That was crazy impressive. Thought Max might be falling off, and he could still be, but he made that look easy regardless
How wild is it that Volk gave Islam a real run in his first shot at the title, and now Max ran through Gaethje like it was nothing. The top of 145 is no joke
Not completely mad at that.
But as far as I know most champs get PPV points. So for a guy like Ilia, building your hype even more while running over contenders could make him plenty of money in the meantime, he has a fan friendly style. And he's only 27, what's the rush? Seems kinda...
So the champ v champ talk is now happening immediately in every division
Sean O'Malley talking about fighting Ilia before his first title defense.
Ilia talking about fighting Islam before his first defense. And Conor apparently.
Islam was talking about fighting Leon before he defended...
Planning a vacation for the spring and these are the exact type of scenarios I’m trying to avoid.
Ah well it what it is though, Covid ain’t going anywhere anytime soon. Just gonna mask up in the airport and deal with whatever happens.
Merab vs O’Malley is just gonna be the classic striker vs grappler. Conor vs Mendes, Conor vs Khabib. If Sean can land the shot he wins, if he doesn’t, he gets controlled for 5 rounds and possibly stopped.
I was hating on Merab because of the Aldo fight but I can’t hate at this point...
Fight game is brutal man. Volk went from giving the 155 lb champ his toughest fight yet and arguably proving he was p4p #1 even in a loss, to “I hope he retires I don’t want to see him get knocked out anymore” in the span of 1 year :smh:
With that said tho, Islam on short notice and a quick...
Hype for these matchups, card looks great on paper
As far as the main event goes, I'm still not sold on Ilia being ready to knock Volk off just yet. I think Volk is faster than Ilia, on top of having an insane output while consistently not taking much damage from his opponents. He's just a...
Apartheid was essentially like Jim Crow on steroids and it didn't end until the 90s, just about 30 years ago, so the same way America is still dealing with the history of racism and civil rights, South Africa is too. And different people deal with it differently. Some folks have for sure...
I can agree with this. I honestly want to dislike the guy more but he actually has been fairly chill outside the African champion ****. But yeah I still need to see him get rocked for that one.
As a South African man, I was so blown I had to laugh. But I was definitely giving them the most...
Alex going back down to 185 ain’t happening, the cut was already terrible before and it’ll only be worse now that he’s had a decent amount of time and two fights up at 205. Might end up with a Dillashaw Cejudo type situation
Also seeing the punch stats for last night has me even more...
Yeah, nah it wasn't a terrible fight or anything I just expected Strickland to push the pace a little more. Dricus just has a weird *** awkward style though, plus the wrestling, I'm sure that factored into it.
But yeah the fact that Izzy got dropped and then folded against a guy that never...
I wonder if Izzy is even more embarrassed that he let Strickland thrash him now :smh:
Anyway, underwhelming fight, disappointing outcome. Can't say I was rooting for Strickland, but I definitely wasn't trying to watch Dricus win
Got a feeling the combo of damaged confidence and lack of...