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Get him in there, Coker

“I think he is cleared now, so I think we’ll be looking to book him and have him fight before the end of the year,” Coker told MMA Junkie about Romero. “I think he’s good to go on all cylinders moving forward. Give us another week or two and we’ll figure it out and put him on a card somewhere.”
 
Btw, MMAFighting is cancelling a bunch of their programming... because of Ariel :smh: I was worried that **** would happen

 
Ariel will have programming that will run at the same time as the A Side and What The Heck so they're just getting cancelled

At least they're not firing anyone.... yet
They did say it’s not goodbye. They’re working on stuff. And they have great voices in Jose, Sean, Mike, Damian, Jen, etc.

I could see MMA Beat making a return. And we’ll have more content.

I’m also happy Ariel is coming back with the MMA Hour. I hated the ESPN shows he did. Shill DC isn’t going to have a real conversation since it has to be nuanced because of the UFC or fighters. And the vibe on his Wednesday show was different.
 
i wonder how he got cleared this time. i guarantee that eye still ****** :nerd:
 
lol i used to be a yoel fan but man hes mismanaged the end here. Phil gunna toy with him at this stage
 
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Stots did it, out dueled magomedov. I had thought nobody would handle magomedovs wrestling

Welp, now this sets up stots vs his close teammate Pettis for the belt. Aaron brostetter can shut up now
 
Love Mousasi man. Wish he would've stayed in the UFC for those potential matchups.

Stots is legit. Needs a bit more output to hit that next level but his defense is almost elite. Definitely a top 10-15 overall talent in a deep division.
 
That dude is far from the belt lol. He’d need three to four wins. He got KTFO’d and before that lost in the ultimate foot championship.

He really should’ve been parlaying a title shot of wins against Edwards, Luque, etc.

I feel sorry for Usman. Just prospective rematches unless a Luque or WB separate from the pack. He’s not moving up to fight Izzy.
 
Usman and Izzy are brothers too so I doubt they’d fight

A win in the colby rematch would set up a nice edwards rematch because clearly both fighters have a changed quite a bit since their first match. Edwards is as well rounded as they come

Or a new challenge in luque who is also a well rounded fighter who likes action

Those are 3 very good fights and relatively interesting
 
We'll see new legit contenders come up the next year or 2 to phase out guys like Masvidal, WB and Burns. Who are all on the wrong side of 30.

UFC will fast track Chimaev to a title shot again. If he beats the leech they'll for sure give him someone in the top 5 that can't turn down a fight (WB/Burns).

Sean Brady is another that has elite potential too. He's about 3 fights away. Hopefully that foot infection doesn't keep him out too long.
 
Dawg I forgot about chimaev. I’m assuming 170 is his rightful weight? If he beats leech I wouldn’t mind seeing him one fight away from usman

Damb shame Brady is out of the lee fight

Also forgot about rahkmanov! He’s coming

You have to give credit to ponz for beating baeza who is also a future contender
 
This Friday Adam Borics fights Jay Jay Wilson could determine who fights AJ Mckee next. If Borics gets an emphatic win, imo that is the fight to make. He can be an action fighter and is exactly the type of opponent that makes for an exciting title fight

Mads Burnell is on a win streak and ranked higher than those two but he doesn't quite have the pop or the style. He's prob got to win one more, especially if Borics wins on Friday
 
Yeah Chimaev said 170 is where he wants to get his first belt. And now that he's no longer manged by Ali, there won't be a problem fighting the other Dominance guys on his way up.

Rahkmanov will definitely fight for a belt one day.

Really hope Ponz can get back to where he was. I saw he's been calling out Belal for talking sideways or something. Hope they book it. That's a great matchup for him to see if he still has that prime form in him.
 
covid messed up chimaev pretty bad. Wonder if his lungs and cardio are close to normal again.
 
This Friday Adam Borics fights Jay Jay Wilson could determine who fights AJ Mckee next. If Borics gets an emphatic win, imo that is the fight to make. He can be an action fighter and is exactly the type of opponent that makes for an exciting title fight

Mads Burnell is on a win streak and ranked higher than those two but he doesn't quite have the pop or the style. He's prob got to win one more, especially if Borics wins on Friday
Fights a banger. Really like Jay Jay, still a bit green but he's talented as hell. Think he beats Borics.

Looking forward to see Logan Storley fighting again too. He'll be fighting in the UFC in a year or 2.
 
Yeah Chimaev said 170 is where he wants to get his first belt. And now that he's no longer manged by Ali, there won't be a problem fighting the other Dominance guys on his way up.

Rahkmanov will definitely fight for a belt one day.

Really hope Ponz can get back to where he was. I saw he's been calling out Belal for talking sideways or something. Hope they book it. That's a great matchup for him to see if he still has that prime form in him.
I recently read what went down between Khabib and Chimaev and Kadyrov... very bizarre and interesting situation brewing there

Khabib and Kadyrov beefing seems out of left field but dangerous to say the least. I hope everything's cool on Khabib's end. Kadyrov was talking hella reckless on Khabib's name

As far as Chimaev, he explained his "I will smash Khabib" comments and I believe him. It wasn't meant as a slight, he was just responding to another Khabib fan talking ****. Now that Kadyrov has leeched onto Chimaev, that's also interesting. Just hope all that **** don't endanger any of these fighters
 
Fights a banger. Really like Jay Jay, still a bit green but he's talented as hell. Think he beats Borics.

Looking forward to see Logan Storley fighting again too. He'll be fighting in the UFC in a year or 2.
Wilson seems like a more complete skill set than Borics. If Wilson wins I'd be happy to see him get the title shot over Burnell for sure, Burnell aint that exciting imo

Storley almost beat Amasov so that says enough. It'll be interesting to see if Coker can keep all of his home grown talent, he's got a ton

I tried to say it a while back that Coker was doing a tremendous job securing talent. I remember when he was getting criticized in here but the guy was going out and signing elite upcoming talent in every weight class. Bellator is loaded. Not to mention getting Rumble and Yoel
 
Wow, I just rewatched all of Jay Jay Wilson's fights, dude is an animal on the ground. He tried to finish someone with a Twister lmao

His aggressive bjj/grappling style is cool and he likes to go for finishes. He has the same height and reach as AJ, if not slightly taller/longer. Standing, I think AJ gets him out of there but it would be a dope fight considering Jay Jay is ultra confident already and calling for the title shot. Contrast that with Pico who is the same age, Pico just wants to keep getting wins and doesn't seem in a rush to fight for the belt

His last win against Carvalho put the stamp on the kid, he sort of has that it factor. The Borics fight will indeed be a banger

 
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