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Not the best night of auditions. Dana pissed at the end. Only gave one contract.
The notion he's about to follow instructions from his corner and not get swept up in ego the occasion and the atmosphere seems unrealistic to me.
He wants to show 'who the gangsta is,' it doesn't follow suit to then wrestlefeck a shit-talking Nate to victory as that's not acknowledged as 'gangsta' by the masses.
2:00 Love how he doesn't know if he's fighting Nick or Nate. 
Would you pick one of these to beat Jones ?
Stipe
Blaydes
Daniel Cormier (at heavyweight - I think DC still doesn't like Jones and what happened between them doesn't sit right with him)
Stipe
Blaydes
Daniel Cormier (at heavyweight - I think DC still doesn't like Jones and what happened between them doesn't sit right with him)
DC and Jones will never squash it, especially due to that drug test after the second fight. Had it not been for that, DC would probs back off...
But it's impossible to say without seeing Jones fight at HW to be honest mate.
There will always be question marks over Jones due to testing positive no matter what anybody says. We probably won't ever truly know if he was clean the entire time or not although it seems quite likely he was cheating for a good portion of his career.
Jones hasn't fought in well over two years and there's an argument that he should have lost both of his last two fights on the scorecards (debatable). Prime Jones would definitely beat Blaydes IMO. Stipe? Tougher one as it depends on Jones transition to Heavyweight. Cormier has been discussed to death in the past.
I think we will be lucky to see Jones fight one more time, can't see him doing more than one final fight at this stage TBH. If they're going to try to get him back for another fight they may as well go all out and put him in there with Francis.
Yeah sure, we should probably see Jones at heavyweight first before making picks.
Although I feel like Stipe is a tough matchup for everyone. He has no apparent weakness.
Not sure if Jones was cheating or not, but he certainly is a lesser star than he could have been because of that.
In a way, Adesanya is becoming what he could have been if he fought more often and didn't get in the headlines for the wrong reasons.
Although I feel like Stipe is a tough matchup for everyone. He has no apparent weakness.
Not sure if Jones was cheating or not, but he certainly is a lesser star than he could have been because of that.
In a way, Adesanya is becoming what he could have been if he fought more often and didn't get in the headlines for the wrong reasons.
The Stipe of 5 years ago would give Jones a good fight. The Stipe of today turns 40 in a few weeks and is increasingly fragile.
Not sure if we can call him fragile because Ngannou knocked him out. And Jones isn't known for one punch KO power.
It can still be a good fight.
I've never seen anything like the clip above, before. That's just bizarre. Why go for something like that?
Regarding tonight, who here has Peña winning the rematch?
Regarding tonight, who here has Peña winning the rematch?
I do. I think Amanda is better everywhere, except for the mental game. And she has all the pressure coming into the rematch.
How will she handle it? Where is her head right now?
Usually, opponents come already defeated vs Nunes, but Peña has zero fear plus a big will to win.
I think Amanda chokes again.
I watched the Ultimate Fighter's last season, and at no point, I felt like Amanda was close to regaining her mojo. Peña, the much better coach and the stronger confident aura through all the season.
That looks like a very underwhelming card.
Yeah, on paper doesn't look great, but we gonna have very good fights I'm sure.
The UFC is saving their big fights for UFC280. That card gonna be wild.
Agreed. But the previous big card looked fantastic and underwhelmed…so here’s hoping
We are live!
That was beautiful.
Ecuador stand up!
2 KOs in 2 fights in the UFC for Michael Morales! What a talent.
2 KOs in 2 fights in the UFC for Michael Morales! What a talent.
Drew Dober with a body punch KO. Unreal.
Up for the main card! Let's go!
That broken legs a shame, would have like to see it play out more. But can't deny the guy a shot at the title now.
Just brilliant, looks like I missed some great prelim matches, but cheers for sharing.
All of them just crazy!
Sheesh, guy wanted out fast there
Hurt yeah but it looked an early stoppage for me.
Edit: looks even worse of an early stoppage after seeing the replay.
Anyway faster to the main events.
Edit: looks even worse of an early stoppage after seeing the replay.
Anyway faster to the main events.
It was early but he was about to get fecked up.
I agree about that. It's clear that any apprehension she had prior to the first fight dissipated as soon as she stepped in and was able to handle Amanda's biggest shots.
She seemed completely assured going into tonight. Let's see how it plays out.
Moreno v Kai
One of those fights where I like both fighters and don't wish for either to lose
One of those fights where I like both fighters and don't wish for either to lose
Anyone has a river? The one I'm using went black all of a sudden and I can't seem to get it work for whatever reason.
What a feckin fight so far. Warriors
As I say that Moreno wins!
Liver shots for the win tonight
How crazy is that
2 in 1 night. Thought Kai was taking it then Moreno just let loose.
Also, Interim belts makes no sense at all to me when the actually title and champion is active?
Like what's the purpose? Really feels stupid.
Like what's the purpose? Really feels stupid.
"I wear my sunglasses at night."
Hit that shit down button perfectly. Toe got right in there
Man, Moreno is just a different class of a person. love it, refreshing.
love it, refreshing.Just got off 42 hour flight from hell and missed this and the Luton match. What did Moreno do?Man, Moreno is just a different class of a person.