:  Mario Piazzon def Alexander Soldatkin DQ (illegal knee) R3 0:20   
Featherweight:  Danny Silva def Angel Pacheco Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)
Women's Flyweight:  Ernesta Kareckaite def Carli Judice Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)
Bantamweight:  Vinicius Oliveira def Victor Hugo Madrigal KO (punch) R1 3:02

DWCS Season 7 Week 8:  Post Fight Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYgt51cnQEI

Charles has to win in UFC 294 for Gaethje to get a rematch vs. Charles and at the same time a title shot.  Afaik Chandler and Poirier could challenge Islam after his fight with Volkanov but these guys are just not up to take the belt. But I'm guessing they all want to get a rematch against Charles.

If Charles loses again, Gamrot will not get a title shot for Chandler and Gaethje deserves it more. Either they chose to move up or mandated to fight Islam.

[TopTort777]

I see you mention Chandler here. Does it means it is over with Conor? Isnt it early to talk about Gamrot and title shot, as he has only two wins in a row? What about Beneil Dariush for example ? He has only 1 loss after series of 8 wins, and a lot of people seems to forget about him already. What about Tsarukyan? He is very close to Gamrot in ranking, not far from Chandler btw.

Just noticed, Paddy has 6 wins in a row, Tony has 6 wins in a row. It is going to be either lucky seven or bitter seven

[tokeweed]

That's not happening as Oliveira is already matched up to fight Makachev in Dubai at UFC 294.

Why not? Gamrot has just fought. Oliveira fights next month. If he loses, the timing would be perfect to match him up with Gamrot, as both will have similar time between the fights.

Dunno...  It's just from a match making perspective, it doesn't really make sense.  And even if it weren't the case, should Gamrot still fight Oliveira if Oliveira won vs Makachev at 294?  I don't think Gamrot deseves a title shot after the kind of win he had vs Fiziev.  If anything Gaethje is more deserving to get a title shot after winning vs Fiz and vs Poirier.

But what prolly would happen is Gamrot is matched up with Gaethje and the winner gets a title shot.

And if Oliveira loses vs Makachev, it also doesn't make a whole lot of sense to fight a loser of a title fight and give the winner the shot to the title.  I mean it could happen but it feels iffy to me.  

Anyway...  Here are the results of this week's Contender Series.  The matches were lit!  Except for one.

DWCS Season 7 Week 8:  Results

Welterweight:  Danny Barlow def Raheam Forest TKO (punches) R1 1:19   
Heavyweight:  Mario Piazzon def Alexander Soldatkin DQ (illegal knee) R3 0:20   
Featherweight:  Danny Silva def Angel Pacheco Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)
Women's Flyweight:  Ernesta Kareckaite def Carli Judice Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)
Bantamweight:  Vinicius Oliveira def Victor Hugo Madrigal KO (punch) R1 3:02

DWCS Season 7 Week 8:  Post Fight Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYgt51cnQEI

Charles has to win in UFC 294 for Gaethje to get a rematch vs. Charles and at the same time a title shot.  Afaik Chandler and Poirier could challenge Islam after his fight with Volkanov but these guys are just not up to take the belt. But I'm guessing they all want to get a rematch against Charles.

If Charles loses again, Gamrot will not get a title shot for Chandler and Gaethje deserves it more. Either they chose to move up or mandated to fight Islam.

I don't exactly know what's gonna happen next if Oliveira wins or loses at 294.  But what I think is it wouldn't make sense for Gamrot to fight Oliveira if Oliveira loses at 294.  Dunno...  Maybe the UFC might think it's a good idea from a match and rankings pov.

As for Chandler, coming off of a loss in a banger vs Poirier, I think he'll be matched up against Dariush.  McGregor is done and shouldn't be fighting anymore.  

UFC Free Fight:  Makachev vs Olivera 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xAKq2yWM3s

^  Lol fluke or will Makachev have a harder time the next time around?

[strunberg]

I see you mention Chandler here. Does it means it is over with Conor?

Do you mean TUF? It seems so. Because when they were coaches on TUF they were rumored to be holding a fight in the near future. Actually, for Chandler, I am looking forward to their match more. So it doesn't look like Chandler will fight for the belt first.

