feck feel bad for Burns.
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He is an extremely boring man and I hate listening to him talk, but he is an absolute monster. A very scary fighter.
DAMN
Burns is gonna wonder all his career why didnt he go all in after he hurt usman in the 1st. Why did he refrain to keep punishing usman?
Holy shit! That is a bad man!
That fecking jab.First round really shook meBut he delivered in the end
Less of a knob than Adesanya thoughMarty from Nebraska is a bad bad man. Imagine what he would have done to Askren who was trolling him with that name.
I fecking love Issy, both scary motherfeckers though
class from usman
He’s quite articulate, Kamaru, isn’t he?
Now I know what you mean.2 absolute monsters. Izzy has the personality of a 14 year old boy on the internet in the body of an assassin
That's a champion fight. I wish I could be all stupid and jokey, but Burns being emotional push me off it. Has to be tough.
Called out Masvidal. Should be fun.
Usually I find him super annoying but he's carrying a different energy tonight.
Nasty stuff. He goes southpaw also and uses his stronger hand for the jab. Madness!
Haha this was just a snippet. He goes on and on like this on a weekly basis on his social media. It’s actually insane
I like Masvidal but that won't be much of a contest imo.
Can’t wait for #UFC259 now.
Not very charismatic though.
I understand Kamaru for calling out Jorge. Easy money while the true contenders (Colby and Leon) fight it out for the next shot.
Jorge obviously don't deserve a title shot of course, but Dana only sees greens.
Sensational by Usman. I'm not sure what's left here. He would dismantle Masvidal again and would beat Covington senseless in a rematch.
To drop Burns with a jab says a lot about how good this man is.
To drop Burns with a jab says a lot about how good this man is.
Didn't beat Covington senseless in the first fight, extremely close fight. They're going with the wrong rematch. He dominated Jorge, while the Covington fight was a close fight and a great rivalry. They should run that one back for sure. I just hope that if they do the Masvidal fight he manages to perform better with a full camp and we don't get him held up against a fence for five rounds and on the floor.
People's hate for Covington make them forget how close that fight actually was at times and how good it was too.
I'm not sure everyone who thinks Kamaru outshined him hates Convington. I think that's some slightly random inductive reasoning. I don't necessarily care about either fighter but I thought Usman was comfortably better. He broke Convington's jaw. Dropped him twice in 20 seconds. And had him running away immediately after the fight. Was it closer than the Masvidal fight? Of course. But i felt Usman was a level above.
Regarding the first Masvidal fight, Poirier mentioned that Masvidal was training specifically for Usman even before the fight was announced. It was Kamaru who had his preparation vitiated because he didn't anticipate having to face Masvidal. And that's why he just publically called out Masvidal and offered him a rematch with a full training camp; Kamaru knows it's going to be easy pickings.
Between the two, I agree that a rematch with Covington would be more interesting than one with Masvidal, simply because I think there's a bigger gap between Usman and Masvidal than there is between Usman and Covington.
Hes a beast Usman fair play. Good call out from his point of view to, biggest fight for him and he'd easily beat Masvidal. With the full camp etc no excuses either.
Barber needs to switch camps. Imagine what a Firas Zahabi or a Greg Jackson could do with her raw potential.
Confidence without refined technique won't get anybody to the top 10.
Many fighters actually have that potential and stagnate due to camp loyalty.
Confidence without refined technique won't get anybody to the top 10.
Many fighters actually have that potential and stagnate due to camp loyalty.
I never really thought Burns had a chance to beat Usman.
Toughest matchup for Usman could be a much improved Edwards
Toughest matchup for Usman could be a much improved Edwards
I was thinking this earlier. If I were a fighter, I'd be doing the gym world tour, going around different gyms learning different techniques from the best coaches. But then again, I'd be forever looking over my shoulder in case Cody Garbs tries to stab me.
I wonder why so many people watch MMA with passion but never attempt to fight profesionally.
Myself for example, I can watch fights every day and argue about it on the internet all day but I just don't have it in me.
I think more than getting punched in the face or take hits to the head, which in itself, would be scary as hell, the most difficult part for me would be the weight cutting.
Weight cutting is so dangerous. That alone is the main reason why I never even considered doing it.
It could be coaching, but it could also be a case of a low fight IQ. Some of the stuff she was still doing last night, after her last fight, I find it hard to believe that anyone is teaching her.
There was no evolution or change of approach. The girls at the very top of the division would pick her apart with ease.
We all love football but can't all be footballers.
MMA is expensive and time consuming to even take up as a hobby, which is not gonna happen for someone like me who is a father to two.
With football, you just book a pitch, pay a fiver and it only takes an hour out of your time. It helps that I learned the fundamentals playing it since I was like 6.
As for weight cutting, I do Ramadan once a year... feck that!
If MMA was something I knew about as a youngster, I may have taken up. At 34? No chance
Can’t wait for #UFC259 now.
Me too. The card looks absolutely tremendous with so many great fights
Good post
Fecking Dana and streamers again
Yeah, but in return he broke Usman's spirit. Dragon energy.
Is fight IQ something developed by coaching or they have to develop it in the cage ?
I noticed that some of the shots she throws leaves her open for some big counter attacks.
And it's not the first time, really.