While Volk is disappointed with the result of the Islam fight, his stock didn’t drop a bit. That was a hell of a performance. Looking forward to UFC 290 this weekend.
From a business perspective, I understand why ONE is protecting Rodtang. He’s a walking highlight reel, which means easy money. As a fan, it sucks, but this is a tale as old as combat sports. The best should fight the best… unless there’s money to be made.
If you have Amazon Prime, you really should tune into their fight night cards. They do a great job mixing up the fights between grappling, striking, and MMA. Their Muay Thai fights are almost always bangers.
Maybe! Jamahal has a tough fight ahead of him in Jiri. Both Alex vs Jan and Jamahal vs Jiri could go either way, though I tend to agree with Jamahal on his prediction with the Alex vs Jan fight.
Glover and Anthony Smith was a closer match than I expected. Smith held his own despite losing the decision. Overall this was a good card with a few nice finishes. I think the UFC need to adjust the ruleset because EBI rules allow for stalling to get to the overtime rounds. Also, the raised stage sucks for grappling without something to keep people from rolling out. I hope they adopt a pit with angled sides or a larger ground floor mat. Craig Jones would have likely finished 2 takedowns and possibly a RNC were it not for the small stage.
Alistair Overeem Is NOT Retiring, Plans to Fight One or Two More Times (beyondkick.com)
Alexander Volkanovski on processing his loss against Islam Makhachev: “It’s been hard. It was a big title fight, and I wanted that moment in Australia. It was a David-vs.-Goliath type of story. It ... (www.si.com)
UFC vet Alistair Overeem reveals reason for shocking weight loss, announces retirement (bloodyelbow.com)
Robert Whittaker's best finishes ahead of his UFC 290 bout with Du Plessis (youtu.be)
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ONE: Rodtang would get ‘schooled’ by Superlek, says Harrison (www.scmp.com)
[Spoiler] Main Event's Uncensored Post-Fight Speech (twitter.com)
[SPOILER] Sean Strickland vs. Abus Magomedov (dubz.link)
[SPOILER] Kevin Lee vs. Rinat Fakhretdinov (dubz.co)
[Official] UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Magomedov - Live Discussion Thread [Fights Start at 4PM EST]
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[Spoiler] Songchainoi vs. Mungkorn | ONE Friday Fights 23 (dubz.link)
UFC champ Jamahal Hill doubts Alex Pereira packs same punch at light heavyweight (mmajunkie.usatoday.com)
[Spoiler] UFC Fight Pass Invitational 4: Glover Teixeira vs. Anthony Smith (twitter.com)
Henry Cejudo out of Chito Vera fight at UFC 292 due to shoulder injury (twitter.com)
Shavkat Rakhmonov will fight Kelvin Gastelum at UFC event on September 16th (twitter.com)
Yair Rodriguez vs Josh Emmett | FREE FIGHT | UFC 290 (www.youtube.com)
TUF Bonus Footage: McGregor talks strategy fighting Chandler (youtu.be)
Alexander Volkanovski vs Brian Ortega | FREE FIGHT | UFC 290 (www.youtube.com)
[SPOILER] Fury FC 80: Mana Martinez vs. Felipe Efrain (i.imgur.com)
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