Isnt it early to talk about Gamrot and title shot, as he has only two wins in a row? What about Beneil Dariush for example ? He has only 1 loss after series of 8 wins, and a lot of people seems to forget about him already. What about Tsarukyan? He is very close to Gamrot in ranking, not far from Chandler btw.

I think Gamrot has to go through 1 more match to challenge for the title. If Oliveira loses, Oliveira could rematch against Gaetjhe or he could also fight against Gamrot to become the next title challenger.

Just noticed, Paddy has 6 wins in a row, Tony has 6 wins in a row. It is going to be either lucky seven or bitter seven

Wait, what do you mean by Tony on 6 wins in a row? Maybe you mean 6 defeats in a row? Honestly I can't bet on this match and it would be very sad if Tony had to lose again against someone who didn't deserve to fight with a big star like Tony.  I really like Tony and since his loss against Chandler I've been thinking it's actually time for Tony to retire.

[YuginKadoya]

Maybe only in childhood I was inspired by fighting action movies, but quickly realised that most of the moves are more theatrical than useful. Specially that JCVD famous spinning kick and a jumping version of it. That is just so easy to counter and the consequences for attacker can be very bad. Also dont like those kickboxing trousers. So lame So unfashioned From all combat sports I like wrestling or judo. Athlete looks powerful and fit, and dont have various brain damages during career.

Have you seen UFC 294 card already? It looks more like Dagestani boys vs rest of the UFC

Actually, even though all fighting moves in Movies are just for a show I am actually entertained, and my favorite artists in most action movies are Jackie Chan and Jet Li, but surely most fights right now are well-versed and surely you can see how the quality of movements back then and now,

For sure Jean-Claude Van Damme's Spinning kicks and jumping kicks are just for show and you can see that it is not really true at all it is just for show, and those kickboxing Trousers I think you can surely wear the latest ones for sure, I think those are fashionable in my opinion,

As you have said the UFC 294 was really stacked I think I have posted in the other thread that the UFC 294 consisted of mostly Dagestan fighters that is why that is an opportunity to see if which Dagestan fighter got the level Khabib of wrestling,

I see you mention Chandler here. Does it means it is over with Conor? Isnt it early to talk about Gamrot and title shot, as he has only two wins in a row? What about Beneil Dariush for example ? He has only 1 loss after series of 8 wins, and a lot of people seems to forget about him already. What about Tsarukyan? He is very close to Gamrot in ranking, not far from Chandler btw.

Just noticed, Paddy has 6 wins in a row, Tony has 6 wins in a row. It is going to be either lucky seven or bitter seven

It is really hard to get a fight with Conor McGregor right now because of his USADA violation for sure but if Michael Chandler can not wait for Conor McGregor anymore for me this is really OK gets some fights for himself and if Conor McGregor can then get a clearance if he can able to fight again, for sure Arman Tsarukyan has a recent fight against Joaquim Silva back this June, but surely he will have another fight this year,

For sure if Tony Ferguson can win this then that 7 - 7 you are thinking will not come to fruition but that Tony Ferguson Win is surely hard to claim if Ferguson's Opponent is Paddy Pimblett,

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That's not happening as Oliveira is already matched up to fight Makachev in Dubai at UFC 294.

Why not? Gamrot has just fought. Oliveira fights next month. If he loses, the timing would be perfect to match him up with Gamrot, as both will have similar time between the fights.

Dunno...  It's just from a match making perspective, it doesn't really make sense.  And even if it weren't the case, should Gamrot still fight Oliveira if Oliveira won vs Makachev at 294?  I don't think Gamrot deseves a title shot after the kind of win he had vs Fiziev.  If anything Gaethje is more deserving to get a title shot after winning vs Fiz and vs Poirier.

But what prolly would happen is Gamrot is matched up with Gaethje and the winner gets a title shot.

And if Oliveira loses vs Makachev, it also doesn't make a whole lot of sense to fight a loser of a title fight and give the winner the shot to the title.  I mean it could happen but it feels iffy to me.  

Anyway...  Here are the results of this week's Contender Series.  The matches were lit!  Except for one.

