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Who are yours most aesthetically pleasing fighters ?

I have always found the way Dominick Cruz moves and hits so good to watch, the master of cage control and footwork.

Others who come to my mind are Mcgregor with his striking selection and accurate timing, GSP's takedowns were perfectly timed, and Luke Rockhold is a beautiful mix of world class kick technique and ground and pound.

Nowadays I am naturally most excited about Adesanya, the way he throws these high kicks man, like in playstation.
 
Luke1995 said:
Who are yours most aesthetically pleasing fighters ?

I have always found the way Dominick Cruz moves and hits so good to watch, the master of cage control and footwork.

Others who come to my mind are Mcgregor with his striking selection and accurate timing, GSP's takedowns were perfectly timed, and Luke Rockhold is a beautiful mix of world class kick technique and ground and pound.

Nowadays I am naturally most excited about Adesanya, the way he throws these high kicks man, like in playstation.
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There are quite a few that come to mind:

Male: Adesanya, Anthony Pettis, Ferguson, Jones, Holloway, Magomedsharapov, TJ

Female: Rose, JJ, Waterson, Valentina, Kunitskaya
 
RedFish said:
There are quite a few that come to mind:

Male: Adesanya, Anthony Pettis, Ferguson, Jones, Holloway, Magomedsharapov, TJ

Female: Rose, JJ, Waterson, Valentina, Kunitskaya
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TJ comes with an asterisk, right ?

Man Valentina is so ahead of competition that it's ridiculous.
 
Luke1995 said:
Who are yours most aesthetically pleasing fighters ?

I have always found the way Dominick Cruz moves and hits so good to watch, the master of cage control and footwork.

Others who come to my mind are Mcgregor with his striking selection and accurate timing, GSP's takedowns were perfectly timed, and Luke Rockhold is a beautiful mix of world class kick technique and ground and pound.

Nowadays I am naturally most excited about Adesanya, the way he throws these high kicks man, like in playstation.
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Dominick Cruz
Mighty Mouse
TJ
Zabit
Khabib
Pettis
Yair Rodriguez
 
Dirty Schwein said:
Nice sum there for gay Jesus.
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:lol:

Fortitude said:
Doesn't need to fight again even after legal costs.

Let's see if he calls it a day.
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Some people saying he might not receive the whole sum (not even close) because the sued company might not have the cash reserves. (if that is the case, they should make Yoel the owner of the company hahah)

If he gets at least USD $5 Millions, I think there is no way he makes the cut to 185 again, unless it is for a title shot.
 
Luke1995 said:
Who are yours most aesthetically pleasing fighters ?

I have always found the way Dominick Cruz moves and hits so good to watch, the master of cage control and footwork.

Others who come to my mind are Mcgregor with his striking selection and accurate timing, GSP's takedowns were perfectly timed, and Luke Rockhold is a beautiful mix of world class kick technique and ground and pound.

Nowadays I am naturally most excited about Adesanya, the way he throws these high kicks man, like in playstation.
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If I had to pick just one from each side it would be Adesanya and Rose. Both have a grace and poetry about their movements that is lovely to watch.
 
Romero is like 40 anyway. Can’t see him doing too much after that payout. Or even a fraction of it.
 
Luke1995 said:
Who are yours most aesthetically pleasing fighters ?

I have always found the way Dominick Cruz moves and hits so good to watch, the master of cage control and footwork.

Others who come to my mind are Mcgregor with his striking selection and accurate timing, GSP's takedowns were perfectly timed, and Luke Rockhold is a beautiful mix of world class kick technique and ground and pound.

Nowadays I am naturally most excited about Adesanya, the way he throws these high kicks man, like in playstation.
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Conor, Zabit, Jones, Nunes, Tony off the top of my head.

No surprises there.
 
Rickson Gracie vs Khabib in the octagon, who wins?

Hickson, apparently, was an animal but how would that stand up today against a modern well rounded guy?
 
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George Owen said:
To be fair he has been slowing down for a while now. It was coming.
(1 fight per year in his last 4 years)
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Yeah, I saw that looking through his fight record earlier. I had a feeling Smith would pull it off today. He's had so many fights ,yet he seems to have found some real significant momentum and is better than ever now, whereas Gus has come off a particularly disappointing performance vs Jones (relative to his best form).

Chuffed to bits for Smith, he's one of the good guys and can see him staying at the sharp end of the LHW division..As for Gus, we may have not seen the last of him just yet? There were moments in the 3rd round when I thought the old Gus was back. Those boxing combinations are just :drool:
 
George Owen said:
To be fair he has been slowing down for a while now. It was coming.
(1 fight per year in his last 4 years)
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He's slowed down a bit but not enough to warrant early retirement. He's just not at the Jones/DC level anymore. He can still batter the likes of Glover, Blachowicz, Manuwa and that category. Hope he reconsiders as 32 is far too young to sulk into retirement.
 
Raoul said:
He's slowed down a bit but not enough to warrant early retirement. He's just not at the Jones/DC level anymore. He can still batter the likes of Glover, Blachowicz, Manuwa and that category. Hope he reconsiders as 32 is far too young to sulk into retirement.
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Not sure he'd be happy with just competing. He wants to be the Champion. Not only did he realise hell never beat Jones but he's lost 5 of his last 8 fights. His trajectory is going in one direction and its not up.
 
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