DWCS Season 7 Week 8:  Results

Welterweight:  Danny Barlow def Raheam Forest TKO (punches) R1 1:19   
Heavyweight:  Mario Piazzon def Alexander Soldatkin DQ (illegal knee) R3 0:20   
Featherweight:  Danny Silva def Angel Pacheco Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)
Women's Flyweight:  Ernesta Kareckaite def Carli Judice Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)
Bantamweight:  Vinicius Oliveira def Victor Hugo Madrigal KO (punch) R1 3:02

DWCS Season 7 Week 8:  Post Fight Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYgt51cnQEI

Charles has to win in UFC 294 for Gaethje to get a rematch vs. Charles and at the same time a title shot.  Afaik Chandler and Poirier could challenge Islam after his fight with Volkanov but these guys are just not up to take the belt. But I'm guessing they all want to get a rematch against Charles.

If Charles loses again, Gamrot will not get a title shot for Chandler and Gaethje deserves it more. Either they chose to move up or mandated to fight Islam.

I don't exactly know what's gonna happen next if Oliveira wins or loses at 294.  But what I think is it wouldn't make sense for Gamrot to fight Oliveira if Oliveira loses at 294.  Dunno...  Maybe the UFC might think it's a good idea from a match and rankings pov.

As for Chandler, coming off of a loss in a banger vs Poirier, I think he'll be matched up against Dariush.  McGregor is done and shouldn't be fighting anymore.  

UFC Free Fight:  Makachev vs Olivera 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xAKq2yWM3s

^  Lol fluke or will Makachev have a harder time the next time around?

Islam will still win. Charles couldn't rely on those BJJ anymore when it comes to Dagestani wrestling and Islam also has striking.  I don't think its a fluke.

I guess Chandler has to wait for Conor to get a huge payday if that day ever comes. His other option is to just keep fighting, he isn't getting younger but there is no one left above that he hasn't fought yet and lost. He has to fight someone or remain inactive to retire but he couldn't either go WW, those guys are going to crush him. It's a dead end for him unless UFC starts building Gamrot which Chandler can be the first.

[TopTort777]

I see you mention Chandler here. Does it means it is over with Conor?

Do you mean TUF? It seems so. Because when they were coaches on TUF they were rumored to be holding a fight in the near future. Actually, for Chandler, I am looking forward to their match more. So it doesn't look like Chandler will fight for the belt first.

Isnt it early to talk about Gamrot and title shot, as he has only two wins in a row? What about Beneil Dariush for example ? He has only 1 loss after series of 8 wins, and a lot of people seems to forget about him already. What about Tsarukyan? He is very close to Gamrot in ranking, not far from Chandler btw.

I think Gamrot has to go through 1 more match to challenge for the title. If Oliveira loses, Oliveira could rematch against Gaetjhe or he could also fight against Gamrot to become the next title challenger.

Just noticed, Paddy has 6 wins in a row, Tony has 6 wins in a row. It is going to be either lucky seven or bitter seven

Wait, what do you mean by Tony on 6 wins in a row? Maybe you mean 6 defeats in a row? Honestly I can't bet on this match and it would be very sad if Tony had to lose again against someone who didn't deserve to fight with a big star like Tony.  I really like Tony and since his loss against Chandler I've been thinking it's actually time for Tony to retire.

Once media was full of Chandler vs Conor fight by the end of TUF. Now were all these talks have gone. I feel ban for Chandler. That unclear situation with Conor is definitely exhausting, as you cant plan your life. Should he train, have camp or stay with family?

Yeah, my bad, 6 looses for Tony. Dont like how people now make names by using Tony's past achievements. Hard to imagine what is in fighters head when he has 6 straight looses and havent won anyone for age.

Actually, even though all fighting moves in Movies are just for a show I am actually entertained, and my favorite artists in most action movies are Jackie Chan and Jet Li, but surely most fights right now are well-versed and surely you can see how the quality of movements back then and now,

I think we gonna off-top here a bit But past fighting movies are much better than current. As the fighting scene was often shot in one take. In todays movies fighting scenes are shaking cameras, weird angles, frame gluing (dont know how it is in proper English - but it is a punch, then next punch is from different angle and so on. the whole is like a collection of camera shots). Even though the scene is choreographed by martial artists.

[Godday]

Yeah, my bad, 6 looses for Tony. Dont like how people now make names by using Tony's past achievements. Hard to imagine what is in fighters head when he has 6 straight looses and havent won anyone for age.

It's very unpleasant when you are a fighter who can beat Tony Ferguson but that fighter is in his prime and Tony should retire. I think Tony's fights against Oliveira and Darius are enough and he can retire at that point. What is Tony after? I think Tony has got it all. He has the same fanatical fans as the Diaz brothers. Hopefully I can see Tony retire. Defeat after defeat really damaged Tony's report card in MMA.

[tokeweed]

That's not happening as Oliveira is already matched up to fight Makachev in Dubai at UFC 294.

Why not? Gamrot has just fought. Oliveira fights next month. If he loses, the timing would be perfect to match him up with Gamrot, as both will have similar time between the fights.

Dunno...  It's just from a match making perspective, it doesn't really make sense.  And even if it weren't the case, should Gamrot still fight Oliveira if Oliveira won vs Makachev at 294?  I don't think Gamrot deseves a title shot after the kind of win he had vs Fiziev.  If anything Gaethje is more deserving to get a title shot after winning vs Fiz and vs Poirier.

But what prolly would happen is Gamrot is matched up with Gaethje and the winner gets a title shot.

And if Oliveira loses vs Makachev, it also doesn't make a whole lot of sense to fight a loser of a title fight and give the winner the shot to the title.  I mean it could happen but it feels iffy to me.  

Anyway...  Here are the results of this week's Contender Series.  The matches were lit!  Except for one.

DWCS Season 7 Week 8:  Results

Welterweight:  Danny Barlow def Raheam Forest TKO (punches) R1 1:19   
Heavyweight:  Mario Piazzon def Alexander Soldatkin DQ (illegal knee) R3 0:20   
Featherweight:  Danny Silva def Angel Pacheco Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)
Women's Flyweight:  Ernesta Kareckaite def Carli Judice Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)
Bantamweight:  Vinicius Oliveira def Victor Hugo Madrigal KO (punch) R1 3:02

DWCS Season 7 Week 8:  Post Fight Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYgt51cnQEI

Charles has to win in UFC 294 for Gaethje to get a rematch vs. Charles and at the same time a title shot.  Afaik Chandler and Poirier could challenge Islam after his fight with Volkanov but these guys are just not up to take the belt. But I'm guessing they all want to get a rematch against Charles.

If Charles loses again, Gamrot will not get a title shot for Chandler and Gaethje deserves it more. Either they chose to move up or mandated to fight Islam.

I don't exactly know what's gonna happen next if Oliveira wins or loses at 294.  But what I think is it wouldn't make sense for Gamrot to fight Oliveira if Oliveira loses at 294.  Dunno...  Maybe the UFC might think it's a good idea from a match and rankings pov.

As for Chandler, coming off of a loss in a banger vs Poirier, I think he'll be matched up against Dariush.  McGregor is done and shouldn't be fighting anymore.  

UFC Free Fight:  Makachev vs Olivera 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xAKq2yWM3s

^  Lol fluke or will Makachev have a harder time the next time around?

Islam will still win. Charles couldn't rely on those BJJ anymore when it comes to Dagestani wrestling and Islam also has striking.  I don't think its a fluke.

I guess Chandler has to wait for Conor to get a huge payday if that day ever comes. His other option is to just keep fighting, he isn't getting younger but there is no one left above that he hasn't fought yet and lost. He has to fight someone or remain inactive to retire but he couldn't either go WW, those guys are going to crush him. It's a dead end for him unless UFC starts building Gamrot which Chandler can be the first.

Dunno...  I feel like Oliveira could give Makhachev a tougher time this time around.  I think it comes down to if Oliveira goes to Dubai like a month before the event and allow himself to adjust to the time zone and to the climate.  I was hearing the last time he was jet lagged as he went just 5 days before the event and he didn't bring his whole camp with him.

And another thing is Volk gave him such a tough match up, I don't think the line they have him on might justify it at the day of the match.  But we'll see...  If Khabib is in his corner it could help a lot.